- It was an incredibly busy week of boxing and no fighter was bigger than the HBO PPV main event between sluggers Gennady Golovkin and David Lemieux. The fight was supposed to be a war, filled with blood and maybe a few knockdowns. Instead it was a blowout. It was clear from the start that Golovkin was the vastly superior boxer and his jab was so successful that he looked like Larry Holmes in there. Golovkin used that jab to bust up Lemieux's face while the Canadian tried to load up on single punches in the hope of scoring a knockout. That knockout never came for Lemieux who appeared to lose every round of the fight. Golovkin dropped Lemieux in the 5th round with a body punch then finished him off in the 8th round when again Lemieux was hurt to the body and Golvokin followed up with a flurry of punches. While the fight may not have been the bloodbath that fans wanted or were expecting, it was a fight that showed Golovkin to be much, much more than just a puncher.
- The co-feature for Saturday's HBO PPV card featured another heavy handed star who finds himself near the top, or at the top or nearly every pound-for-pound list. That would be Roman Gonzalez and he took on Brian Viloria in a fun fight. Viloria had never been down as a pro but that changed in the 3rd round when Gonzalez caught him with the shortest right hand seen since the days of Joe Louis. Viloria was able to use his superior hand speed to keep the fight close and in the middle rounds he appeared to have Gonzalez hurt. Viloria would again hurt Gonzalez in the 9th round but he would pay the price for that. At the end of the round Gonzalez caught Viloria on the ropes and unleashed enough punches to force the referee to stop the fight. It was a good stoppage and one that probably saved Viloria from himself because he was starting to take a beating despite showing a tremendous amount of heart.
- The rest of HBO's PPV card went pretty much how everyone thought it would. Tureano Johnson was too much for Eamonn O'Kane who was dropped twice in the opening round and didn't look like he would see the 2nd round. O'Kane did see the second round though along with the 12th because he survived until the final bell. However, Johnson was clearly the winner and he should now be in line for a big name fight, one he deserves. The other fight on the undercard was a heavyweight bout between Luis Ortiz and Matias Ariel Vidondo. Ortiz dropped Vidondo in the 2nd round and knocked him out in the 3rd, which was the outcome most fans were expecting.
- Saturday also saw some afternoon action when the PBC returned to NBC. The main event of that card was a fight between the established Lamont Peterson and the up-and-coming Felix Diaz. The fight appeared to be very close and looked like it could go either way but Diaz was clearly the aggressor. However when the scores were announced it was a majority decision for Peterson who may have been getting a make up call for his loss against Danny Garcia. Fortunately for Diaz he looked impressive and should earn another big fight. The other fight on that card turned into a very sad one. Undefeated prospect Prichard Colon took on Terrel Williams and lost when the fight was stopped in between rounds 9 and 10. The reason for the stoppage was that Colon's corner started to remove his gloves either thinking that the fight had ended or simply trying to buy time for their fighter who had been floored twice in the 9th round. Things turned very serious after the bout when Colon started to vomit and complain about dizziness in his dressing room. According to sources close to the situation Colon underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain and was suffering a brain bleed. As of Sunday Colon was still in critical condition and thoughts and prayers from the entire boxing community go out to Colon and his family.
- Saturday's other fight appeared on UniMas and was definitely overshadowed by HBO's PPV card. The main event of that card saw top prospect Jessie Magdaleno in action and the fight didn't last long. Magdaleno dropped his opponent Vergel Nebran twice in the opening round and the second knockdown would end the fight. Magdaleno, a southpaw, caught Nebran with a left hand to the body and the fight was over.
