Perez Beats Agbeko in Halloween Treat

The fans at the Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas were treated to a Fight of the Year candidate when Joseph Agbeko (27-2, 22 KOs) put his IBF Bantamweight title on the line against underrated Colombian challenger, Yonnhy Perez (20-0, 14 KOs).

The bout was evenly-fought throughout all twelve rounds with the action shifting in favor of each fighter at various points of the contest.

Perez scored an official knockdown in the eleventh when a clash of heads caused Agbeko to stop throwing punches and Perez capitalized by pummeling him to the ground. At the end of the evening, the knockdown didn't factor into the decision as the judges had the fight scored 117-110, 117-110 and 116-111 in favor of the new champ. The BTBC had the fight a lot closer with a mark of 114-113, also for the Colombian.

On the undercard, Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs) scored a TKO 10 over Jose Alfaro to claim the WBC Interim Lightweight title and move towards a bout with reigning WBC champ, Edwin Valero.

Also:

Ray Austin TKO 4 over DaVarryl Williamson

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Agbeko vs. Darchinyan Revisited

by Charlie 21er

A few fights back, when Vic Darhinyan was scheduled to fight Christian Mijares, I predicted that Mijares would shut Darchinyan out over the course of the fight. My reasoning for this was rooted in what we had seen in the Nonito Donaire fight: Darchinyan is a powerful, awkward, southpaw slugger, but also crude and predictable. It did not make sense that a superior boxer could not recognize the openings and exploit them.

As we know now, this was not the case; but on Saturday night, there was some logic restored to the boxing world as Joseph Agbeko brought a hard fight directly to Darchinyan’s face, defending his bantamweight title.

It should be noted that Darchinyan was moving up in weight; also, Agbeko either possesses a dolemite chin or Darchinyan did not carry his power the three pounds north into the higher weight class. Without his power, Darchinyan has little to offer within the rules aside from his crouching, southpaw style.

Credit should be given to Agbeko, his previous two fights came against southpaws. He performed like a champion, and did everything right—right hands down the middle—all night long—right to a unanimous decision. Those right hands, when thrown the way Agbeko was throwing them are kryptonite to southpaws.

Prior to the fight, Showtime held a survey as to whether or not Darchinyan would capture the bantamweight title and perhaps go further…a surprisingly high percentage said that Darchinyan would win at least 5 titles before retiring. I have a feeling those ridiculous numbers came from the entire population of Burbank, CA. Darchinyan will have to find someone else to get his next title from, because Agbeko wouldn’t cooperate.

→I appreciate Darchinyan’s ability to talk trash prior to a fight. He does it like a pro. When he lost, he praised everything Agbeko did and honorably conceded defeat. Maybe he’s growing up…

→If Darchinyan’s promoter didn’t want anything to do with Donaire before this fight, they most definitely don’t want him now. Some things had been said about Donaire’s camp not wanting to fight Darchinyan; well why should they? They won. That’s like asking Pacquiao if he wants a re-match with Hatton. Unnecessary.

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The Weekend Hangover (July 10, 11, 12)

Friday, July 10th

Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada, USA

Matt Remillard Ko 1 Tyler Ziolkowski

Jesse Brinkley UD 10 Mike Paschall

Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Chris Henry TKO 6 Shaun George (George started strong, but couldn't take Henry's pressure)

Matt Godfrey UD 10 Shawn Hawk (World Class fighters shouldn't carry club fighters a full 10)

Saturday, July 11th

Nuerburgring race track, Nuerburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Sebastian Zbik UD 12 Domenico Spada

(Interim WBC Middleweight Title)

Felix Sturm UD 12 Khoren Gevor (Another pedestrian performance against questionable opposition for Sturm. Still, a very close win.)

(WBA Middleweight Title)

Palenque de Gallos, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico

Julio Cesar Miranda KO 1 Eric Ortiz

(IBF Flyweight Eliminator)

Cristobal Cruz UD 12 Jorge Solis (Sloppy, Sloppy, Sloppy. A total of 6 points deducted!)

(IBF Featherweight Title)

Emperor's Palace, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa

Lovemore N'dou UD 12 Phillip N'dou

Besiktas Cola Turka Arena, Istanbul, Turkey

Selcuk Aydin KO 9 Jackson Bonsu (Impressive performance. Is Aydin the best Euro Welter since Lloyd Honeyghan or just the best of a mediocre bunch?)

BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida, USA

Antonio DeMarco KO 9 Anges Adjaho (After a slow start, DeMarco gets the win and Adjaho gets the Oscar for his "he hit me when I was down" performance)

Steve Cunningham UD 12 Wayne Braithwaite

Joseph Agbeko UD 12 Vic Darchinyan (Agbeko was never thrown by Darchinyan's awkward ugliness)

(IBF Bantamweight Title)

Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States

Curtis Stevens TKO 3 Piotr Wilczewski (The Polish fighter was 22-0, Stevens made him look 0-22. Easy night.)

Tomasz Adamek RTD 4 Bobby Gunn (Made Cotto-Gomez look like Gatti-Ward. Ugly, horrible, hideous...Shame on You IBF and Team Adamek)

(IBF Cruiserweight Title)

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