The International Boxing League

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Originally Posted by Romdawg88

Ya, so could we just skip through all the other crap and get to the event everyone is waiting for. I can't wait for this fight to go down.

Neither can I. Even so, there's some great fighters who'll be in action between now and then.

Originally Posted by Ric915

Sweet Welterweights almost time for the lightweights

I know. Not long now until your guy makes his debut.

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WELTERWEIGHTS STEP UP
TO THE PLATE IN WEEK THREE

Sunday 8 September 2002

Competition in the International Boxing League's World Championship regional qualifiers and Future Contender series enters its third week tomorrow with the Welterweight division to take centre stage. If the action that the Middleweights and Light-Heavyweights produced during the first two weeks is any indication then it should be an exciting seven days.

There's one thing that makes this week likely to be even more special than the last two, that being a matchup that could quite possibly be a preview of the eventual Welterweight World Championship bout. It's the clash of Olympic Light-Welterweight gold medallist Ray Leonard and Florida Alliance member James Ray on Thursday night at Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino. Both men are regarded as the class of the Welterweight division as far as American fighters are concerned. Leonard's impressive achievements as an amateur have been well documented, as was his involvement in the unveiling of the IBL. He's the early favourite to be crowned the league's first Welterweight World Champion but in the shape of James Ray he could not find a tougher, more dangerous opponent to start his career against. Being the cousin of HBF competitors Elmer Ray and Terone Haynes, the 19 year-old Ray has quite a standard to live up to but he produced a dazzling display at the Florida selection trials and in the words of his cousin Elmer is probably the most talented of the three cousins.

"Jimmy's got a lot more polish," Elmer said back in June. "He a more complete fighter, at leas' compared to me and T."

While the Leonard-Ray fight will be huge, it's by no means the only bout to look out for this week. A number of talented competitors are scheduled to be on display, starting from tomorrow night with a pair of Olympic silver medallists. Felix Trinidad will be the main attraction when he debuts in front of his fellow Puerto Ricans at San Juan's Escobar Stadium, with the Cuban Jose Napoles to be in action earlier on the card. Two others in the group who are expected to figure in the race for a top four spot are the Cuban Luis Rodriguez and Trinidad's fellow Puerto Rican and good friend Wilfred Benitez.

Talented Irish-born Canadian Jimmy McLarnin will headline Tuesday's card at Reno's Silver Legacy Casino before Italian bronze medallist Duilio Loi makes his debut in Nigeria on Wednesday. Besides Leonard-Ray, Thursday's card also features US bronze medallist Billy Graham and a pair of potentially exciting clashes with Eddie Perkins up against James McGirt and Meldrick Taylor taking on Marlon Starling.

Colombia's bronze medallist Antonio Cervantes will be looking for a successful career start on Friday in Brazil and on Saturday the IBL visits the Philippines for the first time where local favourite Emmanuel Torres features in the main event. Without a doubt, this coming week will be a spectacular one for fans of the International Boxing League...

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SAN JUAN SHOCKER:
TRINIDAD FALLS AT FIRST HURDLE

Monday 9 September 2002

The opening series of bouts in the International Boxing League's Welterweight division regional qualifiers kicked off tonight at San Juan's Escobar Stadium, the card producing a stunning upset when home crowd favourite Felix Trinidad lost a unanimous decision verdict to Cuba's Jose Stable in the evening's Main Event.

Following the losses of Mike McCallum (Middleweight) and Graciano Rocchigiani (Light-Heavyweight) during the first two weeks of IBL competition, Trinidad becomes the third Sydney Olympics medallist to experience the bitter taste of professional debut defeat. His failure might just be the most shocking of the three, as he was expected to find little trouble against Stable and came into the fight in superb condition, something McCallum did not do back on August 29.

Having seen his friend Wilfred Benitez score a convincing victory in the Co-Feature Trinidad made his way to the ring with a smile on his face and in high spirits. By comparison Stable looked to have undertrained for the fight, almost as if he had conceeded defeat weeks beforehand. After the opening two rounds the fight was following that exact script, Trinidad dominating with speed and precision, outlanding the Cuban 70-38 in those two frames. The silver medallist appeared to be on his way to an easy victory, to say the least.

