RESULTS and POINTS BREAKDOWN:
Fight #1- WBO Inter-Continental Junior Heavyweight (Cruiserweight) Title-
Champion Oleksandr Usyk (WBO #2, TTR #15, WBC #16; 8-0, 8 KOs)
TKO-3 2:59
Johnny Muller (WBA #15, WBO #15, WBC #22; 19-5-2, 13 KOs)
.....8 points for picking Usyk plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO
Fight #2- BONUS FIGHT:
Vacant WBA World Featherweight Super Championship/Vacant WBC Diamond Featherweight Title-
Leo Santa Cruz (The Ring #2, TTR #3, Transnational #3- all at 122; 31-0-1, 17 KOs)
Maj. Dec. 12
Abner Mares (WBC #2, WBA #2, WBO #3, The Ring #4, TTR #5, Transnational #5; 29-2-1, 15 KOs)
- Santa Cruz' WBC World super bantamweight title was not on the line.
- The scores were 117-111, 114-114, and 117-111.
- Teddy Atlas of ESPN also scored the fight 117-111 for Santa Cruz.
.....20 points for Santa Cruz plus 4 points for picking him by decision.
Fight #3- Vacant WBC Interim World Super Bantamweight Title-
Julio Ceja (WBC #3 at 122; IBF #5, WBO #5, Transnational #6, TTR #11- all at 118; 30-1, 27 KOs)
TKO-5 2:34
Hugo Ruiz (WBC #1, TTR #5, The Ring #10; 35-2, 31 KOs)
- Ruiz floored Ceja in the third round with a wicked counter left hook.
- In the fifth round, Ceja landed a right hand followed by a perfectly timed left hook which dropped Ruiz to the canvas. After action resumed, Ceja pummeled Ruiz, sending him into a corner where the ropes prevented the badly hurt Ruiz from going down again. At that point, referee Raul Caiz, Sr. wisely stopped the bout.
.....10 points for picking Ceja plus 2 points for picking him by KO/TKO
Fight #4- Flyweight Bout-
Jesus Silvestre (WBA #7, The Ring #10, WBC #24- all at 105; 31-6, 22 KOs)
Split Dec. 8
Mario Andrade (WBC #14; 7-6-5, 1 KO)
- This was Silvestre's first bout since his February 21, 2015 UD 12 loss to defending WBA/IBO world minimumweight (strawweight) champion Hekkie Budler.
- Andrade came into the match having compiled a 4-0-4 record in his previous eight bouts. That stretch included a draw with former WBC World minimumweight champion Oswaldo Novoa and a decision over Masayuki Kuroda.
- According to http://www.mrboxingpr.com, "Silvestre and Andrade were locked in constant exchanges of blows that thrilled the fans gathered at the Dome of San Luis Potosi."
- The scores were 78-74 for Silvestre, 80-72 for Andrade, and 79-73 for Silvestre.
.....10 points for picking Silvestre plus 2 points for picking him by decision
No one picked all four winners. Of those who played this week, only 5 out of 13 picked Santa Cruz. As a result, kewlmodee, J.J.Dillon, and I tied for the week's highest total, 46, straycat picked up 42 points, and RASTA666 40.
STANDINGS:
Player-Points-Total
1) hardcorebee24-34-1119
2) J.J.Dillon-46-1108
3) tainos-34-1098
4) marciano1952-32-1092
5) KSTAT124-46-1064
6) kewlmodee-46-1048
7) Cagiva9-22-1039
8) RASTA666-40-1038
9) WillieB59-22-1019
10) straycat-42-1006
11) DBO-22-922
12) gilgamesh-34-763
13) chef97-32-694
14) TopNotch86-DNP-236
15) stenchasaurous-DNP-205