Boxing Challenge: Saturday Bloody Saturday

    Saturday's boxing was quite a bloody one, with fights involving plenty of the red stuff left in the ring.

The first fight of the day came from Japan, where the lower-weight's "King of the Upset" pulled another one as IBF junior flyweight champion Masamichi Yabuki rose to the flyweight division and knocked out unbeaten champion Angel Ayala in the final round to take Ayala's IBF title.

Yabuki dropped Ayala in each of the first two rounds. While Ayala won some rounds, Yabuki led by a wide margin entering the final round when Yabuki scored one final knockdown to end the fight.

Yabuki made his name by upsetting Kenshiro Teraji and taking Teraji's WBC title by knockout before losing the rematch, and in his most recent fight before beating Ayala, he knocked out Sivenathi Nonthshinga to win the light flyweight title.

Yabuki will have one week to decide which of the two titles he will keep, and it's expected to be the flyweight championship as it would set up a lucrative third match against WBA and WBC champion Kenshiro Teraji with three of the division's titles at stake.

On ESPN from Las Vegas, Mikaela Mayer was too active for Sandy Ryan, and that made the difference in the fight as Mayer retained the WBO welterweight title that she won from Ryan in another exciting battle.

Ryan landed the higher percentage, but Mayer's output and punches landed allowed her to win the justified decision by scores of 97-93 x2 and 98-92.

I had the match a little closer for Mayer at 96-94.

Brian Norman was dynamite in the co-feature as he retained his WBO welterweight title by a third round knockout of Derrieck Cuevas.

Cuevas landed well in round one, but Norman hurt Cuevas in round two, and after a third round knockdown, Cuevas had little interest in fighting on.

Bruce Carrington stopped Jose Vivas in the third round of a featherweight eliminator and is expected to fight for a title in his next fight.

Carrington scored a second-round knockdown before the finish in the third round in his impressive victory.

DAZN and Golden Boy were in Cancun, Mexico, for the lightweight rematch between top contender William Zepeda and former IBF junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer.

Zepeda won an arguable split decision in the first fight, and although the rematch was closely contested, Zepeda was the deserving majority decision victor.

Zepeda dominated the first half of the match, Farmer charged back in rounds eight through twelve but Zepeda built enough of a lead to win on my card 115-113 with the official cards reading 116-112 and 115-113 for Zepeda, along with a score of 114-114 on the final card.

Zepeda should finally receive his title shot in his next fight, while Farmer, after another tough-luck defeat, deserves another attempt to upend a contender.

Oscar Collazo retained his WBA and WBO strawweight titles with a fifth round knockout of Edgar Cano after a vicious bodyshot.

Boxing Challenge

TRS: 44 Pts (10)

Ramon Malpica: 37 Pts (7)

Vince Samano: 20 Pts (2)

Boxing Challenge

     The boxing challenge may not have a marquee bout, but several intriguing matches are over the weekend.

Golden Boy and DAZN will be in the honeymoon paradise of Cancun, Mexico, for the lightweight rematch between number one contender William Zepeda and former junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer.

Zepeda survived a knockdown in their November fight to win a split decision that could have been given to either man.

Farmer's style is very effective against a come-forward/throwing lots of punches style that Zepeda uses, but something tells me that Zepeda may not have been as prepared for their first fight as he will be for this one.

Oscar Collazo will defend his WBA and WBO strawweight titles in the co-feature against Edwin Cano.

Collazo was impressive, adding the WBA title in his most recent appearance, stopping CP Freshmart in seven rounds.

Cano is a relative unknown, as most of the division currently is, so who knows what he will bring to the ring?

Las Vegas will be the site for an ESPN/Top Rank card with a main event that is a must-see as Mikaela Mayer defends the women's WBO welterweight title against the woman from whom she won the title, England's Sandy Ryan.

Mayer won a majority decision in one of the best fights of 2024, but the bigger story was before the fight when Ryan had paint thrown on her as she left her hotel.

This should be another action fight and considering the backstory. This has all the markings of another great one.

Brian Norman will defend his WBO welterweight title for the first time against Derrieck Cuevas.

Norman was an underdog last May against then-unbeaten Giovani Santillan before surprising Santillan and Top Rank, stopping the favored fighter in the tenth round.

Cuevas has lost only once but hasn't faced any notable opponents, so Norman should be a heavy favorite,

In a WBC eliminator at featherweight, undefeated Bruce Carringron will meet Jose Vivas.

Carrington is one of the more talented prospects in the game, and Vivas has lost in his three attempts against world-class opponents, so this looks like a showcase bout for Carrington.

An untelevised bout from Japan will pit Angel Ayala defending the IBF flyweight title for the first time against IBF light flyweight champion Masamichi Yabuki.

Ayala has wins over former champions Felix Alvarado and Cristofer Rosales before winning the vacant title in his last fight.

Yabuki has the only win over unified flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji and knocked out Sivenathi Nontshinga last fall to win a light flyweight title for the second time.

Ayala is unbeaten, but Yabuki has shown twice that he can pull massive upsets and has the homecourt advantage, so the ingredients are there for a surprise.

Boxing Challenge

Lightweights 12 Rds

William Zepeda vs Tevin Farmer

Ramon Malpica and TRS: Zepeda Unanimious Decision

Vince Samano: Farmer Unanimous Decision

WBA and WBO Strawweight Titles. 12 Rds

Oscar Collazo vs Edwin Cano

R.L: Collazo Unanimous Decision
TRS: Collazo KO 5

V.S: Cano Unanimous Decision

WBO Female Welterweight Title. 10 Rds

Mikaela Mayer vs Sandy Ryan

All: Mayer Unanimous Decision

WBO Welterweight Title. 12 Rds

Brian Norman vs Derrieck Cuevas

R.L and TRS: Norman Unanimous Decision

V.S: Cuevas Unanimous Decision

Featherweights. 10 Rds

Bruce Carrington vs Jose Vivas

R.L: Carrington Unanimous Decision
TRS: Carrington KO 8

V.S.: Vivas Unanimous Decision

IBF Flyweight Title 12 Rds

Angel Ayala vs Masamichi Yabuki

R.L; Yabuki Unanimous Decision

TRS: Yabuki Split Decision

V.S.: Ayala KO 8

Goodbye to the "Buffalo Soldier" Livingstone Bramble

    George Foreman was a much more famous name of the two recent deaths from the boxing world but in his own way, in my small existence, former WBA lightweight champion Livingstone Bramble's passing at the age of sixty-four is just as large.

