May 15

San Jorge, Argentina: Super Welter: Marcelo E Coceres (17-0-1) W KO 6 Mateo D Veron (20-16-2,2ND ).

Impressive win for FAB No 5 “El Terrible” Coceres as he floors and kayos former Argentinian champion Veron. Coceres was in command from the start of this one before ending it in the sixth. A straight right to the chin put Veron down, He was up and heard out the eight count but Coceres pounced and another right to the chin ended the fight. The 24-year-old local fighter was making the second defence of his WBC Latino title. He has 9 wins by KO/TKO including 5 in his last 6 fights. Veron 25 has lost 7 of his last 8 fights. He has earlier career wins over Guido Nicolas Pitto who holds a victory over Jack Culcay, Carlos Herrera (24-4), Marcos Vergara (28-2) and Jorge Heiland.

Catamarca, Argentina: Super Welter: Juan M Bonanni (06/03/27) W PTS 10 Carlos S Chumjbita (14-4). Cruiser: Daniel Sanabria (20-4) W PTS 10 Miguel A Bulacios (7-4-1).

Bonanni vs. Chumjbita

Bonanni bravely goes into Chumjbita’s backyard and gets split decision in a hard close fight. Bonanni was the better boxer but Chumjbita stayed right in front of him making the more experienced fighter work hard all the way. Bonanni built a lead but by the ninth Chumjbita had whittled it down. He staged a strong finish but Bonanni did just enough to deserve the verdict. Scores 96-94 and 95-94 for Bonanni and 96-94 for Chumjbita. Bonanni, 27, retains the WBC Latino title. He has won 7 of his last 8 fights and is FAB No 6. Chumjbita, 24, the FAB No 7 welter is 2-3 in his last 5 fights with all three losses coming in title fights.

Sanabria vs. Bulacios

Sanabria makes a successful defence of his Argentinian title with split verdict over Catamarca’s Bulacios. Sanabria had problems early with the unorthodox style of Bulacios who was constantly changing guard, throwing punches from every angle and generally making things awkward for the champion. Over the second half of the fight Sanabria began to solve the puzzle and as Bulacios tired over the late rounds Sanabria pulled away for a deserved win. Scores 99-95, 98 ½-95 ½ for Sanabria and 97 ½-97 for Bulacios. First defence for the 32-year-old Sanabria who has won 6 of his last 7 fights. His South American title was not on the line. “The Cobra” Bulacios, 26, the FAB No 8 is 4-4 in his last 8 fights.

Punchbowl, Australia: Feather: T J Doheny (11-0) W PTS 12 Marco Demecillo (20-3-1).

Big win for Irishman Doheny as he outclasses experienced Filipino. The Portlaoise fighter, now based in Australia dominated the action and took the decision on scores of 120-108, 120-109 and 118-109. The 28-year-old southpaw was making the fourth defence of his WBA PABA title and will probably now improve on his WBA No 13 rating. Demecillo, 24, a former Philippines super fly champion had a 19 fight unbeaten streak but has now gone to 2-4 in his last 6 against tough opposition.

Chicoutimi, Canada: Super Welter: Steve Butler (12-0) W TKO 2 Felipe De la Paz Teniente (15-5-2). Light Heavy: Guillaume Tremblay-Coude (6-0-1) W TKO 1 Richard Arsenault (3-1-1).

Butler vs. Lieutenant

Butler lives up to his “Bang Bang” nickname as he blows away Mexican Teniente in two rounds. In the first Butler stalked the Mexican patiently as Teniente sped round the perimeter of the ring just stopping to throw a brief flurry of punches. Butler finally let his hands go driving Teniente back with a straight right and a combination put Teniente down on his knees. The Mexican got up but the bell went immediately for the end of the round. Butler was throwing bombs in the second and two rights to the head saw Teniente go down on one knee. Teniente tried to dance his way out of trouble but Butler kept throwing head punches until a right to the head had Teniente down for the second time in the round and the fight was stopped. Still only 19 Butler has 10 wins by KO/TKO including 8 in his last 9 fights. The former Canadian amateur champion, the grandson of Marshall Butler, the first guy to beat John Stracey as a pro, is keeping busy as this makes 12 fights in 14 months. “Black Scorpion”Teniente was supposed to be a tough test. He was 2-3-2 going in but the losses were to Adam Etches (15-0), veteran Silverio Ortiz and Dmitry Mikhaylenko (18-0).

