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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
First Title For Simon Kean
By Daniel Cloutier
LAS VEGAS — The heavyweight Simon Kean, from Trois-Rivières,
Québec, won his first title in pro boxing title Saturday
evening in the ring of the Olympia Theatre in Montréal
downtown.
Involved in the main event of this boxing show organized by
The Eye Of The Tiger Management Group, Kean (10-0-) captured
the IBO Intercontinental championship, in beating the
Brazilian Luis Nascimendo (23-15-0) by KO in the fifth
round.
Just before the fight Kean-Nascimendo, the Montrealer super
lightweight Yves Ulysse Jr improved his record to 14-0-0,
with a win by unanimous decision in 10 rounds against Ricky
Sismundo (31-10-3), from Philippines.
The Montrealer super welterweight Steven Butler (19-1-1),
who was fighting for the first time since his defeat against
Brendan Cook (18-0-0), from Toronto, got back on the winning
track. Butler beat the Polish Damian Mielewczyk (10-4-0) by
KO in the second round.
The Montrealer welterweight Mathieu Germain scored his 10th
win in pro boxing (10-0-0), with a win by unanimous decision
in eight rounds against the Spanish Pablo Fuego (12-4-0).
The super lightweight David Théroux (12-2-0), from Sorel,
Québec, beat the Mexican Francisco Javier Perez (16-9-1) by
unanimous decision in six rounds.
Ayaz Hussain, a super lightweight from Montréal, increased
his pro record to 13-1-0, with a victory by unanimous
decision in eight rounds against the Mexican Armando Robles
(31-7-2).
Clovis Drolet, a middleweight from Québec City, obtained his
second win in pro boxing (2-0-0), with a win by KO in the
second round against the Argentinian Alberto Sanchez
(13-16-1).
The first three bouts of the evening were involving the
Montrealers Artur Ziyadinov, Andranik Grigoryan (2-0-0) and
Nurzat Sabirov (2-0-0). Ziyadinov, a cruiserweight, made
successful pro debut in beating the Hungarian Csaba
Schrammel (0-3-1) by KO in the first round, Grigoryan, a
featherweight, won also by KO in the first round against the
Argentinian Ricardo Ocampo (12-8-0), and finally, Sabirov
scored a victory by KO in the third round against Lorawnt
Nelson (2-2-0), from Arvada, Colorado.
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