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Former four-division champion Donnie Nietes returned to action today in Dubai, scoring a decision victory over Pablo Carrillo and returning to the fight at 115 pounds.
Nietes (43-1-5, 23 KOs) certainly had to shake a bit and didn’t look fully at his best here, and a judge had him very close, scoring the fight 96-95 for Nietes. But the other two were wider, scoring 98-92 and 99-91, and Bad Left Hook was also 98-92.
The 38-year-old Nietes seemed to get excited about the fight in the later stages, looking strong and healthy in the final four rounds, while Carrillo of Colombia (25-8-1, 16 KOs) never found enough success, though he did. did. some, landing solid shots here and there.
Nietes is an interesting veteran wild card in the exciting junior bantamweight division, which features Juan Francisco Estrada, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Chocolatito González, Kazuto Ioka, Jerwin Ancajas and other good fighters. At his age, Nietes competing with those high-level guys might be a bridge too far, but you never know: he’s a defensively intelligent and responsible fighter, he looked physically fit, he wasn’t speeding or anything, and he finished strong. .
Nietes won a WBO minor belt, which in theory could put him in line looking for a shot at Ioka. Those two met in Nietes’ previous fight in December 2018, with Ioka getting a controversial and very close split decision in Macau. A rematch may be brewing.
Billboard Results
- Keyshawn Davis RTD-4 Richman Ashelley: Ashelley of Ghana showed a lot of personality at the weigh-in and during his inning. Ring skills didn’t match him, but God bless him, he tried. He threw some hard shots at Davis. Neither of them landed or got particularly close, but it was something. The 22-year-old Davis (2-0, 2 KO) turned pro on February 27, so he had a quick change to stay active here and a chance to fight in Dubai very early, so there he is. He was separating Ashelley (10-2, 9 KO) in this fight, and the level difference was very clear, very quickly. Davis is a significant lightweight prospect, someone he already needs to have on his radar.
- Tursynbay Kulakhmet KO-1 Heber Rondon: Kazakhstan’s Kulakhmaet (3-0, 2 KO) is a legitimate prospect at 154, and this was sold in the comments as a “step up” because Rondon came in at 20-0, but even a cursory glance at his BoxRec page will tell him. He said the boy is a 34-year-old man with an incredibly empty record. In that sense, Kulakhmet nearly put his head in the ring, knocking Rondón (20-1, 13 KO) down once and then finishing him off with a brutal video game-like right hook that flipped Rondón’s head over. Venezuelan and put him on the canvas. where it was ruled done, and rightly so. This was by no means a remote step forward from Macaulay McGowan, who was Kulakhmet’s last opponent in November. In fact, it was a huge step down. Box people have to stop trying to sell “undefeated” records like the one that came with Rondon. What is the point? They’re only getting stupid when any Joe Dumbo like me can publicly see what that record came to be.
- Other results: Fahad Al Bloushi UD-4 Suraj
