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 News from Around the Americas | May 2005 
Mexican Fighter Has Surgery After Seizure
 Wire services
| | Brian Viloria lands a left hook to the head of Gilberto Keb-Baas in the seventh round of their fight at Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Ariz. Viloria won the fight with a knockout in the eleventh round. (Photo: Francisco Medina) |
Los Angeles – Mexican flyweight Ruben Contreras underwent surgery to relieve pressure from bleeding on his brain last night after suffering a seizure shortly after he quit during his bout at Staples Center, ringside physician Dr. Paul Wallace said.
Contreras was taken to California Hospital Medical Center after he stopped fighting at 55 seconds in the sixth round of a scheduled eight-round bout against Brian Viloria.
Contreras complained of a headache afterward and had a seizure within five or 10 minutes following the bout, Wallace said.
The bout was part of the undercard for the Julio Cesar Chavez-Ivan Robinson fight.
Earlier, former cruiserweight champion Orlin Norris experienced the indignity of having to enter the ring at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when Staples Center was occupied by only a sprinkling of spectators.
Norris has opposed such fighters as Mike Tyson, Greg Page, Tony Tucker and King Arthur Williams. He is accustomed to fighting at what for boxing are more fashionable hours.
The second indignity was when Albert Sosnowski, a hulking heavyweight from Poland, was awarded a majority six-round decision that Norris' interests viewed as unjust.
Norris, a San Diegan who at 39 is still a clever defensive fighter, bloodied Sosnowski's nose in the opening round, rocked him with an overhand right in the fourth and appeared to block most of his rival's punches. But while judge Max DeLuca scored the bout a 57-57 draw, the other two judges found for Sosnowski (37-1, 22 KOs), David Denkin by 59-55, Raul Caiz by 58-56.
Scott Woodworth, Norris' manager, argued that Norris (57-9-1, 30 KOs) had won handily. The fighter agreed. "Most of his stuff was on the gloves," Woodworth said of Sosnowski's punches.
In a scheduled WBC super featherweight eliminator, Carlos Hernandez of West Covina and Jesus Chavez of Austin, Texas, went toe-to-toe for 12 rounds, their nonstop punching prompting the crowd to chorus "Mexico! Mexico!" The decision, a split one, went to Chavez.
Rafael Marquez of Mexico City (34-3, 30 KOs) retained his IBF bantamweight championship by scoring a unanimous 12-round decision over a combative Ricardo Vargas of Tijuana (37-11-3, 12 KOs).
Vanes Martirosyan a tall super welterweight from Glendale, needed just 2:30 in his second pro bout to stop Jovanni Rubio of Los Angeles.
Phoenix middleweight Jesus Gonzales ran his record to 17-0 (with 10 KOs), but while he shook Dewey Welliver of Spokane (16-15-1, 5 KOs) several times, Gonzales had to be content with an eight-round unanimous decision. |
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