|
FW EOY Tournament - Opening Round
UTBA-II Season 3 Featherweight EOY Tournament
Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo (MONACO)
22 November 2009
Opening Round Matches
(#1) Welcome Ncita 33-25-2 (16) vs. (#16) Eugene Criqui 38-24-6 (17)
Welcome Ncita is a former FW Champion who lost his title in his 1st defense and has a 1-2 record in Championship bouts. This is the 1st appearance for Ncita in the EOY Tournament. He won the LW Title in his last bout of the regular season against Daniel Zaragoza thereby qualifying as the EOY Tournament #1 seed. He lost the title in his 1st defense against Eugene Criqui in the Divisional round of the Playoffs. Eugene Criqui is a former 2-time FW Champion who lost his title both times in his 1st
defense and has a 2-2 record in Championship bouts. Criqui makes his 2nd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance and has a 2-1 tournament record. Criqui and Ncita have met twice before, with Criqui knocking out Ncita both times.
Round 1: Slow round. Criqui lands a bit more
Round 2: Another slow round. Ncita has harder punches
Round 3: A little more action. Too close to call
Round 4: Big round for Criqui. Ncita is hurt
Round 5: Criqui is more active. Criqui suffers a nasty gash over left eye from accidental headbutt. Criqui has difficulty seeing
Round 6: Bad gash over Criqui's left eye reopened. Ref stops action. Ringside doctor will not let Criqui continue. Due to the accidental headbutt, the fight is going to the cards.
Eugene Criqui W-T6(c) Welcome Ncita
(scores: 48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(#8) Ricardo Moreno 45-19-1 (44) vs. (#9) Somsak Sithchatchawal 49-27-3 (36) 1DQ
Ricardo Moreno is a former FW Champion with 3 successful title defenses and a 4-1 record in Championship bouts. Moreno makes his 3rd consecutive appearance in the EOY Tournament and has a 1-2 tournament record. Somsak Sithchatchawal is a former FW Champion who has made 3 successful title defenses and has a 4-3 record in Championship bouts. He makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance with a 1-2 tournament record. Moreno and Sithchatchawal have fought once before and ended in a 3rd round KO victory for Sithchatchawal.
Round 1: Lots of action. Moreno is a bit better
Round 2: Nice round for Moreno
Round 3: Moreno covers up leaving his body exposed for a Sithchatchawal attack
Round 4: Good round for Sithchatchawal. Moreno is stunned by an uppercut at the bell.
Round 5: Sithchatchawal scores knockdown. Moreno up at 6. Moreno has swelling under right eye. Moreno gets staggered
Round 6: Sithchatchawal warned by ref for holding and hitting. Moreno goes all-out. Sithchatchawal in obvious trouble. Moreno
warned for holding and hitting. Big round for Moreno. Sithchatchawal has swelling around left eye
Round 7: Sithchatchawal traps Moreno in corner. Sithchatchawal drops Moreno with a sharp cross. Referee reaches 10-count at 1:37 of round
Somsak Sithchatchawal W-KO7 Ricardo Moreno
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(#5) Ruben Olivares 47-19-2 (36) vs. (#12) Alejandro Gonzalez 43-22-3 (35)
Ruben Olivares is a former FW Champion who made 4 successful defenses and has a 5-2 record in Championship bouts. Olivares makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance and has a 2-2 tournament record. Alejandro Gonzales is a former FW Champion who lost the belt in his 1st title defense to Celestino Caballero. He has a 1-2 record in Championship bouts. Gonzalez makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance with a 0-2 tournament record which includes a loss to Ruben
Olivares in last season's tournament. Gonzalez has lost both previous matches to Olivares.
Round 1: Opening round slugfest. Could be scored either way
Round 2: Olivares all over Gonzalez. Olivares lands an illegal backhand that the ref did not notice. Gonzalez did not land a single punch
Round 3: Even round. Gonzalez warned for hitting on the break
Round 4: Big round for Olivares. Gonzalez appears hurt
Round 5: Gonzales lands early with a big uppercut that buckles Olivares' knees. A head and body combination sends Olivares to the canvas. Olivares is up by 5 but still on shaky legs. Gonzales goes in for the kill. Ref stops the fight with only 5 seconds left on the clock
Alejandro Gonzalez W-TKO5 Ruben Olivares
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(#4) Kid Chocolate 46-19-3 (30) vs. (#13) Chalky Wright 38-18-5 (18)
Kid Chocolate is a former FW Champion who made 5 successful defenses of the title and has a 6-1 record in Championship bouts. He makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance with a 5-1 tournament record which includes winning the Season 2 EOY Tournament by knocking out Vicente Saldivar in the 15th round of the final. Chalky Wright makes his 2nd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance and brings a 0-1 tournament record. Wright has fought for the FW Title only once, losing to Somsak Sithchatchawal. Sithchatchawal also eliminated Wright from last season's EOY Tournament. In their only previous match, Chalky Wright won a unanimous 12-round decision over Kid Chocolate.
