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Vazquez Jr. wins WBO 122 lbs with stoppage over Sonsona–WATCH ON GFL

By Alejandro Echevarria

Bayamón, P.R. – History was to be made when “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona of the Philippines fought Bayamón’s own Wilfredo “Papito” Vázquez Jr. for the WBO super bantamweight title. Sonsona was aiming to be the youngest two division champion from the Philippines while Vázquez Jr. was aiming to become part of the first father and son duo from Puerto Rico to be world champions. Apparently the near capacity crowd at the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum was aware of this as they went crazy when Vazquez Jr. entered the ring flanked by local hip-hop stars and his father, former three division world champion, Wilfredo Vázquez and again when announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. presented the boxers.

Vázquez jabbed and avoided most of Sonsona’s single shots in the first and both fighters landed their respective straights but neither scored with any significant punches. Vázquez landed a counter right hand off the ropes in the second that appeared to cut Sonona under his left eye and ended the round landing several jabs and powerful right hands. Sonsona seemed distraught by the end of the round. In the third, Sonsona landed a straight left that gave him some confidence as he let his hands go a little more. Still, the Puerto Rican managed to work the body and land rights of his own on the now swelling eye of Sonsona.

Vázquez went after his man in the fourth and pinned him several times against the ropes using his jab and straight right hand until one of those right hands broke through Sonsona’s defense and hurt him. A follow up left hook to the body put Sonsona down for the full count and tonight, it was the Puerto Rican who made history by becoming part of the first ever Puerto Rican father and son duo to win world titles.

With the impressive victory, Vázquez earns his first belt and improves his record to 18-0-1 15KO’s while Sonsona looses his first one and goes to 14-1-1 12KO’s. After the fight, Sonsona told the press he made the mistake of trading with the man he now knows to be a strong puncher. Still he insisted he would remain in the weight class where he says he feels strong.

The newly crowned champion was very thankful to his father Wilfred Vázquez, his promoter Tutico Zabala, to his fans and to God whom he says is the one who deserves the glory. As emotional as he was, he was still very clear in the fact that this is his job and his purpose in boxing is not to be famous but to make a living for his family. Regarding his future plans, he stated that he would most likely oblige with the WBO’s mandatory defense in ninety days.

The night started off with Osenohad “Cano” Vázquez (2-1), 141lbs. of Vega Baja, P.R. taking on Jorge Pérez Adorno (1-2), 140.2lbs. of Bayamón, at the junior welterweight division and set for four rounds. Round one lacked any significant action. The second one saw both fighters let their hands go with Vázquez landing more efficiently with his straight right and left hooks. Pérez Adorno tried to be more active in the third but was persuaded otherwise by several powerful left hooks. The fourth was a more even round where Pérez Adorno managed to make “Cano” fight going backwards at which he was still fairly effective. Scores were 39-37 for Vázquez on all three judge’s cards.

Next up and also set for four rounds was Marcos Adorno (0-2), 155.2lbs. of Vega Alta, P.R. against southpaw Giovanni “Tarantula” Rodríguez (2-0, 2KO’s) 154.8lbs., Trujillo Alto, P.R. Rodríguez quickly got to his over matched and visibly out of shape opponent with several lefts and put him down in the very first. The referee stopped the bout at 1:58 after seeing Adorno wasn’t up for it.

Lightweights Efigenio Pérez (0-1), 145.8lbs. of Aguada, P.R. and Luis Joel González (3-0, 2KO’s) 140.4lbs. of Bayamón were next in a fight originally set for the lightweight limit. Rounds one and two were slow in action and drew boos from the crowd even though González seemed to be boxing well and landing often but refusing to stay in the mix. Pérez managed to land some good shots in the third but not enough to dissuade his opponent who put him down in the fourth with a powerful one-two combination. Pérez got up but the referee stopped it at 2:47 of the final round.

Kicking off the televised portion of the card were José Angel Beranza (32-16-2 25KO’s), 121.4lbs.of Ciudad Mexico, Mexico and Jonathan “Polbo” Oquendo (17-2 11KO’s), 122lbs.from Vega Alta, P.R. fighting for the WBO Super featherweight title. In the first, Oquendo scored a flash knockdown and worked the body well. The second and third saw “Polbo” use good movement to evade Beranza’s punches and one-two’s to set up nice uppercuts.  In the fourth Beranza landed solid counter punches and managed to open a small cut under Oquendo’s right eye.

