A roundup of the past weeks notable boxing results from around
the world:Saturday at Las VegasVasyl Lomachenko TKO7 Nicholas Walters --
Fight recap
Retains a junior lightweight title
Records: Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs); Walters (26-1-1, 21 KOs)Rafaels
remarks: This was pure brilliance from the gifted Lomachenko, who may
have only eight professional fights but might be the best
pound-for-pound fighter in the world as he retained his world title for
the first time in stunningly one-sided fashion.
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. In handing Jamaicas Walters, 30, a former featherweight titleholder,
his first defeat, combined with a monster fifth-round knockout of Roman
Rocky Martinez in June to win the 130-pound belt, Lomachenko is squarely
in the conversation for fighter of the year honors. If he wins, he will
only add to his growing legend that includes Olympic gold medals for
Ukraine in 2008 and 2012 and numerous other accolades. Big-punching
Walters is nicknamed Axe Man, but it was Lomachenko who cut him down
with ease using a variety of hard punches from both hands and such
incredible boxing skills that Walters simply had no prayer to do
anything against him.After taking some heavy shots in the seventh round,
Walters simply quit, much to the surprise of everyone, including
referee Tony Weeks. Coincidentally, Walters quit 36 years and one day
after Robert Durans infamous no mas against Sugar Ray Leonard. It was a
huge win for Lomachenko, whom Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said could meet
Manny Pacquiao at a catchweight in late 2017, and a potential
career-killer, at least in terms of HBO interest, for Walters.Also on
the card, welterweight contender Konstantin Ponomarev (31-0, 13 KOs),
24, of Russia, who is trained by 2015 Boxing Writers Association of
America trainer of the year Abel Sanchez, cruised to a shutout decision
win against Silverio Ortiz (35-19, 17 KOs), 33, of Mexico, winning 80-72
on all three scorecards. In another undercard fight, light heavyweight
prospect Trevor McCumby (24-0, 19 KOs), 24, of Phoenix, scored two
knockdowns and stopped long-faded Donovan George (25-7-2, 22 KOs), 32,
of Chicago, at 1 minute, 48 seconds of the first round of their
scheduled eight-round fight. George lost his third bout in a
row.Saturday at Cardiff, WalesTerry Flanagan TKO8 Orlando Cruz
Retains a lightweight title
Records: Flanagan (32-0, 13 KOs); Cruz (25-5-1, 13 KOs)Rafaels remarks:
Englands Flanagan, a 27-year-old southpaw, made his fourth successful
title defense in easy fashion as he absolutely dominated the much
smaller Cruz, 35, of Puerto Rico. Cruz, boxings first openly gay
fighter, had lost a featherweight world title shot when he got stopped
in the seventh round by then-titleholder Orlando Salido in 2013.
Although Cruz, a southpaw, was riding a five-fight winning streak
entering the bout with Flanagan, he was moving up in weight and was
completely outclassed. Cruz, who said he wanted to win the title to
inspire the gay community, was basically trying to survive as Flanagan
laid a beating on him before dropping him twice in the eighth round.
First Cruz hit the mat from a left hook and after the second knockdown,
from a right hand at the end of a sustained flurry, referee Steve Gray
mercifully stopped the fight at 43 seconds.Saturday at LondonKatie
Taylor TKO3 Karina Kopinska -- Fight recap
Junior lightweight
Records: Taylor (1-0, 1 KO); Kopinska (7-15-3)Rafaels remarks: Taylor,
30, of Ireland, the darling of womens boxing in the United Kingdom, was a
hugely decorated amateur, winning five consecutive world amateur
championships and an Olympic gold medal in the 2012 London Games.
However, she was upset in her opening bout of the 2016 Rio Olympics and
elected to turn pro. She signed with Eddie Hearns Matchroom Boxing and
made her pro debut in a scheduled six-round bout and was very impressive
against Kopinska, 27, of Poland. Despite a poor record, Kopinska had
only previously been stopped once and showed tremendous heart against
Taylor, although she lost her fourth fight in a row.Taylor pounded
Kopinska throughout the fight and bloodied her nose in the third round
before bombarding her with a double-fisted attack as she looked for
cover in a corner, prompting referee Robert Williams to intervene at 58
seconds.Saturday at Cebu City, PhilippinesMilan Melindo W12 Fahlan
Sakkreerin Jr.
Wins a vacant interim junior flyweight title
Scores: 117-111, 115-113 (twice)
Records: Melindo (35-2, 12 KOs); Sakkreerin Jr. (31-5-1, 16 KOs)Rafaels
remarks: With 108-pound world titleholder Akira Yaegashi (24-5, 12 KOs)
sidelined with a rotator cuff injury and unable to make his mandatory
defense on schedule, this interim title fight between the leading
available contenders, Sakkreerin, of Thailand, and Melindo, of the
Philippines, was sanctioned with the stipulation that Yaegashi will have
to eventually face the winner. That means it will be against Melindo,
28, who prevailed after losing two previous shots at full world titles.
Melindo has won three in a row, including against Sakkreerin, 23, who
had previously lost by ninth-round technical decision in a strawweight
world title fight to Katsunari Takayama in 2015.It was a competitive
fight with Sakkreerin appearing to be quicker and accurate with his jab.
But Melindo, the aggressor, was patient and took control in the seventh
round, pinning Sakkreerin along the ropes with an onslaught of punches.
