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Watch it be Kirkland.
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If Beterbiev beats Cloud this weekend we have a new name to throw in the hat at 175, especially since he beat Kovalev in the amateurs.
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Beterbiev destroyed Cloud in 2 Rounds. These Russians do not play :x
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Cloud took a beating 
even broke his jaw.
The Canelo brother beats the chavez brother via UD
And RJJ won via body shot KO the other day
even broke his jaw.The Canelo brother beats the chavez brother via UD
And RJJ won via body shot KO the other day
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Whatever you do, find a way to transfer those into some hardware. I lost dozens of fight due to my DVR hard drive burning out on me
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Cloud took a beating
The Canelo brother beats the chavez brother via UD
And RJJ won via body shot KO the other day
Mayorga won round 1 stoppage
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Come on, his opponent is like 9-23
Mayorga and his orange ******* hair
And The King still winning I'm gonna need Gunna to post the pic with him in all this Game of Thrones-esque glory
Weekend wrap up.
And The King still winning
I'm gonna need Gunna to post the pic with him in all this Game of Thrones-esque glory Weekend wrap up.
A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world:
Saturday at Kiel, Germany
Arthur Abraham W12 Paul Smith
Retains a super middleweight title
Scores: 119-109, 117-110 (twice)
Records: Abraham (41-4, 28 KOs); Smith (35-4, 20 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Here we go again with pitiful scoring from apparently blind judges. It's not so much that anyone can take serious issue with Abraham getting the decision. It was a close and highly competitive fight. Scoring it closely for either man, or a draw, is perfectly legitimate.
What is not, however, reasonable, is scoring 11 of the 12 rounds for Abraham, which is what Spanish judge Fernando Laguna somehow did. That is a disgraceful scorecard. He sure missed a good fight. And the scorecards from American judge Waleska Roldan and Hungarian judge Zoltan Enyedi were no great shakes either. The horrible scoring cast a shadow over an otherwise exciting fight.
Abraham, 34, of Germany, a former middleweight titlist, was making the second defense of his second 168-pound title reign. He regained the belt from Robert Stieglitz by split decision in March in their rubber match and outpointed Nikola Sjekloca in May in his first defense. He was a huge favorite against Smith, 31, of England, a former participant on "The Contender" reality series given little chance to lift the belt. Whenever he had previously stepped up in competition he lost, getting knocked out by top contenders George Groves and James DeGale. Abraham was expected to cut right through him, but Smith, hungry and determined as ever in his first world title opportunity, was in great shape and fought the fight of his life, despite what the scores indicated.
He gave Abraham hell in a hotly contested fight that went back and forth, round after round. Smith got off to an excellent start as Abraham did what he usually does -- started slowly and barely threw any punches. But Abraham got things going in the third round, getting in some right hands and finding his jab. He also landed some quality body punches as the fight progressed, but Smith gave back as good as he was getting.
Abraham pressured Smith in the fifth round and knocked him into the ropes but the next few rounds had excellent action in which both fighters landed heavy shots. In the ninth round, Smith hurt Abraham with a body shot. He was working so hard in every single round that it was hard for Abraham to keep pace. He looked like he was tiring in the late rounds, when his face began to swell. Abraham closed well in the 12th round, finding another gear and hurting Smith with a left hand. When it was over it seemed as though it had been a razor-close fight that could go either way. But the judges ruined it with absurdly wide scorecards for the hometown man.
Smith and Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn were, obviously, upset and said they would protest, but that isn't going to go anywhere. Protesting scoring never does. The best they can hope for is that the WBO, which sanctioned the title, will order a rematch.
Matthew Macklin W8 Jose Yebes
Middleweight
Scores: 77-75 (twice), 76-76
Records: Macklin (31-5, 20 KOs); Yebes (12-5-1, 5 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Longtime contender and former three-time world title challenger Macklin, 32, an Irishman from England, struggled mightily in what was supposed to a showcase tune-up fight for a bigger bout later in the year or in early 2015. Instead Yebes, 35, of Spain, gave him a far more difficult night than anyone had imagined he would.
Macklin hadn't fought since last December, when he outpointed then-undefeated Lamar Russ. Since then, Macklin had a May fight with former titlist Daniel Geale on HBO get canceled and then had an Aug. 30 world title eliminator against Jorge Sebastien Heiland also get called off when Macklin's trainer, Jamie Moore, suffered gunshot wounds. So perhaps Macklin wasn't up for a meaningless fight with Yebes, who started quickly, marched forward, showed a good jab and landed a lot of solid right hands. Whatever it was, Macklin, who found a rhythm later in the fight, looked flat and had swelling under his left eye but eked out the win.
