*all dates are fictional
*Fight card rankings are performance point rankings
*Fight card rankings are performance point rankings
*Fight card rankings are performance point rankings
Updated performance rankings released
Past Headlines
July 10th, 2003...
Three Fight Cards Announced by the AFF
The AFF announced three separate fight cards today that will include two title matches and the semi-final matches for the WBC middleweight championship. All three cards will be broadcast on pay-per-view and tickets for each event have gone on sale.
The undercard for the Stiftner vs. Castellano IBO lightweight title fight has been finalized. The co-feature for this event, which is August 28th at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, will be a great heavyweight contest between Smi Semiti and Zedno Stana. Semiti, unbeaten in 17 fights with 14 KO's, is ranked 9th in the world rankings and 4th in performance. Stana 18-1-0(18) is ranked higher in the world rankings at 4th, but lower in performance at number 7. The line on this bout is even at this time. In a light heavyweight match-up, Ryan Dexter 18-0-1(10) (WR#4) will face Pribislav Jelinek 13-3-3(5) (WR#16) in the support bout.
Clint Stiftner #1 |
versus |
Pablo Castellano #2 |
Main Event |
For the Vacant IBO Lightweight Title |
|
Smi Semiti #4 |
versus |
Zedno Stana #7 |
Co-Feature |
Heavyweights |
|
Pribislav Jelinek #18 |
versus |
Ryan Dexter #3 |
Support Bout |
Light Heavyweights |
|
Max Jones #15 |
versus |
Jacob Brendle #77 |
prelim 2 |
Middleweights |
|
Gula Louahla |
versus |
Nikiforos Terzin |
prelim 1 |
Welterweights |
|
Luis Morante |
versus |
Roger Jennings |
opening bout |
Lightweights |
|
August the 28th, 2003 |
HSBC Arena |
Buffalo, N.Y. |
On September 2nd in Cincinnati, Ohio the WBC tournament to decide the middleweight champion will continue with two semi-final bouts at the Cintas Center. One of the undercard fights will have John Thomas 3-0-0(3) and Davey Boulette 12-4-0(12) lock-up in a heavyweight match. This will be the biggest test for newcomer Thomas thus far.
Tony Quakenbush #10 |
versus |
Guillermo Carriles #8 |
Main Event 2 |
WBC Middleweight Tournament semi-final match |
|
Pedro Campos #7 |
versus |
Eberhard Bruhne #22 |
Main Event 1 |
WBC Middleweight Tournament semi-final match |
|
John Thomas #35 |
versus |
Davey Boulette #52 |
Support Bout |
Heavyweights |
|
Hirohisa Ogura #24 |
versus |
Jean-Baptiste Rouaix #116 |
prelim 2 |
Welterweights |
|
Diego Moreira |
versus |
Ernak Tokody |
prelim 1 |
Lightweights |
|
Barys Sukhoi |
versus |
Johann Van Mechelen |
opening bout |
Lightweights |
|
September the 2nd, 2003 |
Cintas Center |
Cincinnati, OH |
The final fight card announced will take place October 8th in Tokyo, Japan. Headlining this card will be the WBA welterweight title match between Benigno Yasay (WBA#1) and Boon-Nam Panomyaong (WBA#2). The co-feature for this event will pit Jim "Take That" Faxter against Gordon "Gordo" McKenzie in a light heavyweight match-up. Faxter 17-1-1(10) is 5th in performance and McKenzie 16-2-1(15) is ranked 11th.
Benigno Yasay #1 |
versus |
Boon-Nam Panomyaong #2 |
Main Event |
For the Vacant WBA Welterweight Title |
|
Jim Faxter #5 |
versus |
Gordon McKenzie #11 |
co-feature |
Light Heavyweights |
|
Luis Henriques #8 |
versus |
Kurt Enders #117 |
Support Bout |
Middleweights |
|
Thoibo Xhoma #34 |
versus |
Renke Kolf #12 |
prelim 2 |
Welterweights |
|
Jean Marie Leguy |
versus |
Chike Aladefa |
prelim 1 |
Lightweights |
|
Martin Alvarado |
versus |
Percy Eaton |
opening bout |
Lightweights |
|
October the 8th, 2003 |
Saitama Arena |
Tokyo, Japan |
May 12th, 2003...