But in round three the fight turned in Stable's favour and, astonishingly, stayed there for the remainder of the contest. Although Trinidad made no excuses afterwards many at ringside were saying that he must have suffered some sort of injury sometime during the 3rd, a round that Stable was able to control with a snapping left jab and greater aggression. Trinidad came back into the contest somewhat in round four, but something had lit a fire under Stable and he threw a remarkable 131 punches in the round, landing 27 of them. He also cut Trinidad under the right eye, a region which was starting to show some worrying swelling.

The Puerto Rican looked completely and utterly bemused before the start of round five, as if he had not expected to encounter anything close to this level of resistance. He's regarded as one of the top Welterweights in boxing and should have been able to get himself back in the contest, but what happened in the final two rounds defied logic and was even more shocking than what transpired in the 3rd and 4th. Jose Stable didn't just win the last two rounds. He battered, punished and humiliated Felix Trinidad in front of his own people, who could only sit in stunned silence, some booing their hero, others making an early trip to the exits.

It was surreal to see the Cuban picking a rapidly tiring Trinidad off with that potent jab and a chopping right hand. Apparently underdone and having no chance of victory coming in, Jose Stable had just delivered one helluva surprise to the boxing public. In rounds five and six combined he outlanded Trinidad 105-29, more than doubling his total for the fight in those six minutes.

Punch totals

Jose Stable: 202/490 (.412)
Felix Trinidad: 117/313 (.373)

By the time the judge's decisions were revealed more than half the stadium was empty. All three were in uniform agreement: Stable the winner by a 58-56 verdict. After losing the first two rounds, he swept the final four on all three cards. This was a defeat of the type that Trinidad had never suffered over the course of a storied, fantastic amateur career, a fact that made it all the more extraordinary.

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Stable was clearly overwhelmed by his achievement, his voice faltering and joyful tears welling in his eyes as he spoke to reporters. In understandable contrast Trinidad was inconsolable, reduced to a stunned, almost speechless state. He eventually made an emotional apology to those who were left in the crowd, receiving lukewarm applause in response.

Trinidad left the ring soon after, head concealed under the hood of his robe, leaving Stable and his corner crew in the ring to continue their celebrations.

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As mentioned earlier, Trinidad's fellow Puerto Rican Wilfred Benitez was victorious in his own debut, defeating Cuba's Isaac Logart by unanimous decision (59-55, 60-54, 59-55). Benitez will celebrate his 17th birthday on Thursday but he gave himself an early present, winning the fight in an impressive manner. Benitez had admitted at the weigh-in to not training as hard as he could have, claiming he'd been sick with the flu in the weeks leading into the fight. Taking that into consideration, his effort was even more admirable.

Benitez used a stinging left jab to keep Logart off balance, the Cuban frustrated for much of the contest and his right eye showing some serious swelling at its conclusion. Benitez landed 179 of 363 punches (.493), making him the most accurate performer on the night. Logart connected with 86 of 404 shots (.213) and was made to look foolish at times by Benitez's excellent defensive skills.

It's not a well-known fact that Benitez was actually born in the Bronx before his family moved back to Puerto Rico when he was eight years old. He may have a New York history but the slick-punching teen considers himself Puerto Rican and the hometown crowd heaped praise upon him at the conclusion of the bout.

ON THE UNDERCARD...

Opening Bout

Despite appearing to be the better man, Trinidad and Tobago's Hector Constance came out on the wrong side of a 58-56, 57-57, 59-55 majority decision verdict against Puerto Rico's Angel Espada. In what looked to be a clear case of the crowd influencing the judges, Constance found absolutely no luck in a quartet of close rounds (the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th) with all three judges combined scoring a single one of them in his favour.

It must be said that Espada threw more than twice as many punches as Constance but he landed less than 15% of his shots. Constance completely dominated Espada in rounds one and four, coming close to finishing him off in a punishing 4th stanza with some damaging, flush blows. He left the ring a dejected and disappointed man afterwards.

Preliminary 1

Jamaica's Simon Brown made a dynamic start to his professional career, scoring a 5th round KO victory against Dominican Republic native Fausto Rodriguez. After dominating his clearly overmatched opponent through the first four rounds, Brown floored Rodriguez three times in the 5th, the final knockdown coming nine seconds from the bell, Rodriguez failing to beat the count.

