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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Dierry Jean Moves Closer To
Terrence Crawford
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The Montrealer lightweight Dierry Jean is closer
than ever too a second participation to a world
championship. Jean (29-1-0) kept his NABF North American
lightweight championship, in beating the Texan Jerry
Belmontes (19-7-0).
In January 2014, Jean lost by unanimous decision again
Lamont Peterson (33-3-1) in a IBF super lightweight
championship of the world.
His promoter, Camille Estephan, is supposed to start soon
negotiations with the WBO super lightweight champion of the
world, Terrence Crawford (33-0-0), from Omaha, Nebraska.
‘I am in the best shape of my career, and I certainly can
fight in the lightweight and the super lightweight
divisions, said Jean. The only important thing for me now,
is to get my second chance to capture a world title.”
Jean was the aggressor in the first round. He connected his
opponent with few solid shots. In the second, Jean attacked
furiously and floored Belmontes in the last seconds of the
round.
In the third and fourth rounds, Jean follow his aggressions,
but the Texan replied with solid attacks also.
Jean got a splendid fifth round. He connected Belmontes with
between 40 to 50 power shots. And the Montrealer maintained
his solids charges in the sixth, seventh and eight rounds.
In the nine round, Jean put Belmontes in serious trouble. He
charged him during more than two minutes. The last round was
close.
“I probably got the best performance on my pro boxing
career, said Jean when he got out of the ring. Against a
high calibre opponent, I controlled the bout, no doubt about
it. I was the aggressor and I connected him solidly in every
rounds. i am proud of my performance and I want know my
second chance for a word title fight.”
The three judges scored the fight 990-90, 99-89 and 98-91,
showing the total domination of the Montrealer.
ORTIZ UNDEFEATED
A Cuban living in Miami, the heavyweight Luis Ortiz, who
hopes to get as soon as possible a spot in the Top 10 in the
world, helped his situation in Montréal.
He scored his 22nd win in pro boxing, with a victory by KO
in the first round over the huge Byron Polley (27-29-1),
from St-Joseph, Missouri.
Polley, who showed up in the ring at 273 pounds, went on the
floor three times in the first round,
Ortiz, a southpaw with a perfect shape, has now a record of
22-0-0.
TOUGH BOUT FOR HYPPOLITE
Ranked 10th contender by the WBC in the super middleweight
division, the Montrealer Schiller Hyppolite, who wants to
reach the «Top five» in the world before the end of the
year, got one the toughest bout of his career Saturday.
Better technically than the French Kevin Thomas Cojean
(16-7-1), Hyppolite dominated clearly the first six rounds
in being the constant aggressor.
But the Montrealer was exhausted in the last three rounds,
and the French put him in trouble few times.
Finally, Hyppolite obtained his 16th win (16-1-0), winning
this 10 rounds fight by unanimous decision.
The judges scored the bout 97-93, 97-93 and 98-92 for
Hyppolite.
A DRAW BETWEEN BUTLER-HERRERA
One of the beat prospect of the Canadian pro boxing, the
Montrealer Steven Butler (12-0-1), missed his chance to win
in first title in pro boxing.
He got a draw with Jaime Herrera (12-4-1), from Franklin
Park, Missouri.
Herrera was very aggressive in each round, but he went on
the floor few seconds before the end of the first round, and
again in the last seconds of the second round. Each time
Butler caught him with solid right hands.
The bout was extremely intense in each round. For Butler, it
was by far the best opponent he got in pro boxing.
Butler was very tired in the last three rounds, and Herrera
dominate clearly the sixth, seventh and eight rounds.
Two judges scored the bout 75-75, the other gave an
advantage of 77-74 for Herrera. Because two judges scored a
draw, the result was a draw.
MADUMA BACK ON THE TRACK
The Montrealer super lightweight Ghislain Maduma hopes to
take back his place in the «Top 10 Top» in the world in
2016, a place he lost in May 2014 in England, where he got a
defeat by TKO (11th round) against the British Kevin
Mitchell (39-3-0), the WBC third contender in the
lightweight division.
Maduma (17-1-0) helped his situation Saturday, with a fast
win by KO against the Italian Michele Focosi ((20-4-2).
Maduma floored Focosi three times with about 40 seconds of
action in the second round, winning automatically by KO.
Maduma is back on the track…
AYAZ HUSSAIN: HIS MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN
The Montrealer welterweight Ayaz Hussain scored the most
significant win of his young pro boxing career. Hussain
(6-0-0) beat Miguel Antoine (17-3-0), from Barbados, by KO
with less than two rounds of action.
Hussain provoked three knockdowns in the second round,
winning automatically by KO.
MIAN HUSSAIN BY DECISION
The Ayaz Hussain’s brother, Mian, a super welterweight,
improved his record to 12-0-0 with a win by unanimous
decision over the Mexican Ivan Pereyra (19-5-0).
Mian Hussain, a southpaw, dominated six or the eight rounds
of a bout extremely boring for the crowd.
SECOND WIN FOR GERMAIN
The Montrealer super lightweight Mathieu Germain got his
second win in pro boxing (2-0-0), in beating the Hungarian
Richard Horvath (1-1-0) by TKO the second round.
In this second round, Germain attacked his opponent in the
ropes during 40 consecutive seconds, forcing the referee to
stop the fight.
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