According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, WBA Featherweight champion Nicholas Waters will defend his title against Alberto Garza on November 9th in Corpus Christi, Texas.

It will be the debut for Waters under the Top Rank banner.

“Garza should be a good test for Walters,” said Top Rank Vice-President Carl Moretti. “Garza is experienced, and his style is to hit and get hit, so it should be a good fight. Hopefully, Walters will make a statement.”

“Walters would provide an excellent challenge for Donaire in 2014 as well as give Donaire an opportunity to fight for a featherweight title,” Moretti said.

IBF Middleweight champion Darren Barker will defend his crown on December 7th against long reigning belt holder Felix Sturm in Stuttgart, Germany according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“We have been in discussions with Felix Sturm’s team since the Daniel Geale fight, and with purse bids approaching they made their intentions quite clear,” said Barker’s promoter Eddie Hearn. “Felix is the fight we want both financially and from a legacy perspective and once we were able to introduce our necessary demands, which included a potential second fight in the UK and neutral officials, then this was an opportunity Darren could not turn down.

“Even though defeat would lead to an immediate rematch in London, we are all confident that Darren will defend his title in style on Dec. 7 in Germany.”

BROOKLYN–2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali scored a got off the deck once and scored two knockdowns of his own to scor an eight round unanimous decision over tough Jay Krupp in front of 3,059 patrons at the Barclay Center

In round one, both landed several power shots with Ali rocking Krupp. Just before the bell, Krupp landed a hard left hook that put the hometown “World” kid on his back. Krupp continued to press and landed a couple of more lefts in the second frame while Ali was efficient with the jab.

In round three, Ali landed a perfectly timed right hand that rocked Krupp and the follow up crushing left hook sent him to the canvas. Ali drilled Krupp for the rest of the round but Krupp was able to get out of the frame. Krupp steadied himself and landed a couple good shot in round four but it was probably not enough to take the freame. Round five saw Ali come out and land a nice right hand. Later in the round Krupp jumped in and landed a couple of left hooks. In round seven, Krupp hung tough and landed some good shots in some furious exchanges.

In the eighth and final round, Ali sealed the deal when in a big exchange, he caught Krupp with a hard right hand that sent Krupp to the canvas for a second time.

Ali, 146.6 lbs of Brooklyn won by scores of 79-72, 78-71 and 77-72 and remains perfect at 17-0. Krupp, 146.4 lbs of Catskill, NY is now 17-6.

Michael Perez pounded out a ten round unanimous decision over Miguel Zuniga in a Lightweight bout.

Perez controlled the action early as he used his speed and movement. In round four, there was good two-way action before Zuniga landed a nice left hook.

In round six, Zuniga landed a big shot that drove Perez back. Zuniga worked well in the corner while Perez did well tp unch out in round seven. Round eight saw Zuniga land a clipping right and a cut formed around the left eye of Perez. The two traded some good power shots to start round nine with Perez getting the better of the action. Later in the round, Perez rocked Zuniga with several shots to the head. Zuniga tried to press forward to start the final round and landed a hard straight right to the face.

Perez, 139.2 lbs of Newark, NJ won by scores of 99-91, 96-94 and 96-94 and is now 19-1-2. Zuniga, 139.6 lbs of San Diego is now 13-3.

2012 U.S. Olympian Marcus Browne went the distance for the first time and won a eight round unani,ous decision over Lamont Williams in a Light Heavyweight bout.

Browne dominated and landed many hard straight lefts that Williams took and on occasion fired back and landed of his own.

Browne, 175.8 lbs of Staten Island, NY won by scores of 79-72, 79-72 and 76-75 and is now 7-0. Williams, 175.2 lbs of Gardens, CA is now 5-2-1.

“It was a good learning expierience going the distance for the first time. He was a lot sturdier”, said Browne

Claude Staten Jr. and Derrick Bivins fought to a four round majority draw in a Featherweight bout.

Scores were 40-36 for Bivins while two cards read even at 38-38.

Bivins, 121.6 lbs of Philadelphia is 1-1-2. Staten, 123 lbs of Brooklyn is 1-0-1.

D’Mitrius Ballard remained undefeated by pounding out a four round unanimous decision over Lekan Byfield in a Super Middleweight bout.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Ballard, 167 lbs of Temple Hills, MD and is now 3-0. Byfield, 163.8 lbs of Terrytown, NY is now 3-6-2.

In the opening bout of the night, Jamel Herring scored a stoppage before round four of a scheduled six round Super Lightweight bout over Justin Robbins.

In a battle of undefeated Super Featherweights,

Herring, 135 lbs of Coarm, NY is now 5-0 with 3 knockouts. Robbins, 136.2 lbs of Springfield, IL is now 2-4.

Glen Tapia scored a fifth round stoppage over Elco Garcia in a scheduled ten round Middleweight bout at Ballys Atlantic City.

Tapia dominated the action and began to pummel Garcia with hard shots in round five before dropping just before the end of the round. Garcia staggered to his feet but referee Benji Esteves stopped the bout at 2:59 of round five.

Tapia, 155 1/2 lbs of Passaic, NJ is now 20-0 with 12 knockouts. Garcia, 155 1/2 lbs of Colorado is now 27-9.

David Gonzales remained undefeated with a four round unanimous decision over Ray Velez in a Welterweight fight.

Scores were 39-37 on all cards for Gonzales, 142 lbs of Philadelphia and is now 3-0. Velez, 141 lbs of Brooklyn, NY is now 3-4.

Julian Rodriguez made a short yet successful pro debut as he needed just 51 seconds to knockout Kevin Benson in scheduled four round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Rodriguez landed right to the head that stunned Benson and then followed up with two hard blows that sent him crumpled for referee Steve Smoger’s ten count.

Rodriguez, 140 lbs of Hasbrook Heights, NJ is 1-0 with one knockouts. Benson 139 1/2 lbs of Omaha, NE 1-2.

Good looking Super Featherweight prospect Gabino Saenz scored a first round stoppage over Dominic Coca in a scheduled six round bout.

Saenz dropped Coca once and the fight was stopped at 2:27 after a barrage of punches.

Saenz, 127 3/4 lbs is now 11-0-1 with eight knockouts. Coca, 128 1/2 lbs is 8-5.