The 20 year-old Jamaican was in a celebratory mood afterwards, his entourage having a spontaneous party in the ring, complete with some reggae from Bob Marley booming from an oversized ghetto blaster. At the time of the stoppage Brown had landed exactly 150 punches, Rodriguez just 35.

Preliminary 2

In what appeared to be another case of incompetent judging, Cuban Luis Rodriguez's bout against the Jamaican Buddy Grant was scored as a draw after Rodriguez looked to have done more than enough to win. Grant is no pushover but he had some luck on his side, especially in rounds two and five. In both stanzas Rodriguez controlled the early running before Grant finished with a late flurry. His work shouldn't have been enough to sway the judges but it was, as all three scored both rounds 10-10.

Next to his fellow Welterweight Jose Napoles, Rodriguez is considered Cuba's biggest chance of World Championship success so this result will be something of a setback for him. He looked absolutely fantastic in the opening round, sending Grant back to his corner with something akin to a shell-shocked expression on his face. Rodriguez would go on to outland the Jamaican 148-88 but in the end the scorecards showed as 59-57, 58-58, 57-59.

Support Bout

Rodriguez's fellow Cuban and Olympic silver medallist Jose Napoles gave a definition of the term "taking care of business" with a 2nd round TKO of Dominican Republic slugger Miguel Montilla. After bamboozling his opponent throughout the opening round Napoles dropped him with a lightning bolt of a left hook late in the piece and it was a minor miracle that Montilla made it back to his feet. He did and made it to the bell but the knockdown punch had opened a nasty cut over his right eye. His corner crew worked on it desperately during the intermission and despite their best efforts Napoles had the crimson flowing down Montilla's face midway through round two. It took only moments for the ringside doctor to declare the fight should not continue, Napoles the winner by TKO at the 1:45 mark.

A comparison between Napoles' performance and that of his fellow medallist Felix Trinidad that followed later in the evening gives a clear indication that Napoles came ready to fight. He knew he was in against an opponent who he was much too good for and he didn't waste time dispatching him. Along with Puerto Rico's Wilfred Benitez, Napoles was the most impressive fighter on show tonight.

***

If there had been more spectators in the Escobar Stadium when the series two matchups were posted, the reaction to one of the matchups would have been palpable. As it was, it caused just a slight murmur...

Series Two matchups

JOSE STABLE (1-0-0) vs FAUSTO RODRIGUEZ (0-1-0)
WILFRED BENITEZ (1-0-0) vs MIGUEL MONTILLA (0-1-0)
BUNNY GRANT (0-0-1) vs HECTOR CONSTANCE (0-1-0)
FELIX TRINIDAD (0-1-0) vs ANGEL ESPADA (1-0-0)
ISAAC LOGART (0-1-0) vs SIMON BROWN (1-0-0(1))
LUIS RODRIGUEZ (0-0-1) vs JOSE NAPOLES (1-0-0(1))

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SUMMARY OF RESULTS
INTERNATIONAL BOXING LEAGUE FIGHT CARD
MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2002
ESCOBAR STADIUM, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

IBL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
REGIONAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT, SERIES ONE
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION
REGION: CARIBBEAN


OPENING BOUT

Angel Espada MD6 Hector Constance

PRELIMINARY 1

Simon Brown KO5 Fausto Rodriguez

PRELIMINARY 2

Bunny Grant D6 Luis Rodriguez

SUPPORT BOUT

Jose Napoles TKO2 Miguel Montilla

CO-FEATURE

Wilfred Benitez UD6 Isaac Logart

MAIN EVENT

Jose Stable UD6 Felix Trinidad

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Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

LUIS RODRIGUEZ (0-0-1) vs JOSE NAPOLES (1-0-0(1))

I think we might have found our Ray/Leonard matchup for the second round of the WWs. It's going to be hard to top Rodriguez/Napoles as the biggest up and coming match. I'm backing Napoles in that fight, I think their about equal in skill but Napoles superior power and aggression will carry him to the win. Also, I laugh at Tito losing since I never liked him.

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Originally Posted by Romdawg88

I think we might have found our Ray/Leonard matchup for the second round of the WWs. It's going to be hard to top Rodriguez/Napoles as the biggest up and coming match. I'm backing Napoles in that fight, I think their about equal in skill but Napoles superior power and aggression will carry him to the win. Also, I laugh at Tito losing since I never liked him.

