Last night, in Toronto, Ontario, NABA light middleweight champion Adam ‘A-Bomb’ Trupish (10-0-0) fought through two cuts to administer a devastating fifth round knockout to Daryl Cunningham (25-3-0) of Detroit, Michigan. Trupish came out of the gates like a bull at stampede, blasting away at Cunningham, scoring two knockdowns in the process. The first knockdown was called after a reeling Cunningham was kept vertical by the ropes, which veteran referee Dave Dunbar noted and ruled a knockdown. Shortly thereafter, Cunningham went down a second time, his knee grazing the canvas as he struggled to weather the storm.
A tale of two different fighters and results tonight at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. Mikael Zewski continued his winning ways going to 14-0 with 10 by knockout. Zewski put in a highly patient professional fight by way of stopping Brandon Baue of St. Charles, Mo. in the sixth round. Zewski went to the body early and often predominantly with the left hook. Baue proved to be very resilient but Zewski’s patient and steady attack wore down Baue round after round. In the sixth round Baue was knocked down very heavy in the red corner. He rose and Zewski stepped in with two quick shots at which time the referee jumped in to stop the contest.
In the following fight Andre Gorges had no answer for Terence Crawford in the end result. In the first round both fighters were trying to adjust to each others styles and find range. Crawford was having trouble finding Gorges but was patient. In the second round Crawford adjusted and starting going hard to the body while Gorges was landing with some solid looping overhand rights. In the third round Crawford upped the tempo of his body work and started to mix in head shots leaving Gorges with red marks over both eyes and with his left eye starting to swell. With seconds left in the fourth round Gorges was floored. He was up quickly and the bell rang. The fifth round had barely begun when Crawford caught Gorges with a huge sweeping overhand right on the ropes as Gorges was turning sideways, unfortunately directly into the shot. Gorges fell face first to the canvas and was out cold at forty-four seconds of the round. Gorges was helped to his corner and was unsteady leaving the ring. It was an unfortunate ending as the first three rounds were showing Crawford having trouble with Gorges style.
On Saturday April 7, 2012 at the Claude-Robillard Center in Montreal, Quebec, Ali Charles Nestor’s UGC boxing promotions held UGC 29: “Accomplishment” with seven exciting fights on the card.
In the main event of the evening, middleweight southpaw Ali Charles Nestor (12-5-2, 4KO’s) of Montreal, Quebec battled Martin’’Azteca’’Avila (13-8, 6KO’s) of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. In both fighters case, their records don’t reflect their ‘’accomplishments’’ throughout their careers. Nestor defeated Edgar Ruiz for the WBC Latino middleweight title last June. On the other hand Avila had significant victories over former lightweight title challengers Saul Duran and Wilfredo Ruiz.
This one was a chess match right from the start of the fight. Nestor used jabs from the southpaw stance to stay away from Avila’s insistent right hand. While Charles wanted to get momentum, Avila’s strategy was to hold him as much as he could, preventing Nestor from hurting him with his rapid straight left.
In the eighth and final round of the fight, something strange happened. As both fighter broke out form a clinch, Avila remained with his hands down and forgot about protecting himself at all times. Nestor saw the opportunity and dropped his opponent with a right hook followed by a left uppercut near the end the round. Avila rose up after the count of ten.
Ali Charles Nestor earned his thirteen victory of his career by knockout at 3:00 of round number eight with a sizzling uppercut. Read More
(April 7, 2012) – In a highly anticipated bout between the female boxers, Sarah Pucek, 126, fought Lisette Medel, 130, in a five round bout. It was well-worth taking a trip up to Tacoma, Washington to see these two fight. Both Pucek and Medel displayed excellent skills in the ring, and the fight was very close throughout the five rounds. It was nice to see a female bout added to the Halquist card. Read More
Jeff Emond Jeffrey @ Ringside TheBoxingExaminer.com
Ali Charles Nestor TKO8 (3:00) Martin Avila
Tony Luis TKO3 (1:07) Ferenc Szabo
Roody Pierre Paul UD6 Carlos Martinez
(60-53 / 60-53 / 60-53)
Kevin Lavallee TKO1 (2:17) Istvan Paszti
Frank Cotroni Jr TKO1 (2:27) Emanuel Guzman
Jaber Zayani UD4 Dimitri Waardenburg
(39-37 / 39-37 / 39-37)
Francois Miville UD4 Ahmad Selemani
(39-36 / 39-36 / 39-36)
On March 31, Andy Mavros (7-3-0) of Vancouver, British Columbia, made a successful return to action in Ferndale, Washington, defeating Adrian Hermann (3-2-1) via six round decision for a claim to the Northwest middleweight championship. This was Mavros’ first appearance since defeating Kareem Chartrand (7-8-1) just over a year ago. With the win Mavros is ranked sixth by the Boxrec.com automated ranking system and should be in line for a Canadian title shot. Canada’s middleweight spectrum of national contenders and champions is relatively deep, including Eric Roy (6-3-0), Roberto McLellan (6-1-1), Richard Reittie (8-2-1), Janks Trotter (7-1-1), Stephan Boyd (11-3-1) and Kris Andrews (16-9-2). The National Championship of Canada (NCC) is currently vacant at light middleweight and middleweight, as are the Canadian Professional Boxing Council (CPBC) titles at middleweight and super middleweight, and the NABA Canada titles at light middleweight and super middleweight.
On March 23 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, boxing fans were treated to seven fights with Jelena Mrdjenovich (26-8-2) versus Lindsay Garbatt (7-4-1) as the main event. Mrdjenovich and Garbatt met twice in the past with “Lethal Lindsay” coming away with two wins. On this night, however, Garbatt was on the receiving end of perfectly timed power punches and was dropped very early in the first round by a left hook. Garbatt made it to her feet, but after a small exchange was dazed again, leading referee Len Koivisto to give her an eight count. The fight resumed with Garbatt on unsteady legs, until the 1:45 mark of the round, when referee Koivisto waived off the fight with Garbatt basically out on her feet. Friends and fans of Garbatt know the skills ‘Lethal’ Lindsay possesses, but on this night Mrjenovich was spot on and fought at a level of peak performance. Mrdjenovich is now the proud owner of the WBC World Featherweight Title which was presented to her by WBC representative Ed Pearson in the ring. Mrdjenovich is now 27-8-1 and Garbatt 7-5-1.
