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The most significant events from the last week of action

Vasyl Lomachenko stopped George Kambosos for the vacant IBF lightweight title and took the IBO title from champion Kambosos.

Pedro Guevara won the WBC interim super flyweight title with a split decision over Andrew Moloney.

It was a mixed night for the Filipinos as former IBF and WBA super bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales knocked out Thai Nattapong Jankaew in the first round. However, the unnoticed Mexican Kenbun Torres defeated WBO No. 1 bantamweight Reymart Gaballo in the first round.

After a mighty weekend for women’s boxing, Erika Cruz defended her WBA super bantamweight title after drawing against Nazarena Romero. Olympic gold medalist Lauren Price defeated champion Jessica McCaskill by technical decision to win the IBO and WBA welterweight belts.

Cherneka Johnson overtook Nina Hughes to win the WBA bantamweight belt, while Kirsty Hill retained her Commonwealth super featherweight crown with a split decision over Fatuma Zarika.

Sergey Lipinets returned to action after defeating Robbie Davies.

In a bad night for Japanese boxers in South Korea, Australian Tej Pratap Singh overtook Kazuto Takesako to win the OPBF middleweight title, while Filipino Vince Paras decided former WBA featherlight heavyweight champion Hiroto Kyoguchi to win.

Denzel Bentley stopped Danny Dignum in a clash of former WBO middleweight title challengers after a card that secured victories for Nathaniel Collins and Ryan Garner.

Heavyweights Mourad Aliev and Jose Larduet claimed distance victories in Cologne.

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Who won the week?

Most significant: Vasyl Lomachenko is the champion again and there are some good fights to be had in the lightweight division.

The most captivating fight: Sergey Lipinets vs. Robbie Davies saw a lot of action, and three knockdowns added spice. Honorable mention to Ryan Garner vs. Liam Dillon, typical tiny venue war. If courage won fights, Liam Dillon would become world champion.

Warrior of the week: Vasyl Lomachenko, the supreme craftsman.

Punch of the week: Kenbun Torres’ left hook that started the end of Reymart Gaballo gets my vote.

Upset of the week: Kenbun Torres lost three of his last four fights and faced WBO No. 1 Gaballo, which was a huge disappointment for me.

It is worth paying attention to the Russian Imam Khataev, an Olympic bronze medalist in the featherlight heavyweight division with a balance of 7:0 and 7 victories by TKO.

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Combat card observations

Rosette: Ladies, for a successful weekend in women’s boxing.

Red card: To the ring announcer (Lt. Dan Hennessey) who announced Nina Hughes as the winner over Cherneka Johnson, who then had to correct her mistake and declare Johnson the winner. You can imagine the rollercoaster of emotions both players experienced. You only had one job to do…

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May 12

Lomachenko defeated Kambosos, showing a masterful level of boxing skills, then knocked him to the ground and stopped him in the eleventh round. Lomachenko took control from the beginning. He was too speedy, too mobile and too clever for the oddly toned Kambosos. The Australian spent most of the fight on the back foot, putting no pressure on Lomachenko, which allowed Lomachenko to control the pace of the fight.

Lomachenko led in all three cards. He won the vacant IBF lightweight title and took the IBO belt from Kambosos. When asked about the fight with WBA champion Gervonta Davis, he refused to comment, saying he wanted to spend time with his family. Kambosos’ performance was disappointing as he never participated in the fight in any significant way.

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May 11

Southpaw Aliev demolished Prasovic in three rounds. Aliev defended his WBC International silver belt after his eighth victory by KO/TKO. He was disqualified at the Tokyo Olympics against Frazer Clarke. Montenegrin Prasovic weighed 200 pounds when he lost to Lawrence Okolie in their WBO cruiserweight title fight, but he weighed 232 pounds before that fight, which shows how fit he was.

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May 11

Bentley stopped Dignum in two rounds. In the second, Bentley turned a right to the body that sent Dignum to the canvas. He defeated the count, but was knocked down by another body right. He got to his feet but immediately came under pressure and Bentley landed a straight shot to the head that knocked Dignum down for the third time. He got back on his feet, but after the count of eight, the referee put his hands down to end the fight.

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May 11

Hernandez demolished Lugo and won a typical Mexican-style fight in the seventh round. Hernandez returned to the ring for the first time since a twelfth-round loss to O’Shaquie Foster in their WBC super featherweight title fight in October, when Hernandez had a two-card winning margin and was 22 seconds shy of winning the WBC world title. master.

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May 11

Hill retained her Commonwealth title with a split decision over Zarika in a fast-paced and thrilling fight. The score was 96-94 for Hill twice and 97-93 for Zarika. A good victory for Hill, who in November lost on points to Elif Nur Turhan in the fight for the vacant WBC International title.

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May 11

Price won by technical decision over champion McCaskill to capture the IBO and WBA titles. Price used clever footwork, powerful right jabs and straight lefts to take control from the first minute. McCaskill had a difficult time getting past Price’s jab. At times she swung wildly, and Price caught her with quick bursts of long-range punches, countering her on the way in and tying her up from the inside.

The swelling in McCaskill’s left eye worsened and made it challenging for her to see. She survived one medical check-up, but with her eye almost closed, the fight was stopped just nine seconds into the scorecards, with Price winning 90-82 on all three cards.

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May 10

Tapales destroyed the overworked Jankaew. The former IBF and WBA super-rooster champion sent the Thai into a neutral corner early in the opening round. It wasn’t a difficult knockdown and Jankaew got back on his feet.

Tapales then pushed Jankaew back to a neutral corner and knocked him down with an overhand right hand. Jankaew defeated the count, but when he was knocked down again, the referee stopped the fight.

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May 8

Lipinets took Davis to the ground and outpointed him at war. Lipinets finally caught up to Davies in the fifth, landing right hands that knocked Davies down. He defeated the count and made it to the bell, but chunky blood was leaking from his nose and mouth.

Lipinets landed a huge right early in the eighth period, but Davies took it well only after a left hook to the body knocked him to his hands and knees. He went up at nine, but a right to the head put him down again later in the round.

Surprisingly, in the last seconds, Davies took up the fight with Lipinets and bombarded Lipinets with punches. Lipinets won with absurd scores of 98-89, 95-92 and 96-91. It was an stimulating fight, full of a mixture of styles, dramatic knockdowns, the always perilous strength of Lipinets and the courage of Davies.