Vyacheslav Glazkov scored a ten round unanimous decision over very late replacement and tough as nails Garrett Wilson in a Heavyweight bout at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.

Wilson took the fight on Wednesday night after Tomasz Adamek had to pull out due to an illness.

Wilson came out firing big hayemakers in round one. Glazkov buckled Wilson in round two with a couple of flush right hands. Round three saw Glazkov continue to land right hands in between the wild attempts of offense from Wilson. Glazkov was cut over his right eye in round three as a result of an accidental headbutt. Glazkov continued to dominate the boxing aspect of the fight. Wilson would fight in spurts and landed a huge uppercut in round seven that rocked Glazkov.

Both guys tried very hard until the final bell with Wilson unsuccessfully trying to land the one equalizing punch.

Glazkov, 222 lbs of Ukraine won by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93 and is now 16-0-1. Wilson, 204 lbs of Philadelphia was making his Heavyweight debut is now 13-7-1.

Karl Dargan scored a ten round unanimous decision over Michael Brooks in a bout that featured previously undefeated Lightweights.

Dargan controlled the action with his boxing ability where Brooks was lunging in and trying to land the big shot. Brooks started to swell around the right eye in round four but that was never an issue as the fight went on. Dragan focused on the body and landed some nice combinations upstairs. Knowing he was behind, Brooks tried to pick up the pace in the final round and got through with a couple shots. The final round provided a lot of action with Dargan getting the better of the action.

Dargan, 134 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 99-91, 99-91 and 98-92 and is now 14-0. Brooks, 134 1/s lbs of Long Island, NY is now 10-1-1.

Super Middleweight Edwin Rodriguez was 2 pounds over the 168 pound weight limit for his Saturday fight with champion Andre Ward in Ontario, California according to Dan Rafel of espn.com

“We’re going to work on [losing the 2 pounds]. I feel pretty good,” Rodriguez said while still at the scale after being overweight. “I’m gonna work on it.”

“I think there’s a chance Edwin might not be able to make this weight again,” Lou DiBella, Rodriguez’s promoter, told ESPN.com. “He couldn’t lose another ounce. He couldn’t even spit.”

For missing weight, the commission fined Rodriguez 20 percent of his career-high $1 million purse. Of the $200,000 fine, half will go to the commission and the remaining $100,000 will be given to Ward, boosting his purse from $1.9 million to $2 million.

As part of a deal made with the Ward camp, Rodriguez is required to reweigh at 9 a.m. PT on Saturday and cannot be heavier than 180 pounds.

“It’s at his peril,” DiBella said.

“I’m greatly disappointed and I’m really annoyed,” DiBella said. “I’m not a hypocrite. I’ve been public about this situation with other fighters and talked about their unprofessionalism, and I’m not going to change my tune because he’s my fighter.

“This is the opportunity of your lifetime, this is everything to this kid and his family, and I’m greatly disappointed. I truly believe in him as a fighter and that he had a chance to do something great, and now he is in a situation where he can’t win the belt, and he has been docked money his family desperately needed, and I have a hard time believing he will be at his best. I have empathy if he simply couldn’t make the weight, but that doesn’t change the annoyance or disappointment or stop me from saying I’m sorry on behalf of his team to Andre Ward, Ward’s team, HBO and to the fans.”

Top Rank has signed 2012 Olympic Silver Medal winner Esquiva Falcao of Brazil according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

“We are thrilled that Esquiva has joined Top Rank. He has so much talent and we look forward to letting that talent shine on an international stage,” Top Rank president Todd duBoef said. “Brazil boasts a robust media market and a rabid fan base. There is a reason why Brazil is hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. We look forward to using those platforms in promoting Esquiva.”

Lightweight beltholder Yuriorkis Gamboa was arrested Wednesday on a Domestic Violence charge according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

“There’s an allegation that was sufficient enough to get him arrested, but we’re not ready to make any statement yet,” Gamboa’s attorney Tony Gonzalez told ESPN.com. “This is recent and unexpected. It’s two misdemeanor counts, not felony charges. We’re going to deal with. I haven’t had a chance to talk to (Gamboa) yet in any detail, only briefly when we were at the courthouse.

“Until we get a little further along and see what’s going on we have no comment on it. We’ll deal with it. If there’s any light at the end of the tunnel it’s that we’re dealing with misdemeanor charges. I’m not downplaying misdemeanor charges. Anything like this is serious, but there’s two sides to every story.”

“It is the second time, but the first time there was no conviction, just allegations,” Gonzalez said.

“Hopefully, we can put this situation behind us and ’50’ can get things worked out for the fight with Garcia and Gamboa can fight him in January,” Gonzalez said.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, injured Heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov is expected to survive after being placed in a coma following his loss to Mike Perez on November 2nd in New York.

“A week ago, the doctors thought he was not going to make it, that he would not survive. They said they were 100 percent sure he would not make it,” said Nathan Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing. “Now they think it has turned around. They say he is going to make it now. They have seen progress with his motor skills from the tests they have been doing.

“The words out of their mouth after the surgery were, ‘We don’t think he’s going to make it.’ They said that to the family. Now, based on how he’s progressed in these different tests, they changed their view. From what the doctor is saying the brain swelling has subsided.”

“They think they will try to wake him up in two or three days and see how he reacts,” Lewkowicz said. “We don’t know if his speech will be slurred or if he will be blind, which are major possibilities. The stroke could hinder some of his motor skills. He might not be able to speak well. He might be blind. The best we hope for is that he can lead a normal life.”

“They did a test by pinching his arm and he was smacking the doctor’s hand away, showing his motor skills are coming back. They weren’t expecting that,” Lewkowicz said. “It’s amazing progress. It’s good news. He’s still young, only 32, and was in good health before what happened. So that is very helpful.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former world champion Jorge Arce will fight Jose Carmona in a Featherweight bout this Saturday night in Mexico.