Saturday at Moscow
Grigory Drozd W12 Krzystof Wlodarczyk
Wins a cruiserweight title
Scores: 119-108 (twice), 118-109
Records: Drozd (39-1, 27 KOs); Wlodarczyk (49-3-1, 35 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Wlodarczyk, 33, of Poland, traveled to Drozd's native Russia for his seventh title defense of the belt he won in 2010. Wlodarczyk is battle-tested against quality opponents, including Steve Cunningham (twice, including a loss), Francisco Palacios and Rakhim Chakhkiev, but he looked nothing like the excellent titleholder we've known him as for the past few years. He looked like he had nothing against Drozd, 35, the European champion getting his first shot at a world title after 13 years in the pro ranks.
Drozd, whose only loss came by fifth-round knockout to former world titleholder Firat Arslan in a 2006 title elimination bout, took advantage of his big opportunity in a dominant decision in a snoozer of a fight in which neither guy did much to press the action. Because the WBC's terrible open scoring system was used, everyone knew Drozd was ahead 39-37 on all three scorecards after the fourth round and leading 79-72, 79-72, 78-73 after the eighth round, the only one that produced some decent fireworks in the form of Wlodarczyk (who was bleeding from a cut on the bridge of his nose) getting knocked down on the end of a short right hand. When Drozd, who extended his winning streak to 14, did land punches it was obvious they were heavier than the punches Wlodarczyk landed. The combination of heavier blows and more activity, plus a clean knockdown, all added up to Drozd earning the title in a mostly forgettable fight.
Denis Lebedev KO2 Pawel Kolodziej
Retains a cruiserweight title
Records: Lebedev (26-2, 20 KOs); Kolodziej (33-1, 18 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Lebedev, 35, of Russia, was fighting for the first time since he was knocked out in the 11th round by Guillermo Jones in May 2013. However, the title was returned to Lebedev after Jones failed a post-fight drug test and then their rematch in May was scrapped -- a half-hour before the fight with both boxers warming up in their dressing rooms -- because Jones again failed another test.
Lebedev had no problems whatsoever with Kolodziej, 34, of Poland, who came into the fight undefeated but untested against a collection of poor opponents. After a first round in which each man feinted and tried to establish a jab, Lebedev became more aggressive in the second round. He had Kolodziej backing up and landed a nice right hand to the head that sent him scurrying around the ring. Lebedev, with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach in his corner, continued to pressure Kolodziej, who had gone into total defense mode as he looked to avoid any contact. But he got lazy and dropped his right hand, and Lebedev, a southpaw, came over the top with a scorching left that connected on his chin. Kolodziej never saw it coming and went down hard. He beat the count but he was glassy-eyed and in no condition to continue, which prompted referee Guillermo Perez Pineda to wave off the fight with 41 seconds left in the round. With Grigory Drozd, also of Russia, winning a version of the world title by outpointing Krzystof Wlodarczyk in the main event, perhaps it could help set up an all-Russian unification bout.
Saturday at Montreal
Artur Beterbiev KO2 Tavoris Cloud
Light heavyweight
Records: Beterbiev (6-0, 6 KOs); Cloud (24-3, 19 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Beterbiev may very well be the future of the light heavyweight division. His destruction of former world titleholder Cloud was extremely impressive. Beterbiev, 29, was a late starter in the pro game. He did not turn pro until June 2013, but he came into the pro ranks with a wealth of experience from a glorious amateur career during which he was a 2008 and 2012 Olympian for his home country of Russia and a 2009 world amateur champion. It should also be noted that he owns a pair of amateur victories against countryman Sergey Kovalev, a reigning light heavyweight titlist and one of the most dominant offensive machines in boxing today.
Cloud, 32, of Tallahassee, Florida, held a world title as recently as March 2013, before losing it by lopsided decision to the great Bernard Hopkins. And now Cloud has lost three in a row, having also been stopped in the seventh round challenging champion Adonis Stevenson last September. But he lost that fight on his stool deep into the fight. He lost this fight face down on the mat after getting dropped for the fourth time in a one-sided blowout.
Beterbiev, who now lives in Montreal and is obviously being moved quickly as a pro to have faced Cloud in just his sixth pro fight, scored three knockdowns in the first round, including one just as the bell ended the round. Beterbiev displayed good power in both hands and did not rush his shots. He also mixed in a nasty uppercut. Give Cloud credit for even getting off his stool for the second round, but he did not last long. Beterbiev was all over him and backed him into a corner. As Beterbiev blasted away, he connected on two huge left hooks to the head and Cloud went down face first and was counted out by referee Michael Griffin 38 seconds into the round. Beterbiev is definitely somebody to keep a close eye on. He could be in big fights much sooner than later.
Dierry Jean TKO5 Daniel Ruiz
Lightweight
Records: Jean (27-1, 19 KOs); Ruiz (32-8-2, 22 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: In January, Jean, 32, a native of Haiti who lives in Montreal, got a mandatory shot at junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson and came to his hometown of Washington, D.C., for the fight. Although Jean lost a unanimous decision he turned in a spirited effort in a competitive fight and did not hurt his stock. When he returned in June to score a knockout victory, Jean had moved down to lightweight, where he planned to campaign.