In the fifth and sixth rounds, Beranza started pressing the action and stalking Oquendo who was breathing through his mouth and seemed tired. Both rounds provided good exchanges but Beranza showed better condition. In the seventh round, Oquendo tried to box a little more but ended up trading rights with his opponent and scoring a dubious knockdown. Going into the eighth, Oquendo seemed gassed but came back with powerfull rights that got the crowd to its feet.

Rounds nine and ten were dictated by Beranza who, even when missing, was pressing the action and stalking a tired Oquendo who seemed content with only landing counter right hands. In the eleventh Beranza tried to take his man down but was caught with several good counters and over hand rights. The final round was definitely a Beranza round as Oquendo didn’t want to trade or take chances and simply survived the round. Scores were 118-108, 114-112 and 117-109 all for Oquendo.

Former Puerto Rican amateur star McJoe Arroyo, 118lbs., of Fajardo made his pro debut against Giovanni Rivera (0-2),118.2lbs. of Arecibo, P.R. in a bout set for four rounds. Southpaw Arroyo made himself felt quickly scoring a knockdown halfway through the round with a solid left hook. After being warned for a borderline low blow Arroyo tried to finish the bout but Rivera’s holding gave him another round. In the second, Rivera tried in vain to run but was again caught by a left hand that ended the bout. Time of stoppage was 0:25 of the second.

Arroyo said he felt comfortable and was ready to go six rounds. He promised his fans he would give his best to please them and thanked the crowd for the massive support they showed. The future hopeful started his career with a sweet stoppage although against an overmatched opponent.

Up next was former Puerto Rican Olympian Carlos Negrón, 186lbs.of Villalba facing Roy Ashworth (5-7, 1KO’s) 185lbs. of Louisiana in a bout set for six rounds. Negrón tagged Ashworth with a right hand and a left hook that sent the American down a minute and fifteen seconds into the fight. With 50 seconds left, Negrón again put his man down with a left to the body that made Asworth spit out his mouthpiece. With several seconds left in the round, two flush lefts to the chin ended the fight in spectacular fashion for the Puerto Rican who moves his record to 8-0 6KO’s. Negrón desperately needs better opposition and agreed with 15rounds.com when asked about it.

Next up was McWilliams Arroyo, 113lbs. brother of McJoe and the other half of the promising duo of amateur boxers from the island. He was set to face Eliecer Sánchez 114.1lbs of Corozal, Puerto Rico also making his pro debut for four rounds. Arroyo stalked Sánchez from the opening bell and eve though he missed several right hands, when two of them landed the bout ended. The referee called it off as soon as Sánchez went down as he appeared seriously hurt. Time was 1:45. Arroyo said he wanted to impress as much as his brother had two fights before and was happy with the outcome.

Jones scores decision over Bruseles in AC; Rosado beats Roman; Kendall Holt gets stopped in an elimination bout

Mike Jones got off to a bit of a slow start but turned up the offense to cruise to a unanimous decision over Henry Brusles in a ten round Welterweight fight in front of a sold out crowd at Ballys in Atlantic City.

It was Bruseles who came out and boxed well in round one as he moved in and out and landed a couple shots to Jones’ 5’11” body. Jones started to get things going a little bit in round two when Jones started to land some quick shots inside. Over the next couple rounds, each man took turns controlling the action with Jones winning his round with the more emphatic punching while Bruseles would squeak by with by getting through using angles and pot shotting.

The fight clearly turned in round seven with Jones landing some quick lefts and then rocking Bruseles with a hard three punch combination. Over the final part of the fight, Jones was in control as he started pumping the jab two and three times to set up quick one-two combination’s and he began to pull away on the cards. Jones was very solid in the fight but probably wasn’t the dominating performance that many of the sold out crowd came to see.

Nonetheless, Jones won by scores of 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93 (same as the 15rounds.com/gofightlive.tv ringside card).

Jones, 146 ¾ lbs of Philadelphia is now 20-0. Bruseles, 147 lbs of Guarbo, Puerto Rico is now 28-4-1.

In the television co-feature, Gabriel Rosado and Saul Roman hooked up in an entertaining ten round Jr. Middleweight clash.

Rosado and Roman fought very hard with Roman coming forward for most of the bout and Rosado doing a tremendous job of countering with the right hand.

The action really picked up over the last half of the fight with Rosado firing off right hands that caused a stream of blood from around the left eye of Roman. For his trouble, Rosado was cut from the forehead. This was a battle of geography as Roman wanted to make this an inside tussle while Rosado wanted and most of the time successfully had his way at distance. In round eight, Rosado landed countless counters to offset a big left hand that Roman got through at the beginning of the round.