I must admit I had to look again just to be sure when I realised that the two best Cubans in the whole IBL will be up against each other in five weeks. Can't wait for that one.

That Trinidad loss is just puzzling to me. He came in in top condition while his opponent had undertrained. Tito dominated the first two rounds and then not only goes missing for the next four, but gets dominated aswell. Meanwhile, Benitez undertrained but schooled Logart, who is a better fighter than Stable. Gonna be interesting to see what happens in this group 'cause there's some great matchups still to come.

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Coming up in the HBF/IBL...

* Olympians "looking too far ahead", says Reynolds (Tuesday 10/9)
* Irish-born Canadian debuts in Nevada (Tuesday 10/9)
* Welterweights action from Nigeria (Wednesday 11/9)
* Vincennes speaks on "the future of boxing" (Wednesday 11/9)
* IBL Future Contender series card from Japan (Thursday 12/9)
* RAY LEONARD VS JAMES RAY (Thursday 12/9)

(Yes, that's the order the posts will arrive in. So possibly this time next week we'll know...)

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I'm also as interested in seeing what Vincennes has to say as I do in James/Leonard.

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OLYMPIANS "LOOKING TOO FAR AHEAD",
SAYS REYNOLDS

Tuesday 10 September 2002

Writing today in his New York Age column, sports journalist James Reynolds has taken a shot at some of the Olympic medallists competing in the International Boxing League's regional qualifiers. In particular, he singled out Jamaica's gold medallist Mike McCallum and the Puerto Rican Felix Trinidad, who suffered a surprise debut defeat last night in front of his fellow countrymen.

"Let's take a look at the numbers," Reynolds wrote. "The IBL has 27 Sydney Olympics medallists competing in their tournaments. So far, fourteen of them have made their debut and three have been defeated. That's a surprisingly bad strike rate, in my opinion. The German fellow Rocchigiani, maybe I can excuse him becuase that was a terribly close fight. But Mike McCallum and Felix Trinidad? Just woeful performances. I'm amazed that two fighters of their calibre would step in the ring as unprepared as they were, McCallum physically and Trinidad mentally."

Reynolds went on to write that Trinidad displayed all the resolve of a mound of dirt.

"It was incredible to see it in his eyes. The moment the fight turned against him, he had no idea what to do. He didn't just panic, he completely froze like a deer in the headlights. That allowed a fighter who shouldn't even be mentioned in the same ballpark as him to score a victory over him. It's shameful, really it is. I think some of these Olympians are looking too far ahead. They're just assuming that all they'll have to do is show up and the rest will take care of itself. That's not how it's gonna happen, because the field of competitors in these tournaments are tough. I wouldn't be surprised if we see two or three more upsets of this nature before series one is completed."

Reynolds did dedicate some of his article to the excitement of the scheduled series two clash between the Cuban duo of Luis Rodriguez and Olympic silver medallist Jose Napoles.

"That figures to be the matchup of series two," wrote Reynolds. "They aren't just the two best Welterweights in Cuba, they're also the two best fighters. Period. I guess it's good for their chances that they get this bout out of the way early. Rodriguez was held to a draw last night so a win will be vital for him. He won't want to go into series three without a victory to his name."

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IRISH-BORN CANADIAN MAKES
VICTORIOUS DEBUT IN NEVADA

Tuesday 10 September 2002

As far as boxing is concerned, Canada is rich in Heavyweight talent with fighters such as Sam Langford, George Chuvalo and Donovan Ruddock all enjoying success in the HBF. Tonight a 17 year-old Welterweight named Jimmy McLarnin showed that he could very well be the nation's greatest chance for glory in the International Boxing League as he scored a unanimous decision victory against Mexico's Rene Arredondo (60-54, 59-55, 60-54) at Reno's Silver Legacy Casino.

McLarnin was born in Belfast, Ireland, his family starting a new life in Vancouver when he was just three. There's little doubt that Irish fight fans will soon be wishing they hadn't because in McLarnin, Canada has a potential future World Champion. His efforts at the IBL's Toronto selection trials were mighty impressive and tonight's display against the willing but outclassed Arredondo showed they were no fluke. The babyfaced pugilist was simply too aggressive and determined for his opponent and controlled the bout more or less from the opening bell. McLarnin landed 152 of 548 punches (.277), Arredondo 90 of 260 (.346).