“It took me a long time to analyze the situation,” Arce said. “I feel that my body is still responding well and with the support of my family and my promoter [Zanfer’s Fernando Beltran], I have decided to give it one more chance.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, undefeated Lamar Russ will step in for the injured Willie Nelson and face former world title challenger Matthew Macklin on December 7th in Atlantic City on HBO.

“This is a huge step up for the kid [Russ] but he really wants the opportunity,” said Lou DiBella, who promotes Russ and Macklin. “I think it’s a huge step up for Lamar, but he’s a terrific prospect and obviously we’ll see if he is ready for this kind of fight. He’s certainly a good young fighter. He doesn’t have the experience or the seasoning that Matt has, but he’s talented and he’s new blood in the division, and I know he will try. Matt welcomed the challenge and was willing to fight him. He knows he is fighting a hungry fighter.”

“I give Macklin respect for taking Russ, an unknown but hungry guy,” DiBella said. “And you have to respect Russ to taking this huge step up because he wants to fight on HBO. I give [Russ manager] Egis Klimas major props also for taking the fight. His attitude is that fighters fight and if you’re offered an opportunity you take it, because the worst that happens is you do your best and can’t pull it off. If Russ performs well, even if he loses, with only 14 fights, it won’t hurt him.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Willie Nelson is out of his December 7th bout with Matthew Macklin due to an elbow injury.

“Darnell Boone tied him up and Willie heard a pop in his elbow,” said Lou DiBella, who promoted bith Nelson and Macklin. “We got verification over the weekend that he has the tear and can’t fight Macklin. Willie is probably going to be out for about four months. He probably won’t be able to fight until about mid-March.”

“Willie is very upset,” DiBella said. “He was prepared and he was psyched for this fight with Matt. But at least it wasn’t a total tear or a career-threatening injury. He’s upset but there’s nothing he can do about it, and he knows it could have been a lot worse. He had a sense as soon as he heard the pop that there was something wrong. So we’ll find a replacement to fight Macklin.”

Another opponent HBO suggested — whom Macklin and DiBella accepted — was Max Bursak (28-1-1, 12 KOs) of Ukraine.

“We tried to make that fight, which was HBO’s idea,” DiBella said. “But Bursak’s trainer vetoed the fight because it was on too short notice, so we’re working on another opponent.”

Fidel Maldonado scored a seventh round stoppage over Luis Ramos in a scheduled ten round Jr. Welterweight bout at Cowboys Dance Hall in San Antonio, Texas.

The fight started with fireworks as the two came out swinging ferociously with Maldonado getting the better of the exchange as he opened up a cut over the left eye of Ramos. Maldonado dominated most of the action going forward. The action slowed up for a few round until Maldonado dropped Ramos twice in round six. the fight could have been stopped right there but Ramos was able to fight on. It would not be much longer as Maldonado scored a knockdown early in round seven and the fight was stopped at 17 seconds of round seven

Maldonado, 140 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is now 17-2 with 14 knockouts. Ramos, 139 3/4 lbs of Big Bear, CA is now 23-2.

Former world title challenger Fernando Guerrero scored a razor thin ten round unanimous decision over Raymond Gatica.

In round one, Gatica landed a big left that sent Guerrero to the canvas. Guerrero started to box well over the middle rounds. Gatica continued to pressure Guerrero. In round eight, Guerrero was rocked by hard left hand and then he ate about six hard shots on the ropes. In round ten, Gatica landed a big left that rocked Guerrero again that almost had Guerrero on the canvas. Guerrero came back with a nice right. Gatica was bleeding from the mouth as the fight finished.

Guerrero, 162 1/2 lbs of Sailsbury, MD won by scores of 96-93 on all cards and is now 26-2. Gatica, 160 lbs of Austin, TX is now 13-2.

2012 U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha scored a one punch knockout over Andres Calixto in the first round of their scheduled eight round Middleweight bout.

Gausha landed a hard right hand behind a short jab that bounced off the top of Calixto’s head and sent him down on his stomach for the ten count at 1:50 of round one.

Gausha, 158 lbs of Cleveland, OH is now 7-0 with 5 knockouts. Calixto, 159 3/4 lbs of Delixas, MX is now 12-5.

2012 U.S. Olympian Jose Ramirez obliterated Erick Hernandez in just 47 seconds of their scheduled six round Jr. Welterweight bout at West Hills College Golden Eagle Arena in Lemoore, California.

Ramirez landed a perfect left hook that sent Hernandez down for the first time. Just seconds later, Ramirez landed a devastating double left hook to the head that sent Hernandez down under the bottom rope and the fight was stopped.

Ramirez, 142 1/2 lbs of Avenal, CA is now 7-0 with 5 knockouts. Hernandez, 143 1/2 lbs of Cancun, MX is now 4-5-1.

Alejandro Perez scored a 2nd round stoppage over Miguel Zamudio in a scheduled 10 round Super Featherweight bout.

Perez scored a knockdown from a body punch in round two and Zamudio could not beat the count of 10 at 1:51 of round two.

Perez, 128 lbs of Salinas, CA is now 19-3-1 with 13 knockouts. Zamudio, 129 lbs of Guasave, MX is now 25-3-1.

Yoshi Fujji and Christian Silva fought to a four round draw in a Featherweight bout.

Scores were 39-37 Silva, 39-37 Fujji and 38-38

Fujji, 123 3/4 lbs of Fresno, CA is now 3-3-2. Silva, 125 1/2 lbs of Sun Valley, CA is now 2-3-1.

Mikey Garcia had to climb off the canvas and come back to score an 8th round stoppage over Roman Martinez and win the WBO Jr. Lightweight championship at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Garcia boxed very well for most of the fight the exception of a brief moment in round 2 when he was caught with a sneaky right hand that sent him to the canvas. That advantage was short lived for Martinez as Garcia started finding a range with his power shots. In round six, a left hook wobbled Martinez. Garcia finished the round landing a nice right hand and a body shot. Garcia continued landing good shots and in round eight he landed a perfect left to the body that sent Martinez down on all fours. he was unable to beat the count and the fight was over at 56 seconds of round eight.