Livingstone Bramble was one of my favorite boxers. It's hard not to like a guy with a dog named Snake and a snake named Dog, after all..

I was such a fan of Bramble that I named a dog after him when I brought an abandoned puppy home from the mall.

Bramble's peak wasn't a long period, but for that time, Bramble was an excellent boxer who had a way of making himself interesting and one that rarely lacked a quote or a story for the media.

Coming from the Virgin Islands, not exactly known for its massive production of boxing champions, Bramble made his first step into the boxing spotlight in June 1981 when he outslugged early ESPN darling Kenny "Bang Bang" Bogner in seven rounds of an excellent action fight to mark Bramble as a lightweight to keep tabs on but only two months later, Bramble was outboxed by slick boxing Anthony Fletcher over eight rounds in dropping a majority decision.

Bramble recovered from the defeat to Fletcher with a series of victories highlighted by wins over hard-bitten journeyman Jerome Artis and over two former world title challengers in Canada's Gaetan Hart (who challenged Aaron Pryor) and Bubba Busceme (a loser to Alexis Arguello) before a January 1984 title eliminator against undefeated Panamanian Rafael Williams.

A victory over Williams would assure a title try against WBA lightweight champion Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, after Bramble's unanimous decision win over Williams, Bramble would receive the chance to dethrone Mancini as a 4-1 underdog that most looked at as a showcase fight for Mancini's potential fights against either Aaron Pryor or more likely Hector "Macho" Camacho.

Bramble's chances against Mancini were considered so unlikely that the Buffalo-based card (that would include Gene Hatcher upsetting unbeaten WBA junior welterweight champion Johnny Bumphus) wasn't televised by any major network and was sold to syndicated networks around the country.

Bramble put together a mental game plan to infuriate Mancini before the bout with "voodoo spells" from his "witch doctor", who was later discovered to be Bramble's amateur basketball coach, and other statements crafted to anger the champion and change his pathway to victory.

Having grabbed the mental advantage over Mancini, Bramble then crafted the physical map for the evening to use the hard-charging aggressiveness of the champion against him, as Bramble anchored his elbows in front of his ribs in a high guard that would nullify any bodywork that Mancini could use to break Bramble down.

As Mancini attacked, Bramble's straighter punches drove through the roundhouse shots of Mancini, and Bramble used the uppercut to drive Mancini out of his stance.

When Bramble changed to fighting lefthanded midway through the fight, he began to back Mancini up and moved ahead on the scorecards, stopping him in the fourteenth round with a helpless Mancini taking blows along the ropes.

After a non-title fight against fringe contender Edwin Curet, Bramble would face Ray Mancini in an anticipated rematch from Reno, Nevada on HBO in February 1985.

The rematch was better than the first fight in action, competitiveness, and on the scorecards, with Bramble squeaking out a narrow but unanimous decision to retain his title over the battered but brave Mancini.

The Mancini victories are the biggest of Bramble's career, but his final title defense in his next fight could have been his best.

Tyrone "The Butterfly" Crawley was a staple of ESPN's Top Rank Boxing, and his pure boxing skills dazzled number one contender "Rockin'" Robin Blake in a decision win that cost Blake his mandatory contender position.

Some were picking Crawley to surprise Bramble due to his skills, and Bramble had been out of the ring for exactly one year since his win over Ray Mancini.

Instead, Bramble delivered arguably the best performance of his career as he cut the ring off on Crawley and chopped him down in the thirteenth round to keep his WBA title.

The boxing world was stirring with the potential of a unification fight with Bramble facing WBC boss Hector Camacho, and HBO attempted to build to that fight with a card from Miami entitled "The Preamble to Bramble with Camacho facing former junior lightweight champion Corneilus Boza-Edwards and Bramble against former two-time lightweight champion Edwin Rosario.

Rosario ruined those plans when he crushed Bramble in two rounds, taking his title, the Camacho fight, and Bramble never challenged for the title again.

After the Rosario defeat, Bramble fought many contenders, occasionally winning (a second-round KO of Harold Brazier) but usually losing competitive bouts to opponents such as welterweight contender Oba Carr, whom Bramble was robbed of the decision, future and former champions such as Kosyta Tszyu, Buddy McGirt, and Roger Mayweather, and contenders Freddie Pendleton, Charles Murray, Darryl Tyson, and Santtos Cardona.

Bramble's career declined as he began to lose to fighters who were far below the level of the fighters above, losing the final six fights of his career and nine of his last eleven, finishing with a career record of 40-26-3 to give the illusion that Bramble's career was mediocre.

The end may have been, but Livingstone Bramble had a run of brilliance that few fighters have at any point in their career, with memorable victories and a character that is just as memorable.

 

Boxing Challenge: Fundora throws the Book at Chordale

  An uninspiring PBC on Prime main event lived down to expectations as Sebastian Fundora retained his WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles in Las Vegas, stopping Chordale Booker in four rounds.

Fundora had been inactive since his title win over Tim Tszyu last March and Booker was looked at as an opponent to get some work for the champion.

Fundora's reach kept Booker in retreat and it was clear that Booker was on borrowed time before Fundora scored a knockdown in round four and with follow-up shots landing along the ropes, the referee stepped in.

This fight served its purpose for Fundora, who mentioned unification possibilities but was more likely to face Jesus Ramos, who won on the undercard, or WBO mandatory challenger Xander Zayas.

In San Bernadino, California, Lester Martinez won a battle of unbeaten super middleweights with a fourth-round knockout of Joeshon James on a ProBox card.

James started strong and tried to take the fight to Martinez and won the first two rounds on my card.

However, Martinez scored a spectacular knockdown in round three, I was surprised to see James get off the floor and barely make it to the bell.

Martinez finished the very game James off with another knockdown in round four and while James deserves credit for the effort, Martinez's punches were simply too much for James.

I'm looking forward to seeing Martinez when he makes his next step up the ladder in opposition.

Boxing Challenge

TRS: 34 Pts (5) 

Ramon Malpica: 30 Pts(2)

Vince Samano; 18 Pts (0)

 

At least the Turkey Salad was Good--

     When the best thing you have going for you for close to two weeks is a few good turkey salad sandwiches, there haven't been many good things happening.