In his second fight since the loss to Peterson, Jean faced Ruiz, of Mexico, and struggled. The aggressive Ruiz got off to a strong start and had his way in the opening round and continued to seemingly dominate the first rounds of the fight. Jean, frankly, looked pretty bad until turning things around in the fifth round, when seemingly out of nowhere he landed a straight left to the pit of Ruiz's stomach. Ruiz winced and went down to a knee and then barely beat the count. Ruiz mounted a bit of a rally but went down later in the round from another left to the body. This time he remained on one knee and took the full count from referee Alain Villeneuve, who waved it over at 2 minutes, 42 seconds. It was a somewhat dramatic comeback for Jean, but it should give him and his handlers pause that he struggled so severely with a journeyman opponent.
Saturday at Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico
Ramon Alvarez W10 Omar Chavez
Junior middleweight
Scores: 98-92, 96-94 (twice)
Records: Alvarez (20-4-2, 12 KOs); Chavez (32-3-1, 22 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: A fight boxing fans have wanted to see for the past few years is a showdown between Mexican stars Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. And for a while there seemed to be legitimate talk of the eventual showdown, but it never came to be and probably won't ever happen. Politics; the bad blood (at the time) between Golden Boy, Alvarez's promoter, and Top Rank (Chavez's); and the gap in weight that grew over the years made the fight a nonstarter.
But now we at least know that it is the Alvarez family that rules after this battle between Ramon Alvarez, 28, Canelo's older brother, and Omar Chavez, Julio's 24-year-old little brother. Of course, this bout was made strictly to take advantage of the star power of the family names, but it turned into a good little scrap that Alvarez won in front of a crowd of more than 7,000.
The quicker Alvarez was also more aggressive against the seemingly befuddled Chavez, who threw one punch at a time for most of the fight while Alvarez threw numerous combinations. Alvarez dominated the fight despite two of the close scorecards. He hurt Chavez with a right hand in the third round and had him backing up. Although Chavez, whose face was quite reddened by the end of the bout, had a few good moments, this was Alvarez's night.
Saturday at Oklahoma City
Samuel Peter KO1 Ron Aubrey
Heavyweight
Scores: 100-90 (twice), 98-92
Records: Peter (35-5, 28 KOs); Aubrey (12-4-1, 12 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Peter was once one of the best heavyweights in the world. He knocked Wladimir Klitschko down three times in their first fight, despite losing a decision in the title elimination contest in 2005. In 2008, Peter won a heavyweight world title. But Peter lost it in his first defense, getting destroyed in eight rounds by Vitali Klitschko. He was never the same after that. Although he won a few more fights, they came against nobodies. And then he got knocked out twice in a row. Badly. By Wladimir Klitschko in a 2010 rematch, this time for the world title and then by Robert Helenius, a top prospect at the time, in 2011. And then Peter disappeared.
But Peter, 34, a Nigeria native living in Las Vegas, made his return after a 3½-year absence and probably should have just stayed retired. He looked more like Butterbean waddling around the ring than a serious prize fighter in this farcical match against the 47-year-old Aubrey, of Oklahoma City, an enforcer on the ice during a 12-year minor league hockey career, who was just as soft around the middle as Peter was.
The result was a joke. As they plodded around the ring like sumo wrestlers might go at each other, Peter eventually landed a short right hand clearly behind the head and Aubrey went down face first. It looked staged. Aubrey barely beat the count, wobbled a tad and the referee waved it off at 2 minutes, 34 seconds. That's 2:34 you'll never get back if you watched this fight. Any talk of a rededicated, refocused Peter is a lie. He is not any of that based on this joke.
Ricardo Mayorga TKO1 Allen Medina
Middleweight
Records: Mayorga (30-8-1, 24 KOs); Medina (9-24-1, 1 KO)
Rafael's remarks: Look who's back, back again. Don't bother to tell a friend. The 40-year-old Mayorga, years and years past his best days, is the former welterweight world champion and a former junior middleweight titlist, but has not been relevant in years. He is best known for his two wins over Vernon Forrest as well as for his losses to a who's who: Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Shane Mosley and in his last fight before this comeback -- a 12th-round knockout loss to Miguel Cotto challenging for a junior middleweight world title in 2011.
Mayorga has dabbled with making a comeback before but was blocked by promoter Don King, who claimed he was still under contract. But this time Mayorga, sporting orange hair and looking a bit plump, went through with his first fight in 3½ years. That he won, and did so easily, came as no surprise because he was facing an opponent in Medina, 36, of Denver, who lost his fifth fight in a row (fourth by knockout). It's a shame that a blatant mismatch like this would even be approved by the Oklahoma commission.