The last two rounds did not provide as much action as the previous entertaining eight frames but Rosado’s out was more than enough for Rosado who won the bout by split decision.
Scores were 96-94 on two cards for Rosado (15rounds.com/gofightlive.tv liked the counterpunching Rosado to the tune of 99-91) while a third card read 97-93 for Roman.

Rosado, 155 ½ lbs of Philadelphia is now 14-4. Roman, 155 lbs of Tijuana, Mexico is now 32-6.
The opening bout of the night could have been the end of the line for former WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Kendall Holy as Kaiser Mabuza bludgeoned him over six rounds of their scheduled twelve round IBF Jr. Welterweight elimination bout.

Holt actually had a decent first round as he landed some body shots and combinations. After that it was a downhill freefall for Holt as Mabuza would just walk Holt down and pound away on the ropes for the next five rounds. Holt began to bleed from the nose in round three. If one saw round two, then he saw all rounds after that as Holt did next to nothing basically let Mabuza have his way. The sixth round was a bad round for Holt as he spent nearly the whole round eating punches and swelling around the left eye was starting to form.

Holt’s corner decided to save their man from any more damage and called a halt to the action before round seven could commence.

Mabuza, 140 lbs of Johannesburg, South Africa now awaits the winner of next Saturday’s Juan Urango – Devon Alexander unification battle with a record of 23-6-3 with fourteen knockouts. Holt, 139 ½ lbs of Paterson, NJ is now 25-3.

Ariel Espinal landed two big rights in round three to drop Anthony Pietrantonio and in round four Espinal finished the job by landing four big head shots that forced referee Benji Estevez to call a halt to the action at 1:38 of round four of their scheduled six round Light Heavyweight bout.

Espinal, 181 lbs of Brooklyn, NY is now 7-12-3 with three knockouts. Pietrantonio, 171 lbs of Youngstown, OH is now 6-5.

Local favorite (and 15rounds.com blogger) Troy Maxwell made his large local throng of fans happy by scoring a four round unanimous decision over Todd Erkisson in a Super Middleweight bout.
Maxwell landed some big right hands and kept Eriksson at bay to cruise to the decision via 39-37 on all cards.

Maxwell, 168 lbs of Galloway, NJ is now 2-0. Eriksson, 166 ½ lbs of Dover, NJ is 0-3-1.
Good looking nineteen year-old prospect Glen Tapia scored a vicious knockdown just seconds into his scheduled four round Jr. Middleweight bout with Tyrone Miles and finished him off with a series of power punches that forced Esteves to stop bout just seconds into the fight.

Tapia, 152 lbs of Passaic, NJ is now 4-0 with three knockouts. Miles, 153 lbs of Camden, NJ is now 1-3.

Rugged vet, Ossie Duran scored a four round unanimous decision over Jamaal Davis in a Jr. Middleweight bout.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Duran, 155 lbs of Paterson, NJ and is now 24-8-2. Davis, 156 ½ lbs of Philadelphia is now 11-6.

HOF trainer Angelo Dundee special guest at “Brace For Impact” – March 12 on GFL

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 18, 2010) – Living legend, Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee will be a special guest at the “Brace For Impact” pro boxing card, presented March 12 by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.

The 10-round main event is a rematch between heavyweights Tony “TNT” Grano and Mark “Oak Tree” Brown. Brown (15-2, 7 KOs) overcame two knockdowns to stop Grano (16-1-1, 13 KOs), fighting out of Hartford (CT), in the eighth round of their WBF All-Americas title bout Sept. 27, 2008. Grano is the 2005 U.S. National Championships winner and National Golden Gloves Tournament runner-up, and has won two in a row since suffering his lone loss as a pro to Brown, highlighted by a sensational, nationally-televised knockout of previously-undefeated prospect Travis Kaufman (18-0) last September.

Dundee, 88, was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994. Best known as head trainer for Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, Dundee also worked the corner for George Foreman, Jose Napoles, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio and Luis Rodriguez.

“I’m looking forward to being at Foxwoods,” Dundee said. “I go way back with Jimmy Burchfield. When I first go to a city, I always look for a good Italian restaurant, and that’s how I first met Jimmy in Providence at his (former) restaurant (The Classic). I brought Sugar Ray Leonard there. I was in Providence two years ago for an Italian festival and Jimmy brought Vinny Paz and a lot of his good-looking fighters. It takes a lot of guts to promote today and Jimmy Burchfield is the reason boxing is still flourishing up there. He does it the right way with local kids. I’m thrilled to be a guest at his Foxwoods show.”

