Via Ken Hissner: At the Montreal casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Friday on ESPN+ Camille Estephan (Eye of the Tiger Management) featured in the North American Boxing Association Main Event and Arslanbek League Heavyweight Champion ” Lions” Makhmudov defended his title, scoring a double kill but former IBF Intercontinental champion Carlos Takam more than held on to the IBF Intercontinental title, which was left vacant for more than ten rounds.
In the main event, NABA and NABF Heavyweight Champion Arslanbek “Lion” Makhmudov, 15-0 (14), #263.3, of Russia and Montreal Quebec, CAN, defeated former WBC Silver champion Carlos Takam, 39-7 -1 (28), #261.4, of Cameroon and Henderson, NV, over ten innings scored a pair of kills.
The first 20 seconds of the round, Makhmudov defeated Takam with a punch to the chin, receiving an 8 from referee Michael Griffin but still managed to make it to the end of the round. In the second and third innings, Takam seemed to weather the storm from the knockdown, scoring well in the third.
In the fourth round, Takam played well enough to knock Makhmudov down with some fierce punches. In the fifth inning, Takam seemed to have let the bigger Makhmudov down many times over.
In the final seconds of the sixth round, a forehand just above Takam’s chin stunned Makhmudov. In the final seconds of the seventh round, Takam missed a right, ending with a rope as Makhmudov landed right on his head, dropping him as referee Griffin counted 8 points.
In the 1/8 round, Makhmudov was warned by referee Griffin for his rough behavior. In the ninth round, Takam went on to take down the much larger Makhmudov.
In the tenth and final round, a punch from Takam to Makhmodov’s chin within twenty seconds stopped his back. Takam seems to have exploited the Russians’ invincibility.
Scores are 96-92, 97-91 and 96-92, with this writer at 94-94.
NABF middleweight champion Steven “Bang Bang” Butler, 31-3-1 (26), #160, of Montreal, CAN, stopped south of Mark “The Bazooka” DeLuca, 28-4 (16), #159, by Whitman, MASS, at 1:59 of the second of ten scheduled innings.
In the first round, Butler had the upper hand. Halfway through the second half, Butler dropped a pair of punches to the chin and knocked DeLuca out to be overruled by referee Steve St. Germain counted 8 points. As he rose, he was already shaking with his legs and referee Germain wisely ordered a stop.
Men’s featherweight Martine Vallieres Bisson, 5-2 (1), #124.5, of Ville Lemoyne, Quebec, CAN, lost to Emma “Valkyria” Gongora, 5-2 (0), #124.8, of Marseille, Bouches-du -Rhone , FR, on 6 × 2 loops.
In the second half, a right from Gongora caused Bisson to be counted eight penalties by referee Martin Forest. In the third round, after being warned three times for hitting the back of the head, Gongora lost one point.
In the fourth and fifth rounds, Gongora had a nosebleed but had two good rounds. In the sixth and final round, Gongora was able to control it, but it was doubtful that one more point was deducted by the referee Forest.
Scores are 57-54 and 58-54 with 57-53 from the writer, respectively.
Super Feather southpaw Thomas “The Ghost” Chabot, 7-0 (7), #127.8, of Thetford Mines, Quebec, CAN, stopped Armando Ramirez, 3-2 (0), #126, of El Grullo, Jalisco, MEX, at 1:24 of the second round of a 6-round schedule scored three kills.
In the first round, Chabot landed with a snake to kill people, just one minute after referee Martin Forest counted eight. In the second half, after a minute, a combination on Chabot’s body beat Ramirez because the referee Forest counted eight penalties. Half a minute later, a left cross from Chabot knocked Ramirez down, forcing the referee Forest to wave his hand.
Super Feather Jean Gardy Francois, 3-0 (2), #129.2, of Montreal, Quebec, CAN, beat Southpaw Andres Sanchez Ramirez, 4-5-3 (2), #129.2, of Gomez Palacio, Durango, MEX, more than four rounds.
In the first round, Francois had swelling under his left eye because they both slipped it off. In the second inning, the bump opened up a small cut from Francois in the last two innings.
In the third round, Francois started bleeding from his nose in another round. In the fourth and final round, Francois injured Ramirez mid-round, causing him to stagger from a punch on the right chin.
The scores are 40-36 and 39-37 respectively, so is this writer.
Welter Hamza “Taz” Khabbaz, 5-0 (1), #146.6, of Montreal, Quebec, CAN, beat Jose “Tacho” Gutierrez Bolanos, 2-6 (0), #146.8, of Mexico City, over four rounds fight.
In the first two innings, both threw punches from the start, with Khabbaz knocking out the shorter Bolanos with mostly headers.
In the 3rd and 4th rounds, Bolanos kept moving forward, showing determination while receiving many punches to the chin, causing Khabbaz to knock him down. The referee is Albert Junior Padulo.
The scores are all 40-36, same with this writer.