In any event, the fight went ahead and Mayorga went after him, swinging wild rights hands and left hooks. He eventually bulled Medina in a corner and hurt him with a clubbing right hand. Mayorga continued to tee off on the defenseless Medina. Mayorga unloaded approximately 20 unanswered punches, many of which landed until the referee stepped in way too late to call off the bout at 1 minute, 3 seconds as Medina was collapsing to the mat. Everything was wrong about this fight, from its inception to it being approved by the commission to the lack of any competition to the poor officiating.
On the undercard, 43-year-old long faded junior middleweight titleholder Luis Ramon "Yory Boy" Campas (103-17-3, 79 KOs), of Mexico, won a six-round decision against Julio Cesar Lanzas (8-20-6, 1 KO), 36, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in another miserable mismatch. Campas, who held a 154-pound title from 1997 to 1998 and has not had a notable fight since his 2003 knockout loss to De La Hoya in a world title bout, won 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55. With Mayorga and Campas both winning their setup fights they are supposed to square off against each other later this year. Just what the word had not been waiting for.
Friday at Krasnodar, Russia
Roy Jones Jr. KO1 Hany Atiyo
Cruiserweight
Records: Jones Jr. (59-8, 42 KOs); Atiyo (14-3, 10 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: The 45-year-old Jones keeps plugging along many years past his dominant days. From roughly 1994 to 2004 the former four-division titleholder was the pound-for-pound king, an untouchable force and among the greatest fighters to ever step into a boxing ring. That was a long time ago.
He is nowhere near that level anymore, but as long as he keeps fighting opponents such as Atiyo there's no telling how long he can continue to win these kinds of fights.
While many have called for Jones' retirement, if he keeps facing this caliber of opponent he is at least unlikely to get hurt. Jones, of Pensacola, Florida, won his fifth fight in a row and recorded his second knockout in a row in his second fight in two months. On July 26, Jones traveled to Riga, Latvia, and knocked out British journeyman Courtney Fry in the fifth round for his first knockout since stopping former super middleweight titlist Jeff Lacy in the 10th round in August 2009.
Fighting outside of the United States for the fourth consecutive time and for the fifth time in six fights, including three in Russia, Jones mowed down Atiyo, an obscure 30-year-old from Egypt with zero credentials. He does, however, have a cool nickname: "The Egyptian Hurricane."
Jones, who hopes to get a cruiserweight world title shot, blitzed Atiyo. For the first minute, not much happened but then Jones landed a powerful left hook to Atiyo's liver and he went down immediately to all fours and then rolled over onto his back in clear agony as he was counted out at 1 minute, 15 seconds. It was an easy night at the office for Jones, who doesn't appear interested in hanging his gloves up any time soon.
Friday at Mesquite, Texas
Juan Carlos Payano Tech. Dec. 6 Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno
Wins a bantamweight title
Scores: 59-55, 58-56 (twice)
Records: Payano (16-0, 8 KOs); Moreno (35-3-1, 12 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Moreno, 29, of Panama, has been one of boxing's most dominant titleholders, holding his belt since 2008 and making 12 successful defenses, despite losing a decision to Abner Mares in a 2012 junior featherweight title challenge. A very slick, defensive-minded southpaw, Moreno has been a nightmare for 118-pounders until squaring off with Payano, a 30-year-old from the Dominican Republic, who is promoted by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
Unfortunately, the fight ended prematurely. Payano, an aggressive southpaw, suffered a cut over his right eye from an accidental clash of heads in the second round. The cut got steadily worse through the fight and it was ultimately stopped after the sixth round and sent to the scorecards when referee Luis Pabon halted the bout because Payano was unable to continue. Payano was up on the cards and awarded the title. To Moreno's credit, he gave Payano credit for the victory but said he was having trouble making 118 pounds. He did not call for a rematch and instead said he would move up to junior featherweight, where he hopes to win another world title.
In the co-feature middleweight Charles Hatley (24-1-1, 16 KOs), 28, of Dallas, overcame a huge knockdown from a right hand in the third round to win a 10-round decision on scores of 98-91 across the board against late substitute Richar Gutierrez (28-14-1, 17 KOs), 36, a Colombia native based in Miami, who took the fight when former junior middleweight titlist Joachim Alcine dropped out because of an eye injury.
Also on the undercard, former junior featherweight title challenger Robert Marroquin (24-3-1, 17 KOs), 25, a southpaw from Dallas, scored a third-round knockout of Miguel Soto (12-4, 12 KOs), 26, of Puerto Rico, in a lightweight bout. Marroquin, who's 2-2-1 in his last five fights, dropped Soto twice in the third round and he did not come out of his corner for the fourth round. Soto lost his third fight in a row and fourth of his last five.
Saturday at Kiel, Germany
Arthur Abraham W12 Paul Smith
Retains a super middleweight title
Scores: 119-109, 117-110 (twice)
Records: Abraham (41-4, 28 KOs); Smith (35-4, 20 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Here we go again with pitiful scoring from apparently blind judges. It's not so much that anyone can take serious issue with Abraham getting the decision. It was a close and highly competitive fight. Scoring it closely for either man, or a draw, is perfectly legitimate.