Former world title challenger Diego Magadaleno pitched a shutout over Edgar Riovalle in a ten round Lightweight bout.

Magadeno, 131 1/2 lbs won by scores of 100-90 on all cards and is now 24-1. Riovalle, 132 lbs is now 36-16-2.

Middleweight prospect Matt Korobov scored a eight round unaninous decision over former Contender winner Grady Brewer.

Korbov dominated and scored a knockdown from a left hook in round five.

Scores were 80-71, 80-71 and 79-72 for Korobov and is now 21-0. Brewer is now 30-17.

David Carmona scored a ten round unanimous decision over Antonio Tostada in a ten round Super Flyweight bout in Polanco, Mexico.

Carmona dropped Tostada in round two and won by scores of 98-91, 97-92 and 97-92.

Carmona is now 16-1-4. Tostada is now 11-1.

Carlos Ruiz remained perfect with a six round unanimous decision over Geovanny Lopez in a Super Featherweight bout.

Ruiz is now 9-0. Lopez is 3-14-1.

Luis Grajeda scored a vicious 1st round knockout over Josue Atilano Mendoza in a scheduled eight round Jr. Middleweight bout.

The time of the stoppage was 2:51 and Mendoza was down for several minutes after the knockout.

Grajeda is now 16-1-1 with 12 knockouts. Lopez is now 11-5-3.

WBA Lightweight champion will defend his title against Jorge Linares on November 10th in Tokyo, Japan according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“That is a difficult fight but I have all the confidence in Jorge,” Golden Boy matchmaker Robert Diaz, who has worked with Linares for several years, told ESPN.com on Thursday. “He is ready.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Robert Byrd has been tabbed the referee for the October 12 bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley.

The judges will be judges Robert Hoyle, Patricia Morse Jarman and Glenn Feldman.

The commission also appointed the officials for the vacant featherweight world title bout on the undercard between former titlist Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KOs) of Mexico and Orlando Cruz (20-2-1, 10 KOs) of Puerto Rico.

After more questions for Kizer, the commission voted 5-0 on his recommendations of referee Kenny Bayless and judges Jerry Roth, Glenn Trowbridge and Ed Kugler, a judge from Colorado.

Future Super Middleweight world title challenger George Groves will change trainers from Adam Booth to Paddy Fitzpatrick before he challenged IBF Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch on November 23rd.

“I am extremely happy to name Paddy Fitzpatrick as my new trainer going into what is the biggest fight of my life,” Groves said in a statement on Monday. “Paddy and I have worked closely together in the past and already have a very good relationship, one built over many years. Not only has he worked my corner for important fights, we have also spent a lot of time together when abroad on training camps, where Paddy has overseen a number of significant sessions.

“Although this is a fresh change for me, I’m working with someone I know and respect, and someone who knows my game inside out. We both know how the other works, so it won’t take long to hit the ground running.”

“His experience and knowledge of the game is world-class and he is, without doubt, the perfect trainer to help me prepare for my next fight,” Groves said. “He has a great energy, both in the gym and on fight night, and I feel totally comfortable in his presence. I’m looking forward to working with Paddy on a full-time basis and I’m excited to start adding many more tools to my arsenal. By the time Nov. 23 arrives, I’ll be better than ever. And more than capable of dethroning Carl Froch.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, the bout between Heavyweights David Haye and Tyson Fury has been rescheduled for February 8th, 2014 after a cut suffered by Haye forced the postponement of the bout scheduled for this Saturday.

“News of the date in February is music to my ears,” Haye said. “I was absolutely devastated this weekend, and felt as though I’d let a lot of people down. But now, with this new date, I couldn’t be happier.

“My fans will still get the chance to see what they all wanted to see this weekend. They’ll get to see Tyson Fury sparked out in a spectacular fashion.”

“Sparring eight days before a fight is nothing new or unusual,” Haye said. “I’ve done this before fights in the past and never had an issue. Also, look at the history books. George Foreman sparred and got cut eight days before his ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ with Muhammad Ali, causing a six-week postponement. And Sugar Ray Leonard sparred and got knocked down five days before his fight with Marvin Hagler but still managed to go on and win.

“Foreman and Leonard are two of the greatest fighters of all time, so if it was good enough for them, it’s certainly good enough for little old me.”

“Not only that, those guys were preparing to face the likes of Ali and Hagler, while I was preparing to fight Tyson Fury, a man whose greatest triumph to date is shedding a few stone on Belgium’s ‘Biggest Loser’ fat camp,” Haye said. “These things sometimes happen in training, and to suggest I decided against wearing a head-guard, or that the cut was premeditated, shows a clear lack of knowledge and understanding.

“This camp was no different to any other, aside from the fact it ended on an unlucky and sour note.”

“Tyson Fury might start to get brave now that he’s received a stay of execution — and he might call me names and accuse me of ducking him — but that will all be short-lived, I can promise you,” he said. “After hearing the nonsense he has come out with in the last few days, I’m even more determined to expose him in front of millions. And only the possibility of getting another chance to land punches on his massive head and doughy gut has helped cheer me up.

“The cut will heal, the fight will happen next year, and the fans will go home happy. The only difference now is that Tyson Fury gets an even nastier beatdown than he would have received first time round. Once again, I’d like to apologize to the fans for the inconvenience caused by the postponement, and also because they will now have to endure a few more months of rubbish spewing from the mouth of Tyson Fury. I had hoped to silence him for good on Saturday night.”

Evgeny Gradovich will defend the IBF Featherweight title against the man he won it from in Billy Dib on November 23rd in Macao, China as part of the Manny Pacquiao – Brandon Rios card.

“Gradovich got rid of his mandatory in his last fight, he’s exciting to watch and we felt it was important to live up to the commitment to Dib for a rematch since he gave Gradovich the opportunity,” said Top Rank’s Todd duBoef said. “It was an excellent fight on ESPN2, so why not put this one on the Pacquiao-Rios show and then the winner can look at bigger matches in 2014.

“I’m excited to return to Macau to fight on the Pacquiao versus Rios card and I know I will fight even better this time,” Gradovich said. “I had very little time to train before fighting Dib the first time. I think it was just 29 days before the fight when we got the call. This time I have much more time to focus and technically be better in my performance against Dib.

