Jesse Brinkley Busts Up Curtis Stevens, Serrano Wins

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At the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, super middleweight Jesse Brinkley (35-5, 22KOs) won a very exciting twelve round decision over Curtis Stevens (21-3, 15KOs). The scores were 117-109, 118-108 and 119-107. Brinkley became the IBF's number two contender to champion Lucian Bute.

Brinkley came out with his jab. Stevens started to throw hard combinations to push Brinkley back. Steven was able to get off with two hard left hands. Brinkley continued to use his jab to create some space. Brinkley threw a combo to the body. The right eye was badly swelling on Brinkley's face by the final minute of the round. In the second, Brinkley came out throwing a few power punches that were all blocked. Brinkley was able to land to the body. Brinkley kept the action close, trading shots with Stevens.

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Brinkley was able to get back in the game in the third and fourth round by outworking Stevens during exchanges and keeping the jab in Stevens' face. During the the fifth, Brinkley continued his rally. He pinned Stevens against the ropes and landed a hard combination. The stood trading at close range at the end of the fifth round. They traded even after the bell, forcing the trainers to jump in to break the fighters apart. Brinkley's left eye began to swell.

Stevens started strong in the sixth round with left hands. Brinklye came back with two hard right hands to get Stevens in trouble. Brinkley began to follow him around and started landing hard shots to the head and body. A combination put Stevens down for the count of eight to end the round very strong. Brinkley was stalking at the start of the seventh. Stevens tried to press forward with a combination. Brinkley continued to use the jab to set up his shots. They started to trade shots with Brinkley landing better.

Brinkley continued to trade punches with Stevens during the eight. Both of them were stunned during moments in the exchanges. Brinkley outworked Stevens in the ninth and tenth rounds. Stevens was not able to get enough punches in the rounds and appeared to be getting tired. Near the end of the round, they traded hard shots once again. At the start of the twelfth, they were trading once again with hard punches from close range. Brinkley got Stevens in trouble in the final thirty seconds and scored a techincal knockdown when Stevens fell back and was held up by the ropes. Brinkley tried to finish him off but ran out of time. Both of Stevens' eyes were closing by the end of the fight.

The television opener saw welterweight prospect Raymond Serrano (12-0, 6KOs) won an eight round decision over Ronnie Warrior Jr. (12-4, 3KOs). The scores were 79-73 on all three cards.

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punchDrUnK_MONKSun Jan 31, 2010, 1:05 AM UTC

Stevens fought like an idiot. Brinkley could of had him out if he didn't have such a lousy jab and wouldn't of been so scared of getting tagged. stevens did what he could bud. brinkley is a good counter puncher, and can hit. he was stayin really busy and stevens took a lot of shots. u try goin 12 rounds with a super middleweight top 20 and see if u can take 150 head shots and throw back the whole time. lololol

punchDrUnK_MONKSun Jan 31, 2010, 1:00 AM UTC

jesse brinkley is for REAL he is mentally the best he has ever been in his career now. his mind made him win last night nothing more. he always had the physical tools to win the contender and to beat every guy he lost to... but his mind wasnt there those nights... he was all worried agaisnt mora cuz it was 3 days after he got cut in the bonsante fight. not many pros take a fight 3 days apart..... then the gomez fight maybe his first big stage fight got the best of him, the nerves maybe and importance of the venue and show.... big show.... then the fights to reid and spina were simply him not being in the type of shape he needed to be in.... now he is back in shape like he was on contender, ripped up... and now his mind has been through 40 pro fights he is a veteran, good defense and GREAT chin, strong puncher. he is solid as a rock bro. i can see brinkley upsetting bute. but god damn when he choses to exchange with guys, he really should keep his hands up higher. he is there to get hit, and gets hit in his fights. so against a true power puncher who comes 3 minutes of every round, i dunno how he would do. he displayed he has a chin last night against pure power... but he was slick enough to not get caught with big shots for most that fight, id say like 2-5 rounds he really took stevens's best shots.... the rest of the rounds he didnt.. so i dunno overall, biggest test of his career, this is gunna make him grow even more... needs a good month or two off now. deserved it.. and then coem up here to canada to take on bute hopefulyl june july ish. im pumped to see brinkley fight again

Sin_CitySat Jan 30, 2010, 11:16 PM UTC

Stevens fought like an idiot. Brinkley could of had him out if he didn't have such a lousy jab and wouldn't of been so scared of getting tagged.

kedashySat Jan 30, 2010, 11:13 PM UTC

Can someone post the fight...

aristotlemosesSat Jan 30, 2010, 10:25 PM UTC

I also was not impressed by Serrano one bit fighting a guy who hasnt fought in over two years. It ***** cause I was hoping he was going to be a good little fighter from philly but I don't see it at all.

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