Trenton Undercard Report: Kauffman/Haymon/Lopez

Trenton – Kauffman/Haymon – Lopez

Zhankosh Turarov, 151, Akkol, Kazakhstan, un dec Daniel Souza Santos, 150, Sao Paulo, 8.

Not a bad fight but one-sided. Scrappy, close 1^st, then ZT has it figured, stalks and picks shots well, gradually breaks down. DSS on run all fight but hanging in ‘til beaten down in last couple. DSS wobbled by short right in 2^nd. DSS tries taking initiative in 4^th with aggressive start, but by rd’s end, ZT nailing him with left hooks. ZT picking him apart in 6^th; punishing in 7^th, and drops in closing seconds of 8^th. DSS hurt and on run form series, short right sends down, pops up and tries to claim foot slipped; action resumes but bell in seconds. Kinney 80-70, Carter & Barnes 80-71.

Titus Williams, 124, Elmont, LI, maj dec Jovany Fuentes, 125, Bayamon, 6.

Good fight; if anything, JF makes TW look ordinary. JF charges across at start and rocks with 1^st punch, right. TW circles and boxes throughout while JF chases and tries to mug. JF bawled out by Dali in 2^nd and 3^rd for cheap shots on break. Counter right wobbles TW in 3^rd and another buckles his knees. Last 3 are close but TW has better hands and is outscoring; TW lands right hand cheap shot after final bell. Kinney 57-57, others 59-55.

Christopher Brooker, 169, Phila., un dec Gabriel Pham, 168, AC, 8.

Terrible contest. GP lanky southpaw and CB doesn’t seem to know what to do. Left lead rocks CB in 1^st but not much else. Somehow in 3^rd, GP gets bloody nose, possibly from CB charging in and heads colliding, and stops fighting. Thereafter, it’s mostly GP doing nothing and CB trying to do something but not effective, mauling punches, not clean shots. Carter 78-74, others 79-73.

Darryl Bunting, 165, Asbury Pk, TKO Kyle Kurtz, 167, St Louis, 1:05 2^nd (4).

Wild, undisciplined, but good action. Both trading wide open through 1^st but DB starts putting together punishing rights and finishes strong. In 2^nd, KK gets rest from low blow (Fields), but immediately DB goes all out, nailing him with rights, drives to ropes and is standing him up into rights, ref stops. Kurtz: 8/5/90, Carbondale, IL.

Eddie Ramirez, 142, Aurora, IL, un dec Jessie Roman, 141, Garden Grove, CA, 10.

Good fight. Not a slam banger, but steady action, good tactical match. ER aggressor but has tendency to attack vigorously at opening bell, get solid lead, then circle away. JR relies on trying to catch him with counters, only occasionally taking lead and attacking. In 4^th, after 3 close rds, ER works over on ropes effectively. 5^th is hectic, back and forth, but ER both opens and finishes rd strong. 6^th is close. 7^th is seesaw, with ER starting strong, both stand and mix it up close. Then ER circles and takes potshots. 8^th nails it down for ER; applying serious pressure, left hook rocks JR, spits out mouthpiece and may save himself from stoppage. JR not in fight in 9^th and takes bad beating, but gamely comes back to mix in 10^th. Carter 98-92, others 99-91.

Marrio Barrios, 130, San Ant., un dec Devis Boschiero, 130, Veneto, Italy, 12.

Forget it. Not worth talking about. One of worst pieces of crap in boxing history, nearly a no hitter. MB towers over DB, who hasn’t a clue how to get inside. DB just poses and poses. MB taps and push punches, flicks jab, puts nothing on punches and does enough to win. Some rds no one lands a clean blow. Only action last rd, and that by accident. As usual, nothing is happening. Somehow, DB lands a right. When he lands another, he’s off balance from the swing, MB sidesteps and looks to me like he pushes DB over, but some say there was a punch, and Huggins rules knockdown. After that, they actually throw punches like they should have all along. Still nothing to get excited about, but at least it’s some action, with MB clearly getting best of it. Judges are Grant, Pasquale & Cheeks; all 120-107.

Tyrone Crawley, 139, Phila., un dec Alexander Charneco, 140, Aguada, PR, 6.

Ironically, a total all-out wild action brawl. Both southpaw. Forget boxing, bailing out and swinging wide open for bleachers punch after punch. Left counter drops AC in 1^st but he battles back and gets back into fight. He’s hurt again in 2^nd but battles back again. Both progressively lose steam as bout wears on but both keep fighting gamely, TC dominant. Kinney 60-51, others 60-53.

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July 9, 2016