By Ken Hissner: At the CAA Center, Brampton, Canada, Saturday on DAZN (The Zone) Tyler Buxton and Don MacDonald (United Boxing Promotions) appeared in the Main Event Canadian middleweight champion Sukhdeep “Chakria” Singh fell to super welterweight easily defeating Italy’s Xhuljo Vrenozi in ten rounds.
In the Main Event, Canadian Middleweight Champion Sukhdeep “Chakria” Singh, 13-0 (5), #152.6, from India and now out of Ajax, Ontario, CAN, easily defeated Xhuljo “The Albanian Storm” Vrenozi, 18-5 (3), #152.8, from Albania and Placenza, IT, in ten rounds for the vacant WBA International Championship.
In the first round, Singh controlled the action mainly with an effective jab. In the closing seconds, switching to southpaw, Singh rocked Vrenozi with a left to the chin.
In the second round, Singh continued to haunt Vrenozi using a good jab with occasional rights to the good chin that Vrenozi showed. With thirty seconds to go, Vrenozi landed a solid right hand to the chin of Singh, whose left hand remained low, leaving an opening for that right hand.
In the third round, Vrenozi was the aggressor, landing occasional rights to Singh’s chin. Late in the round, it was Singh who landed against rights causing a swelling under Vrenozi’s right eye.
In the fourth round, it was Singh who chased, scoring well at times as he dropped down from middleweight for the first time. In the fifth round, Singh continued to control the action. In the sixth round, Singh hurt Vrenozi with a right hand one minute into the round with a right hand to the chin, causing the latter to run for the remainder of the round.
In round seven, Singh came out southpaw for the first minute before reverting to orthodoxy, with Vrenzi doing the same thing throughout, trying to mount an attack. In the ninth round, at the end, Vrenzi looked exhausted holding Singh.
By the tenth and final round, Vrenzi was in survival mode, moving around the ring with little offense. Singh tried to encourage him to stay put, but Vrenzi couldn’t. In the end, it was an easy win for Singh. The referee was Donovan Boucher, who had an easy night. The scores were 100-90 and 99-91 twice, as was this writer.
In the opening bout, Salar Gholami, 6-0 (3), #199.8, born in Tehran, Iran, who lives in Toronto, CAN, defeated former Canadian cruiserweight champion Sylvera “Sly” Louis, 8-8 ( 4), #198.8, from Montreal, CAN, at 2:29 of the third round of a scheduled eight, for the vacant cruiserweight championship.
In the second round, Gholami twice landed half a dozen unanswered punches. Overall, there were too many clinches from both fighters. In the first minute of the third round, a right hand from Gholami to the chin and down went Louis for a count of 8 from referee Mark Simmons. In the final minute of the round, Gholami again landed a right hand to the chin, dropping Louis for a count of 8 from referee Simmons. Gholami jumped on Louis and hit him with unanswered blows, forcing referee Simmons to stop.
Ricardo “Big 12” Brown, 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, heavyweight, 5-0 (5), #251, of Spanish Town, Jamaica, defeated Mexican champion southpaw Carlos “Papi” Carreon, 8-9 ( 2), #272.4, from Guadalajara, MEX, at 0:11 of the third round of eight scheduled rounds.
In the first round, 6:07 ½, Brown landed numerous right hands to the chin of 5:05 Carreon while having him mostly in the corner. Carreón showed a lot of fight against the heart.
In the second round, Brown landed a low blow causing referee Mark Simmons to give Carreón a break. It was all Brown the rest of the round. In the third round, Brown scrambled in and landed a vicious right hook to the chin of Carreon, who landed face first and was out without a count from referee Simmons.
Light Heavy Shakeel “The Jamaican Juggernaut” Phinn, 23-3-1 (16), #175, from Montreal, Quebec, CAN, stopped Josue “Chino” Castaneda Perez, 14-16-3 (5), #173, from Durango, MEX, at 0:53 of the seventh round of a scheduled eight.
In the first two rounds, Pérez outboxed Phinn. In the third round, due to a clash of heads, Pérez cut himself on the right eyebrow. In the final seconds of the round, Phinn had Perez on the ropes with a flurry of punches.
In the fourth and fifth rounds, Phinn had Perez on the ropes for most of the round. In the seventh round, Phinn dropped Perez with a right hand to the chin for a count of 8 from referee Donovan Boucher. Phinn went right behind Perez, landing punches as the towel was thrown around Perez’s corner, calling a halt.
In the co-main event, middleweight Brandon “Bad Boy” Cook, 23-2 (16), #159.2, from Ajax, Ontario, CAN, defeated former WBO Euro Super Welterweight Champion Stepan Horvath, 21-6 (11), # 159, from Prague, Czech Republic, at 1:51 of the second round of a scheduled eight rounds after scoring a pair of knockdowns.
In the second round, Cook dropped Horvath with a right hand to the chin for a count of 8 from referee Floyd Porter early in the round. At the midpoint, Horvath landed a right hand to the chin that bent Cook’s knees. Seconds later, a Cook right to the chin dropped Horvath again for another count of 8 from referee Porter. Upon getting up, Horvath was asked to put his hands up, but he stayed with his hands by his side, prompting referee Porter to stop the fight.
Late alternate to Light Heavy Drake Olchowecki, 0-2 (0), #175, of Ontario, CAN, was stopped by left-hander Gregory Miller, 1-4 (1), #172.6, of Kingston, Jamaica, at 0 :47 of the third round of four scheduled rounds.
In the first two rounds, Olchowecki was unable to cut the ring with Miller backing away, throwing a jab that rarely landed. In the third round, Miller landed a left to the chin that pushed Olchowecki into and nearly through the ropes, prompting referee Floyd Porter to give him a count of 8. Miller jumped on Olchowecki, throwing punches without response, prompting referee Porter to stop and giving the 40-year-old Miller his first victory.