Round 1: Chocolate warned by ref for low blows. Close but Wright is busier
Round 2: Good round for Wright. Chocolate has swelling around left eye
Round 3: Chocolate busy enough to take round, but Wright does manage to hurt him late
Round 4: Good round for Wright. Chocolate's left eye swelling getting worse
Round 5: Slow round. Wright busier
Round 6: Chocolate does nothing this round. Chocolate's left eye is swelling more
Round 7: Wright takes round off. Chocolate does little. Crowd does not like it
Round 8: Too close to call. Chocolate clinching alot. Wright cut under right eye from accidental headbutt in a clinch
Round 9: Close round. Chocolate's left eye swelling gets worse
Round 10: Close round. Lots of clinching
Round 11: Good round for Chocolate
Round 12: Wright just pushing his punches. Wright in trouble
Round 13: Wright targets Chocolate's swollen left eye. Chocolate's corner has not done a good job to control the swelling. Wright warned for leaning on back of Chocolate's neck
Round 14: Close round. Chocolate's left eye is bothering him. Chocolate and Wright stare each other down at the bell
Round 15: Cautious last round. Wright seems to be a bit more effective
Chalky Wright W-S15 Kid Chocolate
(scores: 143-142, 140-145, 145-141)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(#3) CH-Celestino Caballero 57-22-3 (45) vs. (#14) Barry McGuigan 42-23-3 (37)
Celestino is the reigning and 3-time defending FW Champion who has made a combined 2 successfull defenses of the title and a 5-2 record in Championship bouts. Caballero makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament and has a 5-1 tournament record. He won the Season 1 EOY Tournament to capture the FW Title for the first time. Barry McGuigan is a former FW Champion who has made 3 successful title defenses and has a 4-1 record in Championship bouts. McGuigan makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance and has a 0-2 tournament record. McGuigan won the title from Caballero which ended his second title reign. Caballero and McGuigan have met 7 times with McGuigan leading the series 4-3
Round 1: Close round. McGuigan's legs buckled once
Round 2: Slugfest. Caballero scores knockdown. McGuigan up at 4. Caballero has swelling around right eye
Round 3: Caballero's right eye swelling gets worse. McGuigan scores knockdown. Caballero up at 4
Round 4: Caballero's vision is impaired by right eye swelling. Caballero down again for an 8-count. Caballero runs for rest of
round
Round 5: Caballero lands big uppercut that hurts McGuigan. McGuigan on wobbly legs. Caballero lands a combo and McGuigan starts to go down. Referee jumps in and stops the fight @ 2:06 mark
CH-Celestino Caballero W-TKO5 Barry McGuigan
Celestino Caballero retains FW Title
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(#6) Bernard Taylor 47-18-1 (24) 1DQ vs. (#11) Diego Morales 42-17-3 (29)
Bernard Taylor is a former 2-time FW Champion with a combined 9 successful title defenses and has a record of 11-3 in Championship bouts. Taylor makes his 2nd consecutive appearance in the EOY Tournament with a 1-1 tournament record. Diego Morales makes his 1st appearance in the EOY Tournament and has yet to fight for the FW Title. He did finish the regular season with an impressive 18-1-1 record. Bernard Taylor and Diego Morales fought once before and that bout ended in a 12-round draw.
