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[Thomas Hearns]

Originally Posted by kenyan_cheena

:ohmy: Unbelievable. Will there be a rubber match?

May be , but Fenech need to win another fight in order to be selectable for a Title Clash.

The fight was really strange becouse the first big punch of the fight caused the cut an the finish of the fight.

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-08-28
Azteca, Mexico DF, Mexico

WBO FEATHRWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Ricardo Lopez - Record: 26-0-0 (17) WTKO11 Julio Cesar Chavez - Record: 25-2-0 (23)
On a blockbuster fight Ricardo Lopez defended his WBO Title for the second time and won the biggest fight of his career against Julio Cesar Chavez. For “J.C.” it was the second time that he failed on a title clash after being defeated by Salvador Sanchez in one of the best clashes in this universe.
Lopez started the fight on big form winning the first three rounds, he also shook Chavez on the second and had “J.C” in trouble on the third when he landed a big hook. Chavez appeared in the fight on the fourth round winning the stanza and being favoured by a point taken away from Lopez for head-butting. The fifth round was even and with a lot of action until the last thirty seconds when Lopez landed some good blows to take the round. On the sixth Lopez hurt Chavez with a hook , and then dropped him with a strong cross. Chavez got up at one and the bell saved him.Chavez had a great reaction winning rounds seventh and eight. The ninth round was a back and forth one but Lopez edged it with a great straight right near the end of the round. Lopez won the ten round on a big form punishing a tiring Chavez,Lopez also cut Chavez on his left eyelid. On the eleventh round Lopez dropped Chavez with a big cross. Chavez got up at three but only to received more punishment that reopened the cut and forced the referee to stop the action. Mysteriously two of the judges had Chavez in front on his scorecards at the time of the stoppage (95-92 (x2)). The other had Lopez winning 96-91. My scorecard at this time was 96-92 for Lopez.

[Thomas Hearns]

Lorenzo Parra - Record: 23-6-0 (10) WKO1 Jorge Barrios - Record: 21-5-2 (11)
Lorenzo Parra scored a spectacular KO win over former title contender Jorge Barrios.
The argentine is now in a three winless streak. Parra dropped Barrios for good two minutes into the fight with a big counterpunch. For Parra is the best victory of his career.

Eusebio Pedroza - Record: 17-1-0 (7) WTKO7 Juanito Rubillar - Record: 17-3-2 (3)
Eusebio Pedroza scored an easy TKO victory with and eye-catching performance against an overmatched Juanito Rubilar. Pedroza won the first five rounds of the fight and after an even sixth, Perdroza dropped Rubilar on the seventh with a straight right. Rubilar got up at nine but only to receive more punishment until the referee stopped the fight.

Rico Ramos - Record: 14-11-3 (2) WMD10 Ruben Condori - Record: 13-10-5 (1)
Rico Ramos mounted a big rally on the final five rounds to score a majority decision win against Ruben Condori. The argentine had the control of the fight on the first half and also dropped Ramos on the fifth round with a combination to the head and the body. But Ramos won all the rounds from six to nine and the referee took a point from Condori for rubbit punch on the ninth . Finallly Condori won an action less even last round. The scorecards were 95-93 97-92 for Ramos and 94-94.

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-08-31
Estadio Saltillo, Saltillo, Mexico

Cesar Soto - Record: 24-3-0 (14) WKO1 Nate Campbell - Record: 22-6-1 (12)
It was expected to be a close contest between two candidates for a future title fight, but it only took one round to Cesar Soto to destroy Nate Campbell. Afer punished Campbell for more than two minutes Soto dropped him for good with a vicious uppercut. With this win Soto is in the way for a third attempt for a World Title.

Kid Chocolate - Record: 17-2-0 (3) WUD10 Claudio Martinet - Record: 14-6-0 (3)
It was the first fight for Kid Chocolate after his loss against “The Prince” Hamed for the WBU World Title. Chocolate completely outboxed Martinet and he also dropped the argentine on rounds four and nine. The scorecards were 99-90 (x2) and 97-91.

Humberto Gonzales - Record: 19-2-1 (11) WUD10 Agapito Sanchez - Record: 18-3-0 (2)
Sanchez won the first round but then Gonzales took the drivers’ seat and won rounds from second to five, Sanchez mounted a small rally winning rounds six and seventh but it finished when Gonzales dropped him with a wicked hook on the eight round. Gonzales also dropped Sanchez again on the ninth round this time with a devastating cross and he also won an actionless last round. The scorecards were 97-91 (x3) for Gonzales.

Scott Harrison - Record: 20-4-1 (6) DRAW10 Brahim Asloum - Record: 19-7-1
Asloum won the first three rounds, but Harrison rallied and evened the fight winning the following three rounds. Asloum again took a step forward winning rounds seventh and eight but Harrison took the last two rounds to put the result into guess. At least three of the rounds of this fight could be scored to either boxer so the fight was very difficult to rate and a draw is not a bad ruling.
The scorecards were 96-95 for harrison 97-93 for Asloum and 95-95.

