By Gareth Rees: You would of seen the boxing headlines all focused on the big wins by Carl Froch (30-2) and Adrien Broner (25-0), but arguably two of the most significant fights in terms of their division and definitely most exciting took place in the Los Angeles Sports Arena and was broadcast in America on the little known Wealth TV network.
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Broner impresses in destroying DeMarco
By Gareth Rees: Adrian Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) won his second world title in a second weight class as he destroyed Antonio DeMarco (28-3-1, 21 KO’s) in an 8th round TKO stoppage to win the WBC Lightweight title. Throughout the fight it was obvious that Broner was a different class compared to DeMarco.
The first three rounds were quite tight as Broner was patient sticking behind his jab and defending well as always, with the southpaw DeMarco gaining very occasional success focusing on a body attack. But from the 4th round onwards Broner went up through the gears and started to really batter DeMarco with his pin-point power punching, landing on average 39 power punches per round between rounds 4 and 8.
Seth Mitchell gets stopped in two by Banks
By Gareth Rees: American Heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell (25-1-1) suffered his first defeat at the hands of Jonathon Banks (29-1-1) as he was stopped in the second round of their World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight title semi-final eliminator. Mitchell went down three times in round two before the referee stopped the bout.
Mitchell looked good in the opening round using his jab and even hurt Banks with a big right hand. But then in the second round Mitchell went for a body shot, but Banks countered with a right hand of his own and from there let his hands go knocking Mitchell down three times.
Froch wins in three over Mack: who’s next?
Throughout the fight Froch stuck behind his jab looking for opportunities to attack Mack. After sending Mack down in the first, Froch kept to the game plan he and coach Rob McCracken had set, using his jab throughout the second round and ended the round with a flurry of punches that seemed to hurt Mack.