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Weights from Carson, CA! Posted by The Fight Journal on August 15, 2014[1] Shawn Porter 146 3/4, Kell Brook 146 1/2 Sakio Bika 167 3/4, Anthony Dirrell 168 Omar Figueroa 135, Daniel Estrada 134 1/2 Deontay Wilder 224, Jason Gavern 247 Jorge Linares 137, Ira Terry 132 Dominic Breazeale 250, Billy Zumbrun 233 Lydell Rhodes 142 1/2, John Nater 144 Luke Campbell 136, Steve Trumble 132
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Kell Brook upsets Shawn Porter, wins IBF welterweight title Doug Fischer; RingTV August 16, 2014[2] CARSON, Calif. – The streak of Fight of the Year candidates on StubHub cards ended with Saturday’s Showtime tripleheader headlined by the Shawn Porter-Kell Brook welterweight title bout but the venue delivered one of the upsets of the year when the visiting challenger outpointed the heavily favored American titleholder. Brook (33-0, 22 knockouts), a native of Sheffield, England, who was making only his second U.S. appearance, scored a majority decision over Porter, the defending IBF beltholder that most American boxing pundits had tabbed to win. Porter (24-1-1, 15 KOs), had fewer pro bouts than Brook, but the 26-year-old Ohioan was viewed as the more battle-tested and the more formidable fighter thanks to his previous two bouts – his title-winning decision over Devon Alexander in December and his fourth-round stoppage of Paulie Malignaggi in April. However, while the two American veterans carried more respect and name-recognition than Brook, the 28-year-old English contender brought more size, athleticism and punching power to the ring and he put it to good use down the stretch of a closely contested match. Porter utilized effective aggression over the first half of the bout, mauling the Brit on the inside every chance he got. However, despite suffering a small cut to his left eyebrow in Round 2, Brook kept his composure, occasionally catching Porter with stiff jabs and right hands as the American lunged forward. By the middle rounds, Brook was in a stick-and- move rhythm, and perhaps aided by a bleeding cut that Porter suffered to his right eyelid in Round 6, the IBF mandatory challenger began putting two- and three-punch combinations together down the stretch of the bout. It wasn’t a very entertaining bout, certainly not a slugfest like many of the recent main events hosted at StubHub, but the official judges credited Brook’s cleaner punching. Judges Max DeLuca and Adalaide Byrd had him winning handily by scores of 117-111 and 116-112. English judge Dave Parris scored the bout a draw, 114-114. But a win is a win for Brook, who said the moment he was announced “new champion” had been his dream since he was nine years old. “Everyone thought I’d get knocked out tonight but I came over from Britain and got the win,” Brook told Showtime’s Jim Gray. “It was a scrappy fight but I did what I had to do with him. I’m usually more slick than this but he was rough and he came in low.” Brook said he wasn’t bothered by Porter’s early relentlessness, brute strength and roughhouse tactics on the inside. “I was born to do this,” he said. “I always deliver. I always find a way to win. The better the opponent, the better I am.” The first opponent mentioned to Brook was fellow British star Amir Khan, who is coming off a solid decision victory over former titleholder Luis Collazo in May. “The British public needs to see that fight but I think Khan needs to get in (line),” Brook said. Porter wants to get in line, too. He wasn’t satisfied with his performance down the stretch of the fight or with some of Brook’s tactics or with the scorecards. “I still feel like the champ because I fought like a champ tonight and I don’t think he beat the champ,” Porter said. “He held a substantial amount tonight.” When asked if the cut bothered him in the late rounds, Porter said he didn’t know. “I ignore all that stuff during a fight,” he said. “Tonight we didn’t get it all right but next time we will. I’m now 24-1, but I’m still here. We’ll come back stronger.” DIRRELL WINS WBC SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE In the co-featured bout of the Golden Boy Promotions card, unbeaten super middleweight Anthony Dirrell won the WBC title by outpointing defending beltholder Sakio Bika in one of the uglier title bouts in recent memory. Dirrell (27-0, 22 KOs) won by scores of 114-113, 116-110 and 117-111. There weren’t many clean punches landed during the foul-marred 12-round clutch-and-grapple fest, but Dirrell landed more jabs and flush power shots than Bika (32-6-3, 21 KOs), who was penalized a point for low blows in Round 8. Referee Jack Reiss had to halt the action numerous times to admonish both fighters for blatant fouls, excessive holding, pushing, shoving and take downs. The bout, which was a rematch of the split-draw the two super middleweights fought to last December, was not at all entertaining but it was an emotional victory for Dirrell, a cancer survivor whose pro career has suffered numerous stalls due to illness and injury.
