April 17th – A belated note from April, courtesy of Thomas Hauser (writing for The Sweet Science):
The New Hampshire State Athletic Commission allowed a whopping ten boxers on a national Association of Boxing Commissions ‘watch list’ for “fighters who have long losing streaks and multiple defeats by knockout and presumably shouldn’t be fighting anymore” to fight on the same card. Obviously, they all lost.
Dangerous, to say the least.
November 5th – Maiva Hamadouche never had a chance against golden girl Mikaela Mayer, did she?
In a very close fight, not only did the scorecards read Tim Cheatham 98-92, Max DeLuca 99-91 and Lisa Giampa 100-90 (criminal), but after round 9, ref Mike Ortega threatened to stop the fight.
It was frankly insulting, both to Hamadouche and the intelligence of any viewer.
November 6th – In one of the bouts on Sky Sports’ return to the Prizefighter one night tournament format, Tom Farrell clearly won the first round against Kane Gardner.
Combined with a knockdown in the third, that should have meant a unanimous win. Mark Lyson somehow saw things 28-28, but was thankfully overruled by the other judges.
Canelo Alvarez stopped Caleb Plant in the 11th round to claim undisputed 168lb. supremacy.
In truth, it was a fight he controlled all the way, which makes Patricia Morse Jarman’s 96-94 card nonsense.
November 13th – Time for some praise for a change.
Mark Lyson performed admirably in the Terri Harper-Alycia Baumgardner fight, jumping in at the perfect time to stop the fight in round 4 with Harper suddenly out on her feet.
November 19th – Prospect Khalil Coe was lucky to avoid defeat, drawing with Aaron Casper. Eddie Scuncio’s 39-37 card for Coe was pure A-side BS.
November 20th – Premature stoppage by Alan Abeles in round 2 of the Istvan Bernath-Deon Hale heavyweight bout.
(Amusing) Footage by way of Tim Boxeo:
November 26th – Erika Cruz Hernandez comfortably outfought Melissa Esquivel to defend her women’s featherweight title, only for it to be scored a split decision thanks to Pablo Gaeta (97-93).
November 27th – Premature stoppage from ref Ricky Gonzalez in round 2 of Anthony Herrera’s win over fellow debutant Jonathan Tejeda.
The Kali Reis-Jessica Camara fight could have been scored either way, but the 97-93 cards in favour of Reis from Tom Schreck and Martha Tremblay did not reflect reality.
George Kambosos shocked the world by beating Teofimo Lopez, thankfully receiving a just split decision verdict.
However, it should be noted that Don Trella (who scored the fight for Lopez by one point by virtue of this) and Glenn Feldman gave the 12th round to Lopez, a stanza which was dominated by the Australian challenger.
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