“I’m extremely excited that the rematch has been made,” Dib said. “Our first battle was a good one. I feel I have developed into a more fan friendly fighter. Gradovich is a good fighter and I expect another all-out war with him. I look forward to recapturing the IBF championship and setting up a trilogy with Gradovich.

“The fact that the fight is on such a big stage is so exciting. Finally I feel that I have the chance to show the world that I can mix it with the best of them. I truly believe in my heart I’m winning this championship back.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, WBA Featherweight champion Nicholas Waters has signed a promotional deal with Top Rank and will defend his title on November 9th in Corpus Christie, Texas.

“We found out he was [a free agent] and we jumped on him because, obviously, we are concentrating on that division,” siad Top Rank CEO Bob Arum. “We have some major fights that can be made there and the more good fighters you can have in that weight class, the better the fights you can make.

“So now we have [titleholder Evgeny] Gradovich, the winner of the Orlando Salido-Orlando Cruz [vacant title] fight [on Oct. 12], Walters, Nonito Donaire, we just signed [two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasyl] Lomachenko and there’s [junior featherweight champ] Guillermo Rigondeaux. So there are a lot of great fights we want to do in that division.”

“It’s a dream and a privilege come true for me to be with Top Rank, as they have made many great fighters with the likes of [Muhammad] Ali, [Sugar Ray] Leonard and [Oscar] De La Hoya, just to name a few,” Walters said. “I hope that they will help me reach my different goals in the future.”

“I know that Nicholas is a spirited and a disciplined fighter whose boxing style will please the boxing fans of America and he will be an exciting TV fighter, which will make both Top Rank and HBO happy,” manager Jacques Deschamps said.

“He’s a capable and strong son of a gun,” Arum said. “He’s heavy handed and he comes forward and makes a good fight. He’s a good puncher and he’ll make a pleasing fight and we can put him with any of these featherweights we have and HBO will buy it.

“I talked to Donaire, for example, and he’d love to fight him next year. The guys aren’t going to duck him. So we needed to get him a fight before the end of the year, so we’ll have him on the card in Corpus Christi and then look for a bigger fight for him next year.

Wilson Reis scored a three round unanimous decision over Ivan Menjivar in a Bantamweight bout.

Scores were 29-28 on all cards for Reis, 135 lbs of Philadelphia, PA and is now 17-4. Menjivar, 136 lbs of Montreal is now 25-11.

Steven Thompson stopped Chris Clements in round two of their Welterweight bout.

Thompson landed three hard punches that sent Clements plummeting into the cage and the fight was stopped at 1:27 of round two.

Thompson, 170/5 lbs of Simpsonville, SC is now 8-1. Clements, 169.5 lbs of of London ONT is now 11-5-1.

Mitch Gagnon scored a 1st round stoppage over Dustin Kiman in a Bantamweight bout.

Gagnon choked out Kiman at 4:05 of round one.

Gagnon, 136 lbs of Sudbury, ONT is now 10-2. Kiman, 135 lbs of Honolulu, HA is now 11-1.

John Makdessi scored a first round stoppage over Renee Forte.

Makdessi landed a hard punch that sent Forte to the canvas. Makdessi landed several punches to the face of a defensless Forte and the fight was stopped at 2:01 of round one.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former two division champion David suffered a cut over his left eye and his fight with Tyson Fury stated for next Saturday is now off for the time being.

“Gutted isn’t even the word,” Haye said. “Mentally, I’m on the floor at the moment. I’m devastated most of all for my loyal fans, my family and my team, as well as Tyson Fury and his team.

“I know injuries and cuts are part and parcel of our sport, but this doesn’t change the feeling of disappointment and sadness I’m experiencing right now. To everyone who has bought tickets, booked hotels, and followed this fight since it was announced, there is absolutely nothing I can do except apologize from the very bottom of my heart. Even when everything seems to be right on track, sometimes life throws you a curveball. I will somehow have to try and make the best of this horrible situation. But, right now, I’m in bits about what has happened.”

Former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Guillermo Avila in a Super Bantamweight bout at the Kissimmee Civic Center in Kissimmee, Florida.

Scores were 116-112 on all cards.

Vazquez, 122 lbs of Bayamon, PR is now 23-3-1. Avila, 122 lbs of Jalisco, MX is now 13-1.

Israel Vazquez remained undefeated with a six round unanimous decision over Felipe Rivas in a Light Flyweight bout.

Scores were 60-54, 60-54 and 58-56 for Vazquez, 108 lbs and is now 9-0-2. Rivas, 109 lbs is now 14-14-1.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, IBF Cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez will defend against mandatory challenger Alexander Alekseev after a purse bid was won by Hernandez promoter Sauerland Events.

Sauerland Event bid $555,414 to easily beat EC Box Promotion, which offered $212,000. There were only two bidders. Hernandez, as the titleholder, is entitled to 75 percent of the winning bid, or $416,560.50. Alekseev will receive the remaining 25 percent, or $138,853.50.

In the wake of her controversial scorecard that had this past Saturday night’s bout between Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez be a draw, judge CJ Ross has stepped down as a judge in Nevad according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

Luckily two othwe judges rightly scored the fight in favor of Mayweather thus giving him a majority decision.

“I will be taking some time off from boxing but will keep in touch,” Ross wrote.

“We respect her decision, and appreciate her love of the sport she has served for over 20 years,” said Nevad executive director Keth Kizer. “She came into the [commission] office [on Tuesday] and spoke with chairman [Bill] Brady, commissioner [Francisco] Aguilar and me.”

“She did not get too in depth, especially without a DVD of the bout,” Kizer said. “She referenced it was round-by-round scoring, and that overall she thought Mayweather outperformed Alvarez.”

“I apologized to the governor for any embarrassment we may have caused the state,” Brady told the newspaper. “He made me aware of his concerns. He wants things done right.”

“There will be more questions asked, and Keith will be held accountable for his recommendations,” Brady told the Review-Journal. “We won’t be a rubber stamp anymore.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, undefeated WBO M iddleweight champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin will defend his title against Gabriel Rosado on October 26th as part of the Bernard Hopkins – Karo Murat card in Atlantic City.