[Thomas Hearns]

Heaviweights -57 ranked Fighters-

1 Larry Holmes 24-2-0 (15) WBA 2 Defenses
2 Lennox Lewis 25-0-0 (19) WBC 2 Defenses
3 James Toney 23-2-0 (12)
4 Tony Tucker 22-5-1 (14) Former WBO
5 Jack Johnson 22-2-1 (9) IBF 0 Defenses
6 Archie Moore 22-2-1 (20) Former IBF
7 David Izon 23-5-0 (16)
8 Herbie Hide 23-4-1 (18) Former WBO
9 Evander holyfield 22-2-1 (19)
10 Pinklon Thomas 25-3-0 (14)
11 Wayne Braithwaite 25-2-2 (18) WBO 0 Defenses
12 James Bradock 20-5-3 (0)
13 Ossie Ocasio 16-10-2 (1)
14 Lou Savarese 18-6-0 (9)
15 Carl Thompson 24-3-0 (16)
16 Tony Thompson 20-3-2 (8)
17 Sonny Liston 22-0-0 (21) IBO 0 Defenses
18 Cleveland Williams 21-5-0 (19)
19 Larry Donald 20-4-0 (8)
20 Bernardo Mercado 14-9-0 (4)
21 Bert Cooper 18-6-1 (11)
22 Donovan Rudock 20-6-0 (15)
23 Fres Oquendo 20-0-0 (10)
24 Mike Weaver 20-2-1 (11)
25 John L. Sullivan 17-3-0 (10)
26 Jorge Luis Gonzalez 18-8-2 (8)
27 Jimmy Young 21-1-0 (1)
28 Gary mason 20-3-0 (15)
29 Chrys Byrd 19-2-1 (1) WBU 0 Defenses
30 Marcelo Dominguez 18-1-1 (6)

Next Title Fights.

September 1993
WBA Larry Holmes Vs Evander Holyfield
IBO Sonny Liston Vs Carl Thompson

October 1993
WBC Lennox Lewis Vs David Izon
Chrys Byrd Vs Lou Savarese

November 1993
IBF Jack Johnson Vs Pinklon Thomas
WBO Wayne Braithwaite Vs James Toney

[Thomas Hearns]

Middleweights (56 ranked Fighters)

1 Roy Jones Jr 27-1-0 (16) WBC 2 Defenses
2 Ramon Campas 26-2-0 (14) WBO 2 Defenses
3 Arthur Abraham 25-2-0 (14) WBA 0 Defenses
4 Joe Calzaghe 26-1-1 (7) Former WBA
5 Darius Michalczewski 24-1-0 (15) IBF 2 Defenses
6 Felix Sturm 22-2-4 (3)
7 George Groves 24-4-1 (9)
8 Quincy Taylor 20-5-0 (9)
9 Hugo Corro 24-2-2 (5)
10 Victor Galindez 24-5-0 (15)
11 Jermain Taylor 23-4-0 (17)
12 Dana Rosemblatt 20-5-3 (4)
13 Reginaldo Andrade 20-7-0 (9)
14 Mads larsen 20-3-2 (10)
15 Lucian Bute 22-0-0 (13) IBO 0 Defenses
16 Fulgencio Obelmejias 22-3-1 (15)
17 Vito Antuofermo 20-6-1 (1)
18 Jorge Castro 23-2-0 (12)
19 Juan Roldan 21-4-1 (9)
20 Antony Hanshaw 20-1-1 (14)
21 Jeff Lacy 22-5-0 (14)
22 Nigel Benn 22-0-0 (14) WBU 0 Defenses
23 Edison Miranda 21-5-0 (12)
24 Vinny Pazienza 20-7-1 (5)
25 Rocky Graziano 22-0-0 (15)
26 Ray Robinson 19-1-0 (12)
27 Jorge Heiland 12-7-7 (0)
28 Antwun Echols 20-6-1 (14)
29 Glenn Johnson 20-2-1 (5)
30 Fabrice Tiozzo 20-8-0 (13)

Next Title Fights

September 1993
WBA Arthur Abraham Vs George Groves
IBO Lucian Bute Vs Reginaldo Andrade

October 1993
WBC Roy Jones Jr. Vs Felix Sturm
WBU Nigel Benn Vs Dana Rosemblatt

November 1993
IBF Darius Michalczewski Vs Hugo Corro
WBO Ramon Campas Vs Victor Galindez

[Thomas Hearns]

Welterweights -54 Fighters ranked-

1 Mike McCallum 26-0-0 (20) WBO 2 Defenses
2 Ray Leonard 23-0-0 (16) WBC 2 Defenses
3 Arthur Grigorian 26-1-0 (6) IBF 0 Defenses
4 Ike Quartey 24-3-1 (14) WBA 1 Defense
5 Luis Collazo 27-2-0 (13) Former IBF
6 John Mugabi 24-2-0 (23) Former WBA
7 Ken Buchanan 23-5-0 (4)
8 Tony Ayala 21-4-0 (15)
9 Diego Corrales 26-2-0 (22)
10 Junior Witter 24-3-0 (9)
11 Daniel Santos 24-3-0 (9)
12 Angel Manfredy 16-5-0 (4)
13 Thomas Damgaard 21-4-1 (16)
14 Ricky Hatton 23-5-0 (20)
15 Rene Arredondo 24-4-0 (17)
16 Carlos Quintana 23-4-2 (12)
17 Ahmet Dottuev 24-3-1 (10)
18 Javier Castillejo 21-5-1 (5)
19 Francisco Bojado 20-4-3 (7)
20 Thomas Hearns 20-0-1 (18) IBO 0 Defenses
21 Jaime Rangel 16-4-2 (7)
22 Paul Williams 21-1-0 (9)
23 Miguel Cotto 21-4-0 (12)
24 Mark Breland 24-5-0 (13)
25 Shannan Taylor 22-6-0 (9)
26 Kassim Ouma 18-3-1 (9)
27 Demetrius Hopkins 10-8-2 (1)
28 Kelson Pinto 18-2-0 (8)
29 Edwin Rosario 25-3-0 (18)
30 Roberto Duran 19-1-0 (10)
31 Vernnon Forrest 22-0-0 (12) WBU 0 Defenses

