Jean tops Lorenzo

By Dave Spencer / Fightnews Canada

Undefeated light welterweight prospect Dierry “Dougy Style” Jean won a lopsided 10 round unanimous decision over former world contender Francisco Lorenzo of the Dominican Republic moments ago at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. Scores of the bout were 100-88, 99-89, 98-90 all in favor of Jean. Jean was able to time the smaller Lorenzo (37-11, 17kos) with the uppercut perfectly as Lorenzo found himself on the canvas in rounds 1 and 9. The 39 yr old got up each time but was completely ineffective in trying to get inside the much bigger Jean (20-0, 13kos). Jean controlled the action for the middle rounds and as Lorenzo began to tire in round 8, Jean began to touch him more regularly with jab, right hand combinations. The 29 yr old Jean tried for the knockout in round 10, launching an all out assault but Lorenzo was determined to hear the final bell, as he has done in each of his 10 previous defeats. The bout was Jean’s first since fracturing his jaw in a victory over Wilfredo Negron last November.

Cruiserweight Eleider “Storm” Alvarez was simply too big and too strong for one time light middleweight Michael Walchuk, punishing the smaller man throughout the first 6 rounds until a hand injury forced Walchuk to retire in his corner unable to come out for round 7. The tone was set in the opening moments of the first round when Alvarez (6-0, 4kos) landed a right hand that stunned Walchuk, sending him stumbling into the ropes. Walchuk fought off the ropes and landed a left hook flush on the chin of Alvarez who didnt blink. The next 3 rounds had Walchuk using the entire ring, landing some nice punches but nothing to deter or hurt Alvarez who simply walked down his man. A 3 punch combination ending with a right to the top of the head downed Walchuk (9-5, 2kos) in round 5 where the Kitchener fighter took an 8 count before deciding to continue. Alvarez then punished Walchuk for the full 3 minutes of round 6, landing punches that split the guard of Walchuk with regularity. At the end of round 6, Walchuk had his right glove immediately removed citing a hand injury and ending his night early.

Manolis Plaitis outworked Arvydas Trizno of Lithuanian over the course of 6 rounds to earn a unanimous decision victory in light middleweight action. Plaitis (17-1-1, 8 KOs) simply let his hand go from the opening bell, leaving Trizno no other option but to cover up and wait on his punches. The former Canadian champ never took his foot off the pedal, fighting hard for all 3 minutes of each round. Trizno (9-14-2, 1 KO) complained off low blows, elbows, etc over the first half of the contest, then started playing to the crowd for the second half instead of engaging Plaitis in the ring. Two judges gave Plaitis a clean sweep 60-54 while the final judge posted a 59-55 scoredcard giving the one time light welterweight champion of Canada the decision victory.

Columbian born but Montreal based Oscar “KaBoom” Rivas lived up to his nickname, destroying Latvian heavyweight champion Edgar Kalnars in 85 seconds in heavyweight action. Rivas dropped Kalnar (21-24, 12 KOs) with the first meaningful punch of the fight, a right hook. Kalnars did managed to get up but his eyes were glazed and his legs shaky. Rivas (7-0, 4 KOs) showed composure, looking for an opening instead of immediately rushing in, That opening came seconds later as an overhand right found its mark flush, dropping the 213lb Latvian fighter hard where the bout was immediately waved off by referee Steve St-Germain.

Ottawa super featherweight Tyler Asselstine put on an impressive performance in stopping veteran Isaac Bejarano at 1:45 of the 4th round of their 6 round contest. Asselstine, a former amateur standout, was just to quick and punched way to hard for the usually durable Bejarano (9-12-1, 7 KOs) to handle. After taking a right hook flush, Bejarano took sanctuary on the ropes where Asselstine (7-0, 5 KOs) jumped all over him, landing punches in bunches until the Mexican fight sank to the canvas in front of his own corner. The referee immediately waved off the mismatch, saving Bejarano from further punishment. When he did regain his feet, his right eye was near closed and his face sported red welts from the Asselstine onslaught.

Montreal heavyweight Didier Bence remained undefeated, now 3-0 (2 KOs), by methodically beating down import Pavel Dolgov over 4 rounds to capture a 40-36 x 3 unanimous decision. Bence chased his ample bodied opponent around the ring, landing an assortment of punches that had the big Latvian teetering and swaying throughout but unable to land that one big punch to end the night early. A nice left hook hurt Dolgov (8-15-2, 5 KOs) in round 2 but that was about it. Whenever Dolgov did fight back, his hand speed could be measured with a sun dial and Bence easily avoided whatever came his way.

Ghislain Maduma kicked off the “Rapid & Dangerous” GYM card by pounding out a 6 round unanimous decision over Latvia’s Jevgenijs Kirillovs. Maduma (5-0, 2 KOs) was in complete control from the opening bell, using his jab to snap Kirillovs’ head back repeatedly. For good measure, Maduma threw the occasional right hook to the body and head, landing just as frequent as the jab. No knockdowns however Maduma did buckle Kirillovs’ knees in round 4 but credit has to go to the Latvia who showed plenty of heart throughout. Two judges gave Maduma a shutout 60-54 while the final judge gave Kirillov (7-12-1, 6 KOs) one of the 6 rounds, scoring it 59-55 for the Canadian.

October 20th, 2011

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