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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Stevenson Stops Karpency In The
Third Round
By Daniel Cloutier
TORONTO - When the Las Vegas bookies established the
Montrealer southpaw Adonis Stevenson favorite by 15 to one
against the American Tommy Karpency this week, they knew
exactly what they were doing. Stevenson made a successful
sixth defense of his WBC light heavyweight (175 pounds)
championship of the world Friday evening in the ring of
Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, and it’s was a short one!
Stevenson (27-1-0), who will be 38 years old in few days,
beat Karpency (25-5-1), his nine contender, by TKO in the
third round.
Karpency who wanted so much to win for the US nation,
considering the fight was presented September 11th (14th
anniversary to the terrorist attacks in New York and
Washington), failed totally his mission. But Karpency fought
with a lot of guts and courage.
In the first round, Karpency showed he was not afraid at all
to face Stevenson, but the Montrealer hurt him with a great
left hook to the head in the last minute of the round.
Stevenson floored Karpency in the last seconds of the second
round with a power shot to the head. Karpency was clearly
hurt.
Karpency went on the canvas again at the beginning of the
third round, with a shot to the head, and the referee Hector
Afu stopped the bout few seconds after.
Stevenson scored this TKO after 21 seconds of action in this
third round.
“I am not surprised at all that the referee stopped the bout
at the beginning of the third round, said Stevenson in
getting out of the ring. Karpency was seriously hurt at the
end of the second round. I don’t think he got enough time to
recuperate in his corner. I knew I could hurt him with my
power shots. I used intelligently my jabs, and my jabs
prepared each of my power attacks. Karpency showed courage,
but I knew he would finished the bout on the floor. My hooks
were solid and accurate. I took my time to place by best
shots at the best moments. With the Karpency’s case resolved
now, I really hope to get a shot with Sergey Kovalev in 2016
to unify the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF light heavyweight titles.
It’s my dream to become the king of the 175 pounds
division.”
SPENCE IBF INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION
The Texan Errol Spence Jr. won the welterweight IBF
International championship, with a victory by TKO over the
South African Chris Van Heerden. Very fast, Spence, a
southpaw, was dominated most of the rounds with his speed
and intensity. But Van Heerden showed a great courage and he
replied with a lot of solid charges.
Spence provoked the first two knockdowns of the fight in the
seventh round with solid charges from the two hands.
In the eight round, Van Heerden has been victim of several
solid attacks in the ropes, and the referee decided at that
moment to stop the bout.
“I was certainly too fast and too intense for Van Heerden,
but this guy showed a great courage in that bout, said
Spence when he got out of the ring. The fight was very
spectacular for the crowd. I wanted to give a good show to
the crowd. For sure, i made another step in direction or
majors fights on the international scene.” Spence has now a
record of 18-0-0. For Van Heerden, it was only a second
defeat (23-2-1).
COLON BEATS HARRIS BY KO
The welterweight Porto Rican Prichard Colon increased his
record to 16-0-0, when he beat the veteran New Yorker Vivian
Harris (32-11-2) by KO in the fourth round.
In the fourth, Colon never stopped to attack, and Harris
finished on the floor and he stayed on the canvas for the
count of 10.
JO JO DAN BACK ON TRACK
The Montrealer welterweight Jo Jo Dan (35-3-0), who was
fighting for the first time since his defeat by TKO against
the IBF champion of the world, Kell Brook (35-0-0), scored a
win by unanimous decision over the Polish Rafal Jackiewicz
(46-14-2). A southpaw, Dan was clearly better technically
than his rival. The Montrealer Romanian dominated all the
rounds with his technique, intensity and precision.
The fight Dan-Jackiewicz has been presented right after the
main event.
DILLON DESTROYS RUDDOCK
Carman Dillon kept his Canadian heavyweight championship in
beating the veteran Razor Ruddock by TKO. After a close
first round, Colon, a fighter of 29 years old, gave a very
hard time to Ruddock in the second round. Colon (9-2-0)
floored Ruddock twice the third round, and few seconds after
this second knockdown, the referee stopped the fight.
Ruddock (40-6-1), who is 51 years old, lost after 2.05
minutes of action in this third round. The two fighters are
living in Toronto.
The heavyweight Oleksandr Teslenko, an Ukrunian living in
Toronto, made a successful pro debut, with a victory by TKO
in less than two rounds over the Hungarian Sandor Baloch
(3-33-4). Teslenko provoked a knockdown in the first round,
and another one in the second round, and after this second
visit on the canvas, Baloch saw the referee stopped the
bout. Teslenko was clearly too strong and too god for the
veteran Hungarian.
In the only female bout of the evening, the featherweight
Sandy Tsagouris (13-2-0), from Toronto, fought courageously
against a solid and intense opponent, and she beat the
Australian Shannon O’Connell (11-4-0) by unanimous decision
in eight rounds. Tsagouris floored her opponent in the first
minute of the fight, but she has been victim herself of a
knockdown in the fourth round. But after her visit on the
canvas, Tsagouris came back strongly and dominated clearly
the last four rounds.
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