Garcia of Oxnard, CA is now 33-0 with 28 knockouts. Martinez of Puerto Rico is now 27-2-2.

Nonito Donaire made it two for two against Vic Darchinyan as the Filipino Flash had to come from behind to score a ninth round stoppage in their Featherweight bout.

Both guys landed hard shots for the first eight rounds with Darchinyan landing more often and even rocking Donaire, the heavy favorite several times. Finally in round nine, Donaire dropped Darchinyan with a huge left hook. Donaire went in and landed a huge flurry of punches and the fight was stopped at 2:06 of the ninth round. Donaire was down 78-74 on two cards while a 3rd card was even at 76-76.

Donaire is now 32-2 with 21 knockouts. Darchinyan falls to 39-6-1.

Demetrius Andrade won the WBO jr. middleweight championship with a workmanlike split decision over 2004 U.S. Olympian and previously undefeated Vanes Martirosyan.

Andrade of Providence, Rhode Island, is now 20-0 with 13 knockouts and is promoted by Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing.

Andrade proved early that he had the heart of a champion as he came back from a flash first -round knockdown.

Andrade got off the deck and dominated the rest of the bout as he stuck his hard right jab consistently in
Martirosyan’s face.

Andrade’s best round was the sixth when he hit Martirosyan with repeated power shots that raised swelling around his left eye.

Andrade was never challenged down the stretch as he put on a beautiful boxing exhibition that Martirosyan had no answer for.

According to Compubox Andrade landed 219 of 769 while Martirosyan only managed 83 of 443.

Two judges had Andrade winning by scores of 117-110 and 114-113, While a third judge turned in a dubious card that had Martirosyan ahead 115-112.

“He caught me but I stayed focused,” said Andrade about the knockdown. “I stayed focused and continued to jab and started to pick him apart. I started to feel comfortable inside and won the fight.”

On becoming a world champion, “This feels great and my time is now.”

Said co-promoter Arthur Pelullo, “This is what we envisioned when we signed him. That was to become world champion and he did that tonight. We feel that he is on track to become the best jr. middleweight in the world. Winning this belt puts him in the mix to be able to prove that.”

Hekkie Budler scored a 4th round stoppage over Hugo Hernan Verchelli in the 4th round of their scheduled 12 round Minimumweight title at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa.

Budler dropped Verchelli three times in round four. First from a left hook. The 2nd from a barrage of punches that was finished with a body shot and the third and final from the same combination and the fight was stopped at 2:29 of round four.

Budler, 104 3/4 lbs is now 24-1 with 7 knockouts. Verchelli, 104 1/4 lbs is 11-2.

Thomas Oosthuizen won a 12 round majority decision over Ezequiel Maderna in a Super Middleweight bout.

Oosthuizen fought through a bloody nose to win by scores of 117-111, 116-112 and 114-11-4.

Oosthuizen, 167 3/4 lbs is 22-0-2. Maderna, 168 lbs of Argentina is 20-2.

Adam de Moor scored a 1st round stoppage over Nkosinthi Tshinave in a scheduled eight round Jr. Welterweight bout.

de Moor scored three knockdowns on hard left hands and the fight was stopped at 2:41.

de Moor, 139 1/2 lbs is now 9-1 with 7 knockouts. Tshinave, 138 1/2 lbs is now 15-10-2.

Former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort stopped Veteran Dan Henderson in the 1st round of their Light Heavyweight bout in Brazil.

Belfort dropped Henderson with left uppercut and Belfort jumped on a fallen Henderson. Henderson was able to get to his feet but was immediately dropped with a kick to the head and the fight was stopped at 1:17 of round one.

Belfort, 204 lbs of Boca Raton, FL is now 24-10. Henderson, 204 lbs of Temecula, CA is now 29-11.

Cezar Mutante Ferreira scored a 3 round split decision over Daniel Sarafian in a Middleweight fight.

Scpres were 30-27 and 30-28 for Ferreira and 29-28 for Sarafian.

Ferreira, 185 lbs is 5-2. Sarafian, 186 lbs is now 9-4.

Omari Akhmedov scored a comeback 1st round stoppage over Thiago Perpetuo in a Middleweight bout.

Perpetuo was landing some hard shots when Akemedov, who was going backwards landed a short left hand that dropped Perpetuo and a follow up barrage had the fight stopped at 3:31 of round one.

Akhmedov, 182 lbs is now 12-0. Perpetuo, 185 lbs is now 9-3-1.

Rafael Feijao scored an explosive 1st round stoppage over Igor Pokrajac in a Light Heavyweight bout.

Feijoa landed six unanswered kicks that was followed by 3 more punches before the fight was stopped at 1:18 of round one.

Feijao, 205 lbs of Rio De Jeinaro, is now 12-4-1. Pokrajac, 204 lbs is now 25-11-1.

Brandon Thatch scored a 1st round stoppage over Paulo Thiago in a Welterweight fight.

Thatch landed a crushing knee to the ribs the crumpled up Thiago and the bout was stopped at 2:10.

Thatch, 170 lbs of Denver, CO is now 11-1. Thiago, 170 lbs of Brasilia, BRA is now 15-6.

Ryan LaFalre scored 3 round unanimous decision over Santiago Ponzinibbio in a Welterweight bout.

Scores were 30-27 on all cards for LaFlarem 171 lbs and is now 9-0. Ponzinibbio, 170 lbs is now 18-2.

Jeremy Stephens scored a vicious 1st round stoppage over Rony Jason in a Featherweight bout.

Stephens landed a perfect kick to the head that knocked out Jason and a follow up punch ended things at 40 seconds of round one.

