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| Butcher continues to impress as a pro |
Friday 24/02/2012
Iain Butcher (3-0, 1 KO) Flyweight
New Boxrec Ranking - Now 234 in the World and 7 in the UK.
How did the fight go? - Butcher continued his good form as a pro by getting his first stoppage win against Hungary's Richard Voros with a stunning first round stoppage. The promoters had spent a fair bit of money getting the kid over, but Butcher proved far too good and secured an impressive victory, which will send out a message to the rest of the British flyweights.
Richard Contreras (9-0-1, 8 KO's) Featherweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 204 in the World and 12 in the USA.
How did the fight go? - Contreras was always in a hard fight with tough journeyman Daniel Quevedo and unfortunately for him he was held to a draw. I think we saw here a guy who's powerful and expected to go out and blow his opponent, but unfortunately he was facing a real hard man. He has gone up in the rankings, but really this is a step back for him.
Jessie Vargas (18-0, 9 KO's) Light Welterweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 6 in the World, 4 in the USA
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| Expect to see Vargas at the MGM Grand May 5th |
How did the fight go? - Vargas had an incredibly tough opponent in Lanardo Tyler and it really wasn't a pretty fight fight, however Vargas showed his class to win 99-91 on all three judges scorecards. Vargas has a lot of talent and getting the rounds in is no issue, you need to fight guys like Tyler and this was a good 10 round workout for him. He could very well be out in May on the Mayweather-Cotto bill as he's signed to Mayweather Promotions.
Saturday 25/02/2012
Luke Blackledge (8-0, 3 KO's) Light Heavyweight
New Boxrec Ranking - No ranking change as of yet
How did the fight go? - No confirmation of this result on Boxrec, but Blackledge proved too strong for his Polish born Welsh based opponent Robert Studzinski, stopping him in three rounds. Blackledge really is a fighter on an upward curve at the moment and represents the VIP Promotion stable he represents. He looks like a very talented fighter and will fancy a step up in class now.
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| Centeno Jr was an easy six round winner |
Hugo Centeno Jr (12-0, 6 KO's) Welterweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 211 in the World and 43 in the USA.
How did the fight go? - Centeno makes a nice step up in the rankings by completely outclassing his opponent Narvaez over six rounds, winning 60-52 x2 and 59-53 on the judges scorecards. Narvaez is a rough old fighter and has only been stopped three times in his pro career, so Centeno did his job to get the decision. At 6ft1 he uses his height well in the division, but surely as he gets older he will be a light middleweight or middleweight.
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| Culcay had too much for his Italian opponent |
Jack Culcay (11-0, 7 KO's) Light Middleweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 94 in the World, still 1 in Germany
How did the fight go? - Culcay found himself in with a tough Italian, but was far too good over the seven rounds which it lasted, stopping him with a real heavy barrage in the penultimate round. This classy ex amateur star seems to have a lot going for him at the moment, and is getting big German bill experience. Harder fights are to come, but he looks to be fighting incredibly well at the moment and is showing his class.
Craig Evans (6-0, 2 KO's) Super Featherweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 408 in the World, 21 in the UK.
How did the fight go? - Big shame for Evans here as his opponent Marc Callaghan retires at the end of round 1 with an arm injury. He had a really frustrating 2011 and to be honest his 2012 hasn't really got off to the best start. He's coming along nicely with Lee Beard as his trainer, but he needs some tough rounds to show his quality.
Frankie Gavin (12-0, 9 KO's) Welterweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 39 in the World, 6 in the UK.
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| Gavin looked really good on his return |
How did the fight go? - Great win for "Funtime" who looked a lot sharper in stopping ex British champion Kevin McIntyre in three rounds on Saturday night. It was an awesome body shot that did it for him and everything about Gavin in the run up to the fight and in it was far better than what we've seen recently. This could easily have been a tricky night if he wasn't on form, but his head was right and he showed the class which made him Britain's only World Amateur champion.
Lewis Rees (3-0, 2 KO's) Light Welterweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 623 in the World, 42 in the UK.
How did the fight go? - This was one of the best fights on the undercard
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| "Beefy" did well against Morby |
Liam Smith (9-0-1, 4 KO's) Welterweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 186 in the World, 15 in the UK.
How did the fight go? - When I wrote the Prospect Watch this weekend we didn't even know who "Beefy" was fighting after Laszlo Komjathi pulled out. He ended up fighting a guy who's usually two weight divisions above him in Paul Morby, and he was far too good for the man from Portsmouth, winning 80-69 on the referee's scorecard. Early on Liam looked like he really had him and was on the verge of a stoppage win, with some very good work shown in the first three rounds. After that he just carried on the solid work and ground out a good decision.
Christopher Pearson (3-0, 2 KO's) Middleweight
New Boxrec Ranking - 395 in the World, 76 in the USA.
How did the fight go? - Pearson makes a big step up the rankings with a 1st round smashing of Jeremy Wood on the big bill in St Louis. Wood had gone the distance with one or two unbeaten fighters in the past, but found himself completely over-matched here against a very good young fighter. Pearson was a really solid amateur and what I've seen of him as a pro, he looks a real talent.
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