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July 1913
Steve Cunningham 23-0 (5) vs Calvin Brock 26-2 (21)
After Steve boxed well in the opening round, Calvin dropped him late in round two with a right hand and again early in the third with a hook. USS survived a brutal beating during the remainder of round three and in the fourth he fought on even terms, just before the bell Calvin ate a hard jab that opened a gash over his right eye.
Calvin shrugged off the cut and dropped Cunningham twice more in round five with devastating hooks during a brutal round of punishment for Cunningham(4-34). Brock was arm weary heading into the sixth and Steve showed tremendous resolve by taking the fight to Calvin and pounding him with hard hooks and right hands in a dominant stanza(23-0).
The pace subsided and that suited Cunningham who used his long jab to keep Brock at bay for large portions of the rounds, he was winning the final round when, with eight seconds left, Brock connected with a winging hook that dropped Steve for the fifth time and cemented Brock's UD, but they don't come any tougher when you drop your opponent five times, 116-107, 115-108 & 114-109
Magomed Abdusalamov 45-8-2 (32) vs Denis Boytsov 35-4-1 (24)
Madomed controlled the opening round before flooring Denis early in the second with a nasty right hook, he hammered Boytsov for the remainder of the round and the majority of the third as well. Early in the fourth Denis connected with a searing right hand that buckled the former champions legs, Boytsov poured it on with both hands until Abdusalamov slumped into the referees waiting arms for a thrilling come from behind TKO.
Luis Ortiz 44-10-2 (26) vs Bermane Stiverne 30-9 (24)
While both of these guys are considered past their best, they put on quite a war. After the Cuban took the first round with crushing hooks to the body and head they went toe to toe in a second round that saw both of them badly hurt(15-18). Early in round three Stiverne floored the former champion with a booming right hand and he dropped him for a nine count late in the round with an uppercut.
Never short on courage, Ortiz went right at the Canadian in the fourth and he stunned him with a straight left and followed up with several hooks that left Bermane with a rapidly swelling left eye. They went at it on even terms over the next six minutes with neither guy taking a backward step.
Stiverne turned it his way in the seventh when he scored two more knockdowns with right hands, the second one had Luis flat on his back but he doggedly regained his feet at nine to hear the bell. After a slow eighth that saw them both conserve energy, Ortiz launched a rally in the final two rounds and he had Stiverne cornered for the final twenty seconds of the grueling bout. Alas, four knockdowns was too much to overcome and Stiverne reemerged in the title picture with a vicious MD. 96-90, 95-91 & 93-93
Oleg Platov 23-4-1 (7) vs Sam Peter 24-5-1 (18)
Platov has been campaigning for a bigger fight and he looked out-classed in the opening round as Peter scored with big right hands, one of which opened a gash on Oleg's left eyebrow. Platov shook off the nerves and engaged the Nigerian in a brutal second round where they repeatedly tagged each other with huge right hands (19-21). Sam began to tire and Oleg put a brutal beating on him, including two 30pt rounds, with jabs and punishing right hands that had both of Sam's eyes closing. It was remarkable that Peter never went down, but Oleg was extremely impressive taking a wide UD. 99-90 & 98-91 x2
Tye Fields 18-0 (14) vs Sebastian Ceballos 25-10-3 (12)
The gigantic American looked impressive, dropping Ceballos with an uppercut early in round one and teeing off until the ref stepped in less than two minutes after the opening bell.
RINGS AROUND THE WORLD
Calvin Brock UD12 Steve Cunningham
Denis Boytsov TKO4 Magomed Abdusalamov
Bermane Stiverne MD10 Luis Ortiz
Oleg Platov UD10 Sam Peter
Tye Fields TKO1 Sebastian Ceballos
Alexander Povetkin 40-7-1 (25) KO9 Gregory Tony 32-14-3 (15)
Solomon Haumano 22-5-1 (14) UD10 Manuel Charr 31-9-1 (14)
Coleman Barrett 16-15-2 (2) UD10 Ahmed Samir 25-23-4 (5)
Darnell Wilson 20-1-3 (15) KO6 Grabus Zulfedin 17-9-4 (1)
Yanqui Diaz 21-8-2 (13) UD10 Newcastle pat Kennedy 17-4-2 (13)
TJ Wilson 19-3-1 (14) MD10 Edmund Gerber 41-11-3 (21)
Jason Gavern 25-11-1 (6) KO3 Mike Tucker 19-4-1 (8)
Egon Roth 25-7-2 (17) KO7 Michael O' Donnell 17-17-7 (1)
Aldo Colliander 19-7-6 (6) TKO3 Felipe Romero 36-15-1 (22)
Damian Norris 29-9 (17) KO6 Carl Baker 23-12-2 (16)
Shane Cameron 31-4 (19) TKO4 Jason Campbell 39-17-3 (16)
Johnnie White 36-11-1 (24) KO9 Peter Graham 16-14-1 (5)
Sheldon Hinton 28-14-2 (8) MD10 Teke Oruh 16-8-3 (4)
Andrey Fedosov 23-8 (14) KO4 Marcus McGee 16-7-4 (9)
Mark De Mori 35-7-2 (15) UD10 Terrence Marbra 17-13-1 (11)
Eric Fields 37-10-3 (24) UD10 Kendrick Releford 16-10-4
Justin Whitehead 41-17-2 (16) TKO4 Demetrice King 30-7 (19)
Javier Mora 19-3-3 (15) UD10 Jonte Willis 35-12-7 (10)
Damian Wills 20-5-1 (13) MD10 Tomasz Bonin 19-5-2 (8)
Lucian Bot 20-11-2 (6) UD10 Preston Hartzog 19-6-1 (11)- rematch: Bot UD10
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