A shy young man by nature, McLarnin was hesitant and uncertain during the post-fight interview, a stark contrast to his demeanour in the ring. He may not be the most outgoing individual in the IBL, but there's no denying that he has the talent to go far in these regional qualifiers.

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UNDERCARD HIGHLIGHTS...

* In the minds of many, 18 year-old LA native Jack Thompson got real lucky in the evening's Co-Feature when he was awarded a split decision victory over his fellow Los Angeleno Don Jordan (58-57, 57-59, 58-57).

Considered one of the picks of the Staples Center selection trials Thompson never really looked comfortable against Jordan, who pressured him throughout the bout. The opening round was a competitive affair but Jordan appeared to have the better of the next three frames, especially round four when he unleashed a two-fisted beating upon his more fancied opponent. Jordan is by no means a physically strong fighter but he was landing his punches with speed and precision, jolting Thompson's head from side to side time and again.

Thompson came back into the contest in the 5th but Jordan looked to finish stronger. He ended up landing 157 of 519 punches (.303) compared to Thompson's 90 of 396 (.227). Jordan wore a perplexed expression for several minutes after the verdict was revealed.

* In stark contrast to Thompson's unconvincing debut, Texas native Donald Curry was absolutely fantastic as he dominated Aaron Lister Brown. Curry floored the LA native twice in the opening round, the first one coming inside of thirty seconds. Curry built on that brilliant start as the fight progressed, finishing with a mind-blowing final round in which he landed exactly sixty punches. The scorecards showed verdicts of 60-53, 60-52 and 60-51, all to the extroverted, confident Texan.

Although Curry showed an impressive offense, he also excelled on the defensive side of the contest, as Brown landed just 23.8% of his punches. Followers of the Heavyweight Boxing Federation will be aware of the controversial manner in which top contender Jack Johnson departed the Lone Star state. In Curry, Texas fight fans might just have someone who they can feel proud to cheer for.

* The evening started incredibly for the many Mexican fans in the audience as the trio of Gaspar Ortega, Pipino Cuevas and Kid Azteca were all victorious in their respective bouts...

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SUMMARY OF RESULTS
INTERNATIONAL BOXING LEAGUE FIGHT CARD
TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2002
SILVER LEGACY CASINO, RENO, NEVADA, USA

IBL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
REGIONAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT, SERIES ONE
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION
REGION: NORTH AMERICA WEST


OPENING BOUT

Gaspar Ortega UD6 Maurice Watkins

PRELIMINARY 1

Pipino Cuevas UD6 Curtis Cokes

PRELIMINARY 2

Kid Azteca SD6 Charley Shipes

SUPPORT BOUT

Donald Curry UD6 Aaron Lister Brown

CO-FEATURE

Jack Thompson SD6 Don Jordan

MAIN EVENT

Jimmy McLarnin UD6 Rene Arredondo

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Series Two Matchups...

AARON LISTER BROWN (0-1-0) vs CURTIS COKES (0-1-0)
DON JORDAN (0-1-0) vs MAURICE WATKINS (0-1-0)
CHARLEY SHIPES (0-1-0) vs DONALD CURRY (1-0-0)
RENE ARREDONDO (0-1-0) vs JACK THOMPSON (1-0-0)
GASPAR ORTEGA (1-0-0) vs JIMMY MCLARNIN (1-0-0)
PIPINO CUEVAS (1-0-0) vs KID AZTECA (1-0-0)

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UDEZE DELIVERS BEATDOWN AT HOME

Wednesday 11 September 2002

In a result that genuinely surprised IBL officials, Nigeria's Ademola Udeze scored a comprehensive unanimous decision victory over the highly-regarded Ghanian Ike Quartey tonight at the Surelere Stadium in Lagos (59-56 on all three cards). While Quartey had impressed at the league's Accra selection trials, by comparison Udeze had barely rated a mention when he'd attended this very same Surelere Stadium to throw his hat in the ring. Nevertheless, Udeze didn't just win the bout he also set a new record for most punches landed in a fight by a Welterweight, tagging Quartey with a fantastic 247 of 571 punches (43.2%). The Ghanian connected with just 61 of 113 (.540) and looked a shadow of the young man who had impressed IBL officials a mere three months ago.

