Friday Action! Plata and Leach Win Upsets, Maestre Draws, Miguez Wins, Perez Loses
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
Friday, March 10, 2022, was a day of interesting worldwide boxing action and activity, with a kaleidoscope of different results for the combatants involved.
28-2 Jessica Nery Plata of Mexico City, Mexico, a former female light flyweight and flyweight world champion, scored a 10 round split decision upset over Yesica Yolanda Bopp of Buenos Aires, Argentina, now 37-3, to win the World Boxing Association Female Super World Light Flyweight title, at neutral Majestic Casino, Panama City, Panama. Scoring went 96-94, 97-93 and 97-93 for Plata, who emerged from the bout ranked number one in the world in the female light flyweight division on BoxRec, an extraordinary rank.
18-1-1 Marc “Livewire” Leach of Salford, United Kingdom, upset previously undefeated 10-0 Chris Leach of Stratham, London, United Kingdom, by 12 round decision, to win the vacant BBBofC British Super Bantamweight title at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Scoring for Leach went three different ways at 117-11, 117-112, 117-113.
Venezuela born 4-0 Gabriel Maestre of Barranquilla, Columbia, a 2016 Olympian, drew over 10 rounds with 19-0 southpaw Taras Shelestruk, a Ukrainian fighting out of Los Angeles, California, over 10 rounds, at Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada. Scoring was 95-05 a draw, 96-94 for Maestre, and 97-93 for Shelestruk.
16-0 John Miguez of Castro Urdiales, Spain, won the vacant European Union Welterweight title with a 12 round majority decision over 25-7-2 Aitor Nieto of Oveido, Spain, at Palacio de los Deportes in Oveido. Scoring went 114-114 a draw, 118-111, 116-112.
27-10-2 former World Boxing Association Interim World Super Lightweight champion Johan Perez of Caracas, Venezuela, age 38, lost a 12 round decision in a comeback attempt to 15-0 Haro Matevosyan, an Armenian fighting out of Berlin, Germany, who retained the International Boxing Federation Inter-Continental Super Welterweight title, at AGON Sportpark, Charlottenburg, Germany. Scoring went 120-108, 118-110, 118-110 for Matevosyan. The career of ex-champ Perez, loser of five of his last eight bouts since 2019, loser of three of his last four bouts as well, who once beat 48-0-1 world champion Paul Spadafora, may have hit the end of the road in his 39 bout career.
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