BoxingTalk Story |
27/01/2007
More results from U.S. & U.K.
Former two-time WBC lightweight champion Stevie "Lil' But Bad" Johnston (40-4-1, 18 KOs) won a twelve-round majority decision against Tyrone "Fury" Harris (18-3, 13 KOs)... super featherweight Fernando "El Pillo" Trejo (28-12-4, 17 KOs) schooled Sean "Pit Bull" Plessis (17-4, 4 KOs) for 12 rounds to win a unanimous decision (119-108, 116-111, 116-111)...Texas State heavyweight champion Hector "Hurricane" Ferreyro (13-5-1, 10 KOs) upset previously unbeaten Leo "Paco" Nolan (26-1, 10 KOs) by 12-round majority decision (118-110, 115-112, 114-114)... in another upset, Marlon "Rumblin' Man" Hayes (23-5, 11 KOs) defeated former IBF light heavyweight champion William "KO King" Guthrie (35-4-2, 28 KOs) by unanimous 12-round decision (119-109 three times)... cruiserweight prospect Alfredo Escalera (13-0, 10 KOs), son of the great Puerto Rican world champion Alfredo Escalera, remained unbeaten with a six-round unanimous decision (60-54 three times) versus Darryl Holley (5-3, 1 KO)...In England, Brian Magee, 27-3, took a final eliminator for the British Light Heavyweight title in style, turning back the aspirations of Andrew Lowe, 16-2 (1), over ten rounds... previously undefeated prospect Gary Woolcombe, 22-1 (7), suffered his first loss as the 24 year old Welling man proved unable to solve the awkward style of light middleweight Andrew Facey, 19-4-1 (6). Woolcombe pressed the taller man throughout the bout but couldn't shake off the effects of a massive right hand from Facey in the fifth frame... 6 foot 7 inch Irish heavyweight Scott Belshaw, 4-0 (4), kept his perfect record with a second round hammering of Uzbek tourist Makhmud Otazhanov, 4-4 (3).