Bob Rose Cup Fight Night – Results

The Bob Rose Cup fight night on 10th July at Malvern Town Hall was a huge success, with a packed venue and an epic fight card taking centre stage. Australian 154 pounder Ben Capps (12-3-2) stopped Mike Esgandari (6-2) in round ten to recapture the WBC Asian Boxing Council title. Capps outworked his opponent consistently and at 2:07 of the final round the referee crowned Capps.

Promoter Peter Maniatis said “Ben Capps punch volume and pressure work down a gallant Mike Esgandari when ref Jim Boland stepped in to stop the fight in the 8th to give Capps the WBC Asia boxing Title.”

At 140 pounds Terry Tzouramanis (14-2-3) outscored Lewis Goodrich (4-3-0) over eight rounds for the vacant state Victorian title. Scores 77-74, 78-73, 77-74.

154 pound Khoder Assi (7-1-0) stopped Alessandro Mammolitti(3-3-0) in round six. Referee Allan McColl called it off at 1.38.

175 pound Manny Vlamis (13-4-0) was upset points loser to New South Wales boxer, Steven Ma (7-6-0) over eight rounds for the vacant state Victorian title. Scores 79-71, 77-73, 77-73.

168 pound Korobo Etto outscored kickboxer Chase Haley over six rounds. Scores 59-55, 59-55, 59-55.

The undercard was stacked with great action Steven Ma in a big upset got a dection win over the hard punching Manny Vlamis to secure the Victorian Light Heavyweight title in a tough fight.

Terry Tzouramanis won the state super lightweight title in a top quility fight on points over Lewis Goodrich.

Korobo Etto was very impressive beating Chase Haley on points both boxers where undefeated.

Khoder Ass scored a late KO win over Italian Sydneysider Alessandro Mammotoli.

Photos: Werner Kalin