Fight Chatter

Fight Chatter
Posted: Tuesday, May 15  2012

By Jeannie Avila

Undefeated heavyweight prospect Alex Flores (8-0, 6 KOs) of Pomona fights undefeated Joey Montoya (4-0-3, 3 KOs) of Colorado on Thursday May 17, at the Lakeside Golf Course in Burbank. Flores and Montoya will be fighting for the vacant WBC Youth heavyweight title. For tickets and information call Roy Englebrecht Productions (949) 760-3131.

WBO flyweight titleholder Susi Kentikian (29-0, 16 KOs) fights Melissa McMorrow (6-3-3) on Wednesday May 16. The female title match will be held at Frankfurt, Germany. McMorrow fights out of San Carlos, California.

Ventura’s Maureen Shea (18-2, 11 KOs), formerly of New York City, fights Cynthia Munoz (6-0, 3 KOs) on Thursday May 17, in Morelia, Mexico. In a junior flyweight match, Esmeralda Moreno (22-6, 9 KOs) fights Guadalupe Bautista (3-3-1).

Fast-rising heavyweight contender Franklin Lawrence (17-2-2, 12 KOs) meets veteran Mike Mollo (20-3-1, 12 KOs) on Friday May 18. The match takes place at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino in Dover, Delaware. The vacant NABA title is at stake.

Undefeated junior welterweights Karim Mayfield (15-0-1, 9 KOs) of San Francisco, California and Raymond Serrano (18-0, 8 KOs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania meet in a battle of West meets East. Both will be fighting for the vacant NABO junior welterweight title on Friday May 18.

Former super middleweight world champion Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KOs) of Denmark fights Allan Green (31-3, 21 KOs) in a light heavyweight match. Their bout takes place Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark.

IBF junior bantamweight titleholder Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr. (13-1-1, 7 KOs) fights Juan Alberto Rosas (36-6, 27 KOs) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The title match will take place on Saturday May 19.

Peru’s Kina Malpartida (13-3, 3 KOs), the WBA junior lightweight titleholder, defends against Sriphrae Nongkipahuyuth (11-1-1, 4 KOs). This will be the Peruvian superstar’s fifth consecutive title defense. The fight will take place in Callao, Peru.

WBO flyweight champion Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (31-3, 18 KOs) stopped Mexico’s Omar Nino (31-5-2, 13 KOs) at 2:07 of round nine. It was their third meeting. Nino had defeated Viloria in their first fight but failed a drug test in their second fight. The title fight was held in Manila, Philippines last Saturday.

WBC flyweight world titleholder Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (34-5-3, 16 KOs) won by split decision over former flyweight champion Arely Mucino (15-2-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday May 12. The match between Mexican flyweights took place in Mexico City. It was Juarez’s sixth consecutive title defense. The scores were 98-90, 96-91 for Juarez and 95-94 for Mucino.

WBA middleweight world titleholder Gennady Golovkin (23-0, 20 KOs) knocked out Makoto Fuchigami (19-7, 10 KOs) at 1:17 of round three. The title fight was held in Brovari, Ukraine. Also, WBO junior middleweight titleholder Zaurbek Baysangurov (27-1, 20 KOs) beat Michel Soro (18-1) by unanimous decision.

Junior lightweight contender Vicente “Chente” Escobedo (26-3, 15 KOs) out-pointed Juan Ruiz (23-10) after 10 rounds on Saturday May 12. The match was held in Escobedo’s hometown Woodland in Northern California. Escobedo trains in Indio.

El Monte’s Ricky Duenas (11-1, 5 KOs) knocked out Lawrence Hughes (4-3) at 1:52 of round one of a junior welterweight clash. The match was held in Pomona on Saturday May 12. It was Duenas second consecutive knockout win. Also, Riverside’s Robert Guzman (2-0) and Kevin Sagado (1-0) were victorious. Oscar Venegas (3-0) and Holly Lawson (10-0) were also winners.

WBC, WBA junior welterweight titleholder Monica Acosta (17-0-2) knocked out Dayana Cordero (8-2) at the end of round five to retain the world titles. Their match was held in Cordoba, Argentina on Friday May 11.

Detroit’s Tony Harrison (7-0, 7 KOs) stopped Riverside’s Ishwar Amador (11-10, 7 KOs) at 1:56 of round two of a junior middleweight clash. Also, Jonathan Alcantara (6-7-2) defeated Walter Sarnoi (10-3) by decision and Hector Serrano (14-3) beat Angel Rios (9-12). The fight card took place at Pechanga Resort and Casino on Friday May 11.

East L.A.’s Aron Martinez (17-1-1, 4 KOs) knocked out welterweight Joshua “Superman” Marks (8-4, 8 KOs) at 2:32 of round seven at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario. Also, Riverside’s Sindy Amador (8-0) defeated San Diego’s Amaris Quintana (6-1-3) by decision in a junior flyweight fight. Other winners were Jhonatan Romero, Rigoberto Flores, Juan Reyes, Sergio Nunez and Isaac Zarate.