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Shane Mosley wasn’t even close tonight in his loss to Manny Pacquiao and the crowd voiced their disapproval

Manny Pacquiao dominated “Sugar” Shane Mosley tonight in a fight that was at times dull and boring to defeat Mosley with a 12-round unanimous decision.

Mosley was put down hard in the third round, but came off the canvas. Shane only had sparse moments of any real offense and was totally unable to pull the trigger against the obviously faster and stronger Pacquiao. In the middle rounds and on, Mosley looked tired and every bit of his 39 years, as he went in defensive mode looking to survive the fight. Kenny Bayless did call a knockdown of Pacquiao in the 10th round, but it was obviously a shove from Mosley. It is rare that a Pacquiao fight is booed but this one was booed as the crowd showed its disapproval. - Pacquiao landed 182 of 552 total punches, compared to Mosley’s 82 of 260. It was a total domination.

Fight Results

Saturday 7 May - MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Welterweight - Manny Pacquiao def Shane Mosley on UD 12 / 12 - WBO welterweight title (supervisor: Leon Panoncillo)

Light welterweight - Mike Alvarado def Ray Narh by RTD 3 / 12. Time: 3:00 - Vacant WBC Continental Americas light welterweight title (supervisor: Craig Hubble)

Super bantamweight - Wilfredo Vazquez Jr lost to Jorge Arce by TKO 12 / 12. Time: 0:55 - WBO super bantamweight title (supervisor: Luis Perez)

Super middleweight - Kelly Pavlik def Alfonso Lopez on MD 10 / 10

Super flyweight - Rodel Mayol def Javier Gallo on MD 10 / 10

Light welterweight - Pier Olivier Cote def Aris Ambriz by TKO 4 / 8. Time: 0:46

Lightweight - Karl Dargan def Randy Arrellin on UD 6 / 6

Light welterweight - Jose Benavidez def James Hope by TKO 5 / 6

• In a war, former two-division champion Jorge Arce (57-6-2, 44 KOs), at 31, scored the upset of the night by stoping previously unbeaten WBO jr featherweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-1-1, 17 KOs) in round twelve to win his third title. Arce came in hard and Vazquez, the son of Puerto Rican boxing legend Wilfredo Vazquez, responded. This fight featured furious and exciting exchanges throughout. Vazquez floored Arce with a big left hook at the end of round four, but Arce came on strong late battering Vazquez in the twelfth round and Vazquez senior in the corner threw in the towel even though his son had seemed to weather the storm. Time was :55. Official scores at the time of stoppage were 107-102 Arce, and 104-104 on the other two cards.

• Former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KOs) won a ten round majority decision over previously unbeaten Alfonso Lopez (21-1, 16 KOs). Pavlik, now the WBC #1 super middleweight, needed a few rounds to get the rust off, but overcame a game and difficult Alfonso Lopez, closing strong with a great tenth round to win the decision. Scores were 99-91, 98-92 and 95-95.

• Mike Alvarado (30-0, 22 KOs) won by TKO when WBC #6 Sugar Ray Narh (25-2, 21 KOs) surprisingly quit on his stool after three rounds. Narh seemed to quit for no solid reason. Alvarado wins the vacant WBC Continental Americas belt.

Off TV Results

• Former flyweight world title holder Rodel Mayol won a 10 round majority decision over Javier Gallo. Mayol (28-5-2, 21 KO’s) would beat Gallo (17-4-1, 9 KO’s) to the punch early in the fight, but Gallo countered effectively in the later rounds. One judge scored the fight 95-95, while the other two judges scored the bout 98-92 in favor of Mayol.

• Former amateur star Jose Benavidez, Jr. stopped game James Hope in the fifth round of a scheduled six round bout. Hope (6-8-1, 4 KO’s) was able to get a few punches in, but it was all Benavidez (11-0, 10 KO’s) the rest of the way as he landed vicious combinations. In the fifth, Benavidez pinned Hope in a corner, landing hard punches until referee Vic Drakulich stepped in and stopped the bout at 1:43.

• Canadian super lightweight Pier Oliver Cote stopped Aris Ambriz in the fourth round of a scheduled eight round bout. Cote (16-0, 11 KO’s) hurt Ambriz in the second and dropped him in the third with a left-right combination. In the fourth, Cote landed two hard right hands to the head of Ambriz (15-2-1, 8 KO’s), prompting referee Tony Weeks to stop the fight at 46 seconds.

• Lightweight Karl Darganwon a six round unanimous decision over Randy Arrellin. Dargan (9-0, 4 KOs) outworked the shorter Arrellin (8-5, 4 KOs), who pressed the fight during a majority of the fight. All three judges scored the bout for Dargan with scores of 59-55, 59-55, and 60-54

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W.B.F. Names Alan Santana as Regional Representative to California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona

By Dan Hernandez

“Our immediate goal is to promote fights that are world class bouts and to have champions that will represent the W.B.F. well.”…..

Alan Santana

W.B.F. Regional Representative

Congratulations go to Alan Santana for being named the new World Boxing Federation Regional Representative for the Western United States. The W.B.F., established in 1988, is a force in the boxing industry and to hold one of its coveted belts is a powerful addition to any championship affair.

Alan, a friend, is well qualified as an expert in boxing, having fought, trained, and managed top-notch fighters. Santana has also aided in boxing promotions and worked ringside as a punch-by-punch analyst and on-air commentator. A stickler for seeing each task taken to a successful completion, Alan is enthusiastically and energetically approaching this new venture. He is encouraging a group effort of the promoters, managers, and of course, the fighters of these areas to contact him to enhance their productions by offering a W.B.F. title as its prize.