Updated performance rankings released
Updated Top 15 Title Rankings released
Updated World Rankings released
Big Upsets in Middleweight Tournament
On January 30th the first round of a middleweight tournament to decide the WBC champion was held in Portland, Oregon. Favorites Francisco Guzman and Ray Irvin will not advance to the semi-finals in September.
Alberto Guerrero vs Tony Quackenbush
Quackenbush 14-4-0(12) won by a split decision, 113-111 | 109-115 | 113-112. Guerrero is currently 14-3-1(5).
Guillermo Carriles vs Hector Cestac
Carriles 15-3-0(9) easily defeated Cestac 11-7-1(2) by a 1st round TKO after Guillermo landed a hard shot to Hector's face which caused an unstoppable gush of blood. Referee Frank Santore had no choice but to stop the fight.
Ray Irvin vs Pedro Campos
Number two in the world rankings, Irvin 17-2-0(7) lost to Campos 16-2-0(6) in a 12 round unanimous decision. The scores were 118-111 | 116-112 | 115-114. Irvin had a chance for this bout to be rescheduled after an undisclosed family emergency kept him from training for most of December 2002. Irvin was quoted later as saying, "No excuses. I came ready to fight and I lost."
Francisco Guzman vs Eberhard Bruhne
Bruhne 10-5-3(1) won by unanimous decision over the WBC #1-ranked boxer, Guzman 16-3-0(12). The scores were relatively close but decisive, 115-113 by all three judges for this bout.
Semi-final bouts scheduled for Sept. 2nd.
Tony Quakenbush vs. Guillermo Carriles and Pedro Campos vs. Eberhard Bruhne. The fights are to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Cintas Center.
Results from Fight Card in Liverpool, England
Everton Park Sports Centre last evening...
Headlining Bout - LHW, Jeff Mundine (WR #8) vs Rupert Layher (WR#6). Twenty-two seconds into the bout, Layher delivered a powerful uppercut that immediately dropped Mundine to the canvas. Being the first punch thrown in the match, many would guess that this fight would end surprisingly early. Twelve rounds later, Layher would get the split decision in a well-fought contest for both boxers. In round number six, Layher was put to the canvas twice. First with an uppercut and later a vicious head shot from Mundine that put Rupert on his back. Mundine went down again in the final round for an 8 count.
Layher improved to 17-2-0, while Mundine went to 16-2-1. The scores were 111-113 | 112-112 | 111-113.
Co-Feature - HW, Jabbar Akmar (Pp#3) vs. Hakku Tumar (Pp#29). No other way to sum up this bout than to call it a headhunting bloodfest. The hard-hitting Samoan Tumar would get the worst of it for most of the night. At 40 seconds of round two, Akmar floored his opponent with a hard cross for a 7 count. Tumar's right and left eyes became visibly swollen in the third after continual abuse, mainly from combinations. Tumar's lip was busted open in the fourth and attention started to turn towards referee Arthur Mercante to see if his arms would raise to stop this one. In the fifth at 1:17, both fighters bumped heads resulting in a cut above Hakku's left eye. Later in the round, Akmar's lip began bleeding after a harsh uppercut caught him flush. In the eighth round, Tumar went down to both knees after a violent ribcage shot from Jabbar. At the end of the round, Tumar was bleeding from the lips, from a cut above and below the left eye, and from a small cut above the right eye. Both eyes were also very swollen. Tumar began to make a comeback in round nine with some hard headshots of his own in which Akmar would suffer a cut above both eyes and his closed lip gash re-opened. The crowd was very vocal at the end of the round.
