iamasadlittleboy Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) New year, new topic: Jan 3 First upset of the year happens as Tiger Tor Buamas is stopped in 5 by Alie Laurel. Tiger, previously 15-0 (12), was making the first defense of his WBO Oriental bantamweight title. Rances Barthelemy stops Argenis Mendez to claim the IBF Super Featherweight in the second upset of the year and in controversial fashion. The 2 KO shots, in round 2, coming well after the bell first rang. First major controversial moment of the year and first world title fight of the year. Jan 6 Tesshin Okada becomes the first boxing fatality of the year. The Japanese 21 year old died in hospital following injuries suffered on December 20th. Jan 11 Masayoshi Nakatani defeats Yoshitaka Kato to announce himself on the Asian scene and win the OPBF title at 135lbs Jan 17 Go Odaira takes a decision over Masashi Tada in the first Japanese title fight of the year. Ivan Redkach's hype loses some momentum with a very hard fought decision over Tony Luis John Thompson (around a 1.22 favourite) is stopped by Frank Galarza Jan 18 Ana Laura Esteche claims a major upset as she dominates Monica Silvina Acosta to claim the female WBA Light Welterweight title Jean Pascal defeats Lucien Bute in the first "big" fight of the year, which falls short of expectation Jan 21 Srisaket and Suriyan both successful in Thailand Jan 22 Thai novice Amnat Ruenroeng defeats Rocky Fuentes to claim the IBF Flyweight title Jan 25 Champions retain world titles as Marco Huck, Mikey Garcia and Lamont Peterson are all successful. Yamaguchi Falcao is involved in a rare double DQ on his debut Emiliano Marsili defeats Pasquale Di Silvio in a thrilling European title fight Jan 30 Victor Ortiz's career is left in tatters courtesy of Luis Collazo Feb 1 Rey Loreto scores a KTFO of Nkosinathi Joyi in a KO of the year contender and, as a 10-to-1 under-dog, a clear upset of the year contender Gennady Golovkin continues his streak stopping Osumanu Adama Edited April 23, 2014 by the_budweiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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