Is Manny Pacquiao Hiding From JMM?
Saturday, April 14, 2012
HBO PPV CARD WAS SPLIT BETWEEN LAS VEGAS & MEXICO CITY
Mexico City, MX– Juan Manuel Marquez, (140 lbs), Anaheim, CA UD 12 Serhiy Fedchenko, (138), Kharkov, Ukraine. Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs) though visibly slower and less powerful than he was in November when JMM in the opinion of many got screwed against Manny Pacquiao, still had too much for the limited but game Fedchenko (30-2, 13 KOs). Marquez had Fedchenko hurt late in the fight but couldn’t finish him. Scorecards were 118-110 twice and 119-109.
ANOTHER BOXING HEIST ON TELEVISION!
Las Vegas, NV– Brandon Rios, (137), Oxnard, CA SD 12 Richard Abril, (135), Miami, FL. Rios (30-0-1, 22 KOs) wins a controversial 12-round decision over a busier more aggressive Abril (17-3-1, 8 KOs). Unfortunately for Abril, two judges must have been reading the newspaper and not watching the fight. Scores were 116-112 and 115-113 for Rios and the third 117-111 for Abril. (Pedro Fernandez did an entire story on the scoring below)
UNBEATEN JR. WELTER GETS “HARD-EARNED” DECISION
Mike Alvarado, (140), Thornton, CO UD 10 Mauricio Herrera, (140), Lake Elsinore, CA. Alvarado’s (33-0, 23 KOs) heavier shots clearly earned him the victory over a badly bruised Herrera (18-2, 7 KOs). A good action filled fight ending with scores of 99-91, 97-93, and 96-94. The last score was the closest to reality.
“FIERY FILIPINO” BREAKS COLOMBIAN JOURNEYMAN
Mercito Gesta, (138), San Diego, CA TKO 8 Oscar Cuero, (137), Cartagena, Columbia. Gesta (25-0-1, 13 KOs) behind a sustained body attack breaks down Cuero (15-8, 12 KOs) dropping him in round seven and punishing his foe to end matters in round eight at a time of 1:38.
TYSON FURY REMAINS UNDEFEATED WITH TKO
Belfast, Ireland– Tyson Fury, (245.75), Cheshire, United Kingdom TKO 5 Martin Rogan, (228.25), Belfast, Ireland. Fury (18-0, 13 KOs) stopped the 40-year old aggresive Rogan (14-3, 7 KOs) to claim the vacant Irish heavyweight title. Fury floored Rogan in round three with a straight left hand mixed in with some bodywork to finish the job in round five at the 3:00 mark.
Friday, April 13, 2012
STURM HAS “ONE UP” ON JR. CHAVEZ
Koln, Germany– Felix Sturm, (159), Cologne, Germany TKO 9 Sebastian Zbik, (159), Schwerin, Germany. (WBA 160 lb title) Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs) punishes Zbik (30-2, 10 KOs) into submission after nine rounds. Zbik had gone the route with WBC paper (toilet tissue) champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
YANKEE HEAVYWEIGHT NO MATCH FOR GERMAN
Denis Boytsov, (218), Hamburg, Germany UD 10 Dominick Guinn, (233), Houston, TX. Boytsov (31-0, 25 KOs) dominates Guinn (33-9-1, 22 KOs) over ten lopsided rounds. Cards were 99-91 and 100-90 twice.
ESPN 2 CARD END OF ROAD FOR KATSIDIS?
Las Vegas, NV– Albert Mensah, (140), Accra, Ghana MD 10 Michael Katsidis, (138), Queensland, Australia. In a thrilling bout, Mensah (20-3-1, 7 KOs) outworks Katsidis (28-6, 23 KOs) over ten tough rounds. Though Katsidis was a human punching machine from the opening bell, the unknown Mensah did more than enough damage to win on two cards of 98-92 and 96-94, while the third read even at 95-95.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUG WINS REMATCH WITH PUNCTUATION MARK!
Alan Sanchez, (147), Fairfield, CA TKO 1 Artemio Reyes, (146), Carlton, CA
Sanchez (10-2-1, 4 KOs) reverses the outcome of the first fight with Reyes (15-2, 12 KOs) with a fuselage of punches that had Reyes on the deck when the bout was waved off at 2:08.
Edwin “Ace” Ayala