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Less than two months into 2012,
we probably already have the
fight of the year locked down
after fellow Mexicans Juan Jose
Montes and Oscar Ibarra traded
non-stop bombs Saturday night in
Guadalajara in their fight for
the vacant World Boxing
Federation World Super Flyweight
title.
Ibarra got off to the better
start and landed some huge right
hands in the first round, but
“Goofy” Montes took back control
in the second by driving his
opponent to the ropes and firing
relentlessly with both hands.
Ibarra didn’t just receive, but
landed some shots of his own and
the capacity crowd was on its
feet watching what was turning
out to be an outright war.
This trend continued throughout,
Montes on the offensive but
Ibarra always active and
dangerous with his right hand.
In the fourth he cut Montes over
the right eye, and in the tenth
over the left, and with a bloody
nose to boot it was evident that
Ibarra had his share of success.
But Montes continued to charge
relentlessly, and showed
extraordinary courage and
determination from start to
finish.
After twelve pulsating rounds of
boxing, the crowd had hardly
used their chairs and gave the
two warriors a two-minute
standing ovation while waiting
for the decision. Judges Jose
Garduno, Sergio Sotelo and Alan
Santana scored the bout 118-109,
116-111 and 114-113, all for
Montes, but both fighters
deserves big credit for putting
on one of the best WBF world
title fights in recent memory.
New World Boxing Federation
World Super Flyweight Champion
Juan Jose Montes improved his
professional record to 22-2
(14), while Oscar Ibarra fell to
27-6 (18). The fight was
promoted by Hector Garcia and HG
Boxing, and televised live in
Mexico by Televisa. Supervisor
was WBF President Howard
Goldberg.
On the previous night, Friday
February 24 in Saint Quentin,
France, local hero Thierry Karl
captured the vacant WBF
International Cruiserweight
title with a unanimous decision
over Georgian Sandro Sirposhvili
at the Palais des Sports. Karl
fought a clever fight, and
seemed to be one step ahead of
his opponent from the first
bell, although Siproshvili never
stopped trying.
At the conclusion, scores were
97-93 (Jean Marcel Nartz,
Germany), 99-93 (Alfred Asaro,
France) and 100-90 (Robert
Verwijs, Netherlands). Referee
was Alexsander Kalinkin from
Russia. The fight was promoted
by Boxing Club des Saint
Quentin.
Thierry Karl, who won his first
title at Cruiserweight, is now
30-5 (19) in the professionals.
Siproshvili drops to 25-11 (12).
In a fight that was planned to
be for the vacant WBF North
American supermiddleweight
title, Mike Tiberi won on points
against Sean Rawley Wilson on
Friday night (March 24) at the
Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in
Dover, Delaware, USA. However,
since the bout was cut from
ten to just eight rounds, title
recognition was automatically
forfeited. |