Stephens, 146 lbs of San Diego, CA is now 22-9. Jason, 146 lbs of Quaxeda Cerra, BRA is now 14-4.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Jamaican featherweight Nicholas Walters calls himself the “Axe Man,” and in the opening round of Saturday’s final off-television fight, Walters showed exactly why, blasting Mexican Alberto Garza with shots square to the belly for whose power Garza appeared wholly unprepared. Those body shots began a performance eclipse for the Mexican that Walters completed soon after.

Jack-knifing a Mexican prizefighter in a title match is no mean feat, and yet Walters (23-0, 19 KOs) turned the trick with nearly every body shot he landed on Garza (25-6-1, 20 KOs), dropping him in round 4 with a punch that was on the belt-line and clean but ruled a low blow, and stopping him with a right cross to the head a few seconds later. The official line went: Walters by knockout at 1:57 of round 4.

Afterwards, an elated Walters made a number of menacing gestures for television’s benefit, all while smiling, and then went to Garza’s corner to check on his devastated opponent. Promoter Bob Arum, too, appeared elated, leaning over the top rope to say about Walters to those gathered at ringside: “He hits hard!”

REST OF UNDERCARD
The penultimate off-television match of the nine-fight card saw Detroit super featherweight Erick De Leon (6-0, 2 KOs) easily decision Phoenix’s Jesus Aguinaga (1-2) by three scores of 40-36.

Saturday’s fourth match featured highly touted Mexican featherweight Oscar Valdez (8-0, 7 KOs) against Floridian Jesus Lule Raya (6-7, 1 KO), a man who did not know what his record did and who slugged-back at Valdez and took the Mexican prospect’s very best shots before succumbing to a Valdez right uppercut at 2:38 of round 5. Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., ringside as part of TV Azteca broadcasting duties, expressed impassioned praise for Valdez, raising his distinctive voice to shout over the din about Valdez’s technique and precision.

Before that came a six-round scrap between undefeated local bantamweight Oscar Cantu (6-0, 1 KO) and undefeated Georgian Roberto Ceron (3-1, 1 KO), two light-hitting prizefighters who nevertheless entertained the American Bank Center crowd with six spirited sets and a knockdown Cantu scored in round 4, en route to unanimous-decision scores of 60-53, 59-54 and 59-54.

The evening’s second bout saw highly touted Mexican welterweight, fighting by way of Oklahoma, Alex “El Cholo” Saucedo (11-0, 8 KOs) beat down Steven Hall (6-5, 6 KOs), a rugged Englishman who has made nearby San Antonio his home while enchanting its boxing fans. From the opening minute it was apparent Hall hadn’t ammunition enough to keep Saucedo at bay, with “El Cholo” turning over fully his every hook and counter, while Hall was only able to soldier on and collect a preordained beating that mercifully ended at 0:11 of round 3.

Before that California featherweight “Vicious” Victor Pasillas (6-0, 3 KOs) stopped overmatched Kentuckian Salvador Perez (2-3-2) with a nifty right-hook counter at 0:30 of round 2.

Opening bell rang on a sparsely occupied American Bank Center at 5:25 PM local time.

Photos by Chris Farina / Top rank

Mikey Garcia 128 3/4 vs. Rocky Martinez 129 3/4
(WBO jr lightweight title)
Nonito Donaire 125 1/4 vs. Vic Darchinyan 125 3/4
Vanes Martirosyan 153 3/4 vs. Demetrius Andrade 153 3/4
(Vacant WBO jr middleweight title)
Nicholas Walters 125 vs. Alberto Garza 125 1/2
(WBA featherweight title)
Oscar Valdez 127 3/4 vs. Jesus Lule 127 3/4
Alex Saucedo 145 1/4 vs. Steve Hall 146
Erick De Leon 129 3/4 vs. Jesus Aguinaga 130 1/4
Oscar Cantu 117 1/2 vs. Roberto Ceron 118 1/4

In a battle of former welterweight title holders, Victor Ortiz will fight Luis Collazo on January 30th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and will be televised on Fox Sports 1 according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

“Victor was disappointed when Alfonso Gomez had to pull out of their fight but now he is excited about the exposure he will get against Collazo on this card,” said Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer. “It’s tied in with the Super Bowl. For us and Victor to be part of this is fantastic. Victor is one of the most recognized names in boxing, so it’s a highly anticipated comeback against another former champion.

“This is not a tuneup fight. This is a real fight, but if Victor can come back and show what he can do with Collazo, he will be right back in the middle of the mix at 147 pounds. Instead of being the fourth fight in San Antonio, he’s the main event now and thrilled about it.”

“I think Ortiz is a great fighter and he was champ, but he and Luis are both at the point in their career where a fight like this is very important,” said Nirmal Lorick, Collazo’s trainer and co-manager. “The outcome will see who goes forward. They’re both capable of winning. It’s a good fight for boxing. Luis is still one of the best welterweights to me. We don’t duck anybody. Hopefully, after we win this one, we’ll get another world title fight.”

“Luis was waiting for another big fight and has been working toward that, and now he’s getting it,” Schaefer said. “We brought him back [from a long layoff] when we signed him. We’ve kept him busy, and now he has an a great opportunity to go in against Victor Ortiz knowing that a win will lead him to even bigger fights.”

U.S. Army veteran Tim Kennedy scored a spectacular 1st round stoppage over Rafael Natal in a scheduled 5 round Middleweight bout the headlined UFC Fight for the Troops in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Kennedy landed a vicious leaping left hook that sent a limp Natal to the canvas. Kennedy landed one more shot at a prone Natal but it was not needed as he was already out and the fight was stopped at 4:40 of round one.

Kennedy of Austin, Texas is now 17-4. Natal of New York, NY is now 17-5-1.

Fighting with a bad cut over her left eye, Alexis Davis scored a 3 round unanimous decision over Liz Carmouche in a Featherweight bout.

Davis, 134 lbs of San Jose, CA won by scores of 303-27, 30-27 and 29-28 and is now 15-5. Carmouche, 135 lbs of San Diego, CA is now 8-4.

Yoel Romero scored a devastating 3rd round knockout over Ronny Markes in a Middleweight bout.