Tremblay-Elbow vs. Arsenault

Southpaw puncher Tremblay-Coude makes it five wins by KO/TKO as he halts novice Arsenault late in the first. The 26-year-old southpaw was known for fighting on the ice rink when playing in the North American Hockey League but now he is giving the boxing ring a try. Arsenault, a former MMA exponent, was just overwhelmed but Tremblay-Coude’s power.

Panama City, Panama: Feather: Bryan De Gracia (15-0-1) W KO 6 Manuel Vides (18-4). Bantam: Edgar Valencia (7-1-1,1ND) W PTS 10 Everardo Castillo (12-6-1,1ND). Welter: Cesar Rivas (8-1-1) DREW 10 Omir Rodriguez (6-1-1). Light: Eric Castro (11-6-2) W KO 1 Eric Walters (9-1-1). Fly: Ricardo Nunez (27-5) W TKO 5 Iwier Hernandez (9-6-1).

Grace vs. Vides

Despite giving away huge amounts of height and reach De Gracia dominates Vides for five rounds before putting him down and out in the sixth. The 21-year-old chiricano wins the vacant Panamanian title and is also a winner of the Copa Don Jose Sulaiman. He now has 12 wins by KO/TKO and has won 5 of his last 6 fights inside the distance. He looks one of the best young prospects in Panama. Vides, 24, freakishy tall and thin was knocked out in two rounds by Juan Carlos Revco for the WBA secondary flyweight title in March last year and is tall even for a featherweight.

Valencia vs. Castle

Novice Valencia just edges out Castillo to collect the vacant Panamanian bantam title. Not surprisingly both fighters thought they had won this one but Valencia just edged it. Scores 96-94 twice and 97-93. First time past six rounds for the 24-year-old southpaw who also wins the Copa Don Jose Sulaiman at this weight. Castillo, 25, had lost in a previous shot at the national super bantam title.

Rivas vs. Rodriguez

San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Super Feather: Eden Sonsona (34-6-2) W TKO 2 Adrian Estrella (22-1). Feather: Romulo Koasicha (24-4) W KO 4 Jesus Santillan (9-13). Light: Jairo Lopez (18-3) W TKO 9 Fermin de Los Santos (29-15-2)

Estrella vs. Sonsona

Sonsona gets huge win as he halts local hero Estrella to win the WBC International title.

Estrella had height and reach over southpaw Sonsona but rarely made use of those advantages as he inevitably led with rights having obviously been told that was the punch to beat a southpaw. Many landed but he was leaving himself open. Sonsona was doing the stalking but he was swinging wildly and although he looked dangerous Estrella was just that bit quicker with his hands and took the first round. Estrella walked out in the second taking the fight straight to Sonsona unleashing a straight right and a left to the body. He let the left dropped by his side. He ducked under a left from Sonsona and as he came up with his left still low he was nailed by an overhand right from the Filipino. Estrella went down side wards to the canvas. He was up at 5 but walked over to his corner with the referee continuing to count and after looking closely at Estrella he rightly stopped the fight. Huge upset and huge win for Sonsona. The 26-year-old Filipino a former GAB super fly and bantam champion withonly 12 wins by KO/TKO was not considered a power puncher. He had losses against very good opposition in Kohei Kono, Silence Mabuza and Pungluang and was 14-1-2 in his last 17 fights with the draws being of the technical variety but with the loss being a ninth round kayo against Jonathan Oquendo in 2010. He is now unbeaten in his last 10 fights. He was unrated going in but will now jump into the reckoning. “Diamante” Estrella, 23, was looked on a sure thing with wins over Dante Jardon and Celestino Caballero but in previous fights he had shown a porous defence and paid the price here for carelessness and poor technique. He is too good a draw not to be rebuilt but now he will be seen as beatable and will have to be carefully matched,

Koasicha vs. Santillan

Local fighter Koasicha keeps busy with win over short-notice substitute Santillan. Koasicha made good use of his jab to create openings and kept the pressure on Santillan. Eventually Santillan decide to stand and trade and Koasicha made him pay for it as a hard left hook to the body in the fourth round put Santillan down and he decided not to get up again. The 24-year-old Koasicha has 14 wins by KO/TKO. He is WBC No 10 but had a lesson in realism when Brit Lee Selby outclassed him in May last year. Now 8 losses by KO/TKO for Santillan.

