Grano stops Minto; BJ Flores beats Pineda; Spinks defeats Powell

By Boxing News - 01/29/2012 - Comments

By Jim Dower: Brian Minto (35-4, 22 KO’s) moved back up to heavyweight to take on Tony Grano (19-2-1, 15 KO’s) on Saturday night and I bet Minto, 37, probably wishes he had stayed at cruisierweight, as he was stopped in the third round by Grando at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.

Minto was knocked down in the 3rd round from right hands by Grano. The second knockdown but Minto down face first on the canvas where the fight was then halted. This was Minto’s third loss in his last four fights.

On the undercard, cruiserweight Eric Fields (20-1, 15 KO’s) defeated Derrick Brown (13-7-3, 11 KO’s) by a lopsided eight round decision. The final judges’ scores were 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73 in a one-sided fight. Fields, 29, stayed busy landing right hands and left jabs against a timid looking Brown.

Nava defeats Martinez, captures WBA super bantamweight title

Jackie Nava (26-4-3, 11 KO’s) defeated WBA Female super bantamweight champion Chantall Martinez (15-5, 6 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Mexico. The final judges’ scores were 100-89, 100-89, 99-90.

BJ Flores stops 40-year-old Pineda; Cory Spinks decisions
Sechew Powell

Cruiserweight contender BJ Flores (27-1-1, 16 KO’s) continued his excruciatingly slow march to a title shot on Saturday night with a 6th round TKO of 40-year-old Hugo Pineda (39-6-1, 28 KO’s) at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Missouri. Flores, 32, dropped Pineda in the 2nd round and used a lot of combinations to control the aging fighter until the fight was finally halted in the 6th. Pineda hadn’t fought in close to four year. Why Flores, #4 WBO, #7 WBA, #8 WBC, #15 IBF, was fighting a guy that hadn’t fought in four years is the question. It seems like Flores is stuck and not forward to a title shot for some reason. This is fighter that Flores should have fought in the 1st year of his career, not after nine years as a pro. It’s very disappointing a little sad.

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Former welterweight and light middleweight champion Cory Spinks (38-6, 11 KO’s) defeated junior middleweight contender Sechew Powell (26-4, 15 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision. The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 115-113 and 116-112. Spinks, #8 IBF, came into the fight having lost three out of his last five fights. Powell, #5 IBF, was coming off of a 12 round decision loss to IBF light middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage.



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