Romero landed a perfect left to the jaw and Markes folded up to the canvas. Romero was able to get one more shot in but it was a needless one and the bout was stopped at 1:39 of round three.

Romero, 186 lbs of Coconut Creek, FL is now 6-1 with 6 knockouts.

Rustam Khabilov scored a three round unanimous decision over Jorge Masvidal in a Lightweight bout.

Scores were 30-27, 30-27 ans 29-28 for Khabilov, 155 lbs of Albuquerque, NM and is now 17-1. Masvidal, 156 lbs of Miami, FL is now 25-8.

Michael Chiesa scored a 2nd round stoppage over Colton Smith in a Lightweight bout the Featured former Ultimate Fighter winners.

Chiesa got Smith on the ground and got him in a choke from behind that forced Smith to tap out at 1:41 of round two.

Chiesa, 156 lbs of Spokane Valley, WA is now 9-2. Smith, 156 lbs of Fort Hood, TX is now 6-3.

Bobby Green scored a dubious stoppage win over James Krause in the 1st round of their Lightweight bout.

Green landed two low blows earlier in the round and then landed a kick that was right on the belt for which at the first moment looked like a 3rd low blow but it was correctly ruled ruled on the belt line and Krause plummeted to the mat and referee Jon McCarthy ruled the fight over at 3:50.

Green, 155 lbs of Fontana, CA is now 21-5. Krause, 156 lbs of Lees Summit, MO is now 20-5.

Francisco Rivera scored a 2nd round stoppage over George Roop in a Bantamweight bout.

Rivera landed unanswered strikes and referee Mario Yamasaki stopped the bout at 2:20 of round two.

Rivera, 136 lbs of Buena Park, CA is now 10-2-1. Roop, 136 lbs of Tucson, AZ is now 14-11-1.

Dennis Bermudez scored a three round unanimous decision over Steven Siler in a Featherweight bout.

Scores were 30-27 on all cards for Bermudez, 146 lbs of Lindenhurst, NY and is no 13-3. Siler, 146 lbs of Ogden, UT is now 23-11.

Amanda Nunes stopped Germaine de Randamie in round one of their female Bantamweight bout.

Nunes took down de Randamie and landed about 12 straight strikes before referee Herb dean stopped the bout at 3:56 of round one.

Nunes, 13 lbs of Miami, FL is now 9-3. de Randamie, 136 lbs of San Jose, CA is now 4-3.

Derek Brunson choked out Brian Houston just 48 seconds into the 1st round of their Middleweight clash.

Yancey Madaris stopped Yves Edwards in the 1st round.

Former four division world champion Jorge Arce’s retirement was short lived as he will be back in action on November 16th when he takes on William Prado in Veracruz, Mexico according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“It took me a long time to analyze the situation,” Arce said. “I feel that my body is still responding well and with the support of my family and my promoter [Zanfer’s Fernando Beltran], I have decided to give it one more chance.

“My career is over. He is the best man,” Arce said of his career and about his pal Donaire after the fight. “I have a family to take care of. I promised them I would leave the ring if I lost. He’s very good. I am proud to have lost to the best. It fills me with honor.

“I will go home to watch the fighters on TV and to be a commentator.”

The October 12th Welterweight title bout that saw Timothy Bradley score a split decision over Juan Manuel Marquez did a reported in excess of 375, 000 Pay Per View buys according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“The number of buys is between 375,000 and 390,000,” said Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum. “It depends on a lot of stuff, some of the cable numbers which we don’t fully have yet. But based on our history of doing pay-per-views, I think it will go closer to 390,000. It will definitely hit 375,000 and even a few months later we still get additional buys that come in.”

“I’m confident we did over 375,000, closer to 390,000, but Todd thinks it’s 375,000. Either way, it was a successful promotion that made money,” Arum said.

“The closed circuit did extraordinarily well, which was a big plus,” Arum said. “At the end of the day, [Top Rank] made over $2 million on the fight.”

The fight generated a gate of $2,998,950 from 10,683 tickets sold. There were 1,370 complimentary tickets given away and 5,649 tickets went unsold.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, injured Heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov suffered a stroke while in a mediically induced coma.

“He is recovering from a stroke and he’s on a machine that’s keeping him alive,” Nathan Lewkowicz, vice president of his father Sampson Lewkowicz’s promotional company, Sampson Boxing, which promotes Abdusalamov, told ESPN.com on Tuesday. “He is getting better according to the doctors as he doesn’t have a temperature like he did on Sunday.”

“We didn’t want to say anything about it but someone told the New York Post about it, so I decided to confirm it,” Lewkowicz said.

“The worst part about [Monday’s] hospital visit though was seeing his 11-month-old daughter continually saying ‘Da Da.’ As a new father, that was absolutely heartbreaking,” Lewkowicz said.

“We are going to do what we need to do for Magomed,” Sampson Lewkowicz said. “He and his family are going to need our help. He is going to need financial assistance for the medical bills for his treatment and for his family, who are faced with an urgent financial crunch from this terrible accident.

“We cannot, as a boxing family, turn our backs on the brave men and women who compete in our sport when they need us most. We are going to do everything possible to help him get back on his feet. Magomed will never fight again, but he is a good man and a brave man with a nice family. We are going to make sure they all pull through this intact. That is the right thing to do. Every dollar will help.”

Heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov is in a medically induced coma after a small blood clot was found on his brain following his Saturday night defeat to Mike Perez in New York according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

“He had surgery to have the blood clot taken out and a small piece of his skull removed to allow the [brain] swelling to go down,” Nathan Lewkowicz told ESPN.com. “After the fight he seemed fine, but they took him to the hospital to check him out and because he wasn’t feeling so good.”

“He was taken to the hospital to make sure he was OK and once he was there they found [the clot],” he said. “He thought he broke his left hand in the second round and also thought he had broken his nose at some point in the fight. But the bigger concern once he was at the hospital was the head injury they discovered.”