“We got it done,” said Quillin’s promoter Richard Schaefer. “I think the fight is in the perfect spot. Peter is from New York, Rosado is from Philadelphia. I try to put fights where they belong and this fight belongs in that location. I’m very happy for the fans from the East Coast that they can see another world title fight on this card.

“Rosado always comes to fight and he’s getting another world title opportunity. For Quillin, it’s another opportunity to showcase his talents against a good opponent.”

“I’m glad the fight is made, two Americans fighting each other on a channel where all the fights are being made, explosive fights, good fights,” Quillin said. “There’s so much activity on Showtime and I’m just glad to have my place. I wanted to get in three fights this year, but I’ll get in two and I feel good about setting up my 2014. As for Gabe, I got nothing bad to say about him. I got respect for all fighters, but my numbers speak for themself – 29-0 with 21 knockouts in nine years pro. Gabe and I are both fighters and we both have the will, but I’ll go in there and win every round.”

Rosado returned in May to face unbeaten prospect J’Leon Love on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero undercard. Love, who got knocked down, was awarded a split decision win in a fight many thought Rosado won. However, after the fight the result was changed to a no contest because Love tested positive for a banned diuretic he used to help him make 160 pounds.

“I thought he won that fight,” Quillin said.

“I know people will view it as a measuring stick, but I’m not going to try to match (Golovkin) or outdo him,” Quillin said. “I’m gonna do me. I will stay true to myself. I will work hard to win, that’s my main focus. I’m glad to be in there with a guy with a good name.

“I’m gonna go in with the mentality to try to get him out of there. I’m not playing. I signed the contract, we agreed to fight. He will try to beat me, try to knock me out, so I don’t have any more respect. My job is to treat him as a stranger or like he stole something from me or he’s a little brother and I’m trying to teach him something.”

LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. did the expected. One judge didn’t.

It was brilliant. It was bizarre. It was boxing all over again.

Mayweather didn’t have to explain himself for fulfilling the promises he made in dancing around and all over Canelo Alvarez Saturday night at the MGM Grand. It was called The One. For once, the promoters got it right. Two great fighters didn’t show up. Only Mayweather did in a one sided-display of brilliance that further embellished his undisputed claim on being the best of his generation.

Canelo never had a chance. Not one.

Still, a judge gave him one. C.J. Ross scored it 114-114. Maybe, nobody should be surprised. Ross was also one of two judges who scored it for Timothy Bradley in the controversial split-decision over Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 8.

When Ross’ score was announced, there were gasps from a capacity crowd that was dominated by Canelo fans from Mexico. They also had seen what everybody other than Ross had witnessed.

Two other scorecards ensured that Mayweather had a victory by majority decision. On judge Craig Metcalfe’s card, it was 117-111. Dave Moretti scored it 116-112. On the 15 Rounds card, Mayweather scored a shutout. Outgunned and out-classed, Canelo didn’t win a round on this card.

“I can’t control the judges,’’ Mayweather (45-0, 26 KOs) said after moving in and out while landing punches with sniper-like speed and accuracy.

It was the right answer from Mayweather, who collected a record-setting guarantee of $41.5 million. Still, it didn’t explain Ross’ score. There had been plenty of talk before opening bell about a rematch. A buzz for the junior-middleweight fight was in the air for days. Money was being made. A pay-per-view record for the Showtime telecast was a real possibility. At the MGM Grand’s sports book, one of the popular bets was a draw. Odds on a draw were 10-1 on Thursday and Friday. Early Saturday, they had dropped to 8-1.

Mayweather’s dominance of the fight might have eliminated any appetite for a rematch, despite what Ross’ score might say.

Canelo (42-1-1, 30 KOs) entered the ring 13 pounds heavier than the 152 pounds he recorded at Friday’s weigh-in. He was bigger and looked it, especially in the upper body. The 165-pound Canelo out-weighed Mayweather by about 15 pounds. But that was no advantage for the young Mexican. It only meant he was a bigger target for Mayweather. A stationary one, too.

“I couldn’t connect,’’ said Canelo, who could wind up with a career-high $12 million once he gets his undisclosed share of the television money. “He was just too elusive, too smart and too experienced.’’

Canelo did not dispute the loss. He said he knew he had been beaten.

It’s strange that C.J Ross didn’t.

Danny Garcia said it was his job to take away Lucas Matthysse’s power.

Mission accomplished.

Garcia (27-0, 16 KOs) employed patience and smarts to nullify that proven power for a unanimous decision over Matthysse (34-3, 32 KOs).

Matthysse was the early aggressor. The junior-welterweight dictated the pace as he stalked Garcia, who retained the 140-pound title.

In moving forward, however, Matthysse stepped into a trap set brilliantly by Garcia. First, Matthysse walked into body shots. Then, there were repeated right hands. Not long after a head butt in the fifth round, an ugly mouse appeared below Matthysse’s right eye. It wasn’t clear whether the butt caused the bruise. From the seventh through the 11th rounds, swelling began to close the eye as he continued forward and straight into Garcia’s right.

In the 11th, Matthysse knocked out Garcia’s mouth piece with a right hand. But Garcia still took the round, knocking down Matthysse with a sucession of puches along the ropes.In the 12th, Garcia was penalized a point for a low blow,

By then, however, it wasn’t enough to take the victory away from the Philadelphia fighter.

There was only one way to score the Ishe Smith-Carlos Molina fight: Dull and duller. Molina (22-5-2, 6 KOs) won it, scoring a split decision and taking the International Boxing Federation’s version of the junior-middleweight title from Smith (25-6, 11 KOs). But there weren’t many cheers or boos about the scoring. There were only yawns for zero action in a fight that went to Molina, who prevailed with some aggression in the early rounds.

Mexican welterweight Pablo Cesar Cano (27-3-1, 20 KOs) bloodied Ashley Theopane’s nose, rocked him with a left in the third, nearly knocked him down with a right in the fifth and backed him up for eight of the 10 rounds, yet had to wait and wonder whether he won the first televised fight. Cano did, scoring a split decision. But he didn’t do enough to convince judge Richard Ocasio, whose score was the first announced on a curious card that favored Theopane (33-6-1, 10 KOs), a Mayweather-promoted fighter.

