Ending a 37-year run of boxing on the Showtime network, WBA “regular” super middleweight champion David Morrell (10-0, 9 KOs) scored a second round TKO over Sena Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bout was waved off at 1:43 of round two with Morrell teeing off off on a helpless Abgeko. Another impressive performance for Morrell.
In a WBA lightweight eliminator, Jose “El Rayo” Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KOs) scored a spectacular sixth round knockout over Chris “Primetime” Colbert (17-2, 6 KOs). The end came when Valenzuela connected with a huge right hook that laid out Colbert face first avenging his controversial loss to Colbert in March. Time was 1:46.
In a blast from the past between 40-year-old former world champions, welterweights Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (38-6-1, 20 KOs) and Andre Berto (32-6, 24 KOs) fought ten entertaining rounds with Guerrero moving to 2-0 against Berto. Scores were 98-92, 98-92, 99-91. The bout was a rematch of Guerrero’s 2012 triumph over Berto.
Former WBA super lightweight champion Alberto Puello (22-0, 10 KOs) returned from a 16-month layoff outpoint previously unbeaten Ector Madera (11-1, 6 KOs) over eight rounds. Scores were 80-72, 80-72, 79-73.
Middleweight Kyrone Davis (18-3-1, 6 KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over Cruse Stewart (8-3, 6 KOs) by scores of 77-75 3x.
Light heavyweight Lawrence King (14-1, 12 KOs) stopped Alex Theran (23-13, 15 KOs) in round four.
Middleweight Joey Spencer (17-1, 10 KOs) shut out Marcelo Fabian Bzowski (11-25-4, 0 KOs over six 60-54 3x.
I’m here Banda at armory Mpls
Guerrero vs berto will start right now
Have fun, Carlos. Be safe. Don’t drink and drive. Enjoy the fights, Carlos.
3 drinks and that’s it !!!
I ate a lot of food so I will be ok (I hope so ) lol
Cheers homes
Hey Carlos, did you make it home?
Even though his opponent was so pathetically soft, he would have embarrassed Jake Paul’s match making skills, I am still proud of Joey Spencer. In his last fight, he was dominated worse than Rhianna. Still, Spencer is coming back. Good for him. I wish Joey the best with his professional recovery.
It was a euphory here with Rayo victory I want more beerrrrrrrr
That’s what Colbert gets for talking sht. Jose Valenzuela won the 1st fight, but was robbed. Tonight, there was no room for controversy.
Tickled to see arrogant big mouth Colbert laid out!
I know it’s that Brooklyn pride, but Colbert wasn’t exactly a gracious looser…both times he lost to Valenzuela
Absolutely. Colbert hasn’t looked good for past 3 fights. Yet, his arrogance grew by leaps and bounds.
Tickled to see an athlete badly injured after a fight? That sounds small headed to me.
Big KO by Valenzuela. Maybe he should look for De Los Santos in another scrap???.
Morrell can really really scrap, but I really need to see him deal with some kind of challenge.
Now, it’s time to get a little sad for a couple of days because boxing on Showtime is done.
A boxing salute and adios to Showtime boxing!!!
Seriously morrell really needs to take a step up fight. Fighting bums in his hometown ain’t going to get him a showdown against any named fighter. Why would benavidez waste his time fighting morrell when morrell hasn’t beat any real names. Morrell should fight plant or charlo first to see where he really is in the division I honestly think plant would beat him just saying thoughts ???
Eastside-I pretty much wrote the same thing, but Morrell has been so dominant and his skill set has been far superior to any of his opposition that I can’t imagine him not doing the same at a higher level. I wouldn’t say he’s been fighting bums, he just makes them look that way. They are all fringe contender types. His only opponent who legitimately deserved to be fighting for a world title was Aidos Yerbossynuly. Morrell looked less than his doiminant self and struggled bit before cracking the riddle and tragically stopping him.
Benitez wouldn’t be wasting any time if the check is huge.
benavidez fought andrade. and andrade has done a lot less at 168 than morrell. it low key sounds like you don’t have confidence in benavidez ability to beat morrell.
