The Boxingtalk Scoreboard: preliminary results from Vegas
The Boxingtalk Scoreboard: preliminary results from Vegas
By Scott Shaffer
14/09/2025
By Scott Shaffer
14/09/2025
In a bit of a surprise, Cuban born Raiko Santana (13-4, 7 KOs) stopped Steven Nelson in the first round of a light heavyweight bout. Nelson is from Nebraska and a gym-mate of Terence Crawford, but he falls to 20-2 with 16 KOs...
Saudia Arabia's Mohammed Alakel (5-0), a protege of Turki Alalshikh, made a successful U.S. debut, winning his first ten rounder. Alakel defeated Travis Crawford of Texas via unanimous decision in the lightweight category. The scores were 99-91 (twice) and 98-92. Crawford (7-5) may be through with boxing, as he reports for military duty in a couple of weeks. Boxingtalk salutes him and thanks him for his future service...
Mexico's Marco Verde (3-0, 3 KOs) got the better of Minnesota's Sona Akale (9-4), stopping him in round six. It was a premature stoppage and Akale had every right to complain bitterly about it, which he did. Verde won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics. This was a 162-pound catchweight bout...
Japanese junior lightweight hopeful Reito Tsutsumi stopped Javier Martinez in the first round. Tsutsumi is now 3-0 with 2 KOs, while Martinez fighting out of Dallas, drops to 7-3...
Both men's "O" had to go as Saudi Arabian junior welterweight Sultan Almohamed (1-0) defeated Martin Caraballo (0-0-1, fighting out of Hollywood, Florida) by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the four rounder 40-36 in favor of the visitor.