Luis Arias (7-0, 3 KOs), a super-middleweight from Milwaukee, wore Packer green-and-gold into the ring. Then, he made James Winchester (16-9, 6 KOs) of Reidsville, N.C., look like the Jacksonville Jaguars. Arias scored a shutout, winning every round in a six-round unanimous decision in the final bout before the pay-per-view telecast began. Arias was the fourth Mayweather fighter to win.

Ronald Gavril (7-0, 5 KOs) , a super-middleweight from Romania, made it 3-0 through the card’s first three fights for Mayweather Promotions with a unanimous decision over Shujaa El Amin (12-5, 6 KOs) of Flint, Mich. Gavril suffered a bloody nose early in the bout, but he was the busier fighter throughout the eight-round bout.

Chris Pearson, a Mayweather-promoted middleweight from Dayton, followed Bellows’ first-round TKO with an even quicker stoppage. In the opening seconds, Pearson (12-0, 9 KOs) threw a jab that landed like a baseball bat, leaving Joshua Williams (9-6, 5 KOs) of Westerly, R.I. with a badly bloodied nose. About a minute later, it was over. Referee Russell Mora ended it at 1:14 of the opening round.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s promotional company got things started with a victory.

“Easy Money,’’ was the chant from one of the few fans seated Saturday in a chilly, empty Grand Garden Arena two-and-a-half hours before Showtime’s pay-per-view telecast was scheduled to begin for the card featuring Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez at the MGM Grand.

Lanell Bellows (6-0-1, 5 KOs), a Mayweather-promoted super-middleweight, made it easy with a first-round TKO of Jordan Moore (3-1) of Logan, W.V.

Bellows put Moore onto his knees with a paralyzing body shot, a right-handed hook, 2:30 after opening bell.

LAS VEGAS—In a rematch of their entertaining draw in December, Shawn Porter scored a ten round unanimous decision over Julio Diaz at the Premium Ballroom at the MGM Grand

Scores were 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93 for Porter

Former world title challenger Marco Antonio Periban and undefeated Badou Jack fought to a majority draw in a ten round Super Middleweight bout.

It was a closely contested bout with each guy having small spurts of effectiveness. Periban was cut around the left eye but that did not seem to deter him

Scores were 96-94 for Periban and 95-95 on two cards.

Periban, 168 lbs of Mexico City is now 20-1-1. Jack, 168 lbs of Las Vegas is now 15-0-1.

Julian Williams and Hugo Centeno fought to a no-contest as a cut over the left eye of Centeno forced the bout to be stopped in round four.

Williams hurt Centeno with a left hook in round one. Despite a height disadvantage, Williams continued to find a home with the left hook. The two clashed heads and a cut over the left eye forced the bout to be stopped in round four.

Williams, 154 lbs of Philadelphia is 13-0-1. Centeno, 153 lbs of Oxnard. CA is now 19-0.

Jermall Charlo stopped fellow Houstonian Rogelio De La Torre in round seven of a scheduled eight round Middleweight bout.

Charlo dominated and eventually dropped De La Torre and the fight was stopped at 1:50 of round seven.

Charlo, 156 lbs is now 16-0 with 12 knockouts. De La Torre, 153 lbs is now 10-4.

2012 U.S. Olympian Errol Spence Jr. destroyed Jesus Tavera in round one of a scheduled eight round Jr. Middleweight bout.

Spence dropped Tavera twice and the bout was called at 2:33 of round one.

Spence, 148 lbs of Dallas, TX is now 8-0 with 7 knockouts. Tavera, 154 lbs of Mexico City, MX is now 5-4.

Diego De La Hoya started his pro career in sensation fashion as he looks to carry on the family tradition as Oscar’s Cousin scored a third round stoppage over Luis Cosme in a scheduled four round Super Bantamweight bout.

De La Hoya jumped all over Cosme and started a huge flurry that dropped Cosme and the fight was stopped at 1:53 of round three.

De La Hoya, 122 lbs of Mexicali. MX is now 1-0 with 1 knockout. Cosme, 122 lbs of Bayamon, PR is now 8-4.

Robert Easter kept his perfect knockout streak in order as he disposed of Lance Williams in round one of a scheduled eight round Lightweight bout.

Easter dominated and dropped Williams three times and the bout was stopped at 2:43 of round one.

Easter, 134 lbs of Akron, OH is now 7-0 with 7 knockouts. Williams, 133 lbs of Muscatine, ID is now 6-2.

2012 U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha need just 161 seconds to dispose of Bruce Runkle in a schedule six round Middleweight bout

Gausha landed a left to the body in round one that sent Runkle. Moments later a booming left hook sent Runkle to his back and the fight was stopped at of round one.

Gausha, 160 lbs of Cleveland, OH is now 6-0 with 4 knockouts. Runkle, 158 lbs of Wheeling, WV is now 4-3-1.

2012 U.S. Olympian Dominic Breazeale notched his seventh straight knockout as he dispatched John Hill in round three of a schooled eight round Heavyweight bout.

Breazeale landed a straight right that sent Hill down in round one. A huge right at the end of round two sent Hill down for a second time. In round three a huge left hook sent a battered Hill down for third and final time as when he rose to his feet referee Jay Nady stopped the bout at 1:08 of round three.

Breazeale, 248 lbs of Los Angeles, CA is now 7-0 with seven knockouts. Hill, 235 lbs of Charleston, WV is now 6-3.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, this Saturday’s WBO Cruiserweight title bout between Marco Huck and Firat Arslan will be postponed due to a elbow injury suffered by Huck.

“He will be out for some weeks,” Sauerland Event’s Chris Meyer told ESPN.com on Sunday. “We will reschedule the Arslan bout. What will happen to the undercard is not yet decided. We hope to match Arslan still versus a good opponent that could make a good TV bout. We will decide that [on Monday].”

Moises Fuentes won the WBO Interim Lightweight championship with a one round drubbing over Luis De La Rosa in Chiapas, Mexico.

Fuentes scored two knockdowns and banged De La Rosa around the ring until the bout was stopped at 2:40 of round one.

Fuentes, 108 lbs of Mexico is now 18-1-1 with 9 knockouts. De La Rosa, 108 lbs of Colombia is now 22-3-1.