I wish I had snapped a photo of the actual turkey salad ( the image is a stock version) but such is life.

I worked my regular shift on Saturday, came home, and went to bed early because I was attending the Maryland vs Iowa game on Sunday afternoon.

I was excited because I had never been to a Maryland game since they left Cole Field House.

I wanted to be rested so I could enjoy the day but after only a few hours of rest, I woke with bad stomach pain that wouldn't go away.

I was worried that it might be pancreatitis or appendicitis because of where the pain was located.

After hours of pain, I had to reluctantly beg off the game, which was the right thing to do as I wouldn't have had any fun in my condition and spent most of Sunday in bed in an attempt to get myself together.

Cherie was working on me to check things out at a local Urgent Care and Monday morning, I agreed to do so, figuring it would be a few pills and moving things along.

After a few tests, the doctor came in and told me that there was an issue, that needed to be addressed immediately did Cherie and I prefer to have the ambulance take me to the hospital, or would Cherie rather drive me there?

We didn't have time to stop at our house, so I didn't have my laptop for the stay, resulting in the lack of TRS updates.

I didn't spend much time in the waiting room but I spent hours taking various tests while hooked up to an IV, sitting in a hallway with Cherie, who was so caring and patient with me.

I'm doing all this and thinking (in my dazed mind) that I just need to get through these and go home.

I mentioned this to Cherie and she said "Shawn, I don't think you are going home today".

The issue would be my gall bladder and almost all of it would be removed.

She was right and they decided to admit me with the only question being would the surgery be tonight or the following day?

It would be tomorrow and other than a turkey salad sandwich, it would be one of the longest evenings I've ever spent.

At midnight, I wasn't allowed food and water with the surgery scheduled for the early morning, so I was without that and the surgery wound up happening in the early afternoon, which made me grouchy.

That only added to my unease because I had never had surgery in my life.

That's a long time to never have had surgery and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at all concerned.

My Mom was never the same after coming out from an anesthetic from a routine surgery and since I've never had surgery, it was a bit disconcerting.

The surgery would be okay but when I woke up, I had trouble communicating.

I couldn't connect the word that I wanted to speak that I "saw" in my mind with the word that I would say.

For example, if I tried to say "Salt Shaker" and would come up with "Orange Glass" it was more than a little scary for me.

I had never seen so many nurses and doctors running around and I was quickly taken for testing for a possible problem called "Aphasia".

I was concerned as they wheeled me around the hospital to the testing site ( That was exactly as I have seen on television and film, looking up at the lights was pretty neat!) but I cleared the test fortunately, and even though the problem didn't completely leave, it was enough to know that there wasn't a neurological issue. 

Ryan decided to come in from Nebraska after that adventure and he would be around for the remainder of my stay and a few days after I came home.

However, the problems weren't gone as the surgery needed some touchup work on the "hinges" (I really don't want to get too specific or too graphic), so with that needing to be fixed, it was time for surgery two to clean things up a bit.

However, that couldn't happen yet because my heartbeat was out of rhythm or "AFib" and they couldn't do anything further until that was under control.

That happened naturally because I didn't do anything or notice until my first nurse, Kalie, noticed and let the right people know.

Kalie was terrific and I didn't have a chance to tell her how great she was because I was moved to another room and floor on her off day, so I wouldn't see her again.

The worst pain of the week was yet to come and this is the one note that is hard to write about.

I had fallen asleep after dinner and we (Cherie stayed the night with me this evening) had been told before the first surgery that they tried to avoid the older style surgery that would leave me with a longer scar and that now they used three small incisions that they used a type of gas to help them do what they needed and then would sew me up but did warn that some times all the gas didn't dissipate right away, and could rise painfully.

I woke up with incredible pain in my right shoulder and saw the clock read 12:50 AM.

The pain was directly on my shoulder bone, was about the size of a dime or nickel, and the pain felt like a power saw was cutting my shoulder off!

I screamed for what the nurse's notes would later state was an hour (I'm not sure if that was too long or even too short, time was irrelevant to me at that stage) and drug my IV cart to the door as a horrified Cherie watched and begged for some help, in which the attending CNA asked what my pain level was.

I felt bad later for yelling "10" at her but I'm not sure I can express the pain that I was feeling and the follow-up of "We will have to take your blood pressure" didn't help things any!

Finally, my nurse for the evening Lisa came in with pain pills and a morphine drip that she told Cherie wasn't going to take the pain away but would make it easier for me to handle and would help me sleep, which was true, eventually ending one of the longest periods of my life.

The pain was still there with an MRI scheduled for the next morning that would take about an hour.

I told my technician that I would hang in there for as long as I could and I made it until the final five minutes when she said that she had finished.

I returned to my room, fell asleep, and when I woke up the pain was gone and never returned.

I've never felt such pain before and I felt so small during it.

Even now, it's difficult just thinking of it.

There were two problems during my stay that just drove me nuts.

The first was that my tests and surgeries were often decided (time) without me knowing it so I wouldn't have eaten and then the time to not eat before the event would kick in, so later I would become very grouchy.

Then often, it was "Well, you can't have this or that yet", so I'd get some cold broth or other liquid-based item which didn't satisfy me and only made me grouchier.

My room was located across the hall from the manager of the floor and we could look into each other's room." I wanted some real food, so I decided to do something about it.

I walked over and started talking to her and told her I was going to start singing songs until I could receive some non-liquid food.

She laughed and said "Let me help you" and found some music online.

I don't think she thought that I would sing and she was singing along with me as I "performed" (a word I use very loosely) four songs- Surf City by Jan and Dean, Hotel California by the Eagles (not an Eagles fan at all), Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne, and a fourth that I can't remember at this writing and just then Cherie walked down the hallway and pulled me out of the office.

It didn't get me any real food but it was fun anyway and it was nice getting my mind off things for even a little while!

The other issue happened throughout my stay as the IV would start this relentless beeping that would just drive me nuts and it wouldn't stop until the nurse could reset the machine.

I was just one of several patients for each nurse, so this could go on for quite a while until they had the chance to take care of it.

Eventually, a nurse showed me how to shut the machine off but this was a temporary fix as two minutes later (legitimate number, I checked it) the noise would resume.

Ryan would take care of this as he talked to the on-duty nurses before he would leave and ask them to keep an eye on the beeping as I would be very quiet and keep to myself unless that machine started going off!

