Ramirez Stops Flannery in 2

Albert Ramirez remained undefeated with a one-punch, second round stoppage over Michael Flannery in a light heavyweight bout at the Casino Montreal in Montreal, Canada.

In round one, Ramirez dropped Flannery with a right hook. In round two, Ramirez landed a booming left uppercut that put Flannery on the canvas and the fight was stopped at 1:09.

Ramirez, 181.3 lbs of El Vigia, VEN is 21-0 with 18 knockouts. Flannery, 174.1 lbs of Bangkok, THA 13-1.

Mehmet Unal stopped Jan Czerklewicz in round one of their 10-round light heavyweight bout.

In round one, Unal hurt Czerklewicz with a left hook and dropped him with an overhand right. Later in the round Unal sent Czerklewicz down with a right. Unal finished off the fight with a left to the body that was followed up to a right to head for a third knockdown and the fight was stopped at 2:56.

Mehmet Unal, 174.6 lbs of Montreal is 13-0 with 11 knockouts. Czerklewicz, 174.2 lbs of Warsaw, POL is 14-3.

Good looking contender Arthur Biyarslanov stopped Antonio Collado in round three of their 10-round junior welterweight bout.

In round one, Biyarslanov dropped Collado with a flurry of punches in the middle of the ring. Seconds later, Biyarslanov sent Collado down again after landed a crushing right hook to the body, Biyarslabov landed two more punches that sent Collado kneeling to the canvas. In the opening seconds of round two, Biyarslanov put Collado down again with a body shot. Later in the round, Biyarslanov was cut around the right eye. In round three, it was a sright to the head that put Collado down. Collado got to his feet at the count of nine, but the fight was stopped at 38 seconds.

Biyarslanov, 139.5 lbs of Toronto is 19-0 with 16 knockouts. Collado, 139.8 lbs of Spain is 19-2.

Moreno Fendero stopped Kristaps Blumeistras in round one of their eight-round light heavyweight bout.

In round one, Fendero was all over Blumeistars and then landed a perfect counter right that sent Blumeistars to the canvas. He got to this feet, but was in no condition to continue and the fight was stopped at 2:46.

Fendero, 172 lbs of Montreal is 11-0 with nine knockouts. Blumeistars of Rigo, LAT is 13-4.

Wyatt Sanford stopped Thomas Lastra in the opening round of their four-round super lightweight bout.

In round one, Sanford dropped Lastra with a barrage of body shots. Sanford followed up with a rapid fire flurry that forced a referee stoppage at 2:59.

Sanford, 139.6 lbs of Nova Scotia is 2-0 with two knockouts. Lastra, 139.9 lbs of Santiago, CHLi is 201,

Erik Israeyelyan stopped Alex Gagnon in round two of their four-round super featherweight bout.

In round two, Israyelyan dropped Gagnon with a left to the body and the fight was stopped at 1:18.

Israeyelya, 129.1 lbs of Montreal is 2-0 with two knockouts. Gagnon, 129.1 lbs of Quebec is 0-4.




Collado made history and is first Ibero-American WBA champion

Spain’s Antonio Collado became the first Ibero-American champion in the history of the World Boxing Association (WBA) after his victory this weekend over Leonardo Uzcátegui at the Polideportivo Municipal de Morata de Tajuña, in Madrid, Spain. 

Last week it was announced the creation of WBA Iberoamerica and Mediterranean, which aims to give opportunities to fighters from these regions and further develop boxing in different areas. 

Collado and Uzcategui faced each other for the WBA Ibero-American lightweight title and the home fighter came out with his hand up after 10 rounds of action in which he got cards of 100-90, 99-90 and 98-92.

It was a nice duel in which Collado showed a clear advantage in most of the rounds but had good exchanges and great moments for the audience. 

Collado, 25, took a big step in his career by winning the regional crown and improving his record to 17 wins, 1 loss and 3 knockouts. For his part, Venezuelan Uzcátegui left his record at 23 wins, 10 losses, 3 draws and 17 knockouts.




Collado and Uzcátegui will fight for the first WBA-Iberoamerica title in history

Spain’s Antonio Collado (16-1, 3KO) and Venezuela’s Leonardo Uzcátegui (23-9-3, 17KO) will fight for the first WBA-Iberoamerica lightweight title on October 5 at the Polideportivo Municipal de Morata de Tajuña in the Community of Madrid, Spain.

Both boxers are excited to become the first champion of the new region of the World Boxing Association (WBA) so a great battle is expected in which Collado will show his great technique and Uzcategui his great punch. In addition, both boxers are on a positive streak.

Collado’s last three fights have ended on the scorecards and he has shown great dominance over his opponents. While Uzcategui has won in the same amount of fights, only he has finished two of them by KO.

WBA-Iberoamerica was born with the purpose of developing a region that needed to be served by the WBA and give boxers the opportunity to approach the pioneer organization.