Round-by-Round: Worlds Collide - October 6, 2018

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WINTRUST ARENA, CHICAGO

Running Order

Bantamweight Contest
Shawn Simpson vs. Francisco Javier Lapizco

4 round Welterweight Contest
Reshat Mati vs. Adan Ahumada

4 x 3 mins Middleweight Contest
Nikita Ababiy VS Jake Henrickson

4 round Heavyweight Contest
Nkosi Solomon vs. Matt Cameron

10x2 round WBC World Super-Lightweight Championship
Erica Farias vs. Jessica McCaskill

10 round mins Light-Heavyweight Contest
Anthony Sims Jr. vs. Mario Aguilar

WBA World Super-Bantamweight Championship
Daniel Roman vs. Gavin McDonnell

IBF World Light-Heavyweight Championship
Artur Beterbiev vs. Callum Johnson

12 round Heavyweight contest
Jarrell Miller vs. Tomasz Adamek

12 round Welterweight contest
Jessie Vargas vs. Thomas Dulorme
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[Ruthless-RKO]

In a shocker, Matt Cameron (3-1-1) scored two knockdowns and won a four round unanimous decision over highly regarded heavyweight prospect Nkosi Solomon (0-1), who was making his pro debut. All three judges scored it 39-33.

After dominating most of the first round, Cameron stung Solomon with a big shot in the closing seconds. In the second, Cameron was really taking the fight to Solomon and landing solid punches as they were brawling.

In the third round, Cameron dropped Solomon with a big counter hook. Solomon made it to his feet, but he was taking damage and not throwing much back in return.

At the start of the fourth, two lefts handed on Solomon. He lost a point for holding too much and moments later Cameron dropped him for a second time. Solomon made it up again, and Cameron began battering him with punches - nearly stopping him with combinations against the ropes. And Solomon lost a second point for holding too much.

[jamamb]

lol just started a thread before you, but lets go with this one

[Ruthless-RKO]

lol just started a thread before you, but lets go with this one

Ah didn’t realise. Keep the updates coming. I’m gonna get a stream on as well.

[jamamb]

i never actually saw that fight but hope footage appears, usually those types of fights are knockover jobs for top amateurs like solomon but sounds like he got humiliated


wonder if eddie keeps him

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Middleweight Nikita Ababiy (1-0, 1 KO) made his pro debut with a crushing first round knockout of Jake Henriksen (2-3). A series of shots to the body sent Henriksen down for the full count.

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Welterweight Reshat Mati (1-0, 1 KO) made his pro debut with a third round knockout of Adan Ahumada (3-6-2).

Mati took some shots in the first two rounds. He stuck to his jab and landed a hook to the liver, sending Ahumada down for the count.

[tiny_acres]

Welterweight Reshat Mati (1-0, 1 KO) made his pro debut with a third round knockout of Adan Ahumada (3-6-2).

Mati took some shots in the first two rounds. He stuck to his jab and landed a hook to the liver, sending Ahumada down for the count.

Mati is calm and poised for a guy mak8ng his debut. I can see him going far

[Ruthless-RKO]

[KiwiRider]

Worlds Collide
A fitting name now that Miller has created his own gravitational pull.

Spare me days, the bloke is enormous...

[Ruthless-RKO]

Hope Beterbiev returns again soon and not wait too long.

[boxing_rocks]

Hope Beterbiev returns again soon and not wait too long.

His promoter and his adviser are not trying too hard.

[tiny_acres]

Hope Beterbiev returns again soon and not wait too long.

His promoter and his adviser are not trying too hard.

5 and a half years as a pro and only 13 fights.
His management sucks

[jamamb]

ya, he should have far more then 13 fights by now . that type of activity would really only be acceptable if hed been like loma and had been fighting world class opposition consistently pretty much since turning pro

[jamamb]

this miller -adamek fights seems like it will be very unhealthy for adamek

[jamamb]

watching this first round i get the impression that miller could stop adamek whenever he wants to

[jamamb]

and there it is, adamek down and stopped in round 2, total mismatch

[Ruthless-RKO]

Poor fight. Miller did what he had to.

[tiny_acres]

Poor fight. Miller did what he had to.

I'd like to see Miller in with a live body.
But I do like the guy

[jamamb]

unfortunetyl i fell like we could be seeing him vs oquendo for the secondary wba title

[Andrew]

unfortunetyl i fell like we could be seeing him vs oquendo for the secondary wba title

Agreed. I can see that before the end of the year.

[jamamb]

good first round for dulorme, he landed a left hook high on the head that almost dropped vargas at the end of the round

[jamamb]

another dulorme round, and vargas cut from an accidental headbutt

but dulrome several times has started well and then gone downhill, lets see if he can hold it together

[smille76]

Hope Beterbiev returns again soon and not wait too long.

His promoter and his adviser are not trying too hard.

5 and a half years as a pro and only 13 fights.
His management sucks

Hi,

I'm from Montreal where Beterbiev is currently based. He has a LOT of issues with his current promoter (Group GYM); they went to court for contract issues and Artur lost. Apparently, he will still try to gain his cause with an appeal but this seems to waste a lot of time.

Also, Artur is very religious and he won't fight at certain times of the year; that surely won't help his progression by any means at this level.

Other reason he has a low fight count is the fact that the guy is relatively unknown and he is a real beast in the ring; he apparently has a lot of troubles finding decent opposition and the big names avoid him because the have everything to lose if they accept a fight against him.

Also, he was sidelined for 1 year in 2015-2016 with a shoulder injury.

I also hope he fights more because he is very exciting to watch.

Cheers,

Seb

[jamamb]

i missed most of the 4th but thought dulrome won the 5th, dulorme defo winning going into the 6th for me