During the final few days of my stay, the nurses were far quicker to get to the machine and my aggravation dimmed thanks to Ryan and the nurses for that!

Once I was able to get through surgery two, the stay became more of a grind and less about pain.

Constant testing, bloodwork, and check-ups were how I spent my day and finally, I was able to get the call to be released.

At the end of nine days and eight nights, I was going home but not without one more turkey salad sandwich that Cherie brought me from the cafeteria.

Cherie brought me up a few of those when she could and they were so enjoyable that I tried the tuna salad one night for dinner.

Sadly, that was so terrible that I didn't get through one bite before tossing that one!

I'm still recuperating and have a bit under three weeks before I am allowed to return to work.

In some ways, I feel fine and in others not so much but I'm hoping that is part of the process since I've never been through surgery before.

I've tried to shorten some of the details of this for privacy reasons and because this has taken well over a week to finish but I wanted to thank my family, Cherie, Ryan, Rachel, Jeff, and my dad, who visited me often and helped keep me on the track to recovery.

Ryan and Cherie did so much for me both inside and outside the hospital in dealing with all the minutia that comes with these things and I cannot thank them enough for all of their help and extra work.

Words can't express how grateful I am for everything from my family and friends for all they have helped me with,

I didn't tell many people about this until I came home because I didn't want people to worry about me or feel like they needed to keep me active but to those of you who did talk to me while I was there, thank you for entertaining me and keeping my mind off things.

Finally, I have very few things to complain about my treatment at Meritus Center, other than what most patients would gripe about.

I was pleased with my care and treatment and a special thanks to Kalie and Lisa, wherever you are as well as Willow, who worked with me one night and then I recognized her as Jeff's girlfriend!

In the end, I'm mortal after all, which comes with its own reflections and thoughts on the past and the future- a future that I am making changes (physical and mental) to move toward positively to learn from this experience.

Thanks for reading this jumbo-sized post and if you decide to see me sometime, I hear Meritus makes a hell of a turkey salad sandwich. 

Boxing Challenge: Kambosos decisions Wyllie

     George Kambosos desperately needed a victory in his 140-pound debut and he got it but worked much harder than expected in a unanimous decision victory over countryman Jake Wyllie in Sydney, Australia.

Kambosos had struggled with three losses in his last four fights and needed to win this for a possible IBF championship chance against Richardson Hitchins later this year.

Wyllie, the Australian champion, took the fight on less than a week's notice when original opponent Daud Yordan dropped out due to illness and performed well under the circumstances, especially over the second half of the fight when Kambosos slowed after a headbutt sliced the former lightweight champion over his right eye.

Kambosos won by scores of 117-111 times two ( and my score) and a close tally of 115-113 but even though he clearly deserved the decision, I'm not sure Kambosos showed enough that I would give him a decent chance against the bigger and smoother Hitchins, especially considering the limitations of Wyllie, who was given a contract with the event promoter, Matchroom Boxing, after the fight for his valiant effort.

Boxing Challenge

TRS: 29 Pts (2)

Ramon Malpica:  28 Pts (2)

Vince Samano:  18 Pts (0)

Boxing Challenge

     Two main events for the boxing challenge this Saturday with the most important pairing on Amazon Prime as PBC presents two titles in the junior middleweight division with WBC and WBO champion Sebastian Fundora defending those two titles against Chordale Booker from Las Vegas.

The 6'6 Fundora, known as "The Towering Inferno" makes his first defense of his titles since his surprising win last year over Tim Tszyu last March.

Booker has only one loss but it was against his best opponent, middleweight contender Austin "Ammo" Williams, who whacked Booker out in one round in 2022, so this is a showcase fight for the champion and a chance to remove some rust from a year away from the ring.

We finish with a ProBox main event that may be the most competitive of the weekend as super middleweights Lester Martinez and Joeshon James meet in a ten-rounder.

The unbeaten Martinez notched the best win of his career in his last outing with a decision over veteran Carlos Gongora while James has won his last two fights against his best opponents stopping then-unbeaten David Stevens in one round before a decision over veteran trialhorse Vaughn Alexander.

Both fighters are good punchers and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see this one end by a spectacular knockout.

Boxing Challenge

WBC and WBO Junior Middleweight Titles. 12 Rds 

Sebastian Fundora vs Chordale Booker

Ramon Malpica: Fundora Unanimous Decision

TRS: Fundora KO 4
Vince Samano: 

Super Middleweights. 10 Rds

Lester Martinez vs Joeshon James

R.L: Martinez Unanimous Decision

TRS: Martinez KO 8
V.S:

Browns sign Jerome Baker

   The Cleveland Browns signed another player to a position of need with the inking of linebacker Jerome Baker.

Baker, who was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the third round in 2018 from Ohio State, spent his first six seasons with the Dolphins before splitting last season between Seattle and Tennessee.

Baker played five games with each team, collecting a sack for each and combined for forty solo tackles.

During his time as a Dolphin, Baker was involved with over one hundred tackles in three seasons, so Baker could be a valuable addition to the Browns linebacking corps.

The twenty-eight-year-old Baker is a speedy, rangy, linebacker, who is capable of playing all three downs and could be the replacement for the questionable return of Jeremiah Owosu-Koahmoah if JOK is unable to return from his neck injury suffered last season.

At worst, Baker would be a backup to JOK, and Jordan Hicks and possibly could be a full-time starter.

Cleaning out the Inbox: Passings

     The tributes always need to be given and this version is heavy from the basketball world with four losses from that genre'.

Goodbye to John Feinstein at the age of 69.

Feinstein was a long-time columnist for the Washington Post and wrote forty-four books over his prolific career.

Feinstein wrote fiction and non-fiction about several sports but wrote most about basketball, especially college basketball.

Feinstein is most famous for writing "A Season on the Brink" a book that Bob Knight hated and never forgave Feinstein for writing after allowing Feinstein full access to the Indiana Hoosiers for the 1985-86 season.

I'm a fan of many of Feinstein's books but I think my favorite is "The Last Amateurs", Feinstein's book on the 1999-2000 season with the teams in the Patriot League.

Goodbye to Junior Bridgeman at the age of 71.

Bridgeman helped Louisville to the 1975 Final Four, after winning the Missouri Valley's (Louisville was a member of that league at the time) player of the year in both 1974 and 1975 before the Los Angeles Lakers picked him eighth overall in the 1975 draft.