Next Title Fights

September 1993
WBA Ike Quartey Vs Daniel Santos
IBO Thomas Hearns Vs Paul Williams (Mandatory Rematch)

October 1993
WBC Ray Leonard Vs Diego Corrales
WBU Vernon Forrest Vs Angel Manfredy

November 1993
IBF Arthur Grigorian Vs Junior Witter
WBO Mike McCallum Vs Thomas Damgaard

[Thomas Hearns]

Featherweights (55 Fighters ranked)

1 Ricardo Lopez 26-0-0 (17) WBO 2 Defenses
2 Celestino Caballero 20-3-3 (5) WBC 2 Defenses
3 Salvador Sanchez 27-0-0 (12) WBA 2 Defenses
4 Jeff Fenech 27-1-1 (17) Former IBF
5 In Jin Chi 23-3-1 (10)
6 Diego Morales 22-5-2 (11) IBF 0 Defenses
7 Javier Alvarez 11-6-4 (4)
8 Cesar Soto 24-3-0 (8)
9 Pascual Perez 24-3-0 (8)
10 Joan Guzman 22-4-0 (18)
11 Horacio Acavallo 25-3-0 (7)
12 Nassen Hamed 21-0-0 (13) IBO 0 Defenses
13 Miguel Garcia 18-5-1 (9)
14 Julio Cesar Chavez 25-2-0 (23)
15 Alexander Muñoz 24-4-0 (14)
16 Genaro Garcia 14-4-2 (1)
17 Hussein Hussein 16-5-4 (6)
18 Junior Jones 18-5-1 (6)
19 Kevin Kelly 20-1-3 (9)
20 Jorge Julio 17-4-0 (10)
21 Scott Harrison 19-4-2 (6)
22 Nate Campbell 22-6-1 (12)
23 Everaldo Morales 20-3-2 (4)
24 Jiro Watanabe 19-4-1 (8)
25 Gilberto Roman 19-1-0 (11)
26 Victor Polo 21-6-0 (10)
27 Humberto Gonzalez 19-2-1 (11)
28 Orlando Salido 20-2-1 (8)
29 Brahim Asloum 19-6-2 (0)
30 Fernando Montiel 21-4-1 (8)
*Santos Laciar 18-0-0 (6) WBU 0 Defenses.

*Laciar doesn’t have the 20 fights necessary to be ranked.

Next title Fights

September 1993
WBA Salvador Sanchez Vs In Jin Chi
IBO Naseem Hamed Vs Horacio Acavallo

October 1993
WBC Celestino Caballero Vs Pascual Perez
WBU Santos Laciar Vs Javier Alvarez

November 1993
IBF Diego Morales Vs Cesar Soto
WBO Ricardo Lopez Vs Miguel Garcia

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-01
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, United States

WBA Heavyweight Championship Fight

Report Round by Round: Larry Holmes Vs Evander Holyfield

Round 1: An action filled competitive round, Holmes landed more but Holyfield edged the round with three power crosses and a big uppercut.
10-9 Holyfield.

Round 2: Holmes landed some good jabs and a great uppecut , but Holyfield answered with a big combination, near the end of the round good jabs and good movement by Holmes that edged the round.
10-9 Holmes
19-19

Round 3: Some crushing hooks gave Holyfield the round , Holmes landed some jabs and a straight right but couldn’t stop Holyfield’s atack.
10-9 Holyfield
29-28 Holyfield.

Round 4: Holyfield dominated the first mintue of the round, Holmes rallied on the second minute landing a big straight right. But Holyfield landed a big hook and a crushing uppercut on the last minute to win the round convincingly.
10-9 Holyfield
39-37 Holyfield.

Round 5: Holmes started the round taking the centre of the ring and dominating the actions. But near the end of the round Evander evened the round and finally edged it with a big left that landed in Holmes face.
10-9 Holyfield
49-46 Holyfield

Round 6: Holmes was little more aggressive a pair of left jabs and two right hooks one at the beginning and the other near the end of the round gave Larry the round.
10-9 Holmes
58-56 Holyfield.

Round 7: Great round for Holmes, he landed a great uppercut , following by some jabs, Holyfield landed a great straight right but Holmes answered with a beautiful combination to the body and the head. Larry closed the round with another great uppercut.
10-9 Holmes
67-66 Holyfield

Round 8: Holmes started in control but Holyfield changed the things with a great uppercut. The pair exchange some punches for the rest of the round but Holyfield edged this actionless round.
10-9 Holyfield
77-75 Holyfield.

