Molina decisions Spinks; Smith defeats Castillo

molina12By Jim Dower: Junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina (21-5-2, 6 KO’s) totally dominated former two division world champion Cory Spinks (39-8, 11 KO’s) in beating him by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision in their IBF junior middleweight eliminator bout on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Molina dropped Spinks in the 11th and 12th rounds of the fight and won by the judge’s scores of 120-105, 119-106 and 119-106. Spinks was warned repeatedly about ducking below the waist during the fight in order to try and avoid getting hit with Molina’s powerful body shots. In later rounds, Spinks gassed out and took a lot of punishment. The fight was hard to watch because of the ugly inside fighting.

This is Spinks third in his last five fights, and it’s going to be hard for him to come back from this because he’s running out of opportunities.

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Spinks-Molina, Smith-Castillo on February 1st in Chicago, Illinois

By Allan Fox: Former two division world champion Cory Spinks (39-7, 11 KO’s) is fighting Carlos Molina (20-5-2, 6 KO”s) on February 1st at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Also on the card will be Antwone Smith (22-4-1, 12 KO’s) taking on 39-year-old two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo (64-11-1, 55 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout.

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Roberto Garcia defeats Atwone Smith; De La Rosa decisions Brunson

By Allan Fox: On Friday night on ESPN2, junior middleweight slugger Roberto Garcia (31-3, 21 KO’s) pounded out a 10 round unanimous decision over 25-year-old former welterweight contender Antwone Smith (21-4-1, 12 KO’s) at the Convention Center, in Pharr, Texas. The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93. It was pretty one-sided, as the 31-year-old Garcia had a huge power advantage against the tall, slender Smith, who has now lost two out of his last three fights.

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Cintron defeats Smith by controversial decision

By Jim Dower: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (34-4-1, 28 KO’s) dodged a bullet tonight in winning a very controversial 10 round unanimous decision against fringe contender Antwone Smith (20-3-1, 12 KO’s) b the lopsided scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94 at the Ameristar Casino in Saint Charles, Missouri.

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Cintron’s career on the line tonight against Smith

Image: Cintron's career on the line tonight against SmithBy Eric Thomas: A fighter that cannot afford to lose right now is former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-4-1, 28 KO’s), who is in action tonight against Antwone Smith (20-2-1, 12 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights at the Ameristar Casino in Saint Charles, Missouri.

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Mike Jones destroys Irving Garcia; Tyner stops Smith

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (22-0, 18 KO’s) kept his unbeaten record intact with an impressive over-powering 5th round knockout win over Irving Garcia (17-5-3, 8 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jones, 27, the NABA, WBO NABO welterweight champion, unloaded with a flurry of power shots in the 5th round to put Garcia on the canvas. The finishing blow was a hard left to the body. Referee Randy Neumann halted the bout at 1:22 with Garcia still on the canvas and hurt. The finishing shot appeared to be low, but referee Randy Neumann was partially shielded from the view of the punch and didn’t consider it low.

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Smith hands Crawford his first defeat

crawford342By Sam Gregory: On the undercard of tonight’s ShoBox The New Generation undefeated Henry Crawford 22-0-1 with 9 KO’s of Paterson, New Jersey faces 22 year old Antwone Smith 16-1-1 with 8 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the welterweight division.

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