Cristian Arrazola scored a six round unanimous decision over Manuel Chavez in a Featherweight bout.

Arrazola, 127 lbs is now 9-8-1. Chavez, 127 1/2 lbs is 0-2.

Martin Tecupetla and Adolfo Pena traded knockdowns and fought to a six round draw in a Super Flyweight bout.

Tecupetla is now 10-5-2. Pena is 1-3-1.

Chris Arreola got back in the Heavyweight picture with a first round destruction of Seth Mitchell in a scheduled twelve round bout at the Fantasy Springs Resort in Indio, California.

Mitchell came out throwing hard shots but got caught with a left hook that hurt him that him hanging on. Arreola laded a hard flurry of punches that sent Mitchell to the canvas. After Mitchell wanted to fight on, which may have been the wrong decision as he ate another fuselage of punches until referee Jack Reiss rescued Mitchell at 2:24 of round one.

Arreola, 242 lbs of Riverside, CA is now 36-3 with 31 knockouts. Mitchell, 242 lbs of Brandwyne, MD is now 26-2-1.

“I want to thank myself for putting the work in,” said a fresh and jubilant Arreola after the stoppage. “I worked my ass off in Phoenix preparing for this fight. I respect Seth for his power, but the big difference for me was in training camp.”

“I have been my only downfall,” he continued. “I should only have one loss on my record. All my other losses are on me for not training properly. But I came here to win tonight. And it was easy work.”

A stunned Mitchell said, “I got caught. I am very disappointed. I was confident in my ability to win this fight. My heart just hurts right now. This was a big fight for both of us, a fight that I wanted. I didn’t want to step back after beating Jonathan Banks.”

Efrain Esquivias scored the biggest win of his career when he knocked out former two division champion Rafael Marquez in a scheduled 10 round Featherweight bout.

Marquez fought well early as he landed some nice rights and could not miss with the uppwercut. Esquivias slowly but surely got into the fight in round four as he was very effective with the right hand. Esquivias started landing those right at the beginning and end of hard combinations and age was showing on the 38 year-old Marquez.

Esquivias was having a nice round seven until Marquez had his last stand as he landed a huge flurry against the ropes just before the bell. Esquivias got back on track in round eight as he was landing some solid flurries. Esquivias came out in round nine and landed a crushing right hand that sent the future Hall of Famer to the canvas. Marquez wobbled to his feet and the fight was called off just nineteen seconds into round nine.

Esquivias, 126 lbs of Carson, CA is now 17-2-1 with 10 knockouts. Marquez, 126 lbs of Mexico City will contemplate retirement with a record of 41-9.

Esquivias drilled Marquez with a lead right hand in the ninth sending Marquez down. After a brief look, referee Raul Caiz Jr., waved it off without a count. “I am slow starter,” said an emotional Esquivias after the bout. “He caught me early, but I finished strong and that’s what matters.”

When asked about beating a legendary warrior, “It means everything. He’s one of my favorite fighters. When he beat Tim Austin I became a big fan of Rafael. Now, I am in the ring with him and it’s a huge honor. I am still his biggest fan. He’s a great champion.”

Marquez was taken to Desert Hospital on a stretcher.

SAN DIEGO (September 7, 2013)– Ricky Burns was fortunate to keep his WBO Lightweight championship with a twelve round split draw with Raymundo Beltran at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland

The fight was televised LIVE in the United States on AWE (formerly Wealth TV) and www.awetv.com

Burns controlled the first round and a he as he jabbed and worked the body. Beltran started landing some hard shots with the left hook and began to find his rhythm in round’s two and three. In round four, Beltran rocked Burns with a perfect left hook. Beltran continued to press Burns against the ropes where Burns started to look uncomfortable.

The fight changed in round eight when Beltran dropped Burns with a crushing left hook. Beltran continued to back up Burns and work him on the ropes. Burns recovered in spots in round’s eight through ten but he had a look of frustration on his face as he could not keep Beltran off of him. The two fought it out with championship courage down the stretch with Burns being slightly more active but from the looks of the battle, it was not enough to overcome the lead that Beltran buit up.

According to the judges, Burns was able to back his way into the draw as U.S. Judge Carlos Ortiz gave him the 115-112; Andre Van Grootenbruel of Belgium had 115-113 for Beltran while British judge Richie Davies scored it even at 114-114.

Burns, 134.3 lbs of Scotland, fought with a severely injured jaw from round two on, is now 36-2-1 while Beltran, 134.8 lbs of North Hollywood, CA via Los Mochis, MX is now 28-6-1.

“First and foremost it was an excellent fight”, said AWE CEO Charles Herring.

“The one silver lining out of all this is that fans were able to witness this controversial decision on AWE where in past years, fights like this flew under the radar. But Ray Beltran won the fight and he and the fans around the world deserve a rematch.”

In a battle of undefeated Cruiserweights, Stephen Simmons scored a ten round unanimous decision over David Graf.

Simmons dropped Graf in round four from a right to the side of the head. The two exchanged some exciting flurries and Simmons had Graf in trouble several times.

Simmons, 198 lbs of Edinburgh, Scotland won by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-92 and is now 9-0. Graf, 193 lbs of Germany is now 10-1.

Scotty Cardle remained undefeated with a decision win over Gary Fox in a Lightweight bout.

The Referee scored the bout 79-73

Cardle, 135.3 lbs is now 12-0. Fox, 138 lbs is now 11-2

Callum Smith scored a 1st round destruction over Karil Psoknk in a scheduled six round Super Middleweight bout.

Smith dropped Psonko twice with body shots and Psonko did not want to continue after the second knockdown at 2:30 of round one.

Smith is now 7-0 with 5 knockouts. Psonko is now 10-27-2.

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Pound for Pound king Floyd Mayweather will earn a record $41.5 million for his September 14th bout with Canelo Alvarez according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“Floyd is the biggest star in the sport and the best in the sport, and when you’re the biggest star and you are the best, you get paid the most money,” saidMayweather’s adviser Leonatd Ellerbe told ESPN.com. “So this comes along with the territory.”

“It’s a wonderful thing,” Ellerbe said. “Floyd has put boxing on his back and crossed over. He took a niche sport and went out there and marketed a persona [‘Money’ Mayweather] in the mainstream world and became the highest-paid athlete in sports.

