EARLY RESULTS FROM LAS VEGAS (UPDATED UNTIL 6TH BOUT)
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 18 Sep 2011
Floyd Mayweather?s top prospect, Jessie Vargas, fought a high level and intense battle against a hard-nose tough opponent in Joseito Lopez. Vargas was incredibly sharp early in the fight with solid combinations and shots to the body. However, Lopez withstood the early onslaught and started to assert his will over Vargas, who was never comfortable after the 3rd round. After the 6th round, Lopez took control of the fight with solid combinations and Vargas was in retreated mode. It seemed as if Lopez was pulling away from the fight late. Vargas was deducted a point in the 7th round after referee, Tony Weeks, ruled that Vargas intentionally landed a low blow on Lopez. However, a late rally by Vargas was enough to win a highly debatable spilt decision. Scorecards were 95-94 Lopez, 96-93 Vargas, 95-94 Vargas. Jessie Vargas remains undefeated at 17-0 (9 KOs) and Josesio Lopez drops to 29-4 (17 KOs). Philboxing.com had it 96-93 for Lopez. The two should fight again in a 12 round bout. (JASON ANIEL)
Kyrone Butler beat fellow pro debutant Cassaius Clay via a UD. All judges scored 40-36.
Carson Jones 32-8-2, 22 KO of Oklahoma City wins via TKO over Mayweather Gym?s Said Quali 28-4-0-20Ko Referee Vic Drakilich upon advise of the ring physician stopped the fight at the end of round 7. Quali was downed in round three.
Adonis Stevenson 15-1-0, 12 KO of Longueil, Canada stopped highly regarded Dion Savage 10-2-0, 6KO of Flint, Michigan. Referee Tony Weeks waved off the fight at 1:57 of round 1. Savage was downed earlier before the stoppage.
Lightweight Anthony Crolla 22-2-0, 9KO?s of Manchester England wins via a 8 round split decision over Juan Manuel Montiel 6-5-3, 1K0 of Mexico City in the night's second bout. Montiel suffered a cut over his right eye but kept on fighting. Scores: Tim Cheatham-77-75, Patricia M. Jarman-75-77, Duane Ford- 78-74
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Non-Televised Results from Las Vegas
By Jason Aniel
Action began for the highly anticipated ?Star Power? show featuring Victor Ortiz defending his WBC title against Floyd Mayweather. Non-televised fight began with Marco Antonio Periban, 15-0 (10 KOs), won an unanimous decision over Dhafir
Smith, 24-22-1 (4 KOs). Periban, a super middleweight, remains undefeated.
Anthony Crolla, 22-2 (9 KOs), won a split decision over 8 rounds against Juan Manuel Montiel, 6-4-3 (1 KOs). Crolla is from Manchester, England, where the bout was televised live in England.
Adonis Stevenson, 15-1 (12 KOs), scored a TKO in just the first round over Dion Savage, 10-2 (6 KOs). Savage is from Flint, Michigan, home state of Floyd Mayweather.
Said Ouali, fighting under the Mayweather Promotions banner, lost in the first upset of the night to Carson Jones, when referee, Vic Drakulich on the advise of the ring doctor, stopped the fight before the start of the seventh round, Ouali, 28-4 (20
KOs), was dropped in the 4th round and was behind on the scorecards before the stoppage. Jones improves his record to 32-8-2 (21 KOs).
Kyrone Butler won in his pro debut via a 4 round unanimous decision over Cassius Clay (no typo), who was also making his pro debut.
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