Kirkland lands Uppercut on Angulo
Saturday, November 5, 2011
HBO GETS GREAT FIGHT AS KIRKLAND & ANGULO DELIVER
Cancun, Mexico– James Kirkland, (153 lbs), Austin, TX TKO 6 Alfredo Angulo, (154), Coachella, CA. With both Kirkland (30-1, 27 KOs) and Angulo (20-2, 17 KOs) tasting the canvas in round one, it looked to be an early night for either guy. Not so much, after six rounds of mainly offense by Kirkland it was Angulo who wilted and was stopped on his feet. Amazingly, even though both fighters were hurt again after their up and down opening round, there were no more knockdowns. The end coming at the 2:01 mark of round six. Kirkland gets biggest win of his career. Angulo just gets his ass kicked.
FAVORED QUILLIN PREVAILS WITH INSIDE DISTANCE WIN
Peter Quillin, (159.8), Brooklyn, NY TKO 6 Craig McEwan, (160), Hollywood, CA. Quillin (26-0, 20 KOs) are former gym mates out of the ring McEwan, but inside not so much. McEwan, though bloodied, looked to be able and willing to continue but the fight was stopped anyway. I think it was a premature ending coming at 2:28 of round six.
SHOWTIME AIRS “SUPER SIX” TOURNEY TRUMP CARD
Quebec, Canada– Lucian Bute, (167.5), Montreal, Canada UD 12 Glen Johnson, (166.5), Miami, FL. (IBF 168 lb belt) Bute (30-0, 24 KOs) may have ended Johnson’s (51-16-2, 35 KOs) status as a title contender with this near shutout victory. The scorecards read 119-109 twice & 120-108.
FAVORED MOLITOR GETS NARROW WIN IN WAR
Steve Molitor, (123.1), Ontario, Canada SD 12 Sebastien Gauthier, (121.6), Quebec, Canada. Molitor (34-2, 12 KOs) and Gauthier (21-3, 13 KOs) waged a war throughout this ten rounder. With both fighter’s eyes cut for a majority of the fight, Molitor’s left was checked out during the rest period before the final round. Though a all judges agreed to a score of 96-94, two went to Molitor.
FLOPPED BADLY IN TWO FIGHTS
Allan Green, (173), Tulsa, OK UD 10 Sebastien Demers, (169.5), Quebec, Canada. Green (31-3, 18 KOs) displayed superior skills against Demers (31-5, 11 KOs) over ten uneventful rounds. Scores were 100-90, 98-92 & 97-93. Green was coming off losses to both World champ Andre Ward and Glem Johnson needed the win about as bad a fighter can. On this night, Green delivered.
EX-CHAMP AT 154 IS SUCCESSFUL CRUISER CHAMP ON SHOWTIME
Hollywood, FL– Guillermo Jones, (197), Colon, Panama TKO 6 Michael Marrone, (198.75), Vero Beach, FL (WBA 200 lb. title) Jones (38-3-2, 30 KOs) completely demolishes Marrone (20-4, 15 KOs) with ease. The outgunned
Marrone was down in both rounds five and six, with the end coming at 1:55 of the round.
SEMI MAIN FROM FLORIDA ALL ABOUT THE DISTANCE
Joey Hernandez, (153), Miami, FL UD 12 Elco Garcia, (153.75), Ignacio, CO. Hernandez (20-1-1, 11 KOs) looked even more impressive against Garcia (25-8, 12 KOs) than the cards read. Both fighters were down during the battle, Garcia in round one and Hernandez controversially in round two. All cards read 114-112.
LAD FROM LONDON LASHED LAD FROM LIVERPOOL
London, England– George Groves, (167.75), London, England TKO 2 Paul Smith, (167.75), Liverpool, England. Groves’ (14-0, 11 KOs) demolition of Smith (31-3, 17 KOs) takes just under four and a half minutes. The end coming at 1:18 of round two.
BURNS IMPROVES IMAGE WITH WIN OVER KATSIDIS
Ricky Burns, (135), Coatbridge, Scotland, UD 12 Michael Katsidis, (135), Queensland, Australia
Burns (33-2, 9 KOs) makes it look easy in outboxing Katsidis (28-5, 23 KOs) a former two time title holder. Scores were 117-111 twice and 117-112.
ARREOLA STAYS BUSY WITH FIGHT IN MEXICO
Leon, Mexico– Chris Arreola, (240.46), Escondido, CA TKO 3 Raphael Butler, (255), Rochester, MN. Arreola (34-2, 29 KOs) absolutely ate Butler (35-12, 28 KOs) like he was robbing a taco truck. Knocking Butler down twice in round two and for the last time in round three. Time was unavailable.
Friday, November 4, 2011
TELEFUTURA FRIDAY CARD OK
Indio, CA– Sergio Mora, (161), Los Angeles, CA TKO 7 Jose Flores, (158.75), Los Angeles, CA. Mora (23-2, 6 KOs) looked impressive in his domination of Flores (45-12, 26 KOs) who was retired by referee Lou Moret after round seven. Time was 3:00.
BATTLE OF UNBEATEN PAISANS GOES ROUTE FOR EURO TITLE
Florence, Italy– Leonard Bundu, (146.25), Florence, Italy UD 12 Daniele Petrucci, (146.25), Rome, Italy – Bundu (25-0, 7 KOs) remains the unbeaten one while handing Petrucci (28-1-2, 10 KOs) his first pro loss. Scores were 117-111, 117-113, and 116-113. This bout was for the vacant European welterweight (147) title.
Edwin “Ace” Ayala