Full Results from Sacramento: Page Stopped in 2 By Yusubov

By Ryan Maquiñana
Norcalboxing.net

Yusubov (left, with chief second Eddie Rodriquez) following his win over Page.

Pittsburg's 41-year-old James Page, who was making a comeback after 11 years away from the ring, was stopped in two rounds by Rahman Yusubov at the Four Points by Sheraton in Sacramento on Saturday night.

"In the first round, James stunned Yusubov with a straight right," said Eddie Rodriquez, Yusubov's chief second in the corner.  "I thought he was going to stop Rahman, because it was all James.  I told Rahman not to stop leaning back and to slip punches, and he did just that.  When he hit James with the left hook in the second, that started the damage, and then he put him away with the right hand."

Page (25-5, 19 KOs), a former world titleholder at welterweight who had completed a federal prison sentence, had moved up to junior middleweight to fight Yusubov (9-9, 7 KOs), a native of Azerbaijan who was training himself for the fight.

"James looked good in the first round.  You could see his power was still there.  But after watching the second, I want him to re-evaluate where he goes from this point forward," added Rodriquez, who has known Page since the amateurs.

UNDERCARD

Hayward junior middleweight Aaron Coley (4-0, 2 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a second round knockout of Chad Dietmeyer (1-2).

"Coley's a thinking man's fighter," Rodriquez said. "He works at you and picks at you, and Dietmeyer was tough, but Coley had too much ring smarts."

Sacramento junior featherweight John Abella (3-0-1, 2 KOs) and Salvador Cifuentes (1-4-1) fought to a technical draw after an accidental clash of heads in the third round.

Richmond welterweight Aldwayne Simpson (4-0, 2 KOs) edged out Joaquin Chavez (1-5, 1 KO), capturing a majority decision.

Sacramento featherweight Alberto Torres (2-0) outpointed Christian Navarro (0-2) by unanimous decision.

To open the night, Maricela Cornejo (2-0, 1 KO) stopped Sacramento's Terri Lowe (0-1) in the third frame of a women's middleweight bout.

The card was promoted by O.P.P. Presents.

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