“Hopefully, ‘Mago’ will be out of the hospital in a couple of days,” Lewkowicz said. “He took a lot of shots to the head. His left hand is his power hand and once he broke it, he kept throwing with the right hand, but he wasn’t the same.”

Added HBO Sports president Ken Hershman in a statement: “The thoughts and prayers of all of us at HBO Sports are with Magomed Abdusalamov. We are grateful for the medical care he is receiving here in New York City and out of respect for Magomed and his family, we will wait for any official updates on his condition before making any further statements.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Top Rank has signed 2012 Olympic Gold Medal winner Egor Mekhonstev. The Light Heavyweight will turn pro on the December 7th Guillermo Rigondeaux – Joseph Agbeko card in Atlantic City.

“We saw a DVD of [some of his amateur fights] and I loved him,” Top Rank chairman Bob Arum told ESPN.com. “I used to do so many of the great light heavyweight fights [in the late 1970s and 80s] with guys like Matthew Saad Muhammad, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Victor Galindez, Yaqui Lopez, Mike Rossman, so I am schooled in light heavyweights and this guy is the kind of fighter who could hold his own with any of those guys. He really reminds me of a guy who could hold his own with them.”

“It is very interesting for me to begin boxing professionally after accomplishing all I did as an amateur. I am very excited,” Mekhontsev said through manager Vadim Kornilov, who also manages newly crowned junior welterweight titleholder Ruslan Provodnikov.

“I am excited as well to begin working with such an amateur standout,” Kornilov said. “I am very confident in Egor’s future as a pro boxer.”

“These [gold medalists] essentially recruited us,” Arum said. “Usually, you run after these guys and wave money at them to get them to sign. We didn’t give one bonus to these guys. They felt we were the best promotions company for them, that we would develop them and put them in the right position and we made deals with them.”

“We stocked up,” said Arum, who turns 82 on Dec. 8. “Besides Mekhontsev, I got more Russians coming. Pretty soon, I can put my own army together. We signed all of these Olympians because we believe they will be top professionals and we believe that this is the future of boxing. It’s a worldwide sport. We didn’t make any differentiation in signing guys because of where they were from.

“We wanted the best fighters and we also know that there are markets all over the world, whether it’s the Russian market, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese. We’re now in position to bring the product to these markets because now we have the horses to do it. Whatever more years I have left, it will be on a high note with all of those talented kids.”

In a terrific back and forth brawl, Giovani Segura scored a 12th round stoppage over Hernan Marquez in a Flyweight bout at Centro de Usos Multiples, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

Marquez was dropped in round’s four, eleven and in round twelve from a thunderous right hook and the fight was stpopped upon the final knockdown at 2:59 of the final frame.

Segura, 122 lbs pf Guerrero, MX is now 31-3-1 with 27 knockouts. Marquez, 112 lbs of Sinora, MX is now 36-4.

Miguel Berchelt scored a 5th round stoppage over Omar Estrella in a scheduled 10 round Lightweight bout.

Bercelt dropped Estrella with a multi-punch combination and the fight was stopped at 2:51 of round 5.

Berchelt, 131 lbs of Miranda, MX is 21-0 with 18 knockouts. Estrella, 131 lbs of Tijuana, MX is now 18-6-2.

NEW YORK–Gennady Golovkin retained his WBA Middleweight championship with an eight round beatdown over a tough Curtis Stevens in from of 4,618 fans at the Theater at Madison Square Garden

Stevens did well to match punches with Golovkin in the 1st but in round two he ate a monster left hook that sent him to the canvas. Stevens steadied himself in round three but still dropped the frame. Stevens started to take a beating in round four but came back late in the round to land four nasty shots that got him right back in the fight.

In round seven, Golovkin started to pound on Stevens along the ropes. The challenger kept Golovkin honest by landing an occasional power shot but the relentless Golovkin continued his assault. In round eight, Golovkin continued with a two fisted attack that was divided up between crunching body punches and sharp shooting to the head. Golovkin was undaunted and was gunning for the knockout of Stevens, who at this point was looking like a beaten man with blood coming from his nose. Finally and luckily for Stevens, he has a trainer who cares and it was his uncle Andre Rozier who saved his nephew from any more damage and called off the fight at the end of round eight.

Golovkin, 159 1/2 lbs of Kazakhstan is now 28-0 with 25 knockouts. Stevens, 159 1/4 lbs of Brooklyn is now 25-4.

In a battle of undefeated southpaw Heavyweights Mike Perez scored a 10 round unanimous decision over knockout artist Magomed Abdusalamov.

Perez came out swinging and landing power shots in the 1st round. Abdusalamov came back and backed Perez up with a hard combination on the ropes in the 2nd. Abdusalamov’s nose begin to bleed in the same round. Perez hung in there and started to box through the middle rounds. Abdusalamov’s

In round eight, Abdusalamov was deducted a point for a low blow. In the final round, Perez hurt Abdusalamov with a hard right. He continued the assault with a follow up combination but he could not put the Abdusalamov on the canvas.

Perez, 235 lbs of Cork, Ireland won by scores of 97-92, 97-92 and 95-94 and is now 20-0. Abdusalamov, 231 1/2 lbs of Kazakhstan is now 18-1.

Ola Afolabi scored a twelve round majority decision over Lukasz Janic in a Cruiserweight bout.

Scores were 115-113 and 117-111 and 114-114 for the former world champion Afolabi, 194 lbs and is now 20-3-4. Janic, 197 3/4 lbs of Poland is now 26-2.

19 year old Dusty Hernandez Harrison got a good test but remained undefeated by scoring a ten round unanimous decision over Josh Torres in an entertaining Welterweight bout.

At the end of round one, Harrison landed a nice right hand. He started opening it up more towards the middle of the second frame. Harrison continued to work at a good rate before Torres landed a solid right in roun four and second one actually sent Harrison back off balance.