Too little too late for Hakku however. Before the bell could sound for round ten to get underway, referee Mercante stopped the fight after a close review of Tumar's swollen eyes had revealed they were basically blinding him at that point. Akmar got the TKO win and improved to 17-2-0 with 11 knockouts. Hakku Tumar suffered his first loss in 18 fights and is now 17-1-0 with 17 knockouts.
Other bouts on the card...
Lightweights, Gregorio Pumares TKO9 Kristos Kaklamanakis. Pumares improved to 16-2-0(8) and is currently ranked 5th in performance.
Heavyweights, Vlad Lucescu (Pp#58) KO7 Tyrone Claxton( Pp#40).
Middleweights, Uriah Cole 13-4-1(11) KO2 Brandon Donovan 11-4-3(5)
Welterweights, Bad Santa Mitch Christmas UD12 David Roche.
Heavyweight
John Basil Jackson won a match between him and Curtis Payne in Portland, Oregon on April 19th. Jackson won by unanimous decision in 12, 116-107 | 116-108 | 116-107 and improved his record to 19 wins, no losses, and no draws.
In his last five fights, Van Dorsey has been victorious in each, by knockout. All but one of those fights ended in the opening round with the other ending in the fifth. Dorsey is currently 10-0-0(10).
Light Heavyweight
Jukko Koivisto 18-1-0(14) defeated Sebastian Lozano 6-12-0(2) by a 2nd round TKO in January and Enzio Benedettini 7-9-3(2) in a first round knockout last month. Ryan Dexter 18-0-1(10) won 2 match-ups by UD in January and April.
Middleweight
The four, out of a starting eight, boxers remaining in the WBC title tournament are:
Tony Quakenbush (WBC#5) , Guillermo Carriles (WBC#2) , Pedro Campos (WBC#4), and Eberhard Bruhne (WBC#10) . The next round of fights are September 2nd.
Kris Wierman improved to 19-0-0(12) with wins over Alexej Korbel TKO7 in January and Proteo Fontanesi UD12 earlier this month.
Welterweight
The WBA announced earlier this week that it's top two ranked fighters will face one another for the welterweight title. #1 Benigno Yasay from the Philippines will face #2 Boon-Nam Panomyaong from Thailand on October 8th of this year in Tokyo, Japan. Yasay 18-1-0(15), who is ranked #3 in the world and #1 in performance, is a well-rounded fighter who can take alot of punishment. His only loss came on September 13th, 2000 from currently undefeated Colton Orr. Panomyaong 16-2-1(3), who is ranked #7 in the world and 3rd in performance, is not a power puncher but can control fights well and is very hard to knockdown or hurt. His defense is highly regarded. Boon-Nam's two losses came to Robert Drake and Alexandros Economakis who have a combined record of 37-1-0 with 33 knockouts.
| Full Name | Nationality | Won | Lost | Draw | KO | TKO | Title Bouts | Bouts | Rounds |
| Benigno Yasay | Philippines | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0-0-0 | 19 | 120 |
| Boon-Nam Panomyaong | Thailand | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 19 | 214 |
Lightweight
In another announcement, this time from the IBO, a match between their top two ranked fighters in Clint Stiftner and Pablo Castellano for the lightweight title has been arranged. Stiftner 17-1-0(10) is number 1 in both performance and world rankings as well as being the top ranked fighter in the IBO ranks. Clint's only loss was to Michael Reid Jr. in June 2000. (Reid Jr. is ranked #3 by the IBO). Castellano 15-3-0(10) is number 2 in both performance and in the world rankings. Castellano is considered the better boxer as far as defense is concerned but Stiftner is better with ring tactics and strategy. The biggest concern with Pablo is his inconsistent training mentality, sometimes becoming overconfident in his approach.
| Full Name | Nationality | Won | Lost | Draw | KO | TKO | Title Bouts | Bouts | Rounds |
| Clint Stiftner | United States | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0-0-0 | 18 | 159 |
| Pablo Castellano | Argentina | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0-0-0 | 18 | 175 |
This match is scheduled for August 28th in Buffalo, NY.