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Gunsmoke · 08-17-2006, 08:34 AM

14-03-1903 WWBU FW Title Tournament Semi-Finals
In the main event, Jaime Garza (#1, ) enters the FW Tournament with the favouritism of the punters as the man to watch, however Baby Arizmendi has proven to be a tricky opponent. Garza, since his draw with Vuyani Bungu, #2, has stopped his last 5 opponents within 4 rounds. Arizmendi has been in with some heavy hitters, namely Al Corbett, but none that have the destructive power of Garza. From the opening bell, Arizmendi showed perfect defence and counterpunching ability, leading Garza a merry dance through the opening four rounds and keeping Garza at bay with solid jabs and right crosses. It took till the sixth round for Garza to adjust his style to box more rather than bull rush into Arizmendi’s punches and win a round. The next three rounds saw see-saw action with the fighter’s equally sharing the points over that period. Garza would try for the stoppage in the last two rounds, but Arizmendi continued to show his iron jaw and he survived to the bell. All the judges scored the bout 116-113 unanimously for Baby Arizmendi.

In the first semi-final of the night Vuyani Bungu (#2, 20-2-1) would fight Ricardo Cardona (#3, 18-3-2) for the right to move onto the Featherweight Title Tournament final. Bungu is in the midst of a six fight undefeated streak with a draw with #1 ranked Jaime Garza the only blemish in that stretch, while Cardona has had three wins since being starched by Garza in two rounds. Cardona established his jab and clutch strategy early in the piece, clearly frustrating Bungu in the first few rounds. Cardona’s pace seemed to fade somewhat after the first three rounds and Bungu began to land his heavy artillery, sharing the round honours till he drops Cardona in the sixth to take the lead. Cardona recovered his composure and boxed beautifully till he walks into a vicious right hook from Bungu in the ninth and he doesn’t move on the canvas as the referee counts him out. The experts’ scorecard at the time of the KO was Cardona winning the bout 76-75.

Undercard
BW George Dixon 14-0-1 TKO9 Toshiaki Nishioka 11-2-0
WW Paul Fugii #5 19-5-1 TKO5 (Cuts) Teddy Reid #10 16-2-2 (Reid ahead 39-37 at stoppage)
HW King Levinsky 11-0-0 TKO10 Howard Eiland
WW Sid Barbarian 12-1-1 Draw Tommy Cross 14-6-3 (Ringside score: Cross 97-93)

08-17-2006, 08:34 AM	#82 (permalink)
Gunsmoke All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 993 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8x in 5 posts	WWBU Monthly December 1903 - Marquee Bouts 14-03-1903 WWBU FW Title Tournament Semi-Finals In the main event, Jaime Garza (#1, ) enters the FW Tournament with the favouritism of the punters as the man to watch, however Baby Arizmendi has proven to be a tricky opponent. Garza, since his draw with Vuyani Bungu, #2, has stopped his last 5 opponents within 4 rounds. Arizmendi has been in with some heavy hitters, namely Al Corbett, but none that have the destructive power of Garza. From the opening bell, Arizmendi showed perfect defence and counterpunching ability, leading Garza a merry dance through the opening four rounds and keeping Garza at bay with solid jabs and right crosses. It took till the sixth round for Garza to adjust his style to box more rather than bull rush into Arizmendi’s punches and win a round. The next three rounds saw see-saw action with the fighter’s equally sharing the points over that period. Garza would try for the stoppage in the last two rounds, but Arizmendi continued to show his iron jaw and he survived to the bell. All the judges scored the bout 116-113 unanimously for Baby Arizmendi. In the first semi-final of the night Vuyani Bungu (#2, 20-2-1) would fight Ricardo Cardona (#3, 18-3-2) for the right to move onto the Featherweight Title Tournament final. Bungu is in the midst of a six fight undefeated streak with a draw with #1 ranked Jaime Garza the only blemish in that stretch, while Cardona has had three wins since being starched by Garza in two rounds. Cardona established his jab and clutch strategy early in the piece, clearly frustrating Bungu in the first few rounds. Cardona’s pace seemed to fade somewhat after the first three rounds and Bungu began to land his heavy artillery, sharing the round honours till he drops Cardona in the sixth to take the lead. Cardona recovered his composure and boxed beautifully till he walks into a vicious right hook from Bungu in the ninth and he doesn’t move on the canvas as the referee counts him out. The experts’ scorecard at the time of the KO was Cardona winning the bout 76-75. Undercard BW George Dixon 14-0-1 TKO9 Toshiaki Nishioka 11-2-0 WW Paul Fugii #5 19-5-1 TKO5 (Cuts) Teddy Reid #10 16-2-2 (Reid ahead 39-37 at stoppage) HW King Levinsky 11-0-0 TKO10 Howard Eiland WW Sid Barbarian 12-1-1 Draw Tommy Cross 14-6-3 (Ringside score: Cross 97-93)