- On Friday night fans who tuned in to the PBC on Spike card got a real treat. Both fights on the card were hard fought battles and both should be considered candidates for Big Time Boxing's 2015 Fight of the Year. The main event was between Andrzej Fonfara and Nathan Cleverly and while the fight remained close until the final bell it was Fonfara who came away with the win, a win he deserved. Fonfara appeared to break Cleverly's nose and the blood from that injury painted the canvas as well as the gloves of Fonfara. Clevery is already looking for a rematch against Fonfara and that is a fight fans definitely won't mind seeing again. The other fight on that card was a battle for Japanese bragging rights when Kohei Kono, the champion but also the underdog took on one of Japan's biggest stars in Koki Kameda. Kameda look good at the start but was dropped in the 2nd round by a straight right hand. To make matters worse Kameda was deducted two points from one low blow in the 3rd round. The only drawback from the fight was that inept referee Celestino Ruiz kept trying to make himself the star. At a certain point Ruiz went over to talk to a ringside judge with his microphone covered, he then brought both fighters to the center of the ring where he told them that if either one commited one more foul he would disqualify them. The problem was that neither man spoke enough English to understand him and while the fight got a bit dirty at times there was nothing that happened that would have warranted a disqualification. Luckily that didn't happen and Kono was able to pull off the upset win by the way of unanimous decision.
- Friday night also had action on truTV when Seanie Monaghan took on Donovan George. Trouble struck both fighters early on when the favorite, Monaghan was badly cut by his eye and then George appeared to break his right hand, a hand he had previously injured. For some reason the referee asked the doctor to look at George, even though his injury was concealed beneath his glove. That prompted George to ask the referee to let him go out on his shield. Despite only really having one hand for most of the fight George made the final bell but it was Monaghan who won the decision and should have earned a big name fight. What George earned was a plethora of news fans who were impressed by his heart and guts. The other fight from that card paired the undefeated Brad Solomon up against Raymond Serrano. Solomon was the favorite and he did get the unanimous decision win even though Serrano did have some moments.
- Also on Friday night was a bout between David Carmona and Ricardo Rodriguez which was the main event of a card on Telemundo. Carmona has shown himself to be a fan friendly fighter and Friday night was no different. He dropped Rodriguez in the 6th round and went on to win a split decision with scored of 97-92 twice in his favor and with the other judge scoring the bout 96-93 for Rodriguez.
- On Wednesday night the PBC put on a card on ESPN which was headlined by Devon Alexander. That may be the last time you see Alexander headline a card on a major network. Alexander took on the tough Aron Martinez who despite not having the highest skill level still usually turns in good performances. Martinez was more aggressive in this fight and Alexander looked like he had no interest in trading blows. Alexander was the slicker fighter of the two but that wouldn't help him as Martinez got the victory he deserved via unanimous decision. That makes Alexander 2-3 in his last five fights and if he continues to perform like he did on Wednesday there isn't a top 10 welterweight he could beat. Also on that card was a fun fight between the U.K.'s Lee Selby and Mexico's Fernando Montiel. This was Selby's first time fighting in the U.S. and he wanted to put on a show. While he was much bigger than Montiel he was unable to score the knockdown but Selby did win the fight on the scorecards with a wide unanimous decision.
- Last week's action actually started on Tuesday night with another PBC card, this one on Fox Sports 1. The main event was a heavyweight bout between former college and NFL football player Gerald Washington and Amir Mansour. Washington entered the fight with a perfect record and was testing himself against a smaller, but always game Mansour. Washington looked good early and used his size well. However, later in the fight he appeared to run out of gas and Mansour mounted an attack that although it was wild saw him control the action. At the end of the fight it looked like Mansour did enough or at least was aggressive enough to get the win. One judge did see it that way but one judge saw it for Washington and the other ruled it a draw which made the result a split draw, not a horrible decision but not a terrific one either. Good looking prospect Michael Hunter was made an appearance on that card and he dropped his opponent Jason Douglas four times, once in the 2nd, once in the 3rd, and twice in the 4th before Douglas retired, giving Hunter another win.
WEEKLY RECORD: 12-3-1
MONTHLY RECORD: 19-8-1
OVERALL RECORD: 588-167-20
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