“It’s [truly a] blessing to be in that position to make that kind of money. Floyd has worked hard to put himself in this position. He deserves every penny of it. He’s the only athlete that has dominated his sport for the last 15 years, and now he is fighting the best guy he can possibly fight.”

“Showtime/CBS made it known they wanted to be in that Mayweather business,” Ellerbe said. “These are the things we talked about with Showtime/CBS when he made this deal, and they have really stepped up to make this possible. When we signed this deal and told people we had the biggest deal in sports history, some people said, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah.’ But we were not kidding.”

Number-two ranked Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira scored a first round stoppage over Ryan Bader in a scheduled five round bout.

Bader did well in the first art of the round as he hit Teixeira with shots with both hands. Teixeira opened up with a two punch combination that sent Bader to the ground. From there, Teixeira pounded Bader until the bout was stopped at 2:55 of round one.

Teixeira, 206 lbs of Brazil is now 22-2. Bader, 205 lbs of Tempe AZ is now 16-4

Number-five ranked Jacare Souza scored a first round stoppage over number-three ranked Yushin Okami in a Middleweight bout.

Souza landed a huge right hand that put Okami to the ground and then proceeded to pound away at a defenseless Okami until the bout was stopped at 2:47 of round one.

Souza, 186 lbs of Brazil is now 19-3-1. Okami, 185 lbs of Japan is now 30-8.

Number-one ranked Joseph Benevidez scored a first round stoppage over Jussier Formiga in a scheduled three round Flyweight bout.

Benevidez rocked Formiga and knocked him to the ground and with Formiga laying face first, Benevidez opened

Piotr Hallman scored a second round submission Fabricio Trando on a Lightweight bout.

Hallman made Tranado submit with an armbar at 3:50 of round two.

Hallman, 155 lbs of Poland is now 14-1. Tranado, 155 lbs of Brazil is now 13-3.

Rafael Natal scored a three round unanimous decision over Tor Troeng in a Middleweight bout.

Natal, 185 lbs of Brazil won by scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28, is now 17-4-1. Troeng, 185 lbs of Sweden is now 16-5-1.

Ali Bagautinov scored a third round stoppage over Marcos Vinicius in a Flyweight bout.

Bagautinov got Vinicius on the ground and pounded him several times in the face and the fight was stopped at 3:28 of round three.

Bagautinov, 125 lbs of Russia is now 11-2. Vinicius, 126 lbs of Brzail is now 20-6-1.

Kevin Souza eked out a split decision over Felipe Aramtes in a Featherweight bout.

Scores were 29-28 on two cards for Souza, 146 lbs of Brazil is now 17-3. Aranates, 146 lbs of Brazil is now 15-5-1-2.

Lucas Martins choked out Junior Hernandez in round one of their scheduled three round Bantameight bout.

Martins landed a big right that sent Hernandez to a knee. Martins got behind and started choking Hernandez to the ground. Hernandez tried to punch his way put but succumbed to the choke at 1:10 of round one.

Martins, 136 lbs of Brazil is now 13-1. Hernandez, 135 lbs of Coconut Creek, FL is now 13-6.

Elias Silverio remained undefeated with a three round unanimous decision over Jaoa Zeferino in a Welterweight bout.

Scores were 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 for Silverio, 169 lbs of Brazil and is now 9-0. Zefereino, 170 lbs of Brazil is now 13-6.

Ivan Jorge scored a three round unanimous decision over Keith Wisniewski in a Welterweight bout.

Jorge, 169 lbs of Brazil won by scores of 30-27, 29-28 and and is now 25-3. Wisniewski, 170 lbs of Hobart, IN is now 28-13-1.

SAN ANTONIO – The greatest victory of New York City welterweight Luis Collazo’s career thus far has been a controversial decision loss to WBC titlist Andre Berto in 2009, and Monday night against Californian Alan Sanchez, Collazo fought like a man about whom that can rightly be said.

The main event from Cowboys Dancehall, a second installment of the early week boxing schedule Fox Sports 1 recently kicked-off and a collaboration between Golden Boy Promotions and Leija-Battah Promotions, was a 10-round welterweight fight that represented the least of its nine-match card – starting, continuing and ending as a lusterless sparring session in which neither man was imperiled and Collazo relied on two of the distinct features that keep his generally unremarkable fights on television: His hometown and tattoos.

Collazo (34-5, 17 KOs) defeated Sanchez (12-3-1, 6 KOs) by unanimous scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93, using his crafty southpaw style to subdue both the light-hitting Sanchez and the Texas crowd. Without a round onto which a marker might be placed, with, in other words, round 4 being the same as round 7 being the same as round 10, Collazo’s third win in two years was cautious to a point of being incautious: A fighter with Collazo’s record and aspirations must not squander television dates the way he did Monday night.

RAUL MARTINEZ VS. DANIEL QUEVADO
If it cannot be said the career of San Antonio junior featherweight Raul Martinez is in upswing, after “La Cobrita’s” Monday victory over California’s Daniel Quevado things might nevertheless be better than they appeared four months ago when Martinez was soundly beaten at Alamodome by a fighter with a losing record.

After the opening three rounds of Monday’s match, Martinez (30-3, 18 KOs), who appeared early not to have power enough to keep Quevado (13-14-3, 8 KOs) at bay, began to walk the larger Californian into punches, connecting with several of the match’s most meaningful blows at the end of the third.

Then after nearly three minutes of unsustained offense in which neither man had a decisive advantage, in the final seconds of round 4 Martinez buckled Quevado, this time with a 3-2 combo. Immediately afterwards, Quevado, who’d spent much of the previous six minutes moving his right arm in a winding motion while throwing nary a punch with it, told his corner he was unable to continue, citing his right shoulder and awarding Martinez a victory officially scored TKO-5.

That Martinez won by knockdown was important for his future, after his April loss in a four-round match. That Martinez appeared slower and less powerful at his new weight, and absorbed blows aplenty from a .500 fighter like Quevado, though, leaves a number of doubts about that very same future.