Omar Figueroa stops Daniel Estrada in ninth round Lem Satterfield; RingTV August 16, 2014[3] WBC lightweight titleholder Omar Figueroa Jr. floored Daniel Estrada with right hand in Round 9, then forced the stoppage moments later with a barrage of punches on Saturday night at StubHub Center in Carson, California. Referee Raul Caiz Sr. stepped in to wave an end to the fight a minute into the ninth, as Figueroa (24-0-1, 18 knockouts) defeated Estrada in the first fight of a Showtime tripleheader headlined by Shawn Porter’s IBF welterweight title defense against Kell Brook, which Porter lost by majority decision. By the third round, blood was already dripping from Estrada’s nose. Estrada then landed a left hook below Figueroa’s belt and Caiz stepped in while the champion took 45 seconds to recover. In an eighth-round clash of heads Figueroa suffered a deep cut that bothered him to the point where he retreated to the ropes in a neutral corner, where Estrada (32-3-1, 24 KOs) landed a succession of effective punches. “The eye didn’t concern me, personally, I just knew that to the judges and to the doctor, that it would look pretty bad … I knew that he would be more open because of the cut, so I just played possum for the last two rounds because I knew that maybe he thought that I was hurt or something,” said Figueroa, who out-landed Estrada, 229-to-169 in total punches, including a 174-to-102 advantage in power shots, although Estrada landed more jabs, 67-to-55. “I knew that punch was going to come, so I was waiting for it.” After the eighth round it appeared that Caiz was taking extra time to examine Figueroa’s cut, but it turned out he was taking a close look at Estrada to determine if he could continue. “I didn’t want them to stop the fight. I wasn’t keeping track on what was going on with him. I had plenty of things to worry about in my corner,” said Figueroa. “I just did my job, and that was it. I don’t think that I did that great. It wasn’t up to par to what I expected. I wanted to come out more explosive. We planned to go toe-to-toe, and we planned for a good fight, and this is the result.” Figueroa has gone 14-0 with 10 knockouts since a split draw with Arturo Quintero in November 2010, and was coming off April’s split-decision win over Jerry Belmontes in defense of the belt he won in a Fight of the Year candidate against Nihito Arakawa in July 2013. Estrada, 29, had last been in action for Decmeber’s third-round knockout of Hugo Armenta, and had last suffered defeat by split decision to Reyes Sanchez in December 2010. Estrada lost his sister and one of his nieces when they were killed in a car crash two weeks ago, having to identify the body of his 8-year-old niece, Emery Fernanda, and being present when his 28-year-old sister, Yanin, died on a hospital bed three days later. Estrada said that his sister told him not to pull out of the fight and to continue training before passing away. According to WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman, two-division titlewinner Jorge Linares (37-3, 24 KOs) is now the organization’s mandatory challenger. In an earlier fight on the Porter-Brook card, Linares earned his sixth straight victory and his fourth knockout during that run with a second-round stoppage of lightweight rival Terry. But Figueroa said that he may move up in weight. “It’s really nothing against the 135-pound division,” said Figueroa Jr. “It’s just that my body is just not up to it anymore. I think that I’ll be more comfortable at 140.”
Deontay Wilder, Jorge Linares score knockouts on Porter-Brook card Lem Satterfield; RingTV August 16, 2014[4] Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder scored knockdowns in the third and final rounds of a fourth-round technical knockout over journeyman Jason Gavern on Saturday at The StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. A 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, Wilder (32-0, 32 knockouts) has yet to go beyond the fourth round, which he did for only the fourth time in his career against Gavern (25-17-4, 11 KOs). “I knew what this fight was, and what it meant, and so we did what we came to do,” said Wilder, in a text message from ringside to RingTV.com. “What we wanted to do was to get some rounds in and to get the win. We did that, and nothing more.” Wilder had an advantage of 57-to-16 in overall punches, including 18-to-14 in power shots and 39-to-2 in jabs against Gavern, who advised his corner while on his stool to have referee Jack Reiss stop the fight prior to the fifth round. Each of the knockdowns were the result of right hands to the head by Wilder. “I found out tonight, though, that people question my stamina. They ask if I can go past four rounds. But when I try to prove that I can do that, then, suddenly, they don’t want it,” said Wilder. “They start to call for the knockout. Fans are funny to me. My point has been proven that you can’t please everyone and people simply prefer the early KO instead of the later round action.” Wilder was coming off a 96-second knockout of Malik Scott in a WBC title eliminator bout in March. Defeating Scott made Wilder the mandatory challenger to face WBC beltholder Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs) in a bout that is being targeted for November. “Bermane Stiverne,” wrote Wilder, “I’m coming for your head, boy. I promise!” In his previous fight, Gavern, 37, had won a majority decision over faded former multi-division titleholder James Toney in a three-round bout that was part of the British “Prizefighter Tournament” series, in which Gavern won two out of his three bouts on the same night. Wilder-Gavern took place on the Showtime Extreme portion of a tripleheader headlined by Shawn Porter’s IBF welterweight title defense, which he lost by majority decision to Kell Brook. Also on the card, two-division titlewinner Jorge Linares (37-3, 24 KOs) earned his sixth straight victory and his fourth knockout during that run with a second-round stoppage of lightweight rival Ira Terry (26-12, 16 KOs). Linares was fluid with his punches throughout before dropping Terry for good with a vicious counter -right hand at the 1:21 mark. According to WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman, Linares is the mandatory challenger to face undefeated WBC lightweight titleholder Omar Figueroa Jr., who scored a ninth-round stoppage over Daniel Estrada also on the Porter-Brook card. [See result above.] In earlier fights, heavyweight Dominic Breazeale (12-0, 11 KOs), a 2012 U.S. Olympian, joined English prospects Luke Campbell (7-0, 5 KOs) and Callum Smith (13-0, 10 KOs) as well as California-based Irish fighter Jason Quigley (2-0, 2 KOs) in being victorious. Breazeale registered two knockdowns during a second-round stoppage of Billy Zumbrun (27-14-1, 16 KOs), lightweight Campbell did the same at 1:15 of the second against Steve Trumble (13-31, 8 KOs), super middleweight Smith stopped Abraham Hernandez (5-1, 3 KOs) at 2:59 of the first round, and middleweight Quigley scored a third-round knockout over Fernando Najera (1-4) Also, junior middleweight Alan Sanchez (14-3-1, 8 KOs) scored four knockdowns on the way to a third-round knockout of Jose Luis Ramirez Jr. (7-1-1, 4 KOs), and welterweight Fabian Maidana (2-0, 1 KO), the 22-year-old younger brother of Marcos Maidana, came up with a first-round knockout over Phillip Soriano (0-5).
