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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Ulysse Provokes Three Knockdowns
& Inflicts First Defeat To Seldin
By Daniel Cloutier
Photos:
Matt Heasley - Hoganphotos/Golden Boy
MONTRÉAL - The New Yorker super lightweight Cletus
Seldin said two days ago: “I am smiling man out of the
ring, but in the ring, I am a ferocious animal. I will
destroy Ulysse…”
Wrong! The Montrealer Yves Ulysse Jr. (15-1-0) provoked
three knockdowns, one in the first round, one in the
second and the last one in the third, and he became the
first fighter to beat Seldin (21-1-0) Saturday evening
in the ring of the Bell Place in Laval.
Ulysse, who was moving constantly from right to left in
the ring, waiting the good moment to surprise his
opponent with a power punch, won the bout by unanimous
decision in 10 rounds.
The three judges of the bout got the same score: 99-88
in favour of the Montrealer.
“I mentioned few days ago that I would use my speed and
mobility to confuse Seldin, and the strategy worked,”
said Ulysse. “And you saw it, I connected the most
important power shots of the bout. It’s certainly not by
accident that Seldin went three times on the floor. Now,
I want to move up in the «Top 10» of the international
ratings, and get eventually a shot for a world title.”
The Montrealer Custio Clayton (13-0-0) won the WBO
welterweight international title with a victory by
unanimous decision in 10 rounds over the Argentinian
Cristian Raphael Coria (27-6-2).
Several rounds were pretty close, but Clayton was
connecting more power shots than the opponent in most of
the rounds.
Clayton gave a very hard time to his opponent in the
eight round with his heavy hooks to the head and the
body.
And the Montrealer provoked a knockdown in the nine
round with three consecutive solid body punches, and he
sent again Coria on the floor in last round with an
intense attack with both hands.
“More the fight was progressing, more I was dominating
Coria,” said Clayton.” I have been patient, and I opened
the machine at the right time. I hurt him several times
in the last round. What next? We will see, but I want
reach the «Top 10» of the international ratings as soon
as possible.”
Clayton is actually ranked 15th contender by the WBO in
the 147 pounds division.
The heavyweight Simon Kean, a fighter from
Trois-Rivières, Québec. improved his pro record to
13-0-0, in beating Mike Sheppard, from Virginia State,
by TKO in the second round.
Kean provoked a knockdown in the first round with a
solid power shot to the head. At the beginning of the
second round, Sheppard went on the floor for the second
time, and the referee decided at that moment to stop the
bout.
“I followed perfectly my fight’s plan, said Kean. My
power shots hurt him, even my jabs. I am ready for
bigger opponents.”
The Californian super featherweight Ryan Garcia scored
his 13 win in pro boxing (13-0-0), in beating the
Mexican Noe Martinez (10-10-2) by TKO in the eighth and
last round.
Martinez, a southpaw, was aggressive but Garcia was a
lot of better than him technically. In the third round,
Martinez was suffering terribly. Garcia was attacking
constantly in that round. Martinez was fighting
energetically in the following rounds, but his opponent
was dominating the action round after round.
In the last round, Garcia sent Martinez on the floor
with an intense attack in the ropes. One minute later,
Garcia hurt seriously his rival, and the referee
intervened to stop the bout.
The WBC Continental Americas champion, the Montrealer
super welterweight Steven Butler, increased his pro
record to 21-1-1, with a victory by TKO against the
Texan Lanardo Tyner (32-1-2-2).
Butler sent Tyner on the floor in the second round, with
a solid uppercut on the chin. After the knockdown, Tyner
was almost unable to stay on his legs. The referee
stopped the fight right away.
For Tyner, it was his first defeat by KO or TKO.
“In the second round, my trainer, Jean-François
Bergeron, screamed… Steven, use your uppercut. I did it,
and I won the fight with this shot. Tyner was
aggressive, but I was patient, I connected my punches at
the right moment, et look the result. I really think
that I will maintain my progression in 2018.”
The Montrealer super lightweight Mathieu Germain stayed
undefeated (12-0-0) in scoring one of the most important
win of his pro boxing career. He beat the Mexican Juan
Garcia Mendez (19-4-2) by unanimous decision in eight
rounds.
“Its certainly the most important win of my pro boxing
career,” said Germain. “I faced several good fighters,
but Mendez was the best so far. I dominated all the
rounds in connecting a lot a body shots and head shots.
But I got to continue to improve my style to be able to
win against big names on the international boxing
scene.”
The Montrealer Batyr Jukembayev, a super welterweight
coming from Kazakstan, obtained his 11th win in pro
boxing (11-0-0), in beating the Texan Wilberth Lopez
(20-9-0) by unanimous decision in eight rounds.
Jukembayev connected over 100 power shots in this fight,
but Lopez, a very courageous boxer, found the way to
resist to this bad treatment.
The Montrealer super middleweight Vincent Thibault, a
southpaw, scored his second win in pro boxing (2-0-0),
an unanimous decision in four rounds against the Mexican
Adrian Campos (2-5-2).
In the first female fight of the evening, the former
Olympic champion, the British Nicola Adams, improved her
record to 3-0-0 with a victory by TKO in the third round
against Soledad Macedo (13-14-1), from Uruguay.
Adams dominated the bout from the beginning to the end.
In the second female bout on the event, the Montrealer
Kim Clavel, five times Canadian champion in the
flyweight division, made successful pro debut in beating
the Mexican Yoseline Martinez José (3-3-0) by unanimous
decision in four rounds.
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