By Dan Ambrose: Junior middleweight Ramon Alvarez (22-4-2, 14 KOs), one of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s brothers, defeated 42-year-old journeyman Ben Tackie (30-13-1, 18 KOs) last Saturday night by a 4th round knockout at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico. The 29-year-old Alvarez flurried on the aging Tackie until the referee Jose Guadalupe Garcia stepped in and halted the fight at 1:52 of the 4th round.
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Boxing News – Matthew Hatton Decisions Tackie
By Nate Anderson: Fringe welterweight contender Matthew Hatton (35-4-1, 13 KOs) defeated former light welterweight contender Ben Tackie (29-11-1, 17 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93. Tackie, now 35, came into the fight having lost five of his last seven bouts, looked to be too small for the larger, younger 27-year-old Hatton, the brother of light welterweight star Ricky Hatton.
Tackie Loses To Bruseles In Ridiculous Decision
By Eric Thomas: In the absolutely worst decision I have ever seen in all my life, former light welterweight contender Ben Tackie (29-10-1, 17 KOs) lost a 10-round split decision to former light welterweight title challenger Henry Bruseles (27-3-1, 15 KOs) at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Friday night. The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 96-94, for Bruseles, and 96-94 for Tackie. However, Tackie, 34, appeared to easily win rounds five though ten, while seeming to win the 4th round closely.
I had it six rounds to four, but it really should have been 7 rounds to 3 in favor of Tackie, who did all the fighting from the fourth round on. Indeed, all Bruseles, 27, did from the 4th until the 10th is clinch, run and attempt to dodge punches. He was throwing absolutely nothing back in his efforts to survive the fight without being knocked out by Tackie. No stranger to being given the shaft in terms of bad decisions, Tackie was also given a raw deal in his 10-round loss to Mexican Freddy Hernandez in June 2007.
Tackie-Bruseles, Soto-Karass vs. Smith Tonight
By Manuel Perez: Welterweight contender Jesus Soto-Karrass (19-3-3, 14 KOs) puts his lightly regarded WBC Continental Americas welterweight title on the line tonight against Chris Smith (21-4-1, 13 KOs) at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Also, former light welterweight contender Ben Tackie (29-9-1, 17 KOs) goes up against former light welterweight contender Henry Bruseles (26-3-1, 15 KOs). Easily, the Tackie-Bruseles figures to be the more exciting bout, as each of them are better fighters as a whole than what I’ve seen of Smith and Soto-Karass, whom I see as more as low B-class fighters than top level talent.
Holt Decisions Tackie, Bores Crowd
By John Dower: Making his first appearance since losing by a controversial 11th round stoppage in a title match against World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Ricardo Torres last September 1st, Kendall Holt (23-2, 12 KOs) won a dull 10-round majority decision over journeyman fighter Ben Tackie (29-9-1, 17 KOs) on Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Holt, 25, ranked #2 in the WBO light welterweight division, was hoping to look impressive, and make a case for himself for a potential rematch with Torres.
However, it didn’t end up that way, for Holt, like usual, fought mostly cautious during most of the action, fighting off his back foot, constantly clinching and fighting economically. The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 95-95. The last score, 95-95, seemed way off base as far as I’m concerned, because Holt, as boring a fighter as he is, seemed to have won virtually every round except for one, the 7th, when Tackie uncharacteristically let his hands go a bit more than in the other rounds of the fight. Nevertheless, Holt did little to make a case for himself in terms of redeeming his name since his last fight, as he mostly stood back, posing and pot-shotting the slow, plodding Tackie.
Gomez Decisions Tackie
Welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (18-3-2, 8 KOs) won a harder than expected unanimous decision over former lightweight start Ben Tackie (29-8-1, 17 KOs) on Tuesday night at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. Gomez, 26, a former fighter from the reality television series “The Contender” controlled virtually every round of the fight as he outworked the older 34-year old Tackie with a high volume punch out. However, though Tackie landed far less punches, his more powerful shots badly marked up Gomez’s face and him in full retreat in the last two rounds of the fight. The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 98-92, 97-93, awarding Gomez the decision.
Gomez, hoping to land a future bout with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in early 2008, boxed circles round the slower, less active Tackie in rounds one though seven, making him look old in comparison. Gomez used his jab, superior movement and combinations to keep Tackie on the outside and bottled up for most of the bout. Tackie, however, kept up with his usual constant pressure, forcing the younger Gomez to throw a lot of punches, much more than he had to do in his last bout against the washed up Arturo Gatti.