Round 1: Slow opening round. Taylor is busier. Taylor warned by ref for low blow
Round 2: Big round for Morales. Taylor cut over right eye
Round 3: Solid round for Morales. Taylor is hurt
Round 4: Close round. Taylor is very wild with his punches
Round 5: Too close to call
Round 6: Close round. Taylor is busier
Round 7: Close round. Cut over Taylor's right eye reopened. Ref stops action to let doctor evaluate cut. Doctor will let
Taylor continue
Round 8: Close round. Cut over Morales' right eye from accidental headbutt in a clinch
Round 9: Slight edge for Morales
Round 10: Taylor on attack. Cut over Morales' right eye reopened. Ref wants doctor to look at cut. Doctor won't let Morales continue. Since the cut was from an accidental headbutt, we go to the cards
Diego Morales W-T10(c) Bernard Taylor
(scores: 86-85, 86-85, 86-85)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(#7) Paul Hodkinson 44-23-1 (39) vs. (#10) Battling Battalino 41-19-6 (13)
Paul Hodkinson makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournamnent appearance with a 0-2 tournament record. Hodkinson has lost in both of his attempts at the FW Title. Both were 12-round majority decisions against him against then champions Bernard Taylor and Ruben Olivares. Battling Battalino enters his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament with a 2-2 tournament record. Battalino has never fought for the FW Title. This will be the 1st meeting between Hodkinson and Battalino.
Round 1: Good boxing display by Battalino
Round 2: Too close to call
Round 3: Close round. Battalino lands twice as many punches as Hodkinson. Hodkinson lands harder punches
Round 4: Nice round for Hodkinson. Battalino is cut over right eye
Round 5: Battalino is boxing well. Hodkinson cannot find him
Round 6: Hodkinson on attack. Battalino looks hurt
Round 7: Huge round for Battalino. Battalino is dancing circles around a slow Hodkinson
Round 8: Cut over Battalino's right eye reopened. Blood flowing into Battalino's right eye. Ref takes a good look and stops
fight at 0:38 of round
Paul Hodkinson W-TKO8 Battling Battalino
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(#2) Vicente Saldivar 59-8-0 (56) vs. (#15) Davey Moore 39-27-2 (28) 3DQ
Vicente Saldivar is a former FW Champion who lost the title in his 1st defense and has a 1-2 record in Championship bouts. Saldivar makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance and has a 5-2 tournament record. He lost in last season's EOY Tournament final to Kid Chocolate. Davey Moore makes his 3rd consecutive EOY Tournament appearance with a 2-2 tournament record. Moore has never fought for the FW Title. Saldivar and Moore have fought 6 times with Saldivar leading the series 4-2.
Round 1: Good round for Moore. Moore warned for butting. Moore is cutting off ring well
Round 2: Moore starts to pile up points. Accidental clash of heads. No damage to either fighter
Round 3: Big round for Saldivar. Moore has swelling under right eye
Round 4: Huge round for Saldivar. Moore has bloody mouth. Moore has bad cut on left eyebrow. Swelling around Moore's right eye getting worse
Round 5: Saldivar is stunned by an uppercut. Moore goes for broke. Huge round for Moore
Round 6: Moore's vision is impaired by right eye swelling. Good round for Saldivar
Round 7: Close round. Cut over Moore's left eye reopened. Moore bothered by increased swelling around right eye
Round 8: Big round for Moore, but swelling on right eye gets worse
Round 9: Solid round for Saldivar. Cut over Moore's left eye reopened. Saldivar is hurt by a shot to ribs
Round 10: Cut over Moore's left eye reopened again. Swelling around Moore's right eye getting bad. Moore appears to be slowing down
Round 11: Moore is warned by ref for hitting with his shoulder. Saldivar scores a knockdown. Moore up a 6 but is groggy. Cut over Moore's left eye reopened
Round 12: Moore warned again for using shoulders. Moore is hurt. Moore's mouth is bloody. Moore's right eye is swollen shut. Cut over Moore's left eye reopened again. Ref stops action and has doctor examine Moore. Doctor has seen enough. Ref calls a halt to the fight with only 19 seconds left in the round
Vicente Saldivar W-TKO12(c) Davey Moore
(at time of stoppage - scores were: 105-103, 106-102, 105-103 - all for Saldivar)
================================================== ==================================
Quarterfinal Matchups:
(#16) Eugene Criqui (Tomato City) 39-24-6 (17)
vs.
(#9) Somsak Sithchatchawal (Bonner Springs Bald Beavers) 50-27-3 (37) 1DQ
(#12) Alejandro Gonzalez (East Coast Gladiators) 44-22-3 (36)
vs.
(#13) Chalky Wright (Muckboys) 39-18-5 (18)
(#3) CH-Celestino Caballero (Bonner Springs Bald Beavers) 58-22-3 (46)
vs.
(#11) Diego Morales (Juggernaut) 43-17-3 (29)
(#7) Paul Hodkinson (Chilton Roughnecks) 45-23-1 (40)
vs.
(#2) Vicente Saldivar (Muckboys) 60-8-0 (57)
|