They went back and forth in the final few rounds, but Melindo, whose
counterpunching was a big factor, hung on to his lead.Saturday at
Uncasville, ConnecticutVaughn Alexander W6 Antonio Chaves Fernandes
Middleweight
Scores: 60-54 (three times)
Records: Alexander (7-0, 5 KOs); Fernandes (7-30-4, 2 KOs)Rafaels
remarks: In one of the bouts on Main Events inaugural Mohegan Suns
Rising Stars Boxing Series at the Mohegan Sun resort, Alexander, 30, of
St. Louis, fought for only the second time since 2004 because he went to
prison for 12 years for armed robbery and assaulting a police officer.
Alexander, the older brother of former welterweight and junior
welterweight world titleholder Devon Alexander, was a promising
welterweight prospect back then. Now he is a middleweight looking to
fulfill the potential he had more than a decade ago. After his prison
release, Alexander fought in October and then shut out Fernandes, 37, of
Brockton, Massachusetts, in his first bout since signing with promoter
Main Events. Alexander appeared in excellent condition and easily
outboxed Fernandes, who was there only to survive. It was not much of a
fight and not particularly entertaining, but Alexander got in the needed
rounds as he continues his comeback.Friday at Brentwood, EnglandBradley
Skeete W12 John Thain
Retains British welterweight title
Scores: 118-111 (twice), 116-112
Records: Skeete (25-1, 11 KOs); Thain (16-3, 1 KO)Rafaels remarks:
Skeete, 29, of England, rolled to victory in the first defense of the
British title since winning it by unanimous decision from Sam Eggington
in March. Skeete won going away but Thain gave him a few issues during
the first half of the fight before Skeete found his groove and put his
stiff jab to good use, which left the light-hitting Thain bleeding from
the mouth and nose and with a cut above the left eye. Thain, 29, of
Scotland, who has typically fought at junior middleweight, saw his
five-fight winning streak come to an end.
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8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
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PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks have done their best to
end the already faint postseason hopes of the Colorado Rockies, getting
23 runs and 33 hits while winning the first two games of this three-game
series.Jean Segura homered twice and Brandon Drury added his second
homer in as many games, leading the Diamondbacks over the Rockies 11-4
on Tuesday night.Segura hit solo shots off starter Jorge De La Rosa
(8-8) in the first and fourth innings, setting a career high with his
13th and 14th homers. Drury homered into the pool in right field in the
fifth to give the Diamondbacks a 7-4 lead, and Paul Goldschmidt had
three hits, scored three runs and stole his 25th base in support of
winning pitcher Robbie Ray (8-13).Segura indicated hes a little drained
as the season winds to an end.Its always nice to hit some home runs. Ive
been bouncing around for a few games, he said. Its that time of the
season, the bat started to feel heavy. You have to go out there and do
the best you can, keep grinding no matter what.The loss dropped Colorado
to 7 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the second NL wild
card.Weve just got to pitch better, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.Matt
Koch earned a four-inning save, the second such save in the majors this
season, joining Ivan Nova on April 6 against the Houston Astros. Koch
struck out four and allowed only two hits for his first save.The Rockies
jumped on Ray quickly for three runs. Charlie Blackmon led off the game
with a walk and scored on DJ LeMahieus double. Then Nolan Arenado hit a
blooper just inside the right-field line that turned into a triple, and
Arenado scored on a groundout by Carlos Gonzalez.The Diamondbacks
answered in their half of the first against De La Rosa. Segura led off
with a homer and Arizona sent all nine batters to the plate in scoring
four runs. The first inning lasted 39 minutes.Hes done a really good job
all year, and in some tough situations, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale
said of Segura. When you struggle as a team, hes been able to weather it
and not let it get to his at-bats. Hes been very consistent.Ray notched
his 200th strikeout of the season in the fourth inning and became the
fourth pitcher in team hiistory to reach that mark, joining Randy
Johnson (five times), Curt Schilling (twice) and Dan Haren (twice).
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Ray pitched five innings and allowed four runs on six hits with seven
strikeouts and a walk.I knew I was close. I knew if I put up a decent
number Id get to it, Ray said. Its a huge accomplishment. There are not a
ton of guys in the game that have 200 strikeouts. To be mentioned in
the same group with those guys is very humbling.Segura homered and
Yasmany Tomas singled in a run in the fourth, giving the Diamondbacks a
6-3 lead. De La Rosa lasted only 3 1/3 innings and gave up five earned
runs and eight hits with four walks.Blackmon hit his 25th home run to
open the fifth, a solo shot. But Arizona scored five runs in the bottom
of the inning off reliever Eddie Butler to take control.I wasnt locating
my fastball to my glove side. So it put me behind on counts when I was
throwing that way early and because theyre in hitters counts, they get a
little better piece than they probably should have on some of the
pitches, Butler said. A jam shot, a couple of ground balls, all of which
were possible outs but just didnt fall my way.Tomas added three hits
and two RBI for the Diamondbacks, who have won two straight after losing
six in a row.STREAKS ALIVELeMahieu reached base in his 30th straight
game. ... The Diamondbacks, with 17 hits Tuesday, are the first team
since the 1930 Brooklyn Robins to record 10-plus hits in 13 or more
consecutive games against a single opponent in a single season. The
Robins streak was 17 games against Philadelphia.TRAINERS
ROOMDiamondbacks: C Chris Herrmann had surgery to repair broken bones in
his left hand on Tuesday. He was injured while sliding in a game last
weekend.UP NEXTRockies: RHP Jeff Hoffman (0-3) faces the Diamondbacks on
Wednesday for the first time in his career.Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De
La Rosa (4-5) is set to make his ninth career appearance against the
Rockies on Wednesday. He pitched only two innings in his last start, as
he was on a pitch count having just come off the 60-day disabled list.
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