Blake Caparello. Photo by Louie Abigail.

Speaking to Adam Auld of Aus-Boxing.com post fight undefeated Australian Light Heavyweight, Blake Caparello revealed that he has been after the fight with Berridge for a while.

“It was a tough night at the office but I walked away with a win,” said Caparello.

“I’ve wanted Robert Berriage for a long time; it’s a fight we wanted. It was two undefeated fighters, he is a young up and comer so am I but one of us had to go.”

“I always plan to go the distance, if it didn’t it didn’t but I was ready for a 10 round war.”

Caparello who is now 12-0 feels that it’s time in his career to step up.

“I don’t want too many more fights this year,” Caparello said. “I want to step up each fight. I just want to keep on stepping up like I have all of my career. I have a good team behind me, that’s all we plan to do.”

“I want to fight Samoan, Warren Fuiava or whoever wants to step-up, I’m ready.”

Brad Pitt. Photo by Louie Abigail.

After claiming a comfortable decision win over Joel Casey, undefeated Cruiserweight-Brad ‘Hollywood’ Pitt revealed to Adam Auld of Aus-Boxing.com after the fight that he wasn’t at his best.

“I didn’t have the best time,” said Pitt. “I need to work on my fitness. I am still going through a phase where I put everything into every punch.”

Although he was gunning for the knockout Pitt said that he foresaw the decision win.

“Before the fight I thought it was going to go the distance. I knew he was tough and was gonna come forward, my plan was just to dominant every round and if the knockout came it came.”

“I reckon in the second round I hit him with a couple of good ones, I cut him open. He actually bounced up quicker than he went down. I was a bit shocked by it, he was a tough kid.”

A week or two of rest is now on the cards for Pitt who is chasing a world title shot for later in the year.

“I’m going to go home and have a week or two off, maybe a week,” Pitt said. “I’ll hopefully step it up from there. I haven’t fought since November last year; I’ve got the rounds now.”

“The plan is by the end of the year, or by early next year, to be shopping around for a world title.”

Will Tomlinson is awarded the points win. Photo by Louie Abigail.

After a blackout at the venue caused an early end to the IBO world title fight between Will Tomlinson and Daniel Ruiz, the referee Steve Smoger explains why Tomlinson was awarded the points win on the scorecard to the media post fight.

Team Tomlinson before the fight. Photo by Louie Abigail.

Speaking post fight to Adam Auld of Aus-Boxing.com the trainer of IBO world champion, Will Tomlinson-Lincoln Hudson said that he feels Daniel Ruiz deserves a rematch despite losing every round up until the power cut in round 8.

“I’m disappointed for the Melbourne people,” Hudson told Aus-Boxing.com. “Will started a bit slow, the pressure got to him a little bit, but he started to find his range about round 3.”

“I’m sure in the next 2-3 rounds he would have broken him down. There is nothing we can do about the circumstances but Will was shattered that it ended the way it did.”

When asked about a rematch Hudson said, “I think it’s gotta be looked at. Because, he (Ruiz) didn’t do anything to lose the fight this way. And I think a rematch has got to be considered.”

“I don’t think it was fair on Ruiz. I’m pretty confident we won every round. But that is not the issue, the issue is it could have gone either way, I don’t think it would have but it could have.”

Daniel Ruiz. Photo by Louie Abigail.

After a power cut at the venue put a stop to Mexican, Daniel Ruiz’s IBO world title fight with Australian, Will Tomlinson live on Fox Sports which he subsequently lost on the scorecards after round 7, the Mexican told Aus-Boxing.com that he would welcome a rematch in Australia.

“I understand the rules, things like this happen,” Ruiz told Aus-Boxing.com post fight. “I felt as though I was coming on. I was going to use the later rounds to try to corner Will and hopefully hurt him with my power. “

“Rules are rules but I would welcome a rematch, I have been treated very well.”

“It was a good fight in my mind, I was never hurt. I like the way the Australian people have treated me. I would return in an instant.”

