Sam Goodman Bloodied But Unbroken, Outclasses Vaca As Ivic Vs. Vousiutu Erupts Into All-Out War

Sam Goodman’s world champion ambitions are still alive – hardly.

The unbeaten Aussie returned to the pavilion in Sydney on Wednesday evening and achieved a dominant but still decided victory against the Mexican Cesar Vaca. It should be a clean mood. Instead, Goodman had the ring covered with blood and embroidered again – but with a W on the board.

The judges achieved 100-90, 99-91 and 99-92. No controversy. Simply harm.

Goodman was at the head of the Super Bantamweight division. At the beginning of this year he was supposed to compete Naoya Inoue – the monster of the weight class – until a bad training camp killed the dream. This fight was about restoring the swing and bringing his name back into the mix.

He did that. But not without drama.

Goodman was sharply plagued for the first half, dictated pace, landed clean body work and never let Vaca gain a foothold. But when the rounds went on, the fight became messy. Goodman suffered Two separate cuts -E in the middle of battle and a late because of a malignant random hipwriter over the eye. Blood poured. Fans grabbed air. Goodman continued.

He managed the last rounds like a professional, stayed behind the thrust, held it disciplined and never had Vaca built hope.

Goodman is now 20: 0 and remains the top name in the division outside of Inoue and he made it clear that it does not go away.

After the fight, Goodman held back the tears when he addressed his self -help group, The crazy bunchAnd thought about what he called the wildest six months of his life. His words were not polished. You didn’t have to be. The emotions said enough.

He wants inoue. And whether it is next or after another, Goodman is back in the conversation.

Garside shakes ring rust in a comeback win against Bell

In the co-feature, the gold medalist from 2018 2018 Harry Garside returned a long-awaited return to professional boxing after three years from the game. And he didn’t waste time.

Garside achieved a stop win against Charlie Bell in front of an enthusiastic crowd in Sydney. . The referee’s decision to wave off the fight surprised many, with Bell being traded on shots at the time of interruption. It wasn’t vintage, but it was enough. He showed movement, timing and the kind of experience that only sharpens under pressure. Bell tried to make it rough, but Garside kept things under control and overwhelmed him.

The finish came late. Garside won. And now he’s easy again – with real sums behind him.

Ivic vs. Vousiutu: A heavyweight war that stole all the damn night

This should be buried under the main event. It was the fight that everyone is talking about.

In a struggle for the Australian heavyweight title, Stevan Ivic and Tose Vousiutu showed ten laps in the war in one of the most brutal slug festivals that Sydney has seen for years.

It was ugly, it was wild, it was chaos.

Vousiutu was almost finished in round 6. His corner gave him an ultimatum: increase it or we throw the towel into it. He replied like an insane – and turned the entire fight on the head. He swung out in round 7 and dropped almost Ivic with a monster shot. The place broke out.

Both men exchanged after round Heumacher and landed massive shots clean. You could hear how the Thuds ring. Tim Tszyu, who watched live, called it “a fight for eternity”. The player man man Ben Damon said it was “the round of the year”.

And they don’t overdo it.

In the end, Ivic kept his title with a unanimous decision-96-94, 96-93, 96-93. But to be honest, nobody lost. Both men hugged the last bell. The fans were on their feet for minutes.

This was not a manufactured spectacle. These were two hard guys who dug into the basement and tried to tear each other apart in a title fight that turned into a war zone. It wasn’t just the best fight on the map – it was perhaps the best fight in Australian boxes all year round.

Full Fight results

• Sam Goodman def. Cesar Vaca Espinoza over UD10 (99-92, 99-91, 100-90)
• Harry Garside def. Charlie Bell via TKO5
• Stevan Ivic def. Toese vousiutu via UD10 (96-93 × 2, 96-94) for the Australian heavyweight title
• Mounir Fathi def. Wade Ryan over Ko3
• Charlie Kazzi def. Patrick Vella via UD8 (79-73 X2, 77-75)
• Jason Fawcett def. Alex Lual via MD6 (59-55, 58-56, 57-57)
• Jasmine Parr def. Jittamat Phomta via TKO1
• Dharringarra Trewhella def. Kaliova Tahikia via TKO3