By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL, Canada - In a pro boxing show presented by The
Eye Of Tiger Management Group at the Montréal Cabaret
Casino in Montréal Thursday night, the Montrealer super
middleweight (168 pounds) Eriok Bazinyan stayed
undefeated (28-0-0), with a win by unanimous decision in
10- rounds against the Argentinian Marcelo Esteban
Coceres (30-4-1).Bazinyan kept his NABF and NABA super
middleweight championship.
“With my perfect pro record, I really believe I am in a
good position to eventually fight for a world
championship bout,” mentioned Bazinyan. “It’s my
objective. Then, it’s crucial for me to stay
undefeated.”
Very good technically, Bazinyan dominated clearly the
first five rounds.
Coceres did better than Bazinyan in the seventh and
eight rounds, but Bazinyan finished the bout on a good
note.
The judges scored the fight 08-92, 98-92 and 100-90 for
the Montrealer.
Just before the main event, the Montrealer middleweight
(160 pounds) Steven Butler scored his 30th win in pro
boxing (30-3-1), beating Brandon Brewer (25-2-2), from
Fredericton, New Brunswick, by unanimous decision in 10
rounds. Butler won the NABF miiccldeweight title.
All rounds were intense, each fighter attacked
furiously.But Butler was clearly a stronger puncher than
his rival. Butler put Brewer in serious trouble in the
sixth, seventh, nine and 10th rounds.
The three judges scored the bout 100-90, 100-89 and
99-90 for the Montrealer.
The Montrealer Haitian Yves Ulysse, a super lightweight
(140 pounds), improved his pro record to 21-2-0, beating
the Argentinian Cona Facondo Arce (14-7-2) by TKO in the
third round.
Ulysse attacked intensively in this third round, and his
opponent was in serious trouble. Ulysse provoked two
knockdowns, and the referee intervened to declare Arce
TKO.
The Montrealer super welterweight (154 pounds) Arten
Ogasyan lost his first fight in pro boxing (13-1-0),
losing by unanimous decision in 10 rounds against the
Mexican Dante Jardon (35-8-0).
Jardon, who won the NABF title, provoked a knockdown in
the first round, with a left hook on the chin.
And he attacked furiously in the following rounds.
No doubt that Jardon, with his intensity, was deserving
this NABF North American title.
In the fourth bout of the evening, the super
featherweight (130 pounds) Every Martin Duval, from
Hawksbury, Ontario, kept in perfect pro record (7-0-1),
beating the Mexican Luis Reyez Carmona (9-2-1) by
unanimous decision in six rounds.
The three judges scored the bout 58-56 for the
Montrealer.
Most of the journalists around the ring scored the bout
for the Mexican.
In the third fight of the evening, the Montrealer super
lightweight (140 pounds) Luis Santana stayed undefeated
in six pro bouts (6-0-0), with a win by over the Mexican
Sergio Hernandez Cruz by unanimous decision in six
rounds.
The three judges of the bout scored the fight 60-54 for
the Montrealer, who was more aggressive than his
opponent.
Cruz suffered of his first lost in pro boxing (8-1-1).
In the second fight of the evening, the female super
featherweight (130 pounds) Leila Beaudoin, from Rivière-du-Loup,
Québec, improved her pro record to 6-0-0, with a win by
unanimous decision in six rounds over the French female
Amel Anouar (2-2-1).
The three judges scored the fight 60-54 for the
Canadian, who controled the action in each round.
In the first fight of the evening. the Montrealer super
welterweight (154 pounds) Hanza Khabbaz stayed
undefeated in four pro boxing fights (4-0-0), beating
the Mexican Marco Chino Villa (3-7-0) by unanimous
decision in four rounds.
The three judges scored the bout 40-35. 40-35 and 39-36
for the Montrealer, who was the aggressor in each round.
In another female bout, the Montrealer middleweight (160
pounds) Mary Spencer kept her perfect pro record
(6-0-0), in winning by KO in the first round against
Chris Namus (25-8-0), from Uruguay.
Spencer provoked three knockdowns in this first round,
forcing the referee to declare her winner by KO.