What is not, however, reasonable, is scoring 11 of the 12 rounds for Abraham, which is what Spanish judge Fernando Laguna somehow did. That is a disgraceful scorecard. He sure missed a good fight. And the scorecards from American judge Waleska Roldan and Hungarian judge Zoltan Enyedi were no great shakes either. The horrible scoring cast a shadow over an otherwise exciting fight.
Abraham, 34, of Germany, a former middleweight titlist, was making the second defense of his second 168-pound title reign. He regained the belt from Robert Stieglitz by split decision in March in their rubber match and outpointed Nikola Sjekloca in May in his first defense. He was a huge favorite against Smith, 31, of England, a former participant on "The Contender" reality series given little chance to lift the belt. Whenever he had previously stepped up in competition he lost, getting knocked out by top contenders George Groves and James DeGale. Abraham was expected to cut right through him, but Smith, hungry and determined as ever in his first world title opportunity, was in great shape and fought the fight of his life, despite what the scores indicated.
He gave Abraham hell in a hotly contested fight that went back and forth, round after round. Smith got off to an excellent start as Abraham did what he usually does -- started slowly and barely threw any punches. But Abraham got things going in the third round, getting in some right hands and finding his jab. He also landed some quality body punches as the fight progressed, but Smith gave back as good as he was getting.
Abraham pressured Smith in the fifth round and knocked him into the ropes but the next few rounds had excellent action in which both fighters landed heavy shots. In the ninth round, Smith hurt Abraham with a body shot. He was working so hard in every single round that it was hard for Abraham to keep pace. He looked like he was tiring in the late rounds, when his face began to swell. Abraham closed well in the 12th round, finding another gear and hurting Smith with a left hand. When it was over it seemed as though it had been a razor-close fight that could go either way. But the judges ruined it with absurdly wide scorecards for the hometown man.
Smith and Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn were, obviously, upset and said they would protest, but that isn't going to go anywhere. Protesting scoring never does. The best they can hope for is that the WBO, which sanctioned the title, will order a rematch.
Matthew Macklin W8 Jose Yebes
Middleweight
Scores: 77-75 (twice), 76-76
Records: Macklin (31-5, 20 KOs); Yebes (12-5-1, 5 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Longtime contender and former three-time world title challenger Macklin, 32, an Irishman from England, struggled mightily in what was supposed to a showcase tune-up fight for a bigger bout later in the year or in early 2015. Instead Yebes, 35, of Spain, gave him a far more difficult night than anyone had imagined he would.
Macklin hadn't fought since last December, when he outpointed then-undefeated Lamar Russ. Since then, Macklin had a May fight with former titlist Daniel Geale on HBO get canceled and then had an Aug. 30 world title eliminator against Jorge Sebastien Heiland also get called off when Macklin's trainer, Jamie Moore, suffered gunshot wounds. So perhaps Macklin wasn't up for a meaningless fight with Yebes, who started quickly, marched forward, showed a good jab and landed a lot of solid right hands. Whatever it was, Macklin, who found a rhythm later in the fight, looked flat and had swelling under his left eye but eked out the win.
Saturday at Moscow
Grigory Drozd W12 Krzystof Wlodarczyk
Wins a cruiserweight title
Scores: 119-108 (twice), 118-109
Records: Drozd (39-1, 27 KOs); Wlodarczyk (49-3-1, 35 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Wlodarczyk, 33, of Poland, traveled to Drozd's native Russia for his seventh title defense of the belt he won in 2010. Wlodarczyk is battle-tested against quality opponents, including Steve Cunningham (twice, including a loss), Francisco Palacios and Rakhim Chakhkiev, but he looked nothing like the excellent titleholder we've known him as for the past few years. He looked like he had nothing against Drozd, 35, the European champion getting his first shot at a world title after 13 years in the pro ranks.
Drozd, whose only loss came by fifth-round knockout to former world titleholder Firat Arslan in a 2006 title elimination bout, took advantage of his big opportunity in a dominant decision in a snoozer of a fight in which neither guy did much to press the action. Because the WBC's terrible open scoring system was used, everyone knew Drozd was ahead 39-37 on all three scorecards after the fourth round and leading 79-72, 79-72, 78-73 after the eighth round, the only one that produced some decent fireworks in the form of Wlodarczyk (who was bleeding from a cut on the bridge of his nose) getting knocked down on the end of a short right hand. When Drozd, who extended his winning streak to 14, did land punches it was obvious they were heavier than the punches Wlodarczyk landed. The combination of heavier blows and more activity, plus a clean knockdown, all added up to Drozd earning the title in a mostly forgettable fight.
