By Jake Donovan
Ugandan lightweight prospect Sharif “The Lion” Bogere remained unbeaten after scoring a sixth round injury stoppage over faded veteran Ilido Julio, Friday evening at the Chisholm Trail Mural Parking Lot in Fort Worth, Texas.
The bout was never a contest, but did have its share of anxious moments. Bogere nearly drilled Julio out of the ring in the closing seconds of the first round, but the Colombian was able to keep his composure long enough to survive the round.
What he was unable to do was keep the heat off of him for the remainder of the fight. Bogere, who now fights out of Las Vegas, pummeled Julio round after round to the point where it was a matter of time before referee intervention would be required.
As it turned out, the ringside physician would save the third man the trouble of having to make that judgment call. A shoulder injury was cited as the reason for Julio remaining on his stool at the start of the sixth round, signaling an end to the onslaught.
The official time was 0:10 of the sixth round.
Bogere moves to 16-0 (9KO) with the win, his third of 2010; the 39-year old Julio falls to 40-18 (35KO), having now dropped three of his last four.
In addition to remaining active, Bogere is quickly developing into a consistently entertaining TV fighter, having previously fought and won on the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights circuit.
With Golden Boy Promotions’ output deal with Telefutura, expect to see a lot more of Bogere in the near future, complete with his crazy lion costume.
Two fighters you most likely won’t see a lot of wound up turning in a heck of a performance in their televised swing bout, as Eddie Ramirez defeated Arthur Trevino for the second time in less than two months.
Their first fight ended in just 150 seconds, and Ramirez appeared well on his way to repeating that feat when an uppercut and a series of right hands had Trevino in trouble towards the end of the first round.
Not only did Trevino survive the onslaught, but made Ramirez fight every step of the way for the remainder of their four-round super featherweight tilt.
When all was said and done, Ramirez had his hand raised but this time knew he was in a fight. The final scores of 40-36 and 39-37 (2x) were accurate, even if not completely indicative of the action that took place in the ring.
Ramirez improves – in every sense of the word – to 5-2-1-1NC (2KO) with the win. His career tale, though just two years young, is already a remarkable one. The Texas native began with a dismal mark of 0-2-1-1NC, but has since won five straight, all coming in the past nine months,
Trevino falls to 5-5-3 (2KO) with the loss, now winless in his last three contests.
In other results:
“Blood from a stone” has become the theme in Derrick Wilson’s career. The once notable prospect scored a major upset 1st round knockout of Charlie Huerta, but has struggled mightily ever since then. No exception here, barely escaping with a split decision win over local super bantamweight Samuel Sanchez.
Scores were 39-37 (2x) for Wilson, while the third judge had Sanchez winning 40-36.
Local featherweight Steve Gutierrez (3-1-1, 1KO) beat Jose Ortiz (0-2) by scores of 40-36 (2x) and 39-37.
The show was presented by Golden Boy Promotions and aired on Telefutura.
Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of Boxingscene.com and an award-winning member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Contact Jake at JakeNDaBox@gmail.com