Bridgeman would never play for the Lakers as Bridgeman, fellow Laker first-rounder Dave Meyers, Brian Winters, and Elmore Smith would be shipped to Milwaukee for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley in a trade that the Bucks would do far better than many remember.

Bridgeman would play ten of his twelve NBA seasons in Milwaukee (the first nine and his final year)m averaging thirteen points a game for his career, and his number two is retired by the team.

Bridgeman would invest heavily in Wendy's restaurants during his playing career and before selling in 2016, Bridgeman was rated as the fourth wealthiest retired player in sports due to his business acumen and portfolio.

Last year, Bridgeman purchased ten percent of the Bucks from various owners to own most of the team other than majority owner Jimmy Haslam.

Bridgeman's purchase of the Bucks stock took his net worth to billionaire status at 1.4 billion.

Goodbye to Oliver Miller at the age of 54.

The portly center-forward helped Arkansas to the 1990 NCAA Finals before a nine-season NBA career with six teams, most notably the Phoenix Suns, who drafted Miller in the first round in the 1992 draft.

Often compared physically to Charles Barkley, Miller could never get his weight under control to live up to his potential and only once in his nine-year career averaged double-figures in points.

Goodbye to Donald "Slick" Watts at the age of 73. 

Known for his shaven head and headband, Watts made the Seattle SuperSonics as an undrafted free agent in 1973 but didn't start until the 1975-76 season when Watts became the first player to lead the NBA in assists and steals in the same season,

Watts would play four seasons with Seattle before being traded to New Orleans for a first-round draft pick midway through the 1977-78 season.

After the season, Watts was traded to Houston where he played the following year before suffering a career-ending injury.

Goodbye to Kenneth Sims at the age of 65.

The top overall pick in the 1982 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots, the Texas defensive lineman was a disappointment as a professional, notching only seventeen sacks in eight seasons, all as a Patriot.

Sims struggled with injuries and only twice played fifteen or more games in his eight seasons and only once finished with more than 3.5 sacks in a season, grabbing 5.5 for the 1985 AFC Champion Patriots.

Sims won the Lombardi Award as the nation's best defensive lineman in 1981 for Texas and was named All-American in both 1980 and 1981.

Boxing Challenge

  Early Saturday morning from Sydney, Australia and DAZN, former lightweight champion George Kambosos will attempt to revive his career with a match against countryman Jake Wyllie.

Veteran Daud Yordan was the original opponent for Kambosos but dropped out to be replaced by Wyllie, who is the Australian champion at junior welterweight.

Should Kambosos emerge with the victory as he is expected to do, Kambosos could receive a chance to meet IBF champion Richardson Hitchins for that championship.

It's fair to wonder what Kambosos will bring to the ring as he is 1-3 since his 2021 upset of Teofimo Lopez, losing lopsided decisions in two fights against Devin Haney, winning a majority decision over Maxi Hughes that I didn't think he deserved, and a battering from Vasyl Lomachenko last May in being stopped in eleven rounds for the vacant IBF lightweight title.

Wyllie is 17-1 with sixteen knockouts and won the vacant Australian title with a fourth-round knockout of 23-1 Dylan Emery in November, so he has a puncher's chance.

However, his only loss was in 2023 to a fighter that entered the match with a 0-2 record and dropped Wyllie three times before stopping him in the third round, so there are questions about his chin.

Kambosos hasn't scored a knockout since 2019, so that adds another wrinkle to the blanket when considering the outcome.

If Kambosos isn't washed up, he's a world-class fighter against an opponent a notch below his level.

But if Kambosos has slipped in recent years and that's very possible, Wyllie could have a chance if his chin holds up.

Boxing Challenge

Junior Welterweights. 12 Rds 

George Kambosos vs Jake Wyllie

Ramon Malpica and TRS: Kambosos Unanimous Decision

Vince Samano:  

Browns go Bear Hunting

    The Cleveland Browns have been relatively inactive in free agency but they have added a player from the Chicago Bears in each of the last two days to show a bit of activity.

Today was the more interesting addition as the Browns signed guard Teven Jenkins to a one-year contract.

Chicago picked Jenkins in the second round of the 2021 draft from Oklahoma State and Jenkins play for the Bears hasn't been the problem, the problem has been keeping him healthy and available for the lineup.

Jenkins has missed multiple games in each of his four seasons with his fourteen games (all starts) in 2024, his career-high in games played.

Jenkins is a strong run blocker, committed only one penalty in 2024, and allowed only four sacks as part of an offensive line that allowed a league-high sixty-eight last season.

Jenkins has played some at tackle but is better suited at guard and with Joel Bitonio and Wyatt Teller returning for this season, it's fair to wonder about where Jenkins will play.

Bitonio and Teller are signed through next season and the Browns still have disappointing 2024 third rounder Zak Zinter on the roster.

However, the Browns aren't sure how soon DaWand Jones will be available in his return from injury and it's possible that someone could have to move outside for a while depending on the status of Jones, so whether that would be Jenkins or Bitonio, both of whom have occasionally played tackle, is up in the air.

Plus Jack Conklin's injury history, despite his best season as a Brown in 2024, gives the Browns good reason to stock up on offensive linemen.

I like this signing because Jenkins is a quality addition who will likely have to play a lot somewhere during the season and should he play at the level that he did in Chicago, the Browns could have a leg up on a potential re-signing next off-season when Cleveland could lose Joel Bitonio, Wyatt Teller, or possibly both.

The day before, the Browns signed another Bear, this one that the team hopes will, ahem, solve their long-time issues in the return game.

DeAndre Carter averaged nine yards a return on seventeen punt returns and thirty yards per his fifteen kickoff returns along with nine receptions for seventy-two yards.

Carter is also reported to be a player that can run gadget plays etc and it seems like I write this about a player signed in free agency every year, only to disappoint for various reasons.

Carter did catch forty-three passes for the Chargers in 2022 but at soon-to-be thirty-two and playing for what will be his sixth team, it's fair to wonder if the Browns have solved the problem.

Problems don't solve themselves, so you have to try players but with the Browns track record on this, I will wait and see before considering it solved.

Boxing Challenge: Ball steamrolls Doheny

    Two DAZN main events comprise the boxing challenge this weekend as Queensbury led the afternoon card from Liverpool with Matchroom finishing in the evening from Orlando.

In Liverpool, Nick Ball retained his WBA featherweight title when the corner of challenger T.J. Doheny stopped the fight at the end of round ten.