Lopez vs. Of the Saints

“Doberman” Lopez comes through a stiff test as he halts world rated De los Santos. Lopez had a good start as he put the more experienced fighter on the floor in the first round. De los Santos recovered quickly and took the fight to Lopez. They then proceeded to put on a great little fight with lots of toe-to-toe trading. Lopez generally had the edge as he used good footwork to break off and score on the outside and was more accurate with his combinations. Lopez constantly complained about low blows from De los Santos who had a point deducted. Lopez ended things in the ninth with two powerful uppercuts. De los Santos was badly shaken by the first and went down after the second and immediately indicated an injury to his jaw forcing the fight to be stopped. Lopez has 12 wins by KO/TKO and has won 13 of his last 14 fights. The loss was a split decision last May against Nery Saguilan and he rebounded from that with a points victory over former IBF super feather champion Juan Carlos Salgado.He is not in the ratings yet but soon will be. De los Santos had lost only once, to Ghislain Maduma, in his last 21 fights and had won his last five to a tough opponent for Lopez.

Inowroclaw, Poland: Super Welter: Damian Jonak (39-0-1) W PTS 10 Ayoub Nefzi (23-5-1). Jonak wins bloody battle over Belgian-based Tunisian "Prince". In the first round a clash of heads saw Nefzi cut on his left eyebrow but he Showed nice skills to protect the cut and survived the round. Nefzi boxed well to edge the second round. Jonak took the third and then put Nefzi down in the fourth with a right hook. The Tunisian got up but was hurt again by a body shot and needed all his skills to stay in the fight. Jonak continued to press in the fifth gong to the body with Nefzi also scoring with some good counters. The sixth, seventh and eighth were close but another clash of heads opened a second cut over Nefzi's eye. They Fought hard and technical battle over the last two rounds with Jonak doing enough to ensure code a clear victory. Scores 99-91, 97-93 and 97-92. The 32-year-old Pole has wins over Alex Bunem, Jackson Osei Bonsu, Kris Carslaw and Bradley Pryce but is only EBU No 7 and does notappear to have progressed much after 40 fights. Nefzi, 35, keeps his record of not losing inside the distance despite having been in with opposition such as Emanuele Della Rosa, Nikola Stevanovic and Sasha Yengoyan.

Ukhta, Russia: Feather: Andrey Bogdanov (20-1-1) W PTS 12 Naciff Castillo (17-6-2).

Bogdanov wins vacant WBU (German Version) title with wide unanimous verdict over Mexican. The 33-year-old “Gentleman” makes it 14 wins in a row. The EBU No 9 is a member of Russia’s Special Forces and was given special leave to train for this one. Castillo did well as this was his first fight for 15 months.

Durban, South Africa: Cruiser: Illunga Makabu (19-1) W KO 11 Thabiso Mchunu (16-2). Middle: Chris Buthelezi (24-12-3) W KO 1 Rocky Junior (14-3). Super Welter: Frans Ramabola (4-0) W PTS 10 George Mdluli (7-2-1). Bantam: Siboniso Gonya (8-1) W PTS 10 Onela Qongwana (10-3-1).

Makabu vs. Mchunu

Makabu comes from behind to kayo South African Mchunu in WBC eliminator. After a round of study Mchunu went ahead in this all-southpaw fight using a strong jab to establish command. He was finding the target consistently through Makabu’s porous defence and avoided the bombs from the DRC fighter. He had Makabu rocking in the third round and scored heavily in the fourth. He seemed well on his way to a win when the stamina just drained out of him and Makabu took over in the later rounds. He had Mchunu in deep trouble in the seventh but under the open scoring Mchunu’s early efforts had him in front on all three cards. From then it was all Makabu as he battered and bludgeoned his way through Mchunu’s defence until a left uppercut to the head put Mchunu down and out in the eleventh. After losing his first pro fight when he was halted in just 28 seconds by another debutant Makabu has won 18 in a row, 17 by KO/TKO with unbeaten Dymtro Kucher the only one to have lasted the distance againsthim. He was rated WBC3/WBA 4/WBO 5 so is now in line for a shot at Grigory Drozd for the WBC title. Mchunu, 27, was rated WBO 1/IBF 7(5)/WBO 12 but has blown his chances of a title shot. He had climbed the ratings with wins over Flo Simba, Eddie Chambers and Olanrewaju Durodola but “The Rock” crumbled and now some serious rebuilding is required.

