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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Jean Stops Rivera In Two Rounds
By Daniel Cloutier
GATINEAU, Québec - The Montrealer Dierry Jean, who is
ranking first contender for the WBC super lightweight
championship of the world, and ranked 7th by the IBF, made
his last step for a WBC elimination bout, Saturday evening
in the ring of the Lake Leamy Casino, in Gatineau, Québec.
Jean (24-0-0) made his second successful defense of his NABF
North American belt, in beating the Mexican Juan Jesus
Rivera (25-10-0) by TKO.
Jean sent Rivera on the floor in the last seconds of the
first round, with a great left hook. Jean provoked another
knock down in the second round, and the Mexican this time
had problems to get back on his feet. Jean jumped on him to
a solid attack, and the referee Mike Griffin stopped the
fight and declared Rivera TKO’d at six seconds of the end
the second round.
“I know I was too fast for him,” said Jean in leaving the
ring. “My power shots were sharps and accurate. In the first
round, he was attacking his head more the body, but at the
end the first round, my trainer, Mike Moffa, told me to go
more often to the body, and I did it. Rivera was in trouble
at the end of the first round, but he was more in trouble in
the second round. No doubt in my mind, I am ready now for an
elimination bout for a world title.”
THE UNDER CARD
Ahmad Cheiko (9-4-2), a super welterweight from Montréal,
won by unanimous decision in eight rounds against the former
European champion, the Italian Giuseppe Lauri
(53-11-0).Lauri has been unable to generate attacks, and he
lost every round.
The young middleweight Pascal Villeneuve, from Gatineau,
made a spectacular debut in pro boxing. He won by KO in the
first round against Nuno Lagarto (4-10-0), from Portugal, in
provoking three knock downs in only 82 seconds of action.
Andrew Gardiner, a light heavyweight from Ottawa, improved
his record to 7-0-0, with a win by unanimous decision in
eight rounds against the tough Russian Konstantin Piternov
(13-3-0).Gardiner, who was the aggressor during all the
fight, left the ring with two serious cuts over the eyes.
Schiller Hyppolyte (6-1-0), a super middleweight from
Montréal, gave a hard time to the French Hassene Azouz
Neffati (8-5-1) in the second round, and he stopped him in
the following round. Neffati's trainer threw the towel after
2.51 minutes of action in the third, after the only knock
down of the bout.
The middleweight Brandon Cook, from Toronto, increased his
record to 9-0-0, in stopping Raul Saiz (8-8-1), from Spain,
at the end of the third round. Saiz, who has been hurt
seriously in this third round, decided to abandon when the
bell rang. He lost by TKO.
The middleweight Francis Lafrenière (3-3-2), from Côteau-du-Lac,
Québec, won by KO in the first round against the Polish
Pawel Seliga (4-1-0). Seliga was attacking constantly in the
first minute and a half of the fight, but he gave to
Lafrenière a perfect opportunity for a power shot. Seliga,
who was unable to get back on his feet after the only knock
down of the bout, lost after only 2.05 minutes of action.
And finally, in the opening bout of the evening, the
Montrealer Miam Hussain got his fourth win in pro boxing
(4-0-0), in beating the Polish welterweight Sylwester
Walczak (3-4-1) by unanimous decision in four rounds.
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