Doheny entered the fight after being stopped by undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue in seven rounds and was allowed to challenge for the 126-pound title despite the defeat.

Give Doheny credit, he tried hard and battled through an almost closed right eye but he was never able to slow the unrelenting attack of Ball, and the most exciting part of this fight was Ball kicking Doheny at the end of round one in the corner.

Ball was deducted a point in the eighth round (I think) and I had Ball way ahead otherwise (98-91) at the time of the stoppage.

Ball was mentioned during the fight as a possible future opponent for Naoya Inoue, although that would be more likely in 2026.

Doheny suffered his second straight stoppage loss and at 38 has reached the time that he'll have to decide whether he wants to be a gatekeeper or step away from the game.

In Orlando, Austin Williams won a unanimous decision over Patrice Volny in an entertaining middleweight title eliminator.

Two of the judges scored Williams a wide winner at 118-110 and 116-112 but I had Williams winning the final round to earn the W on my card at 115-113, which is the same as the other judge.

Williams threw just enough punches to gain the small advantage in a very close fight that I wouldn't have complained had the fight been scored a draw or even 115-113 Volny.

Boxing Challenge

TRS: 27 Pts (2)

Ramon Malpica: 26 Pts (3)

Vince Samano: 18 Pts (3)

Boxing Challenge

  A just the facts version of the boxing challenge.

WBA Featherweight Title. 12 Rds 

Nick Ball vs T.J.Doheny

Ramon Malpica and TRS: Ball Unanimous Decision

Vince Samano: Ball KO 6

Middleweights 12 Rds

Austin Williams vs Patrice Volny

R.L: Williams Unanimous Decision

TRS: Williams KO 10

V.S: Williams KO 8

Browns add Collins, release Tomlinson at defensive tackle

     After the Cleveland Browns announced their intent to release Dalvin Tomlinson as a post-June designated cut, the Browns needed to add some help in replacing Tomlinson along the interior defensive line.

Cleveland has attempted to do that in signing Maliek Collins, who was recently released by San Francisco, to a two-year agreement worth twenty million, thirteen million guaranteed.

Collina played his college football at Nebraska before the Dallas Cowboys picked him in round three of the 2016 draft and has played for four NFL teams, Cowboys, Raiders, Texans, and 49ers.

Collins turns thirty next month and spent only one season with San Francisco, who traded a 2024 seventh-round pick to Houston for Collins before last year's draft, where he started all seventeen games and finished with five sacks, tying his career best.

Tomlinson had three sacks for the Browns last year and Collins is a year younger, so the two are comparable players plus Collins will be a few million dollars cheaper against the cap.

Collins will bring a better pass rush than Tomlinson but will not stop the run as well as the departing Tomlinson.

Collins would be best used as the pass-rushing specialist among the defensive tackle rotation and properly used, could be more productive than Tomlinson, a player that played well for Cleveland and was released for financial reasons, not for performance.

All things considered, this is a lateral move but one worth making when you consider the cap-strapped Browns can save a few dollars that could help them sign someone else.

Browns keep Bush, add two draft picks

      The Cleveland Browns re-signed a reclamation project that showed signs of rejuvenation in 2024 and was assigned two compensation draft picks in next month's draft to conclude the second day of the league year.

Cleveland re-signed linebacker Devin Bush, who started ten games in his first Browns season to a one-year contract at 3.25 million.

Bush suffered a bad knee injury in 2020 for Pittsburgh and hadn't been the same player since the injury but at times for the Browns last season, Bush looked to have some of his quickness returning.

Bush finished the season with forty-five solo tackles and a sack and on a team that has their best linebacker (Jeremiah Owosu-Koahmoah) in jeopardy of losing his career, retaining Bush is a good move to me,

Bush also plays special teams and at worst can be productive in that role.

The NFL awarded compensation draft picks with the Browns receiving two of those, one in round six (216) and one in the seventh round (254).

The Browns will now have ten picks in April's draft.

Round 1: (2)

Round 2: (33)

Round 3: (67)

Round 3: (94 Via Buffalo)

Round 4: (104)

Round 6: (179)

Round 6: (192 Via Miami)

Round 6: (200 Via Minnesota)

Round 6: (216 Compensation)

Round 7: (254 Compensation) 

Browns add line depth

     The Cleveland Browns search for depth and players needing a second chance in free agency found two players to add to the roster, one for each side of the line of scrimmage.

Cleveland signed edge rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and offensive lineman Cornelius Lucas from the Washington Commanders.

The Browns lost offensive lineman James Hudson to the New York Giants, Hudson signed a two-year contract for twelve million with the Giants.

Tyron-Shoyinka was the final selection in the first round of the 2021 draft by Tampa Bay from the University of Washington, collecting fifteen sacks over his four seasons with the Buccaneers but only two of those last season in fifteen games.

The twenty-six-year-old Tyron-Shoyinka had his fifth-year option refused before last season, which allowed him free agency this season.

Tyron-Shoyinka will play on passing downs and could replace Ogbo Okoronkwo, who may be released.

Okoronkwo has one season remaining on his contract and letting him go would give the Browns some extra cap space.

Cornelius Lucas signed a two-year contract at ten million (cheaper than James Hudson's contract with the Giants) to replace James Hudson as the reserve swingman, capable of playing guard or tackle.

Lucas started seven games for Washington last season and played five seasons for Washington after playing for the Lions, Saints, Rams, and Bears before moving to Washington.

Lucas played his college career at Kansas State and signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2014.

Neither signing would qualify as anything to be too excited over but both should help with depth and see action in 2025.

Browns trade for Kenny Pickett, move DTR

       The Cleveland Browns didn't leap into action on the first day of free agency as it was more of a short jaunt with the surprising acquisition of quarterback Kenny Pickett from the Philadelphia Eagles.

Cleveland traded reserve quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson and a fifth-round draft pick which originally belonged to the Detroit Lions and was obtained for Za'Darius Smith at the trade deadline, for Pickett, who will turn twenty-seven in June.

Pickett was the first-round selection by the Steelers in the 2022 draft and started twelve games in each of his two seasons as a Steeler.

Pickett won fourteen of those starts but threw thirteen interceptions with thirteen touchdowns and was viewed as a disappointing selection with Pittsburgh trading Pickett to the Eagles before last season with a fourth-rounder in 2024 in return for a 2024 third-rounder and two 2025 seventh-round choices.

