By Derek Bonnett: This week marked the end of a hall fame career for one of boxing’s little men. A former titlist returned to the win column with an unpopular decision and a reigning champion struggled to secure victory in another questionable call. A rising champion scored a scintillating KO and a former champion made an overdue return to action following an injury. All this and more as boxing’s best remains on the move.  

On Thursday, the 1st of this month, at Central Pavilion, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam was sent into retirement by Rey Migreno by third round TKO. The official time of the stoppage was 2:06 of the round. Wonjongkam was dropped twice in the third. Migreno improved his record to 18-20-3 (16) and avenged two previous defeats to Wonjongkam. Wonjongkam fell to 87-5-2 (46).  

Wonjongkam has been removed from the SecondsOut flyweight rankings after his second upset stoppage loss of 2012 and eventual retirement. Giovanni Segura returned to the top ten at the tenth spot.  

On Saturday, 3rd day of this month, at Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lucian Bute defeated Denis Grachev in a twelve round light heavyweight bout. The unanimous scores favored the former super middleweight champion by margins of 118-110, 116-112, and 115-113. Some controversy followed the scoring of this bout. Bute raised his ledger to 31-1 (24). Grachev fell to 12-1-1 (8).  

Bute held his number six ranking among SecondsOut’s top light heavyweights.  

Also on the card, Rodrigo Guerrero stopped Sebastien Gauthier at 2:31 of round number eight in a ten round super bantamweight bout. Guerrero raised his record to 18-4-1 (12). Gauthier fell to 22-4 (14).  

Guerrero previously ranked tenth at 115 pounds at SecondsOut has been removed from the rankings to compete at 122.  

Also on the same date, at Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Marco Huck defeated Firat Arslan in a twelve round WBO cruiserweight title bout. Huck prevailed by scores of 117-111 and 115-113 twice. Some controversy also erupted in the wake of this decision. Huck upped his dossier to 35-2-1 (25). Arslan dipped to 32-6-2 (21).  

Huck remained the top cruiserweight at SecondsOut.  

Also on this date, at Xebio Arena, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Shinsuke Yamanaka scored a one punch KO of Tomas Rojas in round seven of a WBC bantamweight title bout. Yamanaka secured the second defense of his title and raised his record to 17-0-2 (12). Rojas fell to 39-14-1 (26).  

Yamanaka climbed from third to second among SecondsOut’s top bantamweights. Joseph Agbeko fell from second to third.  

Also on the card, Toshiyuke Igarashi defeated Nestor Daniel Narvaes by majority decision in a twelve round WBC flyweight title bout. Igarashi won by slim counts of 113-113 and 114-112 twice to notch his first title defense. Igarashi moved his professional numbers to 17-1-1 (10). Narvaes dipped to 19-1-2 (9).  

Igarashi kept his number five ranking among SecondsOut’s top flyweights.

Also on the move, former junior flyweight champion Ulises Solis returned to the ring after one year of inactivity following a broken jaw suffered in an altercation with junior middleweight titlist Saul Alvarez with a KO of Jesus Iribe. Solis was previously ranked third at 108-pounds, but it is unclear if he plans at return to 108 or 112. For now he remains unranked at flyweight.  

SecondsOut ranked fighters in action through Sunday, November 11:  

On Monday, November 5:
At Sports Palace Quant, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia: Alisher Rahimov versus Michal Dufek in a ten round lightweight bout.

On Friday, November 9:

At Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore, Singapore: Chris John versus Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo in a twelve round WBA featherweight title bout.

At Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, USA: Gary Russell Jr. versus Roberto Castaneda in a ten round featherweight bout.

On Saturday, November 10:

At Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland: Robert Helenius versus Sherman Williams in a ten round heavyweight bout.  

At O2 World Arena, Altona, Hamburg, Germany: Wladimir Klitschko versus Marius Wach in a twelve round WBA/WBO/IBF heavyweight title bout.

At Emperor’s Palace, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa: Thomas Oosthuizen versus Fulgencio Zuniga in a twelve round super middleweight bout.

At Wynn Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Vanes Martirosyan versus Erislandy Lara in a twelve round junior middleweight bout; Miguel Angel Garcia versus Jonathon Victor Barros in a ten round super featherweight bout.

At Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA: Leo Santa Cruz versus Victor Zaleta in a twelve round IBF bantamweight title bout; Abner Mares versus Anselmo Moreno in a twelve round WBC super bantamweight title bout; Nathan Cleverly versus TBA in a twelve round WBO light heavyweight title bout

To check out Derek’s SecondsOut rankings click on the link below www.digenie.net/sorankings/p_so_world.asp   For further boxing discussion, contact Derek DBO Bonnett on Facebook or at mabfan@comcast.net.

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