Morrell needs to step it up now, go fight someone with a name.
Absolutely, let’s see who of the top 10 has the balls to fight him.
Morrell looks like a real good fighter but tough to rate him with the competition he faces. Hopefully he fights a guy like Plant next
I thought Morel was going to win by decision I was I thought Morel was going to win by decision I was expecting more from Sena
Showtime began in 1986 featuring Marv versus Mugabi. I was raised in the Petronelli AC, Brockton MA USA.
Showtime Boxing ^^^
my favorite fight of all time, those two were my fav. fighters at that time, on that night Mugabi was at his best, how Hagler took them punches showed what a all time great he was, and after that fight Mugabi was never the same.
i thought in that fight , the only boxers who could’ve beat Mugabi that nite WAS hagler !!
Looks like the real deal. Morrel has great tools. Would love to see him at 175. If he can be as elusive as he looks, he has the skills and power to beat Bivol and Beterviev. Lacks experience, but it’s hard to get experience because these levels of fighters have nothing to offer. Id favor him with Canelo, and Benevidez is a 50 50 to me. More talented to me. Strong and can fight orthodox or southpaw. How will he respond in a dogfight? I think he has enough skills to stay out of harms way. Really impressed by this guy. Im falling into the hype, but I like what I see, and he is trained by one of the best in the biz Rhonnie Shields
Morrell just confirmed what we know already-he’s dominant against 2nd tier fighters. Agbeko managed to show he does have some skills, and a great chin. He withstood some monster shots, but he’s definitely not at the elite level. There’s about 5 or 6 guys other than Benavidez and Canelo I’d like to see Morrell fight. You’re right, I think he can easily move up to Lightheavy and I’m sure he will soon. The first time I saw him fight was 3 years ago and he weighed in at over 170 lbs. Because the WBA is so sympathetic and understanding (as a boxing sanctioning body should be) they ignored that minor detail and allowed him to go ahead and defend his Super Middleweight title anyway. I’m honestly kinda surprised he has managed to make weight every time since then.
Yea if morel don’t increase the quality oposition it’s gona be bored to see him winning easily …it’s time to tight the screw “””
Morell is awesome. Great tools and talent. I thought he was initially supposed to fight a different opponent?
Nice to see Rayo kayo colbert. CC, guy fights once a year. Looks like crap. Talks shit. S lot of fighters follow that same blueprint. Can’t figure it out. If you could actually fight, you wouldn’t have to talk shit to sell your fights. Or maybe he’s not doing to promote the show. Maybe he’s just an A-hole.
Morell vs berlanga should be next fight
Morel vs berlanga ????
Lmao ….uou wana see berlanga in the hospital ???
I’ll take Morrel on that one.
I say Morell wins. berlanga looks like it’s just a matter of time.
since showtime are quitting boxing i will promptly cancel showtime with my cable company, pray espn will keep showing boxing
How did colbert gets a eliminator fight when he punked out in one of his last fights??
If Benavidez and Morrell ever meet, I’ll favor the Cuban over the Ecuadorian. A couple of Benavidez’s recent opponents have been a couple of blown up middleweights, Lemieux & Andrade. Benavidez enters the ring as a cruiserweight.
I would be on favor of the Ecuadorian monster
Oh, the Ecuadorian Monster? Anybody who calls himself “El” Bandera Roja can only be called the American Monster, know what I’m sayin’?
Well the problem is he has nothing of American blood
Last time I checked anyone born in the USA per the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen of the United States. This is known as birthright citizenship or jus soli
Yea by paper but by blood
Any dog or cat born in the moon still dog or cat
Morrell continues to keep making a strong case for either Canelo or Benavidez.
Showbox went out with a bang. Wonderful memories.
It was very pleasant to see Jose get revenged on Chris. He returned to his trainer he became pro. He had a better strategy, better conditioned, using diverse punches, keeping distance, jabs, etc
I guess his trainer seems to be more effective than Benavidez sr.
Glad Valenzuela prevailed.
Berto never could figure out Guerrero. Kudos to Guerrero.
One of the best matches of the year, his performance was impressive!