Santana was eager to meet for this interview and tell the world about the W.B.F. experience.

DH: Please explain the background of the W.B.F., your title, and the goals you share.

First of all Dan, thank you and I am very honored to be part of the World Boxing Federation. I did my homework on this organization before I decided if I would accept the position or appointment that was offered to me. My title is Regional Representative for the Western United States, which includes California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona. The W.B.F. was founded in 1988 by Larry Carrier in Bristol, Tennessee, and is growing rapidly. After reading the presidents message (Howard Goldberg) for 2011 and the standard that he has set for the W.B.F., I felt comfortable moving forward. We do have the same goals in mind here and that is to promote the organization and make it stand out against all of the competition.

DH: What were your qualifications for this post?

My duties are as follows: To promote the W.B.F. with the same class, dignity and passion as I fought with, inside the ring back in the 1980’s as a professional boxer, under the name Alan “The Matinee Idol” Santana. I have spent most of my childhood and adult life in and around boxing. I had over 100 amateur fights, both with the AAU and USA Boxing, and was trained by the late, great, Fabela Chavez. I had won numerous titles with the AAU and USA sanctioned bouts here in California. In addition, being involved in the family paving business for over 30 years, and running my own business since I was 27, provides me the life experience and edge I need to succeed in my role as a representative for the W.B.F. I will be in charge of all title matches, world, state, etc.; appointing judges, referees, and supervising each event. I will work with the local boxing commissioner in the state that the event is being held and make certain that all the paper work is in order before the production takes place.

DH: What is the immediate goal of the W.B.F. in order to reach the ultimate goal?

The immediate goal is to provide fights that are excellent bouts and to have champions that will represent the W.B.F. well. One thing that I see in the sport of boxing today is that it seems to have lost its way with everything that is going on in today’s world. We have to compete with the MMA and we have lost a lot of our audience to the MMA. Years ago, you could ask almost anyone in the United States who was the heavyweight champion of the world, and 9 out of 10 people could tell you who he was. Today, I think that is totally the opposite; nine of 10 people don’t know who the champion is. The quality of fights that are being promoted by the other organizing are, I feel, sub standard and that is what the W.B.F. is trying to do, promote world-class fights. Fights that will make people want to come back for more, again, and again. The other thing that separates us from all the other organizations is that we use computerized rankings for our fighters and our title-holders. That is huge to me…It sets us apart from everyone else. If you want to succeed in any business you need to be different and stand out from everyone else, and that is what we are doing.

DH: How do you plan to coordinate your efforts?

To accomplish the goals that I have set for myself, I will need to surround myself with good quality people who also have knowledge of the game, and are business savvy. In this game, you need that in your corner or you will be knocked off your feet. I will build a solid group of officials and top promoters to make the W.B.F. a household name.

DH: How do promoters, referees, trainers, etc. get involved?

In order to be involved with the W.B.F. as an official, or a promoter, I will look for a few things, one is experience in boxing and the other qualities are honesty and integrity. It will not match-up unless all three ingredients prevail.

DH: Why the W.B.F. as opposed to the other organizations?

I feel there is room for the W.B.F. and the reason for another boxing organization currently is that we need to restore the sport back to its glory days, to bring back the stature of what a world champion should be and how that champion should carry themselves both inside and outside the ring. We also have championship titles for all weight classes and for women as well. Most boxing organizations do not even recognize the women of the ring, and here at the W.B.F. we do. Remember, kids look up to these athletes and the organizations that back them. The sport is sorely missing something today and we aim to get it back.

DH: What do you think of all the ABC Championships?

I feel that there are way too many titles or as you call them ABC titles. The existing organizations have lost all their luster with all of the pettiness that goes on between them. Many of the title fights that are staged and the fighters being displayed are not championship caliber. Back in the 1940’s and 50’s you could not even think of fighting for a world title if you had less than 50 fights under your belt. Guys like Ike Williams who had 180 bouts, and the likes of the great Sugar Ray Robinson, would not be able to fight for a title unless they were well prepared. We want to restore boxing back to the glory days of the 1940’s and 50’s.

DH: World Boxing Federation sounds like you are recognized and sanctioned worldwide, is that valid?

The W.B.F. is recognized around the world, however we have not reached every part of the world. We will accomplish that goal soon. The one thing that I really like about the W.B.F. is that we are truly worldwide, just take a look at our president and everyone else that is involved with the organization. We have people from all over the world working with us, not just in the USA. I feel that makes us a vary valid entity. Our champions also come from every part of the world, the USA, France, Mexico, Europe, Germany and many other countries. I feel the W.B.F. is here to stay and we will become a force with all of the promoters and fighters around the world. We will give all the other boxing organizations a run for their money. The W.B.F. is here to stay!

Source: BoxingRepublic

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UFC 125: Resolution

Is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 1, 2024 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

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Official fight card

Main card

Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard

Middleweight bout: Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann

Light Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva

Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi

Preliminary card

Lightweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephens

Featherweight bout: Josh Grispi vs. Dustin Poirier

Middleweight bout: Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares

Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes

Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Greg Soto

Lightweight bout: Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee

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• Boxing results – Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada:

Matt Korobov UD 8 Anthony Greenidge
Jose Benavidez TKO 2 Manuel Delcid

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• Boxing results – National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland:

Kiko Martinez UD 12 Arsen Martirosyan
Brian Magee RTD 8 Roman Aramyan
Anthony Fitzgerald dec 10 Robert Long
Paul Hyland dec 8 Robert DaLuz
Luis Garcia TKO 3 Christian Cruz
Alexei Acosta TKO 6 Oscar Chacin
Coleman Barrett dec 4 Remigijus Ziausys

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