Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire
Saturday, July 7, 2012
HBO CARD TOPPED BY “FILIPINO FLASH”
Carson, CA– Nonito Donaire, (121.4 lbs), San Leandro, CA UD 12 Jeffrey Mathebula, (121.8), Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa. (WBO/IBF 122 lb. unification match)
Donaire (29-1, 18 KOs) earns a well fought decision over Mathebula (26-4-2, 14 KOs). The more powerful Donaire pressured the much taller Mathebula. Donaire’s left hook dropped Mathebula like a tree at the end of round four, but the pesky Mathebula refused to succumb, went the route and lost by scores of 117-110, 118-109 and 119-108.
PAVLIK WINS A “BREEZER” OVER AVERAGE ROSINSKY
Ex-middleweight (160) king Kelly Pavlik, (168.2), Youngstown, OH UD 10 Will Rosinsky, (168.2), Ozone Park, NY. Pavlik (40-2, 34 KOs) who was cut by a punch or a butt early on by Rosinsky (16-2, 9 KOs), dropped Rosinsky once. Pavlik had his way over his foe for the most part to win with scores of 98-91 twice and 97-92.
FOX SPORTS CARD FEATURES “NEVER GIVE UP” KARASS
Costa Mesa, CA– Jesus Soto Karass, (151.6), Los Angeles, CA TKO 5 Euri Gonzalez, (151.4), Hollywood, FL. Karass (26-7-3, 17 KOs) scored a fifth round stoppage over Gonzalez (20-3-1, 14 KOs). Karass dropped Gonzalez in round five and the bout was stopped at the 1:50 mark.
Francisco Vargas, (131), Mexico City, Mexico KO 1 Irving Torres, (130.6), Salinas, Puerto Rico
Vargas (12-0, 10 KOs) ends the night for Torres (9-3, 7 KOs) in round one. Time was unavailable.
FIGHT RESULTS FROM THE UK
Sheffield, England– Kell Brook, (146.5), Sheffield, England MD 12 Carson Jones, (146.7), Oklahoma City, OK. Brook (28-0, 18 KOs) escapes with a hard fought victory over the late rallies of Jones (34-9-2, 24 KOs). Scores were 114-114, 116-113 and 115-113.
Grzegorz Proksa, (159.4), Surrey, England TKO 8 Kerry Hope, (159.4), Wales, England. Proksa (28-1, 21 KOs) avenges his one upset loss by knocking out Hope (17-4, 1 KO) in round eight. Time was 2:59.
BIG HEAVYWEIGHT TYSON WINS AS PREDICTED
Clevedon, England– Tyson Fury, (245.5), Cheshire, England TKO 5 Vinny Maddalone, (232.5), Queens, NY. Fury (19-0, 13 KOs) scored an easy win over Maddalone (35-8, 26 KOs). Fury punished Maddalone in round three, cut him under the left eye in round four and stayed on him until it was waved off in round five. Time was 1:35.
Lee Haskins, (117.25), Avon, England UD 12 Stuart Hall, (117.75), Darlington, England
Haskins (26-2. 11 KOs) easily outpoints Hall (12-1-1, 7 KOs) over 12 fistic frames. Scores were 118-111, 117-111 and 118-110.
EPIX HAD KLITSCHKO-THOMPSON II IN HD INTERNET BROADCAST
Berne, Switzerland– Wladimir Klitschko, (249.1), Kiev, Ukraine TKO 6 Tony Thompson, (244.7), Washington, D.C. (WBO, IBF, & WBA heavyweight titles). Klitschko (58-3, 51 KOs) looked unbeatable this second time around with “TT” stopping a picking-up-a-payday Thompson (36-3, 24 KOs) in six. Landing right hands at will, Wlad dropped Tony twice once in the fifth, again in the sixth before it was stopped at 2:56.
Friday, July 6, 2012
ESPN2 CARD HAD FIREWORKS!
Las Vegas, NV– Javier Fortuna, (129), La Romana, Dominican Republic TKO 2 Cristobal Cruz, (128), Tijuana, Mexico. Fortuna (20-0, 15 KOs) finishes Cruz (39-14-3, 23 KOs) off with one punch power at 2:22 of the second, making it the first time Cruz had been stopped in a decade.
Magomed Abdusalamov, (229), Oxnard, CA TKO 2 Maurice Byarm, (239), Washington, D.C.
Abdusalamov (15-0, 15 KOs) rolled all over a helpless Byarm (13-2-1, 9 KOs) ending it at :36 of round two.
Edwin “Ace” Ayala