RAU’SHEE WARREN VS. OMAR GONZALEZ
Officially, Cincinnati’s Rau’shee Warren’s made-for-television showcase match was a lopsided decision that came after Warren dropped his opponent, San Antonio junior featherweight Omar Gonzalez, five times. In actuality, though, the fight had more suspenseful moments than its score would imply and decidedly more than Warren or his handlers anticipated.

In the second television bout of Monday’s fight card, Warren (7-0, 3 KOs) decisioned Gonzales (6-10, 1 KO) by unanimous scores of 60-49, 60-49 and 60-51. Despite hurling, and landing, a multitude of left crosses from his southpaw stance, though, Warren was not able to stop Gonzales, and collected a fair number of counter left hands himself.

After a truly shaky start, an opening round that found him dropped twice by counters, Gonzales applied himself more effectively in the second, giving nearly as good, if not accurately, as he got from his three-time Olympian opponent. The third saw Gonzales land the round’s more powerful punches, straightening-up Warren several times with right-hook counters thrown from the San Antonian’s southpaw stance.

The entirety of the match’s momentum changed in the fourth, however, as Warren made the puncher’s compact – let’s both hit each other and see what happens – and landed accurate punches enough to fell Gonzales. An adjustment between rounds, too, convinced Warren he could not miss with left-hand leads, and then he did not miss.

Warren’s rhythm did not sustain, though, and the fifth was a far closer round than its predecessor, leading to a sixth that saw Warren return to form and drop Gonzales twice more, this time with increasingly vicious shots that knocked Gonzales down with considerably greater force. The decision brought no suspense but did come at the end of a prizefight that reiterated a number of lingering questions about Warren’s power and defense, the sorts of questions a man with a losing record should not be allowed to ask a top prospect with Warren’s resume.

UNDERCARD
The seventh fight of the card, a match between local junior middleweight Jairo Castaneda (3-0, 1 KO) and Austin’s Warren Stewart (0-2), delighted the filled-in Cowboys Dancehall crowd, with Castaneda securing his career’s third victory by three scores of 40-36, but also showed Castaneda to be a fighter whose chin is inappropriately high in exchanges and whose right crosses need improved power if their thrower is to become more than a local attraction.

Monday’s final pre-television bout, one featuring two Texas middleweights, Austin’s Kenton Sippio-Cook (3-0, 3 KOs) and Brownsville’s Juan Manuel Reyna (4-2, 2 KOs), saw a spirited round and a half followed by an odd ending, when Sippio-Cook landed a low blow from which Reyna was unable to rise, at 2:08 of round 2, after five minutes of attempted recuperation. While the official result was announced as a technical knockout for Sippio-Cook, this will have to be reviewed by Texas officials – as a referee who believed a knockdown to be scored by a clean punch would not give a fighter five minutes to recover.

Before that, two Texas flyweights threw heartily at one another in a four-round female match that saw Laredo’s Christina Fuentes (2-3-3) decision Houstonian Paola Ortiz (0-1) by unanimous scores of 39-37, 39-37 and 40-36.)

Monday’s second fight saw a massive mismatch in fighter weights if not class, as two Texas heavyweights, Austin’s Aaron Rosa (0-0-2), who weighed 256, and Brownsville’s Juan Manuel Alvarez (0-0-1), who weighed 200.4, made battle for four rounds, mutually assaulting and tiring one another and scoring a majority draw the ringside judges had 40-36, 38-38 and 38-38.

The night’s opening match between two Texan junior lightweights, Houston’s Rogelio Moreno (1-1) and San Antonio’s Christian Santibanez (0-2), one that featured Moreno’s activity against Santibanez’s reach and flying chin, ended with a unanimous decision for Moreno by scores of 39-37, 39-37 and 40-36.

Opening bell rang on a half-filled Cowboys Dancehall at 6:38 PM local time.

According to various reports former WBO Heavyweight champion and star of Rocky 5, Tommy Morrison passed away late Sunday night in Nebraska.

Morrison was 44.

Morrison rose to prominence as a hard punching Heavyweight who started his career in 1988. The highlight of his career was a 12 round unanimous decision over George Foreman to win the WBO crown. He was cast as “Tommy Gunn” in Rocky 5 and he became a cross over personality.

After a loss to Lennox Lewis, Morrison was signed by promoter Don King and was being positioned for a lucrative showdown with Mike Tyson. Morrison was to have a tune-up bout with Arthur Weathers but tested positive for the HIV Virus on the eve of the fight and that essentially ended his boxing career.

He fought three times after that in Japan, West Virginia and Mexico but he was unable to secure any fights of consequence in major boxing states.

Morrison proclaimed that he did not have the disease and at this time the cause of death is unknown.

His ring record was 48-3-1 with 42 knockouts.

David Sanchez scored a seventh round stoppage over Juan Kantun in a scheduled eight round Super Flyweight bout.

Sanchez pounded Kantun on the ropes until the bout was stopped at 2:38 of round seven.

Sanchez is now 22-2-2 with seventeen knockoouts. Kantun is now 21-5-3

Anthony Pettis thrilled his hometown fans by winning the UFC Lightweight title with a 1st round submission over Benson Henderson at The Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wissonson.

Pettis won via armbar at 4:31. Pettis is now 17-2. Anderson is 19-3.

Josh Barnett stopped Frank Mir in the first round of their heavyweight bout with a knee to the face.

The time of the finish was 1:56.

Barnett, 255 lbs of Fullerton, CA is now 33-6. Mir, 248 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is 16-8.

Chad Mendes stopped Clay Guida in the 3rd round of their featerweight bout.

Mendes dropped Guida in round three with a hard right. Fuida was on his saide and all he could do was cover up as Mendes jumped on him with punches and the bout was stopped at 30 seconds.

It was the 4th consecutive stoppage for Mendes. Guida had never been stopped before.

Mendes, 145 lbs of Sacramento, CA is 15-1. Guida, 146 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is 30-11.

Ben Rothwell punched out Brandon Vera at 1:54 of round three of their heavyweight bout.

Rothwell, 262 lbs of Kenosha, WI uis 33-9. Vera, 241 lbs of San Diego, CA is 12-7-1.

Dustin Poirier won a unanimous decision over Eric Koch in a featherweight bout.

Poirier won by scores of 29-28 twice and 29-27 and is now 14-3.