Denis Lebedev KO2 Pawel Kolodziej
Retains a cruiserweight title
Records: Lebedev (26-2, 20 KOs); Kolodziej (33-1, 18 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Lebedev, 35, of Russia, was fighting for the first time since he was knocked out in the 11th round by Guillermo Jones in May 2013. However, the title was returned to Lebedev after Jones failed a post-fight drug test and then their rematch in May was scrapped -- a half-hour before the fight with both boxers warming up in their dressing rooms -- because Jones again failed another test.
Lebedev had no problems whatsoever with Kolodziej, 34, of Poland, who came into the fight undefeated but untested against a collection of poor opponents. After a first round in which each man feinted and tried to establish a jab, Lebedev became more aggressive in the second round. He had Kolodziej backing up and landed a nice right hand to the head that sent him scurrying around the ring. Lebedev, with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach in his corner, continued to pressure Kolodziej, who had gone into total defense mode as he looked to avoid any contact. But he got lazy and dropped his right hand, and Lebedev, a southpaw, came over the top with a scorching left that connected on his chin. Kolodziej never saw it coming and went down hard. He beat the count but he was glassy-eyed and in no condition to continue, which prompted referee Guillermo Perez Pineda to wave off the fight with 41 seconds left in the round. With Grigory Drozd, also of Russia, winning a version of the world title by outpointing Krzystof Wlodarczyk in the main event, perhaps it could help set up an all-Russian unification bout.
Saturday at Montreal
Artur Beterbiev KO2 Tavoris Cloud
Light heavyweight
Records: Beterbiev (6-0, 6 KOs); Cloud (24-3, 19 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Beterbiev may very well be the future of the light heavyweight division. His destruction of former world titleholder Cloud was extremely impressive. Beterbiev, 29, was a late starter in the pro game. He did not turn pro until June 2013, but he came into the pro ranks with a wealth of experience from a glorious amateur career during which he was a 2008 and 2012 Olympian for his home country of Russia and a 2009 world amateur champion. It should also be noted that he owns a pair of amateur victories against countryman Sergey Kovalev, a reigning light heavyweight titlist and one of the most dominant offensive machines in boxing today.
Cloud, 32, of Tallahassee, Florida, held a world title as recently as March 2013, before losing it by lopsided decision to the great Bernard Hopkins. And now Cloud has lost three in a row, having also been stopped in the seventh round challenging champion Adonis Stevenson last September. But he lost that fight on his stool deep into the fight. He lost this fight face down on the mat after getting dropped for the fourth time in a one-sided blowout.
Beterbiev, who now lives in Montreal and is obviously being moved quickly as a pro to have faced Cloud in just his sixth pro fight, scored three knockdowns in the first round, including one just as the bell ended the round. Beterbiev displayed good power in both hands and did not rush his shots. He also mixed in a nasty uppercut. Give Cloud credit for even getting off his stool for the second round, but he did not last long. Beterbiev was all over him and backed him into a corner. As Beterbiev blasted away, he connected on two huge left hooks to the head and Cloud went down face first and was counted out by referee Michael Griffin 38 seconds into the round. Beterbiev is definitely somebody to keep a close eye on. He could be in big fights much sooner than later.
Dierry Jean TKO5 Daniel Ruiz
Lightweight
Records: Jean (27-1, 19 KOs); Ruiz (32-8-2, 22 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: In January, Jean, 32, a native of Haiti who lives in Montreal, got a mandatory shot at junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson and came to his hometown of Washington, D.C., for the fight. Although Jean lost a unanimous decision he turned in a spirited effort in a competitive fight and did not hurt his stock. When he returned in June to score a knockout victory, Jean had moved down to lightweight, where he planned to campaign.
In his second fight since the loss to Peterson, Jean faced Ruiz, of Mexico, and struggled. The aggressive Ruiz got off to a strong start and had his way in the opening round and continued to seemingly dominate the first rounds of the fight. Jean, frankly, looked pretty bad until turning things around in the fifth round, when seemingly out of nowhere he landed a straight left to the pit of Ruiz's stomach. Ruiz winced and went down to a knee and then barely beat the count. Ruiz mounted a bit of a rally but went down later in the round from another left to the body. This time he remained on one knee and took the full count from referee Alain Villeneuve, who waved it over at 2 minutes, 42 seconds. It was a somewhat dramatic comeback for Jean, but it should give him and his handlers pause that he struggled so severely with a journeyman opponent.
Saturday at Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico
Ramon Alvarez W10 Omar Chavez
Junior middleweight
Scores: 98-92, 96-94 (twice)
Records: Alvarez (20-4-2, 12 KOs); Chavez (32-3-1, 22 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: A fight boxing fans have wanted to see for the past few years is a showdown between Mexican stars Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. And for a while there seemed to be legitimate talk of the eventual showdown, but it never came to be and probably won't ever happen. Politics; the bad blood (at the time) between Golden Boy, Alvarez's promoter, and Top Rank (Chavez's); and the gap in weight that grew over the years made the fight a nonstarter.