Pickett appeared in five games (two touchdowns, one interception, two hundred ninety-one yards) for the Eagles championship-winning squad, starting the season's final game against Dallas, winning a meaningless game to avoid injury to Jalen Hurts.

Dorian Thompson-Robinson was the Browns fifth-round selection in 2023 and started five games in two seasons as a Brown, throwing one touchdown and a jaw-dropping ten interceptions.

Thompson-Robinson completed only fifty-two percent of his pass attempts and showed an inability to get the football downfield, so with the Browns tossing in the towel on the DeShaun Watson regime, Thompson-Robinson's skills aren't in sync with whomever the Browns would decide to start at quarterback next season.

The Browns basically traded Dorian Thompson-Robinson and a few games of Za'Darius Smith for Kenny Pickett and while those few games weren't a loss, trading a fifth-rounder  (even if it is near the end of the round) seemed a bit much, especially when the Browns are expected to add a few compensation picks in the sixth round, which would have been a bit more palatable.

I'm assuming the Browns are bringing Kenny Pickett in as a backup and not as a challenger for the starting position, so the trade is nothing I'm going to scream about, especially since Cleveland found a taker for Dorian Thompson-Robinson.

Under these circumstances, I'm okay with the trade, although not in love with it because of the loss of the fifth-round draft pick.

I don't expect to see Kenny Pickett taking many snaps for the Cleveland Browns but if he is things are really problematic in Cleveland.

Browns sign Myles Garrett to extension

     On the eve of the new league season, the Cleveland Browns won one battle as they walked down Myles Garrett from his trade demand and re-signed their star defensive end to a four-year contract extension.

While the Browns can say they won the battle by retaining Garrett, Garrett was also a winner as he received a contract larger than any in football history for a player who is not a quarterback.

The extension will pay Garrett forty million per year for each of the next four seasons with one hundred twenty-three million fully guaranteed.

The twenty-nine-year-old Garrett collected fourteen sacks last season, making him the first player to post four consecutive seasons of fourteen sacks or more/

Garrett also became the youngest player to reach one hundred sacks in a career.

The Browns aren't expected to make any splashy signings in the free agency period, which starts on Monday, due to limited space, keeping Myles Garrett in town and hopefully happy will be the Browns biggest move.

The extension could have some impact on the Browns second overall selection as Cleveland had been rumored to be considering Penn State defensive end/edge rusher Abdul Carter along with a potential quarterback.

While I do like Miami's Cam Ward at quarterback and could live with him as the pick, I'd rather see the Browns tab Carter and allow Garrett and Carter to get after quarterbacks with a pass rush that would put some fear into opposing offensive lines.

Most think that re-signing Garrett is the signal that Andrew Berry is taking a quarterback or trying to build some interest for teams to trade up, but I still wouldn't rule out Carter.

Andrew Berry's drafting has been less than dazzling and it's hard to find a pattern in what he looks for in the draft other than he leans on SEC and Big Ten players more than the other schools and Carter coming from Penn State, I could see Berry making the decision on the defensive end.

Cleveland took care of one problem in making Myles Garrett happy, now the work begins to surround him with talent that could improve an aging team before the next bad run causes Garrett's attitude to sour. 

Cleaning out the Inbox: Passings

  When you take a hiatus of length as I have, things can fall behind quickly, so I will try to churn out some content as quickly as possible.

Goodbye to Greg Haugen at the age of 64. 

Haugen twice held the IBF lightweight title and the WBO junior welterweight title in a career filled with memorable fights and verbal altercations.

Haugen won one of three close fights with Vinny Pazienza, handed Hector Camacho his first career loss, and won his first IBF title with an upset over Kronk Boxing's Jimmy Paul. However, he may be most remembered for playing the heel against Julio Cesar Chavez in Chavez's homecoming fight in Mexico City, which drew a world record for an outdoor fight event with an attendance of over 136,000.

Haugen entered the fight with outbursts towards the record of Chavez as built on knocking out "Tijuana Cab Drivers".

An incensed Chavez punished Haugen before finishing him in the fifth round.

Goodbye to Mike Lange at the age of 76.

The long-time voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Lange spent all but one season with Pittsburgh from 1974 through 2021, and other than that one missing season (Lange left as at the time, the Penguins looked on financially shaky ground) when Lange called games for the Washington Diplomats of the NASL, Lange would work for the Penguins.

Lange was beloved by Penguins fans for his unique calls including my favorite as an excited Penguin would celebrate after a goal as being "as happy as a butcher's dog!" 

Goodbye to Mike Collier at the age of 71.

Collier was the main kick returner for the 1975 Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and would play two seasons with Buffalo before ending his career in 1979.

Collier was Pittsburgh's fifteenth-round pick from Morgan State in the 1975 draft.

Collier would work in Hagerstown as a manager of a local Martin's grocery for several years following the end of his football career.

Goodbye to Eddie Fisher at the age of 88.

Known for his knuckleball, Fisher's best season came in 1965 when he made his only All-Star team, winning fifteen games in eighty-two appearances for the White Sox.

Fisher pitched fifteen seasons in the majors for six teams, spending seven of those with the White Sox in his longest tenure.

Goodbye to Scott Sauerbeck at the age of 53.

Used as a lefthanded reliever in a seven-year career (1999-2006) with four teams, Sauerbeck spent most of his career with the Pirates.

Sauerbeck was involved in the 2003 trade that sent him to the Red Sox at the trade deadline in return for future batting champion Freddy Sanchez.

The Last Crescendo

    The story of my time away has yet to be told and that time is why I was unable to write about or have the greatest one-day card in boxing history involved in the boxing challenge.

I wanted to write something about the Last Crescendo event, so here are a few thoughts about the card.

Just like their first fight, I scored Dmitry Bivol's majority decision win over Artur Beterbiev even at 114-114 but unlike the first battle, if I was forced to choose a winner I would select Bivol this time.

I thought the second bout had a bit more action than the first and the practice flipped from the first fight with Beterbiev starting quickly and Bivol finishing stronger.

I'd like a third fight quickly to settle the series before the forty year old Beterbiev ages out of his prime but I am understanding of not wanting the division to go on hold to do so immediately.

I'm not sure to feel bad or not for heavyweight contender Martin Bakole, who took a huge paycheck to step in for the ill Daniel DuBois, days before the scheduled fight with Joseph Parker.