Round 9: Holyfield caught Holmes with a barrage of punches and dropped him, Holmes got up at seven and Holyfield launched his final assault. A jab and an uppercut by Holyfield stunned Holmes. A three punch combo by Holyfield, following by a hook that shook Holmes again. Holmes took the best of a exchange and landed a big overhand right, Holyfield absorbed it and landed a left-right-left combination Holmes backpedalled and the referee stopped the fight. EVANDER HOLYFIELD IS THE NEW WBA HEAVYWEIGTH CHAMPION!

At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 77-75 for Holyfield and 76-76 (x2).

Result and official scorecards:

WBA HEAVYWEIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Evander Holyfield - Record: 23-2-1 (20) WTKO9 Larry Holmes - Record: 24-3-0 (15)

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-01
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, United States

Joe Mesi - Record: 23-6-0 (17) WUD10 Alexander Dimitrenko - Record: 19-10-0 (6)
Joe Mesi gave a real beating to Alex Dimitrenko flooring him four times in the way to a dominant unanimous decision victory . The scorecards were 97-88 (x2) and 96-89 for Mesi.
Mesi dropped Dimitrenko on the first round, two times more on the seventh round and one more time on the last round. The referee also took a point away from Dimitrenko on the fifth round for head butting.

Gerry Cooney - Record: 20-1-0 (16)WTKO4Tyrell Biggs - Record: 11-5-2 (1)
Conney dropped Biggs two times on the first round, but Biggs seemed to react winning the second round convincingly. But again Cooney gave Biggs a beating on the third and continued with the destruction on the fourth until the referee stopped the uneven fight.

Fres Oquendo - Record: 21-0-0 (10) WSD10 Samuel Peter - Record: 19-4-0 (14)
Samuel Peter’s camp wanted some revenge after the onesided TKO8 win for Oquendo in their first meeting. This time the things were better to Peter but he lost again.
Oquendo won the first three rounds and took and early lead. Peter won in a big form the fourth round. But Oquendo was again on the drivers seat winning rounds five and six on an easy way. Peter power prevailed on the seventh round, but again Oquendo outboxed the nigerian on rounds eight and nine, the last was an even round. The scorecards were 98-93 (x2) for Oquendo and 96-95 (¿?) for Peter.

Hasim Rahman - Record: 19-0-0 (12) WKO3 Luis Firpo - Record: 16-4-0 (8)
First round for Firpo , the second was for Rahman and on the third round Rahman dropped Firpo with a vicious combination, Firpo got up at four but looked shaken. Rahman launched his final assault and put Firpo to sleep for the ten count with a big uppercut.

Marcelo Dominguez Record: 18-1-2 (6) DRAW(m)10 Bruce Seldon Record: 17-4-2 (13)
A very even contest with the two fighters constantly alternating on the dominance. Five rounds for each boxer was a good result for this fight but there were a pair of rounds very difficult to rate that could gave the win for oneor the other fighter. The scorecards were 95-95 (x2) and 96-94 for Seldon.

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-04
Boston Garden, Boston, MA, United States

IBO HEAVYWEIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Sonny Liston - Record: 23-0-0 (22) WTKO11 Carl Thompson - Record: 24-4-0 (16)
Sonny Liston climbed from the canvas on the second round to destroy Carl Thompson and to succesfully defend for the first time his IBO Title. Liston hurt Thompson with an uppercut and brutally won the first round. Thompson failed to land a single punch on this round. On the second round Liston went for the definition and was giving Thompson a beating when the englishman landed a big overhand right and dropped Liston. Sonny got up at six and Thompson went al for the KO but in spite of landing some good punches he couldn’t finish the fight. A more carrefully Liston won on an easy way rounds from three to five and he recovered his self confidence. The sixth round was a back and forth one until Liston landed a big shot under Thompson’s ribcage and dropped him for a four count. Liston tried to finish the fight but the bell saved Thompson. On the seventh round Thompson landed a big uppercut and tried to force the action but a big vicious cross by Liston send the englishman to the canvas for the second time. Thompson got up at six and Liston failed to finish the job. The eighth round was for Liston in an easy way. On the ninth round Liston dropped Thompson for the third time with a devastating cross. Thompson got up and survived the round but received a lot of punishment. On the tenth round Thompson was in control on the first part of the stanza but Liston landed a big couterpunch combination and floored Thompson for the fourth time on the fight. Thompson got up at eight and again managed to survive the round. On the eleventh a clean hook by Liston floored Thompson for the fifth time and a totally spent Thompson got up again but only to be punished until the referee stopped the fight.
At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 99-87 and 98-87 (x2) all for Liston and Sonny outlanded Thompson 368-111.

Jorge Luis Gonzalez - Record: 19-8-2 (8) WUD10 James Braddock - Record: 20-6-3
Cuban Jorge Gonzalez scored the biggest victory of his career and put himself in a expectant place to be selected for a Title clash.
Bradock won the first two slow-action rounds, but on the third, fourth and fifth rounds a more aggressive Gonzalez forced the action and won the three rounds. On the sixth round Gonzalez dropped Braddock with a devastating hook. Bradock got up at seven and Gonzalez failed to finish the fight. Bradock took the control of the following two rounds against a tiring Gonzalez, but the cuban landed an uppercut early on the ninth round and dropped Bradock again. Bradock got up at five and Gonzalez rocked him until the finish of the round but couldn’t finish the job. Gonzalez was conservative on the last round and allowed Bradock to take the stanza. The scorecards were 95-93 (x2) and 95-94 all for Gonzalez.

