Fists of Gold II results from the Cotai Arena at the Venetian Resort in Macao, China:
Unbeaten super flyweight Rex Tso (7-0, 4 KOs) won an all-action six round majority decision over Rusalee Samor (20-5-2, 9 KOs). Tso from nearby Hong Kong won by scores of 58-56, 59-55, 57-57.
In a knockdown-filled war, unbeaten super bantamweight Genesis Servania (22-0, 8 KOs) scored a nine round technical split decision over Konosuke Tomiyama (23-6-1, 8 KOs). Servania dropped Tomiyama in round one, but Tomiyama came back to floor Servania twice in the same round! Servania knocked down Tomiyama again at the end of round three. The bout was eventually stopped in round nine due to a cut suffered by Servania from an unintentional headbutt. Scores were 87-82, 86-83 Servania, 85-84 Tomiyama.
Unbeaten super bantamweight Dave Penalosa (7-0, 5 KOs) scored a third round KO over Ngaotawa Sithsaithong (10-11-1, 5 KOs). Penalosa showed good power in dispatching Sithsaithong. Time was :45. Penalosa is the son of Dodie Boy Penalosa.
Flyweight Zou Shiming (2-0) proved tonight that he’s better than Jesus Ortega (3-2, 2 KO’s) in beating him by a 6 round unanimous decision but that’s all he proved at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.
Shiming looked nothing short of mediocre and nowhere near good enough to compete with the major players at flyweight or even the contenders. Shiming looked better than Ortega and that’s about it. The judges scored it 59-55, 59-55, 59-55. Shiming’s former Olympic credentials didn’t help him in this fight, as he was hit constantly by Ortega and nailed in the body with a hard shots.
Shiming’s trainer Freddie Roach no doubt told him to use a lot of head and upper body movement to keep from getting hit in the head by Ortega, but that didn’t keep him from hitting Shiming with a lot of shots that seemed to weaken the Chinese fighter as the fight went on. Shiming took the fight in close in the last couple of rounds; no doubt because he wasn’t getting hit as much by Ortega when they were close.
However, he was still nailed a lot and he didn’t show the kind of potential that you’d like to see from a former two-time Olympic gold medalist. For a fighter as old as the 32-year-old Shiming, he has got a lot of work to do in order to beat contenders in the flyweight division. Forget about the champions.
He’s no match for any of them, but if he works hard he might end up as a contender one of these days. That’s about all I can see Shiming accomplishing. Bob Arum of Top Rank better be extra skillful in his match-making for Shiming because one false move and he’s going to have a badly beaten former two-time Olympic gold medalist on his hands.
If I was Arum, I’d keep matching Shiming against 3rd tier fighters and keep him far, far away from 2nd and 1st tier guys. Shiming doesn’t have the power right now to compete with anyone even halfway good and his defense and speed aren’t good enough to make up for what he lacks in power.
Shiming looked nothing short of mediocre and nowhere near good enough to compete with the major players at flyweight or even the contenders. Shiming looked better than Ortega and that’s about it. The judges scored it 59-55, 59-55, 59-55. Shiming’s former Olympic credentials didn’t help him in this fight, as he was hit constantly by Ortega and nailed in the body with a hard shots.
Shiming’s trainer Freddie Roach no doubt told him to use a lot of head and upper body movement to keep from getting hit in the head by Ortega, but that didn’t keep him from hitting Shiming with a lot of shots that seemed to weaken the Chinese fighter as the fight went on. Shiming took the fight in close in the last couple of rounds; no doubt because he wasn’t getting hit as much by Ortega when they were close.
However, he was still nailed a lot and he didn’t show the kind of potential that you’d like to see from a former two-time Olympic gold medalist. For a fighter as old as the 32-year-old Shiming, he has got a lot of work to do in order to beat contenders in the flyweight division. Forget about the champions.
He’s no match for any of them, but if he works hard he might end up as a contender one of these days. That’s about all I can see Shiming accomplishing. Bob Arum of Top Rank better be extra skillful in his match-making for Shiming because one false move and he’s going to have a badly beaten former two-time Olympic gold medalist on his hands.
If I was Arum, I’d keep matching Shiming against 3rd tier fighters and keep him far, far away from 2nd and 1st tier guys. Shiming doesn’t have the power right now to compete with anyone even halfway good and his defense and speed aren’t good enough to make up for what he lacks in power.
Shiming earned a spot on the big Pacquiao-Rios card in November.
WBA/WBO flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada (23-2, 17 KOs) defended his title with a hard fought twelve round unanimous decsion over previously unbeaten Milan Melindo (28-1, 11 KOs). Not a whole lot to separate these two through the first nine rounds. Action opened up late with numerous toe-to-toe exchanges. Estrada dropped Melindo at the end of round eleven and staggered Melindo again in the twelfth to pull away. The scores of 118-109, 117-109, 118-109 didn’t reflect how close the fight was.
IBF featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich (17-0, 8 KOs) outboxed Mauricio Munoz (26-4, 12 KOs) to retain his title via twelve round unanimous decision. Gradovich tirelessly grinded down Munoz en route to a 119-109, 119-109, 120-108 win.
In a highly anticipated clash between unbeaten heavyweights, Andy Ruiz Jr (20-0, 14 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Joe Hanks (21-1, 14 KOs). As promised, Ruiz was aggressive from the outset and finally floored Hanks twice in round four and the bout was stopped. Time was 1:41.
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