Hanshaw, Mendy Advance in 168 Pound Tourney

By Mark Vester

The final bout of Showtime's super middleweight tourney has been set. The Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, was the venue for two hard fought semi-final bouts of a tournament trying to revive the super middleweight division.

Super middleweight Tony Hanshaw (21-0, 14 KOs) walked through LaFarrell Bunting (16-2-1, 16 KOs) in three rounds after pummeling Bunting to prompt referee Raul Caiz Jr. to stop the contest.

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In a battle of unbeaten fighters, Jean Paul Mendy (23-0, 12 KOs) fought his way to a one-sided ten round decision over Henry "Sugar Poo" Buchanan (14-1, 11 KOs). The scores were 99-90, 100-89 and 100-89, all for Mendy.

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