The parochial home crowd spurred Udeze to victory, applauding each time he landed anything close to substantial. Their support appeared to intimidate Quartey, who struggled to get out of second gear throughout the contest. The judges were either influenced by the reputation he brought into the evening or being generous as they somehow scored the opening round in his favour and had the 5th as a 10-10 stanza. Quartey was clearly outworked and outlanded in each of these rounds. Fortunately, those bungles had no bearing on the outcome. Whether or not Ademola Udeze will grow to be a genuine contender remains to be seen, but he made a great start to his career tonight. There's no doubting that.

Undercard Highlights...

* Italian bronze medallist Duilio Loi had a real fight on his hands in the shape of the Englishman Jack Berg. The two engaged in a thrilling contest with Loi emerging a slim split decision winner (58-57, 56-59, 58-57). There was action aplenty throughout, in particular during the even-numbered rounds.

There were no knockdowns, but Berg had his man in a world of trouble during a dramatic 4th, where Loi looked out on his feet before somehow surviving to the bell. The closeness of the bout was reflected in the total punches landed, shown below:

Loi: 145/337 (.430)
Berg: 146/570 (.256)

Loi's defensive prowess appeared to work in his favour. He showed a great ability to evade Berg's aggressive outbursts and counter effectively. The Sydney Olympian was proud of his efforts and spoke of how he's placed high expectations on himself to succeed in the tournament.

"I'm not just shooting for the top four," said Loi. "I want to finish on top of the group. It's important that the world sees that Italy can be a force in boxing and I'm determined to help achieve that."

* Much like Ike Quartey, South Africa's Benedict Khumalo had been spoken of highly after being discovered at the IBL's selection trials. But his professional debut did not go to plan as, after trailing through the first four rounds of his bout against England's Lloyd Honeyghan, he was stopped on cuts late in the 5th round. The cut was under the South African's left eye and had originally been opened in round three. Honeyghan was able to target it successfully in the 5th, leading to the bout being stopped much to Khumalo's despair and disgust.

Jamaican-born Honeyghan made news at the IBL's Manchester selection trials due to his rivalry with fellow Englishman Nigel Benn, a Middleweight who trains at the same gym as him. Both of them have emerged unscathed from their opening tournament bouts and it will be interesting to see if they'll be back in the headlines during the weeks to come...

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SUMMARY OF RESULTS
INTERNATIONAL BOXING LEAGUE FIGHT CARD
WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2002
SURELERE STADIUM, LAGOS, NIGERIA

IBL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
REGIONAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT, SERIES ONE
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION
REGION: EUROPE/AFRICA


OPENING BOUT

Seyi Olofinjana D6 David Bartlett

PRELIMINARY 1

Bruno Arcari MD6 John H. Stracey

PRELIMINARY 2

Gustav Eder MD6 Lomana Nonda

SUPPORT BOUT

Lloyd Honeyghan TKO5 Benedict Khumalo

CO-FEATURE

Duilio Loi SD6 Jack Berg

MAIN EVENT

Ademola Udeze UD6 Ike Quartey

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Series Two Matchups...

JOHN H. STRACEY (0-1-0) vs BENEDICT KHUMALO (0-1-0)
SEYI OLOFINJANA (0-0-1) vs JACK BERG (0-1-0)
BRUNO ARCARI (1-0-0) vs DUILIO LOI (1-0-0)
DAVID BARTLETT (0-0-1) vs LOMANA NONDA (0-1-0)
ADEMOLA UDEZE (1-0-0) vs GUSTAV EDER (1-0-0)
IKE QUARTEY (0-1-0) vs LLOYD HONEYGHAN (1-0-0(1))

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Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

Coming up in the HBF/IBL...

* Olympians "looking too far ahead", says Reynolds (Tuesday 10/9) (done)
* Irish-born Canadian debuts in Nevada (Tuesday 10/9) (done)
* Welterweights action from Nigeria (Wednesday 11/9) (done)
* Vincennes speaks on "the future of boxing" (Wednesday 11/9) (done)
* IBL Future Contender series card from Japan (Thursday 12/9)
* RAY LEONARD VS JAMES RAY (Thursday 12/9)

(Yes, that's the order the posts will arrive in. So possibly this time next week we'll know...)

Four down, two to go...