Referee Steve Smoger explained the situation. “The IBO rules call for, that if there is an unforeseen circumstance such as the fan man in Las Vegas or things of that nature, we go to the cards.”

“Seven rounds were completed, they went to the cards and Ruiz and his trainer Luis Gonzalez don’t have any problem with that.”

Tomlinson pushed the pace in round 1, coming out of the blocks aggressive making his mark on the fight. Late in the opening round, Tomlinson dropped Ruiz with a big left hook, but the Mexican was able to make it to the end of the round. After eating an accidental elbow in the last few seconds of round 2, Tomlinson came out head hunting in round 3 and Ruiz was caught with a good combination.

As we saw in Tomlinson’s last fight he was cut over his left eye once again. After receiving a left hook at the start of round 5, Tomlinson slipped and hit the canvas but it was correctly ruled a slip. Ruiz who began to get desperate let his shots go, but Tomlinson picked his shots and teed off on the Mexican.

After Tomlinson unloaded on Ruiz late in round 6, the Mexican was caught flush on the chin with a Tomlinson right hand and was wobbly on his feet, but the bell saved Ruiz who was almost out on his feet.

After Tomlinson dominated the early stages of round 8 the power cut at the venue put an end to the fight.

Caparello decisions ‘The Butcher’ Berridge

The co-main event was a trans-tasman affair with Australian, Blake Caparello taking on New Zealand’s-Robert ‘The Butcher’ Berridge. Will both fighters coming into the fight undefeated it was Caparello who came out the the judges decision 97-95, 99-93, 97-93.

Brad Pitt outpunches Joel Casey

In a 6 round Cruiserweight clash on the undercard, Brad ‘Hollywood’ Pitt outscored and outpunched, Joel Casey who was stepping up in weight for the fight. The judges scored the fight unanimously to Pitt (60-53, 60-54, 58-55) who remained undefeated with the win.

Post fight interviews and more content will be added to the site soon.

Full Results:
-Will Tomlinson def Daniel Ruiz via UD (70-62, 70-62, 69-63).
-Blake Caparello def Robert Berridge via UD (97-95, 99-93, 97-93).
-Dwight Ritchie def Michael Herrmann via UD (60-55, 60-52, 58-56).
-Brad Pitt def Joel Casey via UD (60-53, 60-54, 58-55).
-Hakan Tekin def Paul Watson via TKO, Round 1 at 1:30.
-Qamil Balla vs Allan Jay Tuniacao-Majority Draw, (38-37 Balla, 38-38, 38-38).
-Brett William Smith def Brendan Batty via TKO, Round 3 at 2:39.
-Kane Watts def Walter Pupu’a via UD (59-57, 59-55, 60-54).

Photo by Werner Kalin

Welcome to Aus-Boxing.com’s live ’round-by-round’ coverage of the IBO Super Featherweight world title fight between Will Tomlinson and Daniel Ruiz + the undercard. We will provide live results on this page of each of the fights and you can click “round-by-round” next to the 3 main fight for a round by round coverage of those fights.

Live results will start from 7.00pm EST on Friday 18th March and the round-by-round coverage will start at around 8.45pm EST. The main card will be televised live on Fox Sports 3 in Australia from 8.00pm EST.

Main Card: (Fox Sports)

Will Tomlinson def Daniel Ruiz via UD, Round 8 to retain his IBO Super Featherweight title after a power blackout caused an end to the fight. Click for Round by Round Recap

Blake Caparello def Robert Berridge via UD (97-95, 99-93, 97-93)Click for Round by Round Recap

Dwight Ritchie def Michael Herrmann via UD (60-55, 60-52, 58-56).

Brad Pitt def Joel Casey via UD (60-53, 60-54, 58-55)Click for Round by Round Recap

Hakan Tekin def Paul Watson via TKO, Round 1 at 1:30.