“My relationship with Angelo goes beyond boxing,” Burchfield noted. “We’re good friends. I don’t know if boxing will ever see anybody like him again in terms of what he did for his fighters. Not only does he know this business inside and out, I think he’s one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever met. My relationship with Sugar Ray Leonard is thanks to Angelo.

“On of my all-time favorite fighters, Willie Pastrano, was trained by Angelo. I’m thrilled to be having my dear friend, Angelo, sitting next to me at ringside on March 12^th. He has been as big a personality as his fighters. Angelo never turns down a request from fans for an autograph, or a favor from promoters. His presence at our show will top off a great night.”

Also slated to be in action on “Brace For Impact” are Hartford super bantamweight “Machine” Mike Oliver (22-2, 7 KOs), reigning New England and EBA champion; Marshfield (MA) super middleweight Manuel Antonio Lopes (5-0-1, 1 KO), Long Island (NY) light heavyweight Joe “The Irish Bomber” Smith Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs), 2008 New York Golden Gloves champion; Brooklyn (NY) welterweight Sadam “World Kid” Ali (5-0, 2 KOs), 2008 U.S. Olympian; and Hartford middleweight David Bauza (3-0, 3 KOs). All fights and fighters are subject to change.

Grano out to avenge only career loss in “Brace For Impact” headliner March 12 at Foxwoods – Live Exclusively on GFL

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 15, 2010) – Popular heavyweight prospect Tony “TNT” Grano values avenging his lone pro loss more than money and fame, which is precisely why he desperately wanted a rematch against Mark “Oak Tree” Brown, headlining the March 12^th “Brace For Impact” card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.

Grano (16-1-1, 13 KOs), a 2005 U.S. National Championships winner and National Golden Gloves Tournament runner-up, has won two in a row since losing to Brown (15-2, 7 KOs), who overcame two knockdowns to stop Grano in the eighth round of their WBF All-Americas title bout Sept. 27, 2008.

Coming off his sensational, nationally-televised knockout of previously-undefeated prospect Travis Kaufman (18-0) last September, Grano had clearly targeted Brown, rather than a top 20 rated opponent, and CES gave him the opportunity for revenge.

“For me, personally,” Grano explained, “I wanted this rematch more than any fight. Ranking-wise, I don’t need it because I’ve already surpassed him (Brown), and my fight on ShoBox (vs. Kaufman) showed everybody it (fight vs. Brown) was a fluke. No excuses, though, I’m not like that. I had a bad night and he had a good night. Negotiations for bigger fights for me were held – (Brian) Minto, (Hasim) Rahman and (Evander) Holyfield – were mentioned. But beating Brown means a lot to me and after I do, I’ll be looking for a fight against a top 10 guy to get me in position, hopefully, for a world title shot.

“Anybody who has watched me knows I put on exciting fights and a lot of people are coming to watch me fight March 12. I’m not going to brawl; I’m going to show my boxing ability and pick him apart. I won’t be looking for a knockout, but if it comes, it comes. I just want to connect and get in some good hits. He’s tough but I don’t see him going the full 10 rounds. It’s going to be a great fight.”

Grano, who was born in Hebron (CT) and fights out of Hartford, will be fighting in his home state for the 15^th time, his fourth at Foxwoods.

“It’s great fighting in Connecticut and I love fighting at Foxwoods,” Tony added from training camp in Houston. “I have a huge fan-base that we’re trying to build up even more in the Italian-American market. I expect a large crowd at Foxwoods and I’m looking forward to putting on a great display.  I want to get boxing fans excited again.”

Also slated to be in action on “Brace For Impact” are Hartford super bantamweight “Machine” Mike Oliver (22-2, 7 KOs), reigning New England and EBA champion; Marshfield (MA) super middleweight Manuel Antonio Lopes (5-0-1, 1 KO), Long Island (NY) light heavyweight Joe “The Irish Bomber” Smith Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs), 2008 New York Golden Gloves champion; Brooklyn (NY) welterweight Sadam “World Kid” Ali (5-0, 2 KOs), 2008 U.S. Olympian; Hartford middleweight David Bauza (3-0, 3 KOs). All fights and fighters are subject to change.