Round six started off with Torres throwing and landing with Harrison against the ropes. Harrison did well in fighting off. Harrison got going again in round seven, as he drilled Torres with two solid right hands. Harrison continued working solid as he landed a nice right hand while fighting inside in the eighth. In round ten, Torres rocked Harrison with a right just after the bell rang. harrison came back and rocked Torres with a straight right that sent Torres into the ropes. The two battled toe to toe down the stretch which thrilled the already packed house in the Theater.

Harrison, 146 1/2 lbs of Washington, DC won by scores of 100-90, 98-92 and 98-92 and is now 18-0. Torres, 145 1/2 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is now 12-3-1.

Joel Diaz Jr. scored two knockdowns en route to a six round unanimous decision over Bryne Green in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

In round two, Green rocked Diaz with a big counter right and had him holding on after landing a hard left -right combination. Later in the round a seemingly meaningless right hand sent Green back to the ropes and Diaz pounced on him as he landed a bout five shots in the corner. In round three, Diaz landed a straight right and then dropped Green with a left to the body.

Just a minute into round five, Diaz drppped Green again with a right hand.

Diaz Jr, 132 1/4 lbs of Palmdale, CA won by scores of 60-52 and is now 13-0. Green, 131 lbs of Vineland, NJ is now 7-7-1.

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Isa Akbarbayev opened the show with a tough four round unanimous decision over Brian Clookey in a battle of undefeated Cruiserweights.

The action was fast at the outset and it was not more than a minute into the bout before Clookey was cut under the left eye.

Akbarbayev landed a couple of hard right hands in round two. Clookey hun tough and continued to throw and he landed a pair of left hooks at the end of the third round. With blood streaming down the left side of his face, Clookey opened up round four with a hard left hook.

Akbarbayev, 192 1/2 lbs of Almaty Kazakhstan won by scores of 40-36 on all cards and is now 11-0. Clookey, 189 lbs of Chase, NY is now 4-1-2.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Victor Ortiz is need a of a new opponent for his December 14 comeback fight in San Antonio after Alfonso Gomez had to pull out with an injury.

“He broke his hand in a freak accident,” Golden Boy matchmaker Eric Gomez (no relation) told ESPN.com. “Carrying his baby son, he tripped and fell. Protecting her, he fell on his arm and broke his hand.”

WBA Lightweight champion Richar Abril injured his right ankle and that forced the postponement of his November 10 title defense with Jorge Linares in Tokyo according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

“[Abril] is definitely out,” said Akemi Irie of Teiken Boxing, Linares’ co-promoter, told ESPN.com. . “We are trying to work out a 10-round [nontitle] fight for Linares.

Ken Alvarez had to get off the deck and came back to take a six round unanimous decision over Kevin Nieves in a Jr. Welterweight bout.

It was a good back and forth bout as Alvarez controlled the fight but was caught with a huge left hook in round three that sent him to the canvas.

Alvarez, 137 lbs of Toa Alta, PR won by scores of 58-55, 58-55 and 57-56 and is now 5-0-1. Nieves, 136 1/2 lbs pf Puerto Rico is now 6-1.

Angel Acosta remained perfect by scoring a 4th round stoppage over Pedro Ortiz in the final round of their Super Flyweight bout.

Acosta dropped Ortiz three times in the final round and the fight was stopped at 2:29 of round four.

Acosta, 108 1/4 lbs is now 5-0 with 5 knockouts. Ortiz, 106 1/2 lbs is now 2-2-1.

ATLANTIC CITY–The ageless Bernard Hopkins yet again held back the clock as he scored a 12 round unanimous decision over unheralded mandatory challenger Karo Murat at Boardwalk Hall.

Hopkins took a few rounds getting adjusted to Murat who came to win.

The bout was entertaining and featured many furious exchanges that aren’t common in most Hopkins bouts. Hopkins had Murat hurt on several occasions as his vaunted straight right hand was on point and began to bust up the face around Murat’s left eye. In between the action there was some holding that was precipitated by Murat and he was docked a point by referee Steve Smoger in round seven.

In round eight, the man known as “The Alien” became more entertaining as he engaged in an exchange with Murat while talking to the television cameras on the apron. Hopkins desperately wanted a knockout was aggressive and had Murat hurt down the stretch. Murat did mount an effort but came up short on this night to the 48 year-old legend.

Hopkins outlanded Murat 247-565 to 147-486. The hopkins tally included 184 power punches.

Hopkins, 172 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 119-109, 119-109 and 117-110 (same as 15rounds.com) and is now 54-6-2. Murat, 174 lbs of Berlin, Germany is 25-2-1.

“Richard Schaefer said we needed to be crowd pleasers,” said Hopkins, the oldest champion in sports history. “The crowd wanted to see skill and blood so I had some blood to give them. I am an entertainer and this is what people want to see… He was a game number one contender.”

When asked by SHOWTIME ringside reporter Jim Gray if Murat brought out the best in him, Hopkins answered, “Not really, but he didn’t bring out the worst either.”

Regarding the slow start, Hopkins said, “That was the plan. That was the bone on the string so that the dog could follow him into a dark alley and then realize someone was waiting on him. And that dog was me.”

Hopkins continued, “He throws pretty good punches and he is no one to sleep on. He is going to give some light heavyweights a bit of a problem.”

When Gray asked Hopkins how he stays in such phenomenal shape at age 48, Hopkins replied, “I’m a freaking alien.”

Gray then spoke to Murat who said, “Bernard is a good boxer and I lost concentration due to the two cuts which came by head butts. I know that when I am in good shape I can beat him, however, the cuts disturbed me.”

Peter Quillin retained the WBO Middleweight title with a 10th round stoppage over Gabriel Rosado when the challenger was deemed unable to continue due to a cut over the left eye.

In round two, Quillin landed a left hook to the side of the head that sent Rosado to the canvas. Rosado fought back valiantly and started to get into fight with some solid right hands. the two traded off rounds with Quillin throwing less but landing harder. Rosado landed the flashier punches and seemed to be picking up momentum in various parts of the fight.