Mike Tyson - Record: 21-0-0 (21) WTKO4 Buster Mathis Jr - Record: 14-5-2
Mike Tyson won the first three rounds of the fight against a defensive Buster Mathis. On the fourth Tyson landed a big right and dropped Mathis for six count. After Mathis got up Tyson landed a big hook and a great cross that made Mathis stumble to the ropes forcing the referee to stop the fight. For Mike is time for higher opposition.

Tom Sharkey - Record: 19-1-0 (10) WUD10 Jeremy Williams - Record: 14-3-0 (8)
Williams won the first two rounds of the fight but Sharkey answered winning the following two rounds, Williams was in control again on the fifth. And was winning the sixth round but Sharkey dropped Williams two times and took the control of the fight for good. Sharkey won rounds seven, eight and nine and finally he dropped Williams one more time near the end of the fight. The scorecards were 97-90 (x2) and 96-91 all for Sharkey.

[BAD]

Liston is such a beast....huge win for Holyfield as well

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-06
Arena Gardens, Detroit, MI, United States

Ron Lyle - Record: 20-6-1 (14) WUD10 Tony Thompson - Record: 20-4-2 (8)
Ron Lyle is a strange fighter he could loss a fight being a heavy favourite or he could pulled an upset against high opposition rivals, but he allways gave a good show.
This time he scored a big victory against Tony Thompson.
Lyle won the first round but Thompson answered winning the second. But then Lyle took the control of the fight winning rounds from third to sixth. The seventh was an even round. On the eight Lyle landed a violent shot under Thompson’s ribcage and dropped Tony for a two count. Lyle won the ninth round and the last round was an even actionless one. The scorecards were 98-93 (x2) and 99-92 for Lyle.

Herbie Hide - Record: 24-4-1 (19) WTKO9 Donovan Ruddock - Record: 20-7-0 (15)
Former WBO Champion Herbie Hide past a huge challenge from the skilled canadian Donovan Rudock. Hide started strong winning the first two rounds and hurting Rudock a pair of times. On the third Rudock outboxed Hide. But on the fourth Hide dropped Rudock for a six count with a cross to the head. Rudock answered strong on the fifth dropping Hide with a shot under his ribcage. Rudock was also controlling the sixth round when Hide landed a big uppercut and dropped Rudock again the canadian got up at four and the bell seved him.
On the seventh round a stong combination by Hide dropped Rudock for the third time in the fight. Rudock got up at five but looked spent. Hide launched everything he had but couldn’t finish the fight. The eight round was totally one sided for Hide and on the ninth round Hide dropped Ruddock for the fourth time , the brave canadian got up again at three but only to be punished until the referee decided to stop the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scordcards were 77-71 (x3) for Hide.

Bernardo Mercado - Record: 15-9-0 (4) WSD10 Marion Wilson - Record: 7-13-3
After split the first two rounds one for either fighter, Mercado seemed to be in control on rounds three to five, Wilson won the sixth round, but Mercado won the seventh and seemed to have the things under control. But Wilson mounted a big rally winning the last three rounds and putting the result into doubt. The scorecards were 95-94 (x2) for mercado and 96-93 for Wilson.

Jerry Quarry - Record: 17-2-1 (8) WUD10 Monte Barrett - Record: 15-5-2 (3)
It was expected to be a tough competitive fight, but Jerry Quarry made it an easy one sided one. Quarry dropped Barret four times in the way to a lopsided unanimous decision win , the scorecards were 98-88 (x2) and 99-87. Quarry dropped Barret two times on the seventh round, one on the ninth round and one on the last stanza but Barret finished the fight on his feet.

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-08
The Pavilions, United Kingdom

WBA MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Arthur Abraham - Record: 26-2-0 (14) WUD12 George Groves - Record: 24-5-1 (9)
Outsanding performance by Arthur Abraham to defend his WBA title for the first time in a dominant way. It was the second time that Groves had a chance for a World Title on the first he lost by a very slim margin against Joe Calzaghe for this WBA Title.
Abraham won the first round on a big form but Groves answered winning the second stanza.
Abraham took the control of the fight winning rounds three and four and dropping Groves on the fifth with a devastating combination. The sixth was and even round and Groves edged the seventh round but Abraham totally outboxed Groves on the eight round.Groves had his best round of the fight on the ninth when he could outbox Abraham but thirty seconds before the bell rang Abraham landed a big uppercut and hurt Groves. On the tenth Groves seemed to be not recovered from this last punch and Abraham punished the englishman all the round. Groves failed to land a single clean punch this round. Abraham dropped Groves for a second time on the eleventh round with a big right to the chin. The last round was also for Abraham. The scorecards were 117-109 and 117-110 al for the Champion Arthur Abraham.

Frank Fletcher - Record: 20-5-1 (8) WUD10 Edison Miranda - Record: 21-6-0 (12)
Frank Fletcher scored his second victory on a row with a dominant performance against Edison Miranda. Fletcher won the first round and Miranda won the second after that Fletcher took the control winning seven of the following eight rounds and dropping Miranda with a combination of blows to the head and the body near the end of the fight.
The scorecards were 98-91 (x2) and 97-92 for Fletcher.

