Karmazin becomes Ouma's nightmare as Kassim says adios to his title on HBO Latino

By G. Leon and Scott Shaffer

14/07/2005

Karmazin becomes Ouma's nightmare as Kassim says adios to his title on HBO Latino

Roman Karmazin came to the Orleans in Las Vegas, Nevada  on a mission to become the new IBF junior middleweight and succeeded in impressive fashion, dominating and destroying Kassim Ouma, one of the toughest fighters in the world on HBO Latino tonight. Karmazin dominated the first seven rounds of the bout, dropping Ouma twice in round three.  The Ugandan warrior had his best round of the fight in round eight , as he hurt Karmazin twice towards the end of the round and had his moments in round nine, however Ouma's moments were few and far between tonight. Karmazin returned to form in round ten and completely dominated the championship rounds the challenger dominated the championship rounds and nearly closed the show in round twelve. Karmazin landed the harder, cleaner shots throughout the bout and continously outhustled Ouma, something few thought was possible. Kudos to the new champ. Bad start to a big weekend for Golden Boy Promotions, who are certainly hoping this isn't a sign of things to come this Saturday night. Official scorecards read; 118-108, 116-110, 117-109 (11: 25 PM)

Marco Antonio Rubio TKO2 David Toribio... On the same show at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, Marco Antonio Rubio dropped David Toribio twice in the second round to win by technical knockout. Its true that Toribio was previously unbeaten, but all of his pro wins came at the expense of a handful of bums in the Dominican Republic and it showed in the ring against the more experienced Rubio, now 26-2-1. Rubio snuck in a short right hand that sent Toribio sprawling. Toribio got up, but hadn't recovered when Rubio landed a combination highlighted by an uppercut that ended the bout. source: Boxeo De Oro on HBO Latino