But now we at least know that it is the Alvarez family that rules after this battle between Ramon Alvarez, 28, Canelo's older brother, and Omar Chavez, Julio's 24-year-old little brother. Of course, this bout was made strictly to take advantage of the star power of the family names, but it turned into a good little scrap that Alvarez won in front of a crowd of more than 7,000.
The quicker Alvarez was also more aggressive against the seemingly befuddled Chavez, who threw one punch at a time for most of the fight while Alvarez threw numerous combinations. Alvarez dominated the fight despite two of the close scorecards. He hurt Chavez with a right hand in the third round and had him backing up. Although Chavez, whose face was quite reddened by the end of the bout, had a few good moments, this was Alvarez's night.
Saturday at Oklahoma City
Samuel Peter KO1 Ron Aubrey
Heavyweight
Scores: 100-90 (twice), 98-92
Records: Peter (35-5, 28 KOs); Aubrey (12-4-1, 12 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Peter was once one of the best heavyweights in the world. He knocked Wladimir Klitschko down three times in their first fight, despite losing a decision in the title elimination contest in 2005. In 2008, Peter won a heavyweight world title. But Peter lost it in his first defense, getting destroyed in eight rounds by Vitali Klitschko. He was never the same after that. Although he won a few more fights, they came against nobodies. And then he got knocked out twice in a row. Badly. By Wladimir Klitschko in a 2010 rematch, this time for the world title and then by Robert Helenius, a top prospect at the time, in 2011. And then Peter disappeared.
But Peter, 34, a Nigeria native living in Las Vegas, made his return after a 3½-year absence and probably should have just stayed retired. He looked more like Butterbean waddling around the ring than a serious prize fighter in this farcical match against the 47-year-old Aubrey, of Oklahoma City, an enforcer on the ice during a 12-year minor league hockey career, who was just as soft around the middle as Peter was.
The result was a joke. As they plodded around the ring like sumo wrestlers might go at each other, Peter eventually landed a short right hand clearly behind the head and Aubrey went down face first. It looked staged. Aubrey barely beat the count, wobbled a tad and the referee waved it off at 2 minutes, 34 seconds. That's 2:34 you'll never get back if you watched this fight. Any talk of a rededicated, refocused Peter is a lie. He is not any of that based on this joke.
Ricardo Mayorga TKO1 Allen Medina
Middleweight
Records: Mayorga (30-8-1, 24 KOs); Medina (9-24-1, 1 KO)
Rafael's remarks: Look who's back, back again. Don't bother to tell a friend. The 40-year-old Mayorga, years and years past his best days, is the former welterweight world champion and a former junior middleweight titlist, but has not been relevant in years. He is best known for his two wins over Vernon Forrest as well as for his losses to a who's who: Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Shane Mosley and in his last fight before this comeback -- a 12th-round knockout loss to Miguel Cotto challenging for a junior middleweight world title in 2011.
Mayorga has dabbled with making a comeback before but was blocked by promoter Don King, who claimed he was still under contract. But this time Mayorga, sporting orange hair and looking a bit plump, went through with his first fight in 3½ years. That he won, and did so easily, came as no surprise because he was facing an opponent in Medina, 36, of Denver, who lost his fifth fight in a row (fourth by knockout). It's a shame that a blatant mismatch like this would even be approved by the Oklahoma commission.
In any event, the fight went ahead and Mayorga went after him, swinging wild rights hands and left hooks. He eventually bulled Medina in a corner and hurt him with a clubbing right hand. Mayorga continued to tee off on the defenseless Medina. Mayorga unloaded approximately 20 unanswered punches, many of which landed until the referee stepped in way too late to call off the bout at 1 minute, 3 seconds as Medina was collapsing to the mat. Everything was wrong about this fight, from its inception to it being approved by the commission to the lack of any competition to the poor officiating.
On the undercard, 43-year-old long faded junior middleweight titleholder Luis Ramon "Yory Boy" Campas (103-17-3, 79 KOs), of Mexico, won a six-round decision against Julio Cesar Lanzas (8-20-6, 1 KO), 36, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in another miserable mismatch. Campas, who held a 154-pound title from 1997 to 1998 and has not had a notable fight since his 2003 knockout loss to De La Hoya in a world title bout, won 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55. With Mayorga and Campas both winning their setup fights they are supposed to square off against each other later this year. Just what the word had not been waiting for.
Friday at Krasnodar, Russia
Roy Jones Jr. KO1 Hany Atiyo
Cruiserweight
Records: Jones Jr. (59-8, 42 KOs); Atiyo (14-3, 10 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: The 45-year-old Jones keeps plugging along many years past his dominant days. From roughly 1994 to 2004 the former four-division titleholder was the pound-for-pound king, an untouchable force and among the greatest fighters to ever step into a boxing ring. That was a long time ago.
He is nowhere near that level anymore, but as long as he keeps fighting opponents such as Atiyo there's no telling how long he can continue to win these kinds of fights.
