By Eric Armit HIGHLIGHTS from the past week of action Oscar Collazo retains his WBO minimumweight belt with a unanimous verdict over Gerardo Zapata. Blair Cobbs floors and outpoints Adrien Broner and there are wins for Michael Hunter and Yuniel Dorticos. Xander Zayas goes ten rounds for the first time, impressively winning over Patrick Teixeira, while Bruce Carrington and Delante Johnson register wins.
Patrice Volny, Osleys Iglesias and Movladdin Biyarslanov score inside-the-distance wins in Montreal. Callum Walsh destroys Carlos Ortiz in two rounds. Jonathan Gonzalez and Atif Oberlton score wins.
Thomas LaManna wins the vacant WBO Gold middleweight title as he stops Juan Abreu. Who won the week? Most Significant: Xander Zayas shows there are some exciting times ahead in his win over Patrick Teixeira. Most entertaining: Ian Green and Roy Barringer fought a war, so that is my pick with an honourable mention to Patrice Volny vs.
Steven Butler. Fighter of the week : Xander Zayas, with honourable mention to Blair Cobbs. Punch of the week : I go for the devastating right hook from Osleys Iglesias that finished Evgeny Shvedenko.
Upset of the week : In his first fight for almost two years, Blair Cobbs did not seem to constitute a threat to the returning Adrien Broner, but he scored a win. Only the doubts over Broner make it a mild upset in a week without many upsets Prospect watch : Cuban middleweight Yoenli Napoles, 4-0, four by KO/TKO, showed impressive power. Fight Card Observati.