Wilder, Linares halt foes By Rocky Morales at ringside; FightNews August 16th, 2014[5] WBC #1 heavyweight Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (32-0, 32KO) kept his perfect knockout record intact when veteran, Jason Gavern (25-17-4, 11KO) retired on his stool after the fourth round. Gavern put up a game effort but was floored in the third round by a Wilder right hand and, again, in the fourth round from another right hand. Time of the stoppage was 3:00 of the fourth round of a scheduled ten rounder. Wilder is the mandatory challenger to WBC Heavyweight champion, Bermane “B-Ware” Stiverne. Former two time, two division, world champion, Jorge Linares (37-3, 24KO) continued his charge towards a title shot with an impressive second round knockout over veteran Ira Terry (26-12, 16KO). Linares put on a boxing clinic in the first round and when Terry began to fight back in the second round, it was lights out a Linares landed a crushing right cross counter. Time of the knockout was 1:21 of the second round of a scheduled eight round contest. 2012 U.S. Olympian, Dominic Breazeale (12-0, 10KO) proved too strong for veteran Billy Zumbrun (27-14-1, 16KO), knocking him down with a left hook early in the second round and finishing him off later in the round with a right uppercut / left hook combo. Raul Caiz waived off the bout without a count and there was no protest from Zumbrun. Time of the stoppage and knockout was 2:05 in the second round of a scheduled eight round heavyweight bout. Irish prospect Jason Quigley (2-0, 2 KOs) won when Tijuana’s Fernando Najara (1-3, 0 KOs) called it quits after round three in a middleweight bout Oklahoma’s Lydell Rhodes stopped John Nater of Puerto Rico at the end of round four in a scheduled eight round welterweight bout. Rhodes knocked down Nater late in round four but he didn’t come out for the fifth round. Rhodes improves to 22-0, 11 KOs and John Nater goes to 13-7, 10 KOs. Alan Sanchez (14-3-1, 8KO) punished previously undefeated Jose Luis Ramirez Jr. (7-1-1, 4KO), flooring him a total of four times, knocking him out at 2:12 in the third round of a scheduled eight round welterweight bout. The first knockdown was a counter right in the first round while the last three knockdowns occurred in the final round from body shots. Callum Smith (13-0, 10KO) outclassed and demolished Abraham Hernandez (5-1, 3KO). The Liverpool, England, native put on an impressive boxing display before backing Hernandez into his own corner and dropping him through the ropes with a sledgehammer overhand right. Referee, Ray Corona, didn’t bother with a count and the time of the stoppage was 2:59 of the first round of a scheduled six round light heavyweight bout. 2012 Olympic Gold medalist lightweight Luke Campbell (7-0, 5 KOs) scored a second round KO over Steve Trumble (13-31, 8 KOs). Campbell scored an early knockdown in round two then he finished off Trumble with a crunching left hook to the body at 1:56 of the second round. Welterweight Fabian “TNT” Maidana (2-0, 1 KO), the brother of Marcos “El Chino” Maidana, blew out Phillip Soriano (0-4) in the first round.
Fabián Maidana demolió a Soriano en el primero Por Damián Pellecchia; Campiones En El Ring August 17, 2014[6] El santafesino Fabián “TNT” Maidana (2-0; 1 ko) derrotó por nocaut técnico en la primera vuelta y en la tarde californiana del último sábado 16 de agosto al norteamericano Phillip Soriano (0-5), encuentro pactado en categoría welter que abrió la cartelera en el StubHub Center de Carson, que estelarizaron Shawn Porter y Kell Brook. Contundente. Así fue la presentación del margaritense y hermano del “Chino” Marcos René, que estuvo presente en la victoria de la joven promesa. Con un efectivo repertorio de golpes angulados al rostro y a la zona blanda desde el campanazo inicial, “TNT” definió la contienda con un aniquilador gancho zurdo al hígado para hilvanar el segundo triunfo como rentado, tras derrotar por puntos a Eddie Díaz en su debut, el pasado 21 de junio.