In round nine, a bad cut appeared around the left eye of Rosado that was ruled from a punch. Just forty seconds into round ten, ringside doctor Blair Bergen thought the blood was too much and stopped the fight.

Quillin, 159 1/4 lbs is now 30-0 with 22 knockouts. Rosado, 160 lbs is now a hard luck 21-7.

Said Quillin after the fight, “I’m not a judge. I’m not an elected official. I did what I had to do as a fighter and I respect the call. The referees and doctors ringside did what they had to do to make sure the fighters are safe.

“I never expect an easy payday or an easy fight. I work hard every time for each fight… When you dedicate to win a title you need to give that person a sense of being able to achieve what they want. I am a world champion and I work hard. He has never been a champion and he doesn’t know.

“I’m ready for anybody. I am a fighter and I worry about fighting. If it is a rematch, then I don’t care. I work hard to be in this ring and I work hard to defend my title against anybody. I don’t care if it is against my own mother.”

Of the stoppage, Rosado told Gray, “I felt like that was B.S. This is a championship fight. We were going into the championship rounds. This was a competitive fight. I never complained about a cut. When the doctor saw my eye, I told him that I could see. It was not giving me any problems up to that point.

“I noticed if I backed him up with a jab that I was hurting him and I was doing that. But then the doctor called me over and stopped the fight. This is boxing. What about Gatti-Ward? They didn’t stop that fight. Corrales-Castillo. We are warriors.

“I never even complained that I couldn’t see. Of course I want a rematch. This is the story of my life. I’m the real Rocky Balboa.”

Deontay Wilder made it 30 for 30. 30-0, 30 knockouts that is as he scored a four round destruction over Nicolai Firtha in a scheduled ten round Heavyweight bout.

Firtha came rushing out and made Wilder stumble from a left hand. Wilder came back string in the round as he floored Firtha twice in the round. The first knockdown came from a hard right hand while the second was from a right to the side of the head. Firtha began to gush blood from his nostrils. Wilder kept up the power assault in round two and then dropped Firtha from a huge power right in the third.

Wilder ended things with a huge right hand that sent Firtha flat on his back and the fight was stopped at 1:26 of round four.

“This is what i wanted. To box and have fun. I told everyone that Firtha was coming to fight. I am right there at the door. Everytime you see me, you know what you are going to get and that a knockout.”, Said Wilder

Wilder, 224 lbs of Tuscaloosa, AL is now 30-0 with 30 knockouts. Firtha, 252 1/2 lbs of Akron, OH is now 21-11-1.

Zachary Ochoa remained undefeated with a four round unanimous decision over Michael Doyle in a Jr. Welterweight bout.

Scores were 40-36, 39-37 and 39-37 for Ochoa, 140 1/2 lbs and is now 5-0. Doyle, 137 lbs is 2-6.

Braulio Santos disposed of David Clark in round one of their scheduled eight round Featherweight bout.

Santos rocked Clark with two vicious power shots and then connected on a devastating left hook that sent Clark down. Clark got to his feet but referee David Fields called the bout off at 1:49 of round one.

Santos of Puerto Rico is now 11-1 with 10 knockouts. Clark is 6-3.

Dominic Wade opened the show up with a first round destruction over Roberto Ventura in a scheduled eight round Middleweight bout.

Wade rocked Ventura with a left hook and then dropped him with an overhand right. Seconds later Wade dropped Ventura with an overhand right. Wade finished things with a hard overhand right that sent Ventura down for a third and final time and the bout was stopped at 2:08 of round one.

Wade is now 13-0 with 10 knockouts. Ventura is now 12-8.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, the November 23rd bout between Manny Pacquiao – Brandon Rios will have four undercard bouts as part of the Pay Per View Telecast.

Evgeny Gradovich will defend his IBF Featherweight title from the man he won it from Billy Dib. Chinese Olympic hero Zou Shiming will be on the card and just added will be undefeated Heavyweight Andy Ruiz taking on Tor Hamer and well as an appearance by super prospect Felix Verdejo.

“People opened their eyes there [in Macau] and in the U.S. when they saw Andy Ruiz against Hanks and realized that he can be a serious contender in the division in 2014,”, said Top Rank’s Carl Moretti. “He’s got the fastest hands I’ve seen in that division since [former titleholder] Michael Dokes, outside of Mike Tyson. And Andy is deceiving because when you see him physically, you don’t equate what you see to speed. But his power is from his speed and his legs, and he can box, too, so I love it.

“He’s not going to win a Mr. Universe contest, but he is going to win the heavyweight championship one day.

“There’s no question that next to Miguel Cotto, Verdejo is probably the most recognized [active] Puerto Rican fighter, even more so than established 10-round guys,” Moretti said. “Puerto Rico has always performed well when it comes to Manny’s pay-per-views, so putting Verdejo on the card just adds to it.”

“You’ll see Verdejo in with the same type of opponent as on the Cotto card, but the big pay-per-view platform will be a little bit different for him,” Moretti said. “But he was very excited when we told him we wanted him on the card in Macau. He’s really looking forward to it.”

“I think the winner of Gradovich-Dib is clearly in for a big fight next year,” Moretti said. “There are several fights they could fit into, be it against Nonito Donaire, [Vasyl] Lomachenko, Nicholas Walters in a unification fight or possibly [unified junior featherweight champion Guillermo] Rigondeaux moving up in weight if he beats Joseph Agbeko [on Dec. 7]. So there’s a lot on the line for these guys.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, WBC Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will run for president of his native Ukraine.

“I have decided to run for president of Ukraine [in] 2015,” Klitschko said during a speech in front of the Ukrainian parliament.

“It’s tough job, to be honest,” he said. “I have learned lessons about Ukrainian politics, and I want to make changes in Ukraine. I am not alone. Together, me and many other people, we have a vision. We are fighting for changes in Ukraine and real democracy in Ukraine.”