Buthelezi vs. Junior

Local fighter Buthelezi continues his good run with first round win over Brazilian but with some controversy. Mid way through the first round Junior went down and was counted out but there was no punch. He was dazed from a clash of heads which was missed by the referee. Buthelezi will take the win no matter how it comes. The South African champion has turned his record around with 8 wins and 2 draws in his last 10 fights. Not bad for a guy who was 8-9-1 in his first 18 fights and has been a pro for over 20 years. The 44-year-old Junior is probably finished for the year as he had only one fight each in years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Rambola vs. Mdlli

Ramabola wins the vacant WBA Pan African title with split decision over local fighter Mdluli. . The home fighter’s cause was not helped by defective boots which he discarded for the second half of the fight and fought barefooted. Scores 97-94 and 96-94 for Ramabola and 97-94 for Mdluli which looked ridiculous as Ramabola was a clear winner. Ramabola was jumping up from six rounds to ten for the first time and had only 13 rounds of action prior to this fight. Mdluli, 32, was only marginally more experienced having been ten rounds in losing to Johannes Mwetupunga in 2013.

Gonya vs. Qongwana

Gonya scored one win for Durban as he comfortably outscored Qongwana for the vacant WBA Pan African title in a fight that was not helped by some poor refereeing. Scores 98-91, 98-92 and 98-93. Gonya is BSA No 5 at super bantam and Qongwana is No 10 at bantam

London, England: Light: Adam Dingsdale (13-2-1) W PTS 10 Mike Devine (13-3-1). Feather: Jamie Speight (13-7) W PTS 10 Ian Bailey (12-18-1). Light: Danny Connor (12-9-2) W TKO 3 Andy Harris (3-26-1). Super Light: Johnny Coyle (10-0-1) W PTS 10 Phil Bowes (9-2). Welter: Johnny Garton (14-1-1) DREW 10 Martin Welsh (12-4-1).

Ding Dale vs. Devine

Dingsdale gets decision over Devine in a good fight. Dingsdale’s Southern Area title was not at stake after Devine failed to make the weight but both fighters fought every bit as hard as to make no difference. As long as Dingsdale was able to use his jab to keep Devine out he was on safe ground but Devine made that hard by getting inside and making it more of a scrap. Devine had a good fifth round getting through with rights but despite the pressure from Devine Dingsdale was the busier boxer and more accurate. He was the stronger over the late rounds and deserved the referee’s decision. Score 99-94. Dingsdale’s losses have been to world rated fighters in Stephen Ormond for the WBO European title and Derry Matthews and the former amateur international has rebounded well from those. “Chunky” Devine, 26, was a little too chunky but he made Dingsdale fight hard. He had reached the final of the Prizefighter last year and his loss in the final was his only loss in his last 12 fights goinginto this fight.

Speight vs. Bailey

Golovkin followed him in and landed a chopping right that shook Monroe and then a series of head punches that had Monroe tumbling forward and down on his hands and knees. He looked a beaten fighter and if he got up before the referee counted 10 then it was at 9 ¾ and when the referee asked him if he wanted to fight on Monroe seemed to indicate he was finished for the night and that was the end. The 33-year-old GGG retains the WBA and IBO titles ( the meaningless WBC interim title was only on the line for Golovkin to lose as Monroe had refused to comply with the WBC rulings on weight monitoring). Golovkin goes to 30 wins by KO/TKO and 20 in his last 20 fights. The 28-year-old Monroe performed heroics to survive that dreadful second round and actually make Golovkin look human for three rounds as he boxed cleverly and countered well. However he did not have the power to stop the relentless forward march of Golovkin and finally paid the price. Golovkin vs. Saul Alvarez at a catchweightwould be an explosive mix.