Tickets for “Brace For Impact,” priced at $40.00, $60.00 and $100.00, are available to purchase by calling CES (401.724.2253/2254) or Foxwoods (800-200-2882), going online at www.cesboxing.com or www.foxwoods.com, or in person at Foxwood’s box office

Strikeforce Challengers: ‘Kaufman vs Hashi’ recap and final thoughts

Written By: James Iannotti (MMAmania.com)

Strikeforce has now officially crowned it’s second female champion as hard hitting Canadian Sarah Kaufman captured the promotion’s inaugural welterweight title earlier tonight in the main event of “Challenger Series VI” from the Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California.

Here’s how it all went down.

The Canadian brawler needed all five rounds and a judge’s decision to claim her new crown, but make no mistake about it, she dominated Takeya Hashi tonight for all twenty five of those minutes.

The Japanese import proved to be resilient, showing a ton of heart by bouncing back numerous times from flooring right hands by Kaufman. But in the end, the grappler hand no answer for the striker.

Kaufman out-boxed Hashi all night long with jabs, combinations, and devastating right hands. She did a nice job mixing in the inside leg kick as well, which only helped in setting up her punches.

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MFC 24: ‘Heat XC’ results and quick recap

Written By: Akimitsu Kuwabara (MMAmania.com)

Maximum Fighting Championship held “MFC 24: Heat XC” at its familiar stomping ground of River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on February 26, 2010. The last event to be held at the said venue, MFC 24 signals an end of era of sort, as the promotion strives for further growth.

Despite a lack of marquee names on the card, the event did not disappoint, as the main card featured a rapid-fire series of quick knockouts.

Kicking off the main card, the Bodyshop Fitness fighter, Jesse Juarez rode his momentum to earn an ultra-quick finish over Nathan Gunn. As soon as the opening bell rang, Gunn charged forward, but missed his first strike. Juarez wasted no time to counter, and landed a devastating head kick that left Gunn motionless at 0:11 of the opening frame. This was Juarez’s second appearance in MFC and he is now on a seven-fight winning streak since losing to Luke Stewart in Strikeforce in September, 2008.

The Southampton, England native, Tom “Kong” Watson scored the second head kick KO of the night over KOTC/Pride/Elite XC veteran and local favorite, Travis Galbraith. After a tentative start in which Galbraith struggled to take Watson to the mat, “Kong” exploded for a headhunting opportunity and landed a head kick that ended Galbraith’s night at 1:56 of round 1.

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DREAM 13 Takes Shape With Noons x “Dida”, Kikuno x Hironaka, Plus Chonan, Minowa

Written By: Dallas Winston (TheGARV.com)

The next offering of DREAM is coming up in Japan on March 22nd, and a few fights that will anchor the promotion’s thirteenth event have been established, which will supplement the main attraction of Joachim Hansen’s downshift to 145 pounds versus Bibiano Fernandes for the FW title.

The most compelling chunk of the announced line-up is a pair of solid lightweight match-ups, one of which will carry the now recurring theme of “Strikeforce vs. DREAM”. It looks like the Strikeforce debut for pro-boxer KJ Noons will take place in hostile territory, as the former EliteXC lightweight champion will jump across the pond as a representative of Strikeforce to face DREAM hometown favorite Andre “Dida” Amade.

Fists will obviously be flying at high velocity in this one. Dida prefers to charge and hurl overhand fireballs in classic Chute Boxe fashion, and Noons has experienced mixed success in dealing with overwhelmingly aggressive strikers: he dodged an onslaught of Nick Diaz’ long punches and tactically dismantled the heavily favored Diaz with crisp boxing and ornery takedown defense, but fell asleep to the tune of a jackhammer delivered by Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennet when exchanging in the pocket. Dida is always dangerous, but currently on a three-fight slide, dropping consecutive bouts to Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante, Eddie Alvarez, and Katsunori Kikuno, which are the first losses on his 6-3-1 track record.

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Wanderlei Silva on Beating Bisping

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North Jersey MMA: Evolution AMMA March 6

Written By: TheGARV

Amateur MMA in North Jersey is being well represented by a new promotion called Evolution AMMA, run by Steve Katz, Jose Suarez and Francisco Arcibal. Their first event was a big success and now they’re holding their second show, this time in Rahway, NJ, at the Union County Performing Arts Center.

The card is chock full of talent. These are the guys who will be the future stars in the big promotions and I am excited to once again be hosting the show from inside the cage.

Make sure to check out the Evolution AMMA website and pick up tickets for the show!

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