Bennie Briscoe - Record: 21-1-1 (11) WKO6 Carl Daniels - Record: 16-2-3 (5)
Daniels started the fight strong winning the first round convincingly, but then Briscoe won the second and the third rounds and dropped Daniels with a wicked cross late on the fourth round. On the fifth round Daniels seemed to recover and could edge the round. But on the sixth round Brisoce destroyed Daniels dropping him four times, the last for the ten count.

Julian Letterlough - Record: 13-1-1 (7) WUD10 Bert Schenk - Record: 17-3-2 (6)
Letterlough mounted a big late rally to score a unanimous decision win against Bert Schenk.
After an even first round Schenk was the best in the following four rounds but Letterlough dropped Schenk with a clean combination on the sixth and changed the course of the fight.
Letterlough won the seventh and eighth rounds too. Schenk seemed to react winning the ninth round. Letterlough dropped Schenk again on the last round with a devastating uppercut but Schenk got up at seven and managed to finish the fight on his feet. The scorecards were 95-92 (x2) and 96-91.

James Kinchen - Record: 18-0-1 (14) WKO7 Anthony Hanshaw - Record: 20-2-1 (14)
Big victory for James Kinchen against former WBU title contender Antony Hanshaw. Kinchen won the first round of the bout taking a big lead on the scorecards. On the sixth Hanshaw outpowered Kinchen and won the round on a big form. But on the seventh round Kinchen dropped Hanshaw with a vicious uppercut for a five count, after Hanshaw got up Kinchen punished him and finally put him to sleep with a trmendous shot under his ribcage.

Julio Cesar Vazquez - Record: 21-0-0 (17) WUD10 Peter Venancio - Record: 10-6-2 (4)
A totally onesided fight for Vazquez, Venancio was in the clash only for the first three rounds then it was all for Vazquez. The argentine gave a real beating to the brazilian especially on rounds four and nine and he aslo dropped Venancio two times on the seventh round. The scorecards were 98-89 (x2) and 97-90 for Vazquez.

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-10
Kisstadion, Hungary

IBO MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Lucian Bute - Record: 23-0-0 (14) WTKO8 Reginaldo Andrade - Record: 20-8-0 (9)
Bute won the first action filled round , then he won onesided rounds two and three. On the fourth round Bute dropped Andrade with a solid cross, Andrade barely beat the count and got up at nine and after that Bute rocked him until the end of the round. Bute also edged the fifth round and took a round of on the sixth one allowing Andrade to won the round. Bute edged the seventh round and was winning the eighth when the referee stopped the fight due to a nasty cut on Andrade’s right eyebrow. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 69-63(x2) and 68-64 for Bute. An easy defense for a good Champion.

Jorge Heiland - Record: 13-7-7 WUD10 Tony Mundine - Record: 18-11-0 (7)
This fight was a rematch, on their first clash Heiland won by a slim split decision.
This time the fight was very competitive again but Heiland edged the decision. Mundine won the first two rounds , Heiland won the third outboxing the aussie. Mundine won the fourth but Heiland evened the fight winning rounds five and six. The seventh was an even round but Heiland took the control winning rounds eight and nine. Mundine won an actionless last round. The scorecards were 96-95 (x2) and 97-94 for Heiland.

Bob Fitzsimmons - Record: 20-2-0 (14) WKO8 Miguel Angel Arroyo - Record: 14-4-1
Totally onesided fight for Fitzsimmons, he won almost all the rounds and he also dropped Arroyo one time on the sixth, one on the seventh and one on the eight round this last time for good. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 70-61 69-62 and 68-63 for Fitzsimmons.

Graciano Rocchigiani Record: 19-0-0 (6) WUD10 Anthony Mundine Record: 16-3-2 (5)
This fight was competitive for four rounds, with each fighter winning two rounds, but form round five to the end Rocchigiani had the totel control of the fight winning six rounds on a row in the way to an easy unanimous decision victory. The scorecards were 98-92 (x2) and 97-93 for Rocchigiani

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-12
Bellahouston Lesisure Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Joe Calzaghe - Record: 27-1-1 (7) WUD10 Vito Antuofermo - Record: 20-7-1 (1)
First fight for Joe Calzaghe after losing his WBA Tirle against Arthur Abraham. The fight was a totally one sided one, with Calzaghe outboxing Antuofermo all the rounds except the second round. The lopsided scorecards were 99-91 (x3) for Calzaghe.

Vinny Pazienza - Record: 21-7-1 (5) WUD10 Quincy Taylor - Record: 20-6-0 (9)
A big win for Vinny Pazienza that put him again in the mix after his shocking loss by KO1 against Frank Fletcher. For Taylor it was his second loss in a row after failing in his title fight against “Yoriboy” Campas.
Taylor won the first round but Pazienza took the control of the fight winning the following four rounds. Taylor dropped Pazineza on the sixth round with a tremendous shot under his ribcage but he couldn’t follow up the action.Pazienza regained the control of the fight on rounds seven and eight and seemed to secure his victory. Taylor mounted a late rally winning the last two rounds but he came short to win the fight. The scorecards were 95-94 96-95 and 96-93 for Pazienza.

Keith Holmes - Record: 18-2-0 (4) WUD10 Glencoffe Johnson - Record: 20-3-1 (5)
A razor cut slim unanimous decision win for Taylor over warm favourite Glen Johnson. After an even first round Holmes edged the second and won the third convincingly after that Johnson easily won the fourth round but Holmes was again in control on the following two rounds. Johnoson edged the seventh round and Holmes edged the eight , the last two rounds were clearly for Johnson. The scorecards were 96-95 (x3) for Holmes.

