WBC Boxing Grand Prix Third Stage Fights: Featherweight
Yoni Valverde (France) 16-0 (3 KOs) vs. Yusuf Adeniji (Nigeria) 16-1 (10 KOs)
Judges: Glen Dawson, Alan Krebs, Jon Llona. Referee: Laurence Cole.
Yoni Valverde took the victory by unanimous decision in a difficult fight for him. The fight had an intense rhythm during all 6 rounds. At the beginning of the first, Valverde slipped and fell. Both boxers threw a large volume of punches, but not all of them landed. Valverde constantly sought to close the distance. Adeniji, for his part, took advantage of his long reach and tried to keep him out of range. The Frenchman was skillful and managed to get inside his opponent’s guard. The rhythm of the fight was cut short by the Nigerian’s constant clinching.
Iman Joshua Lee (USA) 14-1-0 (8) vs. Bekizizwe Maitse (South Africa) 9-1-0 (3)
Judges: Glen Dawson, Guillermo Moreno, Marcin Pawlak. Referee: Bela Florian.
Bekizizwe Maitse of South Africa took the victory by majority decision after showing great talent as a counter-puncher, leaving the American, Iman Lee, behind. Lee showed fast hands, landing punches, but the defense and counter-punching of Bekizizwe Maitse were much better, and the referees had him ahead in the first two rounds. No matter how much Iman Lee tried to figure out his opponent, he couldn’t. By the fifth round, things were even, with all three judges having them tied. For the close, Maitse was again the one who connected more clearly.
Muhamet Qamili (Italy) 17-0 (7 KOs) vs. Troy Nash (USA) 5-1 (1 KO)
Judges: Guillermo Moreno, Marcin Pawlak, Jon Llona. Referee: Nobuto Ikehara.
Muhamet Qamili won his fight against Troy Nash in a nail-biting decision. The fight went to the tie-breaking system, and Qamili won it by the “enhanced scoring system.” In the penultimate fight of the third phase of the WBC Boxing Grand Prix, Muhamet Qamili got the best of his fight against Troy Nash. The Italian pressured Nash throughout the fight, and although the American landed good punches, Qamili was able to get past his opponent’s guard and dictate the pace of the fight, which was a bit messy due to the constant clinching between the boxers.
Brandon Mejia (Mexico) 11-0-0 (9 KOs) vs. Ayubkhon Bakhtiyorov (Uzbekistan) 8-1-0 (5KOs)
Judges: Glen Dawson, Alan Krebs, Jon Llona. Referee: Laurence Cole.
Brandon Mejia took the victory by unanimous decision over Ayubkhon Bakhtiyorov of Uzbekistan. Brandon is the only Mexican to advance to the semifinals. From the first round, Mejia repeatedly shook Bakhtiyorov with genuine bombs. Both exchanged blows, but the Mexican got the better of it. Mejia Mosqueda moved well around the canvas, throwing punches from different angles that Bakhtiyorov couldn’t avoid, and that’s how he took the fight from start to finish.
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