Gonzalez vs. Sosa

The relentless power of Gonzalez just overwhelms Sosa as he retains his WBC title with a second round stoppage. Gonzalez was stalking in the first with Sosa showing the skills that made him such a great WBC light-fly champion. In the second round Gonzalez stepped up the pace and stung Sosa with a right cross. He then forced Sosa back landing three or four more of those right hands and pursuing until Sosa had his back to the ropes. A wicked left hook to the body was followed by a brain jarring right cross that sent Sosa to the canvas. The Mexican was up at 7 but you could see defeat in his eyes. Being the warrior he is Sosa tried to fight his way out of trouble but a series of head shots from Gonzalez forced him back and down on his backside. Again he got up and tried to trade but Gonzalez beat down his effort and just landed punch after punch with Sosa never having a chance to escape the storm long enough to try to counter and he was literally beaten to the canvas. The refereeimmediately waved the fight over and in a wonderful gesture Gonzalez kneeled down beside Sosa and embraced him and planted a kiss on his cheek. A mark of respect from one great fighter to another. The 27-year-old Nicaraguan “Chocolatito” a three division champion was making the second defence of his WBC title and now has an incredible 37 wins by KO/TKO including 18 in his last 19 fights and he has a win over current WBA/WBO champion Juan Francisco Estrada. Perhaps this exposure will get him the credit he deserves as to me he is the best little fighter since Ricardo Lopez. Sosa, 35, made 11 defences of his WBC light fly title. He lost his title when a blatant butt from Rodel Mayol fractured his jaw in their fight in 2009. He has now challenged unsuccessfully for the WBC fly title three times but no one has ever brutalised him the way Gonzalez did. It may be time to retire but he can do so as one of the best light flyweights ever and a tremendously popular fighter.

Morales vs. flowers

Southpaw Morales extends his winning streak against over matched Flores. Morales dominated from the start. He was much too good for Flores handing out a steady beating in every round scoring freely to head and body with Flores trying to fight back but lacking the skill or power to be competitive. The seventh was brutal as Flores was being beaten down and in the eighth he was on the ropes and dropped his hands after a series of head shots and the referee stopped the fight. The 23-year-old “Maravilla” is a long way from copying elder brothers Erik and Diego in winning a world title and after an initial fanfare his career almost seems to have hit a plateau for a while. Now 5 losses and a technical draw in his last 6 fights for Mexican Flores.

Washington, PA, USA: Super Feather: Rod Salka (21-4) W KO 6 Noel Echevarria (11-6). Light Heavy: Tommy Karpency (24-4-1) W Rayco Saunders (23-26-2).

Salka vs. Echevarria

Salka wins the vacant WBA-NABA title down at super feather with knockout of southpaw Echevarria. Not surprisingly Salka used a right hand to win this one. Supposedly the perfect answer to a southpaw Salka scored repeatedly with rights against the out-gunned Puerto Rican. It worked over the first three rounds although Echevarria made a better fight of it in the fourth and fifth as he managed to score some rights of his own. It was all over in the sixth when a right to the body put Echevarria down for the count. He was taken out of the ring on a stretcher and went to hospital for observation. Only the fourth win by KO/TKO for 32-year-old Salka. “Lightning Rod” is rebuilding after the flak he unfairly received for getting a fight with Danny Garcia in August. Last time out he got a wide unanimous verdict over Monty Meza Clay. Now 6 losses in a row for Echevarria.

Karpency vs. Saunders

Just a keep busy outing for Karpency. He showed excellent southpaw skills as he out boxed veteran Saunders being too sharp and quick and winning every round without every looking likely to end it early. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. His win over Chad Dawson in October was a huge upset but he has yet to capitalise on it. In previous attempts to step up he lost every round against Nat Cleverly for the WBO title and was halted in seven round by Andrzej Fonfara for the IBO title. A third title shot is not impossible but with Sergey Kovalev and Adonis Stevenson holding the titles it is a tough division for challengers.

Seville, Spain: Welter: Jorge Fortera (13-0-1) W TKO 4 Koba Karkashadze (19-7). Super Feather: Ruddy Encarnacion (34-23-4) W PTS 6 Michael Carrero (12-39-4). Super Welter: Ruben Varon (43-8) W PTS 6 Jose Lopez Clavero (5-3-1).

Faster vs. Karkashadze