Armand Krajnc - Record: 17-4-2 (7) WUD10 Gilbert Baptist - Record: 8-12-2 (1)
An easy victory for Krajnc against an average Gilebert Baptist who had his moments on the fight. Kranjc won the first three rounds easily but then Baptist edged the following two rounds. After that Kranjc regained the control of the fight winning the following four rounds and also dropping Baptist for an eight count on the ninth round. After the frenchman got up Kranjc continued rocking him but failed to finish the fight. Kranjc was conservative on the last round and allowed Baptist to take the stanza. The scorecards were 97-92 (x3).

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-15
Futuroscope, Poiters, France

WBA WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Ike Quartey - Record: 25-3-1 (15) WKO11 Daniel Santos - Record: 24-4-0 (12)
Another big victory for Ike Quartey to defend for the first time his Welterweight Title. Daniel Santos gave a strong fight for eight rounds, but the power of the champion prevailed from the ninth round to the end of the fight. Santos won the first round but then Quartey took the control winning the following three rounds convincingly . Quartey also staggered Santos with a hook on the fourth round. Santos won the fifth round but again Quartey hurt Santos with a big right cross on the sixth. Some swelling appeared around the right eye of Santos at the end of the round. Brave santos outboxed Quartey on rounds seven and eight to even the fight. But from that moment Quartey was in total dominance of the fight, winning rounds nine and ten.
On the eleventh round Quartey went for the definition and dropped Santos with a combination of blows to the head and the body. Brave Santos got up but only to be floored again and for good by a terrible uppercut by Quartey. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 98-92 and 96-94 for Quartey and 95-95.

Tony Ayala - Record: 22-4-0 (16) WTKO7 Javier Castillejo - Record: 21-6-1 (5)
Castillejo started the fight on fire dropping Ayala thirty seconds into the fight. Ayala got up at five and with some difficult managed to survive the round. On the second round Castillejo was still on the drivers’ seat and easily took the round. But on the thrid round Ayala started to recover from the inicial shock winning the round. On the fourth round Ayala punished Castillejo and opened a cut on his forehead with a big hook. On the fifth round Ayala dropped Castillejo with a flushing cross, Castillejo got up at four but looked in bad shape. Ayala gave the spanish a real beating for the rest of the round but failed to finish the fight. The sixth was an action packed back and forth round but Ayala was clearly in the command of the actions. On the seventh two straight rights by Ayala reopened Castillejo’s cut and forced the referee to stop the fight.

Ahmet Dottuev - Record: 25-3-1 (10) WMD10 Saul Alvarez - Record: 17-8-3 (12)
A very slim majority decision win for Dottuev that put him face to face to a World Titlte fight. Very even fight with at list four rounds very difficult to rate and that you could give them to either boxer. After six rounds the fight was deadly even with three rounds for each boxer. Dottuev seemed to edge the seventh round , the eight was an even one, Alvarez edged the ninth round and finally Dottuev convincingly won the last round that gave him the fight. The scorecards were 96-95 (x2) for Dottuev and 95-95.

Crisanto Espana - Record: 17-0-1 (6) WUD10 Reggie Green - Record: 11-5-3 (2)
Really easy win for the undefeated prospect Crisanto España, he outboxed and outclassed Reggie Green for narly all the fight. España also dropped Green for a five count on the third round with a great uppercut. The scorecards were 98-91 (x3).

Nicolino Locche - Record: 18-0-2 WUD10 Darryl Tyson - Record: 10-6-1 (3)
Exhibition of boxing by Nicolino Loche, he gave a clinic of jabing and defensive boxing. He outlanded Tyson by a wide margin (363-67) and the american only landed 6.7% of his punches. Loche won every round of the fight but he hadn’t KO power to end the bout inside the distance. The scorecards 100-90 99-91 (x2)

BIG UPSET!
Bronco McKart - Record: 12-3-4 (5) WTKO6 Roberto Duran - Record: 19-2-0 (10)
Raising star Roberto Duran was defeated for second time on a row this time it was a surprising loss against average Bronco McKart that stopped him by TKO6 on cuts.
On the first round Duran started in control but near the end of the round McKart landed a big staright righ and cut Duran’s right eye. McKart also won the second round against a concerned and surprised Duran. But “Hand of Stone” seemed to put the things in their place winning rounds three and four convincingly and also edged the fifth round. On the sixth round Duran was again in control but McKart landed a big uppercut that reopened Duran’s cut forcing the referee to stop the fight. At the time of the stoppage the scorecards were 49-47 and 48-47 for McKart and 49-47 for Duran.

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-18
Luxor, Las Vegas, NV, United States

IBO WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT

Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns Vs Paul “The Punisher” Williams
This is Hearns’ first defense of his title and a mandatory rematch due to the polemic end that the first fight had when Williams was disqualified for a low blow.

