Boxing Results: A Weekend of Upsets
04/10/2011 12:45 PM Filed in: Boxing results
Boxing Results: A Weekend of Upsets
4/10/11 12:45PM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
The weekends boxing results can be best described as a weekend of upsets. The upsets started on Friday night on SHOBOX as welterweight Vincent Arroyo (11-1, 7KO’s) dismantled the 6’4” Willie Nelson (16-1-1, 10KO’s) who had never tasted defeat prior to this fight. At 5’8” Arroyo was just too much for the taller Nelson, height had nothing to do with this fight. A very fast handed Arroyo who also has a solid chin dropped Nelson three times in the fight which I’m sure many gave him little chance of winning. Arroyo showed he’s as tough as they come in earning a unanimous decision.
In another “0” must go fight, NYC’s Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (15-0, 1KO) outpointed Danny O’Conner (14-1, 3KO’s) in a “no KO’s gonna happen fight”. Though it was an entertaining fight, there just wasn’t enough punching power to go around in this one. Bracero came in this fight as the underdog but showed through out the fight he was just the better fighter.
Marcus “Too Much” Johnson (20-1, 15KO’s) just wasn’t enough and didn’t have much to show as Dyah Davis (19-2-1, 9KO’s) as Davis won a unanimous ten round decision over him. Davis was another fighter on the same card to come in as an underdog but used his jab and more movement than anyone cared to see in this fight. What sealed the decision in this fight was a Davis body shot in round nine that dropped Johnson.
HBO PPV Boxing Results:
In the expected war, Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27KO’s) squeezed a majority decision over Erik Morales (51-7, 35KO’s) over twelve hard fought rounds. Maidana took an early lead in the fight but Morales as expected put himself right back into the fight in the later rounds. In round eight, Morales rocked the younger Maidana and had him hurt with a nasty left hook. As the fight entered into the championship rounds youth seemed to take over as Maidana was just more active. At the end of twelve rounds that remind all boxing fans what boxing is all about Maidana earned the majority decision.
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (29-1-1, 18KO’s) made a tough fight look easy as he out skilled, out moved and out punched Michael Katsidis (27-4, 22KO’s) to win the WBA and WBO Interim lightweight and lightweight titles.
In the upset of this fight card, previously unbeaten knockout artist James Kirland (27-1, 24, KO’s) got a chance to taste some of his own medicine as he was demolished by Nobuhiro Ishida (23-6, 8KO’s) in the first round of a scheduled twelve rounder. Kirkland was dropped three times in this one sided beating before the fight was halted. The end came for Kirkland at 1:52 of round one.
4/10/11 12:45PM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
The weekends boxing results can be best described as a weekend of upsets. The upsets started on Friday night on SHOBOX as welterweight Vincent Arroyo (11-1, 7KO’s) dismantled the 6’4” Willie Nelson (16-1-1, 10KO’s) who had never tasted defeat prior to this fight. At 5’8” Arroyo was just too much for the taller Nelson, height had nothing to do with this fight. A very fast handed Arroyo who also has a solid chin dropped Nelson three times in the fight which I’m sure many gave him little chance of winning. Arroyo showed he’s as tough as they come in earning a unanimous decision.
In another “0” must go fight, NYC’s Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (15-0, 1KO) outpointed Danny O’Conner (14-1, 3KO’s) in a “no KO’s gonna happen fight”. Though it was an entertaining fight, there just wasn’t enough punching power to go around in this one. Bracero came in this fight as the underdog but showed through out the fight he was just the better fighter.
Marcus “Too Much” Johnson (20-1, 15KO’s) just wasn’t enough and didn’t have much to show as Dyah Davis (19-2-1, 9KO’s) as Davis won a unanimous ten round decision over him. Davis was another fighter on the same card to come in as an underdog but used his jab and more movement than anyone cared to see in this fight. What sealed the decision in this fight was a Davis body shot in round nine that dropped Johnson.
HBO PPV Boxing Results:
In the expected war, Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27KO’s) squeezed a majority decision over Erik Morales (51-7, 35KO’s) over twelve hard fought rounds. Maidana took an early lead in the fight but Morales as expected put himself right back into the fight in the later rounds. In round eight, Morales rocked the younger Maidana and had him hurt with a nasty left hook. As the fight entered into the championship rounds youth seemed to take over as Maidana was just more active. At the end of twelve rounds that remind all boxing fans what boxing is all about Maidana earned the majority decision.
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (29-1-1, 18KO’s) made a tough fight look easy as he out skilled, out moved and out punched Michael Katsidis (27-4, 22KO’s) to win the WBA and WBO Interim lightweight and lightweight titles.
In the upset of this fight card, previously unbeaten knockout artist James Kirland (27-1, 24, KO’s) got a chance to taste some of his own medicine as he was demolished by Nobuhiro Ishida (23-6, 8KO’s) in the first round of a scheduled twelve rounder. Kirkland was dropped three times in this one sided beating before the fight was halted. The end came for Kirkland at 1:52 of round one.