Author: Boxing Press

Greek light welterweight prospect “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis grabbed another eye-catching win tonight at the Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, USA by stopping Jauquin Gallardo in three rounds. Gallardo hit the canvas twice before referee Raul Caiz was forced to halt the action merely seconds before the end of the round. Arnaoutis made waves the last time he fought two months ago by stopping Jesse Feliciano in the first round. Feliciano hit the deck no less than three times in that encounter. So Arnaoutis keeps the boxing world talking about him as one of the latest in a long line of light welterweight standouts. He moves his record to twelve wins, no losses, two draws and six knockout wins.

Quebec middleweight contender Joachim Alcine took another step forward in his career tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada by disposing of former Canadian champion Stephane Ouellet impressively before the end of the first round. Alcine needed less than a minute to stop Ouellet who appeared to be in tears as the final punches came thundering over him and the referee came between him and Alcine. A perrenial figure on the Quebec fight scene, it would appear that the ride is over for Ouellet who suffered his second consecutive stoppage defeat; Ouellet was savagely beaten in two rounds three years ago by recent title challenger Omar Sheika. Alcine moves his professional record to twenty-one wins, no losses with fourteen knockouts.

Irish super flyweight Damaen Kelly of Belfast dominated England’s Jason Booth on Friday night at the Huddersfield Leisure Centre in England. Kelly, once the IBO flyweight champion now becomes the IBO super flyweight champion with the twelve round decision. One of Booth’s two losses came in an IBF title bid against then champion Irene Pacheco, Pacheco lost his IBF title in America the night before to Australia’s Vic Darchinyan. Booth suffered his fourth loss in his third defense of the championship. Booth moves his record to a total of twenty-one wins and two losses with ten wins coming by way of knockout.

It was a battle of undefeated fighters at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel, Hollywood, Florida, USA as Irene Pacheco risked his IBF flyweight title against Australia-based Armenian Vic Darchinyan. And what a risk it turned out to be. A very competitive battle was fought between the two fighters until the eleventh round when Darchinyan finally took over, repeatedly putting the champion to the canvas with left hooks until the referee Jorge Alonso had seen enough and called a halt to the action. Darchinyan had fought exclusively in Australia up until last night but he proved that fighting overseas will not be a problem for him as he put and end to the more than five year reign Pacheco had enjoyed as the champion.

Last night in the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA, former Olympian and current flyweight contender Brian Viloria demonstrated exactly why he is known as the “Hawaiian Punch” by knocking out Angel Priolo in the seventh round. Viloria, who has previously disappointed with several long distance wins took the fight on just a few days notice and stepped in to grab himself an excellent win in style. Viloria was extremely dominant, putting Priolo on the canvas once in the early rounds before depositing him to the canvas for good in the seventh and ultimately final round of the contest. With the win, Viloria stays unbeaten and only six of his opponents have managed to last the distance.