Alexis Rocha and Raul Curiel went 12 tough rounds that saw their welterweight bout end in a majority draw on Saturday night in Ontario, CA. One judge had it 116-112 for Rocha while the other two saw it 114-114.
Rocha (25-2-1, 16 KO’s) is ranked #2 by the WBO and #9 by the WBC while holding the NABO belt. Curiel (15-0-1, 13 KO’s) hold the NABF title and is ranked #5 (WBC), and #10 (IBF).
Both fighters called for a rematch immediately after the fight.
Weights from Top Rank’s card in Tijuana, Mexico, televised on ESPN+
JAIME MUNGIA – 169.1
BRUNO SURACE – 169.1
ALAN PICASSO – 125.9
YEHISON CUELLO – 124.6
JORGE GARCIA PEREZ – 154.3
KUDRATILLO ABDUKAKHOROV – 158.2
SEBASTIAN HERNANDEZ – 123.6
SERGIO MARTIN SOSA – 123.2
CHRISTIAN ISLAS ROLDAN – 130.7
JUAN ANACONA – 129.5
Weights from Golden Boy Promotions’ card in Ontario, CA televised on DAZN
ALEXIS ROCHA – 146.4
RAUL CURIEL – 146.6
CHARLES CONWELL – 153.8
GERARDO VERGARA – 152.8
SCRAPPY RAMIREZ – 114.6
EPHRAIM BUI – 113.8
MARLEN ESPARZA – 114
ARELY MUCINO – 111.8
VICTOR MORALES – 130
IVAN GUARDADO – 130
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Rafael Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs) defended his WBO featherweight title for the second time, this time against the man he won it from last year, Robeisy Ramirez, with a TKO6 on Saturday night in Phoenix, AZ. Ramirez waved off the fight himself just after the start of the sixth round due to double vision in his right eye.
Espinoza was coming on after a slow start in the first two rounds where Ramirez was able to have success with constant movement and rapid fire attacks on the inside before moving away. Espinoza stepped up the action in round three and slowed Ramirez’ progress the rest of the way.
I’ll be following along on the Netflix event tonight with fight results and some commentary on the Serrano-Taylor rematch as well as the headliner.
JAKE PAUL UD8 OVER MIKE TYSON
Pretty underwhelming. Either you like the “event” or you don’t. I’m ok with it. Mike had very little and Jake went easy on him. Fair enough. We got a couple of great fights on the undercard and a lot of eyes were on boxing tonight. Just my personal opinion but this new era of boxing is going quite well. Events such as
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Results from Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY
O’SHAQUIE FOSTER SD12 over ROBSON CONCEICAO
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O’Shaquie Foster earned a 12-round split decision over Robson Conceicao to win back the WBC super featherweight title on Friday night in Verona, NY. The fight was very close, as was their last one despite the narrative surrounding that one, but Foster did enough to earn the nod this time. Official scores were 115-113 Foster, 115-113 Conceicao, 115-113 Foster.
Light heavyweight Padraig McCrory improved to 19-1 with 9 KOs with a points win over Leonard Carrillo (17-6, 16 KOs) on Friday in Belfast, Northern Ireland. McCrory scored a knockdown in round one but ended up with a 10-round decision. This was the 36-year old McCrory’s first action since a stoppage loss to Edgar Berlanga in February.
Full story on BoxingScene.com by Tris Dixon here:
Padriag McCrory outscores Leonard Carrillo in ProBox TV’s Belfast debut – Boxing News
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Weigh-in results for Saturday’s televised boxing cards:
FLOYD SCHOFIELD 134.4
RENE TELLEZ GIRON 134.4
WBA International Lightweight Title
DARIUS FULGHAM 167
CHRISTOPHER PEARSON 166.4
ERIC TUDOR 145.8
HAROLD CALDERON 146.6
ASA STEVENS 125
GAREN DIAGAN 125
DALIS KALEIOPU 130.8
MANUEL LERMA 131.8
JORDAN FUENTES 119
ROBERTO PENA 119.8
ROBSON CONCEICAO 129.7
O’SHAQUIE FOSTER 129.9
WBC Super Featherweight Title
RAYMOND MURATALLA 136.6
JESUS PEREZ 136.2
YAN SANTANA 126.8
EDUARDO BAEZ 125.7
ABRAHAM NOVA 131.4
HUMBERTO GALINDO 131.3
JAHI TUCKER 161.8
QUILISTO MADERA 161.8
DAMIAN KNYBA 259.1
RICHARD LARTEY HARRISON 288
BRYCE MILLS 139.8
MIKE OHAN JR. 1407.
ALI FELIZ 224.1
ORLANDO RASHAD COULTER 252.1
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PROBOXTV staged their wildly successful Wednesday night fights again this week and had another series of hotly contested bouts. The headliner saw Shurretta Metcalf win the IBF bantamweight title from Miyo Yoshida with a 10-round unanimous decision. Metcalf also beat Yoshida by decision last year before Yoshida had the title.
Lightweight Mykquan Williams was the star of the night as he showed a wide array of skills in stopping Lavisas Williams in eight rounds. Mykquan scored two knockdowns at the end of the first round and outboxed his foe consistently the rest of the way. Lavisas Williams battled valiantly throughout, but was outworked by his skillful opponent. A third knockdown in the eighth round ended the contest.
SHURRETTA METCALF UD10 over MIYO YOSHIDA
Shurretta Metcalf (14-4-1, 2 KOs) won the IBF bantamweight title from Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 KOs) via unanimous decision on Wednesday night in the main event of ProBox TV’s card. It was an evenly contested fight throughout with the scores coming in at 96-94, 97-93 and 99-91. The third card is ridiculous.
InTheCorner.net had it five rounds apiece.
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Taking a look back at the high-stakes showdown between Julio Cesar Chavez and Meldrick Taylor on March 17, 1990. The super junior welterweight unification match saw Taylor fight brilliantly throughout the fight and keep Chavez from getting off with a sustained attack until the later rounds. The surprising ending has been talked about ever since.
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IBF junior middleweight champion Bakrahm Murtazaliev stopped Tim Tzyui in devastating fashion in the main event of Friday night’s PBC card on Amazon Prime. It was a spectacular showing for the 31-year old originally from Russia, as Tzyu’s come-forward style was perfectly made for him.
The Murtzaliev – Tzyu bout headlined the three televised fights on Amazon Prime, with one poor judging performance the only drawback of the event. All three fights featured plenty of action and the presentation was as good as we can expect from boxing telecasts these days. No major complaints.
BAKRAHM MURTAZALIEV KO3 TIM TZYU
Bakrahm Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) showed devastating power with both hands in stopping former champion Tim Tzyu (24-2, 17 KOs) in three rounds on Friday night in Orlando, FL. Tzyu was down three times in round two and once in round three. As Murtazaliev was pouring it on, Tzyu’s corner threw in the towel.
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