While many have called for Jones' retirement, if he keeps facing this caliber of opponent he is at least unlikely to get hurt. Jones, of Pensacola, Florida, won his fifth fight in a row and recorded his second knockout in a row in his second fight in two months. On July 26, Jones traveled to Riga, Latvia, and knocked out British journeyman Courtney Fry in the fifth round for his first knockout since stopping former super middleweight titlist Jeff Lacy in the 10th round in August 2009.
Fighting outside of the United States for the fourth consecutive time and for the fifth time in six fights, including three in Russia, Jones mowed down Atiyo, an obscure 30-year-old from Egypt with zero credentials. He does, however, have a cool nickname: "The Egyptian Hurricane."
Jones, who hopes to get a cruiserweight world title shot, blitzed Atiyo. For the first minute, not much happened but then Jones landed a powerful left hook to Atiyo's liver and he went down immediately to all fours and then rolled over onto his back in clear agony as he was counted out at 1 minute, 15 seconds. It was an easy night at the office for Jones, who doesn't appear interested in hanging his gloves up any time soon.
Friday at Mesquite, Texas
Juan Carlos Payano Tech. Dec. 6 Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno
Wins a bantamweight title
Scores: 59-55, 58-56 (twice)
Records: Payano (16-0, 8 KOs); Moreno (35-3-1, 12 KOs)
Rafael's remarks: Moreno, 29, of Panama, has been one of boxing's most dominant titleholders, holding his belt since 2008 and making 12 successful defenses, despite losing a decision to Abner Mares in a 2012 junior featherweight title challenge. A very slick, defensive-minded southpaw, Moreno has been a nightmare for 118-pounders until squaring off with Payano, a 30-year-old from the Dominican Republic, who is promoted by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
Unfortunately, the fight ended prematurely. Payano, an aggressive southpaw, suffered a cut over his right eye from an accidental clash of heads in the second round. The cut got steadily worse through the fight and it was ultimately stopped after the sixth round and sent to the scorecards when referee Luis Pabon halted the bout because Payano was unable to continue. Payano was up on the cards and awarded the title. To Moreno's credit, he gave Payano credit for the victory but said he was having trouble making 118 pounds. He did not call for a rematch and instead said he would move up to junior featherweight, where he hopes to win another world title.
In the co-feature middleweight Charles Hatley (24-1-1, 16 KOs), 28, of Dallas, overcame a huge knockdown from a right hand in the third round to win a 10-round decision on scores of 98-91 across the board against late substitute Richar Gutierrez (28-14-1, 17 KOs), 36, a Colombia native based in Miami, who took the fight when former junior middleweight titlist Joachim Alcine dropped out because of an eye injury.
Also on the undercard, former junior featherweight title challenger Robert Marroquin (24-3-1, 17 KOs), 25, a southpaw from Dallas, scored a third-round knockout of Miguel Soto (12-4, 12 KOs), 26, of Puerto Rico, in a lightweight bout. Marroquin, who's 2-2-1 in his last five fights, dropped Soto twice in the third round and he did not come out of his corner for the fourth round. Soto lost his third fight in a row and fourth of his last five.
- Sep 1, 2004
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damn Dan goosen passed away cause of punk *** cancer
RIP.
- Oct 10, 2005
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RIP to Dan Goosen
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aepps20
Supporter
- Feb 8, 2004
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RIP sad that he died and even sadder that his last few months were spent dealing with Ward's BS
lightweight champion
Banned
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His f-bomb to Chico just before he KO'd JLC will live in boxing lore.
RIP Dan Goosen.
RIP Dan Goosen.
- Sep 28, 2003
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That wasnt Dan, that was his brother who is a trainer. RIP Dan Goosen.
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RIP Goosen
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Rip goossen.
Does this free ward of his contract or does it fall to someone else?
Does this free ward of his contract or does it fall to someone else?
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its with the goosen family now
- Jun 7, 2012
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Canelo clottey official in my hometown and on my bday! I guess I know what I'm getting for myself lol
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/...-its-canelo-alvarez-joshua-clottey-in-houston
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/...-its-canelo-alvarez-joshua-clottey-in-houston
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"Canelo is not fighting on PPV" stated De LaHoya. " "It's on regular HBO for the fans"
If they put this thing on PPV they'd have to lie about the number to crack 250k
They'd also probably break even or take a loss.
They HAVE to put in on HBO, but thanks DeLaHoya, for looking out for me as a fan.
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mrtarheel
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They should put this on ESPN
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I didn't even know clottey still fought dude is basura. Holding the block button the whole time
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Nice little video on Mens Fitness website of going inside training with Golovkin. It's astonishing the power he possesses without doing any weight lifting. Just natural power smh. He's easily the most exciting fighter for me to watch as Pacquiao makes his way on the decline.
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Curtis Stevens vs Hassan Ndam on ESPN2 tonight