Undercard: (Untelevised)

Qamil Balla vs Allan Jay Tuniacao-Majority Draw, (38-37 Balla, 38-38, 38-38).

Brett William Smith def Brendan Batty via TKO, Round 3 at 2:39.

Kane Watts def Walter Pupu’a via UD (59-57, 59-55, 60-54).

Round 1-Very dangerous left hook of Ruiz that Tominson has to stay clear of. Tomlinson caught his opponet with a nice left hook of his own.

Round 2-Tomlinson with good head movement and clever jabbing, the Mexican is no slouch. Will suffers a thumb to the eye to close out the round.

Round 3-Tomlinson walks in with a massive left hand and catches the challenger who is knocked down. Tomlinson cut over the left brow with both fighters swinging for the fences tying to finish it early.

Round 4-Both fighters standing back and waiting for the bigger punches, very even round but Tomlinson got the cleaner punches through in the latter stages of the round.

Round 5-Tomlinson slips early and keeps his defence strong. The ref almost gets hit with a shot. Both fighters staying busy and letting their punches go.

Round 6-Nice looping left hand from the champ. Ruiz’s left eye is starting to swell and a bit of blood is coming from the nose. Tomlinson landed the bigger shots of the round. Predicting a stoppage in the next few rounds by the champ.

Round 7-The champ scoring well and keeping constant pressure. He is moving forward and is keeping the challenger on his toes.

Round 8-Will Tomlinson def Daniel Ruiz via UD, Round 8 to retain his IBO Super Featherweight title after a power blackout caused an end to the fight early in round 8.

Round 1-The left hand is working well for Caparello stopping the normal, aggressive style of Berridge.

Round 2-Good head movement early in the 2nd for the Butcher, slowing down the attack of Caparello. Berridge starting to let them go in the middle of the round, very close round.

Round 3-Berridge finding it hard to find his range. Caparello is waiting for a scoring opening on the outside. Another close round.

Round 4-Very slow round, both fighters finding it hard to find their range and score, Berridge the busier boxer.

Round 5-Capparello seems to be the more confident fighter laying back and picking his attack. Berridge trying to get on the inside and score but Capparello quick to answer, very close fight Capparello up on my card.

Round 6-Berridge with a good change of levels early in the round. Berridge can’t seem to get the scoring punches through.Caparello stuns Berridge late in the round, staying back with the lead hand down choosing his shots.

Round 7-Good defense of Caparello is setting his scoring punches up. Berridge is starting to get fustrated that he can’t get through.

Round 8-Early slug fest for both fighters. Caparello seems to be the more busier boxer through the round and slowly picking off a tiring Berridge.

Round 9-Caparello hanging on the rope with good defense not letting much in.

Round 10-Both fighters very busy early in the last. Caparello gets a cut in the dying stages of the last round. Caparello has done enough to get the win.

Blake Caparello def Robert Berridge via UD (97-95, 99-93, 97-93).

Round 1-Pitt lands a long right hand which stuns Casey and puts him on the back foot early in the first.

Round 2-Casey trying to find his distance with the jab but Pitt is too evasive with good head movement and angles.

Round 3-Steady round. Pitt scores a knockdown and seems to be getting the punches to work in his favour 3 rounds Pitt.

Round 4-Big cut has called the doctor to ringside, Casey takes it in his stride to make it a point to fight for. Late in the fourth Pitt lands the cleaner scoring punches, will have to see if Casey’s corner can fix him and let him out.

Round 5-Casey the aggresor early in the round, a blood stained Casey keeps coming forward, Pitt chopping at the body trying to pick his punches trying to stop the fight early..5 rounds to Pitt

Round 6-Its a bloodied final round you can’t knock the heart of Joel Casey he just keeps moving forward. Pitt still on the outside picking his punches. End of the fight unanimous decision to Pitt. Great fight Casey showed heaps of ticker.

Brad Pitt def Joel Casey via UD (60-53, 60-54, 58-55)