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Title Night In Fresno
Ramirez Destroys Reed;
Beterbiev KO’s Koelling Late
By William Trillo
Photos: William Trillo & German Villasenor
Super Lightweight José Carlos Ramirez (21-0, 16 KO’s)
pleased the home town crowd with his dismantling of Mike
Reed (23-1, 12 KO’s) on the ESPN main event fight. It was an
eye catching performance that will surely put Ramirez in the
spotlight soon.
Reed looked like his southpaw style might cause problems
early in the first round but by the midway point of the
round Ramirez had this one figured out.
In round two Ramirez jumped all over Reed and had him in
trouble right away. The crowd was going crazy as Ramirez
dropped Reed twice in the first portion of the round.
Ramirez then pressed Reed against the ropes and let it all
hang out until the ref stopped the bout at the 1:43 mark of
two.
The victory puts the WBC Continental Americas Super
Lightweight Title around Ramirez waist and promises a bright
future ahead for the budding star.
For eleven rounds light Heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (12-0,
12 KO’s) was putting a systematical beatdown on Enrico
Koelling (23-2, 6 KO’s). It wasn’t necessarily pretty and
after a series of action packed fights in the preliminary
bouts the fans were getting somewhat bored with the
effective but not too exciting fight Beterbiev was putting
on.
But as the rounds ensued Koellings face was becoming a lumpy
and bumpy. The defensive fighter from Germany was blocking
most of the shots with his face tonight. But still the crowd
was not satisfied.
It was the twelfth round that finally satisfied the fans as
Beterbiev dropped Koelling against the ropes right away. As
soon as Koelling got to his feet Beterbiev went after him
for the finishing touches and at the 2:33 mark of the last
round the bout was brought to a halt.
Beterbiev grabbed the Vacant IBF World Light Heavyweight
Title and is looking for big fights in 2018.
Throwing caution to the wind lightweights Bryan Lua (1-0)
and Eric Rodriguez pro debut gave the fans what they asked
for as they went pedal to the metal in a fee swinging affair
that was long on excitement and short on defense. This was
the perfect battle to get the fans juices flowing before the
main event fighters came out on the big stage. A late 4th
round knockdown put an exclamation point on the outcome.
That being said judges saw it 40-35 across the board for Lua.
Everything seemed to be going along pretty evenly in the
Super Lightweight battle between Alex Saucedo and (26-0, 16
KO’s) Gustavo David Vittori (20-3-1, 11 KO’s). But all that
changed in round 3 as Saucedo dropped Vittori with a good
right hand. Vottori got back on his feet but after another
flurry he staggered and fell for the second knockdown of the
fight. Moments later Saucedo uncorked an impressive left
hook that had the ref waving off the fight before Vittori
could hit the deck. Official time of stoppage was 1:16 of
round 3.
In a battle of quick handed sharp shooters super Lightweight
Maxim Dadashev (9-0, 8 KO’s) kept his undefeated record
intact with a 4th round stoppage over Clarence Booth (15-4,
8 KO’s). In an earky signal if the inevitable end Booth was
penalized a point for spitting out his mouthpiece. Moments
later Dadashev jumped on Booth and in a somewhat early
stoppage the bout was brought to a halt at the 1:29 mark of
round 4.
Super Lightweights Quilisto Madera (7-1, 4 KO’s) and Evan
Torres (7-5, 5 KO’s) put on an exciting brawl for the Fresno
fans in this four round swing bout. The two went at it toe
to toe from pillar to post. A devastating low blow dropped
Torres in round three but after getting an almost 5 minute
respite the fighter came back strong to finish the round and
the hard fought battle. In the end the judges scored the
fight a split decision. Final tallies read 39-37 for Madera
and 39-37 twice for Torres.
Super Lightweight Johnny Garcia (19-6-1, 11 KO’s) was no
match for the gifted Amir Imam (21-1, 18 KO’s) in the
scheduled ten round battle. From the onset it was apparent
the skill set of Imam was leaps and bounds superior to that
of Garcia. Imam peppered Garcia with a stiff jab and rugged
body attack in the early stages of the fight. In round four
Imam dropped his foe with a sharp overhand right that caused
Garcia fall into the ropes. Credit to Garcia for rising to
his feet and finishing the round but his team had seen
enough and stopped the beating before the bell for round
five would ring.
Featherweight Fernando Fuentes (14-7-1, 4 KO’s) handed
Vislan Dalkhaev (9-1, 2 KO’s) his first loss in the opening
bout in Fresno. Using his length and a thundering body
attack Fuentes was able to keep Dalkhaev at bay for almost
the entire fight. In the fifth round Fuentes uncorked a nice
left uppercut followed by a right hand that dropped Dalhaev.
That knockdown sealed the deal for Fuentes who took a
unanimous decision by scores of 60-53, 59-54 and 58-55.
Welterweight Alexander Besputin (8-0, 6 KO’s) KO’d Juan Ruiz
(20-1, 12 KO’s) at the 2:51 mark of round 7.
Super Featherweight Andy Vences (20-0, 12 KO’s) KO’d Jairo
Ochoa (18-13, 9 KO’s) at the 1:27 mark of round 2.
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