Eric Armit collects all the results from all over the world.
June 22 at Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina
Lucien Bastida WINS TKO 8 Nahuel Gonzalo
Bastida stopped Gonzalo in the eighth round in the defense of the Argentine title. Bastida let his punches fly from the start. Taller southpaw Gonzalo is using his jab to push Bastida back and land heavy blows to the body.
Bastida launched a fierce attack early in the second half, scoring with a series of shots from both hands, but was cut over the left eye when their heads collided. Bastida was working better than Gonzalo, getting close to scoring with hooks and uppercuts and by the fifth minute, Gonzalo had a nasty bruise under his right eye.
Gonzalo regained consciousness late in the seventh and scored with deep hooks to the body but was now suffering from swelling around both eyes. In the eighth, blood began to flow down Bastida’s face from a cut above his left eye.
He suddenly landed a right uppercut and sent Gonzalo across the ring, connecting with lefts and rights until Gonzalo lay against the ropes with his arms down and his head thrown back by the Gonzalo’s punch, and the fight was stopped. This is Bastida’s first defense. Gonzalo has won his last two fights.
June 22 in Pepinster, Belgium
Faroukh Kourbanov won PTS 10 Diego Lagos
Kourbanov brushed the dust off with a wide unanimous decision over Lagos. In his first match of sixteen months, Kourbanov won 100-90 on all three cards. Kyrgyzstan-born Kourbanov dropped a majority decision to Joe Cordina in 2021 but was eliminated by Zelfa Barrett in a European title shot in 2022. Colombia Lagos was beaten by Spaniard Salvador Jimenez for 5 innings in April.
June 22 in Munich, Germany
Yusuf Sultanoglu defeats Rashad Karimov by TKO 5
Germany’s Sultanoglu won the vacant WBC International Silver title by defeating Karimov. Sultanoglu knocked Karimov down three times in the fifth round to force a stoppage. Ninth KO/TKO victory for Sultanoglu. Karimov, a 40-year-old Azeri German, is 11-1 in his last 12 fights, with a loss to Cuban Mike Perez in October.
Luka Plantic Women TKO 1 Almir Skrijelj
If Plantic was hoping to get game time then this was a waste of time, as he stopped Montenegro Skrijelj midway through the first round. Plantic suspended Jack Cullen in April. This was Skrijelj’s 10th close-range loss.
Dilara Yucel Women KO 1 Sonja Pilipovic
Türkiye’s “She Wolf” Yucel knocked out Bosnian Pilipovic in an embarrassing match. The reigning WBF champion earned his 11th victory with KO/TKO. Pilipovic, who came on as a substitute, has lost 14 of his 15 KO/TKO fights, including seven in the first round.
June 22 in Arenzano, Italy
Federico Schinina beat PTS 10 Mohammed Graich
Local boxer Schinina won the vacant Italian title with a points victory over Graich in an entertaining bout. Schinina had the advantage in skill and speed and passed the aggressive Graich to take an early lead. Graich just kept coming, constantly pressing and even with his smart defensive play, Schinina frequently found himself pinned against the ropes and Graich seemed to have closed the points gap.
Schinina then took the lead in the ninth and tenth rounds and won well 96-94 twice and 97-93. Argentinian-born Schinina lost his national super lightweight championship bout last August but moved up to super welterweight and has recorded two wins. Morocco-born Graich has won his last three fights.
June 22 in Catuingang, Philippines
Jeo Santisima WINS KO 4 Arnon Yupang
Santisima defeated Thai Yupang in the fourth round. Santisima led from the start with heavy punches to the head and body. Yupang tried to punch with Santisima but was weakened by the body punches and when another body punch knocked him down in the fourth round, he was counted out.
Santisima won the WBA Asian Continental Championship. He was on a 17-fight winning streak before losing to Emanuel Navarrete for the WBO title in 2020, but a streak of four losses in five fights after that completely derailed him. Yupang is making his first title defense.
June 22 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Emeka Nwokolo W PTS 12 Jeovanis Barraza
Nigerian Nwokolo overcame Colombian Barraza and won two titles. Nwokolo boxed deftly against the taller Colombian. He scored well with counter-attacks and when Barraza tried to get in on the back foot, Nwokolo was quick enough to score and escape before Barraza could react. Nwokolo was fast-paced and outlasted Barraza round after round to win comfortably by scores of 120-108 twice and 118-110.
Nwokolo participated in many battles in Colombia and Mexico. He won the vacant NABA and Global Boxing Organization titles. Barraza was 20-0 against very modest opposition, but the move up to face much higher quality has left him with less impressive numbers at 3-4.
June 22 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
Oluwafemi Oyeleye beat Leonardo Di Stefano by TKO 4
Oyeleye, a Nigerian-born southpaw, knocked out Di Stefano in round 4. Oyeleye boxed in the retreat, using his longer reach to accumulate points. Di Stefano continuously moved forward, stabbing people but without success.
As Di Stefano advanced again in the fourth round, a short left hook staggered him, then he went down on his hands and knees and continued to punish him on the canvas, and the referee immediately stopped the fight. The tenth win by KO/TKO for Oyeleye.
June 21 at Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, UK
Sultan Zaurbek WIN TKO 1 Roman Ruben Reynoso
Kazakhstan southpaw Zaurbek perfected Reynoso with three knockouts in 101 seconds. Reynoso came out, kept his head down, threw ferocious punches and as Zaurbek stepped aside, Reynoso threw himself off of him and landed on the canvas.
He got up and took ridiculously rough shots again. Zaurbek lands a left to the body. Reynoso knelt on the canvas and watched the count, then spit out his mouth guard to buy a few more seconds. When the action restarted, a left to the body sent Reynoso to his knees on the canvas again.
While the count was going on, Zaurbek climbed the ropes in a corner to celebrate, but Reynoso beat the count. Another right to the body sent him down and the referee waved the fight off. It was a farce and it was ridiculous that Zaurbek would win the vacant WBA Continental title in a fight like this. Thirteen KO/TKO wins for Zaurbek, who deserved better.
June 21 in Vigevano, Italy
Mirko Geografo drew PTS 12 Luigi Alfieri
Geografo and Alfieri ended up fighting for the vacant European Silver title. In the opening rounds, Alfieri’s continued aggression caused Geografo to fight on the back foot. He’s boxing well, but Alfieri is shifting his attack from the head to the body and has a good lead after five rounds. Geografo gradually worked his way into the fight in the middle rounds and then used his better skills to beat the fading Alfieri and the judges couldn’t split them with all three cards reading 114-114, so They will have to start over from scratch.
Veronica Tosi WINS PTS 10 Natalia Francesca
Hometown fighter Tosi won the vacant European title when she defeated Spain’s Francesca. The visitors were competitive in the first three rounds, but then the pressure and aggression from Tosi got her under control and Francesca’s big effort in the final round came too late. Scored 98-92 twice and 97-93. Third consecutive victory for Tosi. Francesca had previously been unsuccessful in winning the European featherweight belt.
June 21 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Derick Miller Jr W TKO 2 Brian Houston
Local hope Miller defeated Houston in two innings. Miller knocked Houston down in the first round and again in the second when Houston was counted out on his second takedown. Ninth win by KO/TKO for Miller. He won the vacant United States Boxing Federation championship title. Houston, 43, had his first fight since February 2022.