Report round by round

Round 1: Williams controlled most of the round with his jab and his straight right but near the end Hearns rallied and landed a big combination that stoped Williams cold.
10-9 Williams

Round 2 : A body shot followed by a hook by Hearns, then “the Hitman” landed a trademark straight right and finally a big cross that staggered Williams. Paul tried to rally in the middle stages of the round but Hearns hurt him again with a strong uppercut.
10-9 Hearns
19-19

Round 3: Hearns started in control landing a short hook that shook Williams , but “the Punisher” landed a big straight right and followed up the action to earn the round.
10-9 Williams
29-28 Williams

Round 4: Williams won the round only being the more active of the pair , Hearns landed two power shots but it wasn’t enough to take the round.
10-9 Williams
39-37 Williams

Round 5: On a very even round a devastating hook landed by Hearns near the end of the round secured for him this stanza.
10-9 Hearns
48-47 Williams

Round 6: Williams in control outboxing Hearns , “the Hitman” was the aggressor but missed a lot. No power shots but Williams landed the best blows of this round.
10-9 Williams
58-56 Williams

Round 7: A hard jab followed with a big hook at the beginning of the round and a devastating combination near the end of the stanza were the highlights for Thomas Hearns to clearly took this round.
10-9 Hearns
67-66 Williams

Round 8: The control of the centre of the ring and two thunderous straight rights by Hearns gave him the round. Poor actity from Williams this round.
10-9 Hearns
76-76

Round 9: For the first two minutes and thirty seconds Williams seemed to be winning this very action less round, but a smashing right cross and a short hook by Hearns gave him the round.
10-9 Hearns
86-85 Hearns

Round 10: Williams had some swelling on his face but didn’t give up, and won the round with his busy style, Hearns landed the best shots of the round a winging right and a solid cross. But Williams landed more with the highlight of a big cross that hurt Hearns.
10-9 Williams
95-95

Round 11: One sided round for Hearns , he landed a sweet uppercut and a big straight right that hurt Williams near the first minute of the round Hearns also had Williams in trouble and almost dropped him with a smashing cross near the end of the round.
10-9 Hearns
105-104 Hearns.

Round 12: Another strong cross by Hearns dropped Williams for a six count, after Williams got up Hearns followed up the action and landed a sweet uppercut and a big straight right but couldn’t end the fight inside the distance.
10-8 Hearns
115-112 Hearns.

The official scorecards were 115-112 (x2) and 116-111 all for the winner and still IBO WW Champion of the World : Thomas Hearns!

Official result and new records:

IBO WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT
Thomas Hearns - Record: 21-0-1 (18) WUD12 Paul Williams - Record: 21-2-0 (9)

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-18
Luxor, Las Vegas, NV, United States

Kassim Ouma - Record: 19-3-1 (9) WMD10 Eddie Gazo - Record: 10-9-1 (3)
Ouma won a one sided first round but after that Gazo used his complex style boxing to won four rounds on a row. But finally Ouma rallied an win the last five rounds of the fight. The scorecards were 98-95 96-94 for Ouma and 95-95.

Livingstone Bramble - Record: 20-0-1 (3) UD10 James Page - Record: 16-3-0 (7)
Undefeated prospect Levingstone Bramble scored an easy unanimous decision win against James Page. Bramble started the fight clearly outboxing Page on the first two rounds. But on the following two stanzas Page was more aggressive and landed some good power shots to earn both rounds. But form the fifth round to the final bell all was for Bramble that show all his boxing skills to won the last six rounds of the fight. The scorecards were 98-92 (x2) and 97-93 for Bramble.

Julian Jackson - Record: 17-0-0 (15) WKO7 Steve Forbes - Record: 13-4-3
In a totally onesided fight hard hitter Julian Jackson batterd Steve Forbes for six rounds to finally put him to sleep on the seventh round with a devastating hook to his head. Until the stoppage jackson won every round of this fight.

[Thomas Hearns]

1993-09-20
The Stadium, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ken Buchanan - Record: 24-5-0 (4) WUD10 Alberto Cortes - Record: 17-7-2
Former title contender Ken Buchanan escaped with a difficult unanimous decision win against argentine Alberto Cortes. The argentine won the first round, but Buchanan seemed to put the things in their place winning the following three rounds. But Cortes used his boxing skills and smoother boxing to mount a rally and won the following four rounds. After seven rounds Cortes was winning the fight but he got tired and allowed Buchanan to take a competitive eight round. On the ninth round Cortes looked spent and Buchanan won it easily. On the final round Buchanan dropped Cortes with a solid combination and after the argentine got up he tried and failed to finish the fight inside the distance. The scorecrds were 96-93(x2) and 95-94 for Buchanan.

Jose Antonio Rivera Record: 17-5-4 (5) WTKO6 Demetrius Hopkins Record: 10-9-2 (1)
After five rounds of boxing it was a competitive fight with the two boxers alternated in the dominance and with Rivera edging the fight by a slim margin. But the referee stopped the fight on the sixth round due to a nasty cut on Hopkins right eye.

Dixie Kid - Record: 16-0-1 (3) WUD10 Gabriel Ruelas - Record: 16-6-0 (7)
Easy fight for the undefeated prospect Dixie Kid, Ruleas was never in the fight.
Kid was allways in control and won almost all the rounds of the fight. The scorecards were 99-92 (x2) and 97-94 for Kid.

Miguel Castellini - Record: 18-2-1 (7) WUD10 Verdell Smith - Record: 4-12-2
A real mismatch was this “training session”for Miguel Castellini against and overmatched Verdell Smith. The strange thing was that Castellini couldn’t finish the figh inside the distance and also couldn’t drop this average rival. The scorecards were 99-91 100-92 and 97-93.