Parker knocked the out of shape Bakole out in two and cost Bakole his scheduled IBF eliminator against Efe Ajagba.

The money was substantial but the loss will send Bakole sliding though the ratings.

As for Parker, the former WBO champion continues his revitalization with his third straight impressive win and currently is the most deserving contender for a title match.

If Parker isn't the most deserving then the honor has to go to unbeaten German Agit Kayabel, who won his third bout in a row by knockout as a underdog, with his sixth round stoppage of Zhilei Zhang.

Kayabel was knocked down in round five before rising and finishing Zhang with a liver punch.

The best fight on the card was the first as former super middleweight champion Callum Smith outslugged previously unbeaten Joshua Buatsi to win a unanimous decision and slide into a possible mandatory challenger position for Dmitry Bivol's light heavyweight titles.

Smith was stopped by Artur Beterbiev in his title chance in 2024 and I doubt a rematch would be any different but judging by his win over Buatsi, he will deserve his chance.

Unbeaten junior middleweight Vergil Ortiz  earned the biggest victory of his career with a unanimous decision over slick former WBA champion Israil Madrimov.

Madrimov, as he did in his close loss to Terence Crawford, just doesn't throw enough punches against Ortiz was impressive in outworking Madrimov.

Ortiz might be the best 154 pounder in the world despite not owning a title belt.

Shakur Stevenson retained his WBC lightweight title when late replacement Josh Padley retired at the end of the ninth round.

Padley tried hard but was badly outclassed.

Hamzah Sheeraz was expected to be the next big thing in the middleweight division after recent triumphs of devastating proportions and was a strong favorite over WBC champion Carlos Adames.

Instead,it was Adames who fought sharply and should have won the decision (I scored Adames the winner 115-113)but settled for a draw and keeping his title.

Sheerez seemed a bit dull to me and with his size, Sheeraz might want to consider moving up to the super middleweight division.

Boxing Challenge: Roach wins while drawing vs Davis

  This will be a hybrid of the usual reports as I am still recovering (more on that in future posts) and still have plenty of other items to catch up with.

The biggest fight of the weekend saw the biggest story of the weekend as the top American star in the game, WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis, was taken to the brink against WBA junior lightweight titleholder Lamont Roach, and held to a majority decision draw that bluntly should have given Davis his first career defeat.

Roach was robbed of a massive victory and a paycheck for a rematch that would be far larger with a win than a majority draw that he was given.

I scored the fight 114-114, as did two judges with the dissenter tabbing Davis the winner 115-113. so the scorecards were all reasonable but the travesty occurred in round nine when Roach landed a short right hand that was followed by a soft jab that then saw Davis voluntarily take a knee, which he claimed was needed when "grease from his hair had gotten into his eye".

That may have been the case but no matter the reason, if a fighter takes a knee it should be scored a knockdown.

Referee Steve Wilks started a count and then stopped it allowing Davis to save the point- a point that would save his title.

If the proper call had been made, Roach would have won round 10-8 and flipped all three cards in his favor for a unanimous decision stunner.

While I'm sure a rematch will be signed and Roach will be paid handsomely, he should have the title entering a second fight which would have been worth even more money.

As for Gervonta Davis, this could have been an off night or overconfidence against a former amateur rival moving up in weight and isn't known for his power in the smaller division.

While Davis didn't fight poorly, he didn't look sharp either.

Despite his tremendous one-shot power, Davis isn't a physically large lightweight, so perhaps there are some reasons that Davis is consistently matched against smaller lightweights (Frank Martin, Isaac Cruz) and junior lightweights moving up in weight (Roach, Hector Luis Garcia.

Davis is among the best bangers in the sport and his skills are excellent but in a division with excellent fights to be made, Davis appears content to defend against second-tier fighters for large paychecks.

While I completely understand the goal of making as much money as possible, Davis is beginning to feel the backlash of being a fighter who is dodging the elite challenges that are available.

The problem with that gameplan is that when you eventually lose, it will be to an opponent that will be considered inferior, and the defeat usually hurts your "legacy".

It's not too late for Gervonta Davis but Davis needs a convincing win over Lamont Roach in a rematch and then set sail to finally make those matches to see just how he will be remembered.

In other bouts-

Gary Antuanne Russell dominated Jose Valenzuela to win the WBA junior welterweight title, winning by scores of 120-108 (same as mine) and 119-109 times two.

Russell, like his older brother and former WBC featherweight champion Gary, has excessive talent but falls into long periods of inactivity.

Hopefully, that will not happen this time as PBC would like to see Russell unify with WBC champion Alberto Puello, who kept his title via a split decision over Sandor Martin.

Puello won 116-112 and 115-113 to overrule the 115-113 card for Martin.

I scored it 115-113 for Martin.

Puello handed Gary Antuanne Russell his only career loss, so a rematch does have some intrigue.

Cuban junior middleweight Yoenis Tellez battered former WBA and IBF champion Julian Williams in winning a unanimous decision by scores of 119-109, 118-110 (my score) and 117-111.

Former IBF junior welterweight champion Subriel Matias won a title eliminator with an eighth-round knockout of Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela in Puerto Rico.

Boxing Challenge

TRS: 25 Pts(6)

Ramon Malpica: 23 Pts(5)

Vince Samano: 15 Pts(0)

John Herndon: 5 Pts (5)

Boxing Challenge

 A just the facts version of the boxing challenge.

WBA Lightweight Title 12 Rds

Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach

Ramon Malpica: Davis KO 7
TRS: Davis KO 8
Vince Samano:

John Herndon: Davis KO

WBA Junior Welterweight Title. 12 Rds

Jose Valenzuela vs Gary Antuanne Russell

R.L: Valenzuela Unanimous Decision
TRS: Russell Unanimous Decision
V.S:
J.H: Valenzuela

WBC Junior Welterweight Title. 12 Rds

Alberto Puello vs Sandor Martin

R.L and TRS:Martin Split Decision

V.S:
J.H: Puello

Junior Middleweights. 12 Rds

Yoenis Tellez vs Julian Williams

R.L: Tellez Unanimous Decision
TRS: Tellez KO 5
V.S:
J.H: Tellez KO

Junior Welterweights 12 Rds

Subriel Matias vs Gabriel Valenzuela

R.L: Matias KO 9

TRS: Matias KO 6
V.S:
J.H:  Matias