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A roundup of the past weeks notable boxing results from around the world:Saturday at Trenton, N.J.Mario Barrios?W12 Devis Boschiero Junior lightweight title eliminator Scores: 120-107 (three times) Records: Barrios (16-0, 8 KOs); Boschiero (39-5-1, 21 KOs)Rafaels remarks: You might have seen more action had you watched a test pattern or the Yule Log instead of this absolutely horrible fight, one of the single worst bouts in recent televised boxing history. On paper, it was a prospect (Barrios) stepping up to face a decent fringe contender (Boschiero). In the end, it was mind-numbing.Barrios, 21, of San Antonio, was entirely ineffective, but he won easily by shutout decision because Boschiero, a 34-year-old former junior lightweight world title challenger from Italy, was so much worse. How bad was it? According to CompuBox punch statistics, neither fighter landed a single punch in the first round - the first time that has ever happened in thousands of fights CompuBox has tracked during its 31-year history. The fight did not get much better from there, because it was one redundant round after another, as Barrios threw a lot of punches that didnt land and Boschiero, well, just did not throw many punches at all, as he was totally unwilling to engage. The only interesting moment of the fight, if you lasted that long to see it, came in the 12th?round, when Barrios scored a knockdown.According to CompuBox, they combined to miss 878 punches. Barrios landed 77 of 848 punches for a woeful nine percent connect rate. Boschieros punch stats were historically bad, as he landed 23 punches (an average of 1.9 per round) of 130 (18 percent). For perspective on just how bad Boschiero was, lets take a brief look at just one fight in particular, Antonio Margaritos 10th-round knockout of Sebastian Lujan in 2005. In that fight, Margarito threw and landed more punches in four different rounds than Boschiero did in the entire fight, including landing 65 of 140 punches in the 10th?round.Despite the horrendous fight, the 6-foot Barrios, who held an eight-inch height advantage, claimed the No. 2 spot in a sanctioning bodys rankings and moved a step closer to a mandatory world title shot at the 130-pound belt held by Jose Pedraza (22-0, 12 KOs).Initially my game plan was to work the jab and see what would open him up, but as the rounds went by, he didnt seem like he was going to come at me, Barrios said. He just didnt seem to want any action. It was pretty frustrating. I came out to put on a show for the fans, and unfortunately it seemed like my opponent was just trying to survive. I can try to press the fight all I want, but if he doesnt want to fight, its not going to happen.This was my first 12-round fight, and it felt good to get the experience. I was just hoping for more intense action.Said Boschiero, who is unbeaten in Italy but 0-5 outside his home country: I had trouble finding my range tonight. He was tougher to hit then I expected.Eddie Ramirez?W10 Jessie Roman Junior welterweights Scores: 99-91 (twice), 98-92 Records:?Ramirez (14-0, 9 KOs); Roman (20-3, 9 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Ramirez, 23, of Chicago, took command of the fight from the outset and cruised to the decision against Roman, 25, of Garden Grove, California. While Ramirez let his punches flow and landed many clean shots, Roman did not do much and rarely landed anything with authority.The one time Roman did land solidly was in the fourth round. After Ramirez went on the attack and was landing, Roman came back with a hard left hook that stunned Ramirez. But overall it was Ramirezs sheer volume of punches and regular connects that carried that day in a solid performance.According to CompuBox punch statistics, Ramirez landed 283 of 856 blows (33 percent) and Roman, far less active, connected with 137 of 467 punches (29 percent).I felt like I was in control and like I was getting hit a lot less than he was, Ramirez said. He came out of the ring a bloody mess, and my face feels good. I was prepared, because I had a really long training camp. Ive been ready to fight since mid-June. I was just in great shape. He did catch me with a couple of clean hooks when I let my defense down. That was my fault, but it was nothing that hurt me very bad.Fighting on ESPN is like a dream come true. As an amateur, I always envisioned myself on this network. So this feels like a great accomplishment, and Im leaving with a lot of new fans tonight.Roman was fighting for the first time in 11 months and said the rust worked against him.I gassed out a little bit in the end. I havent fought in a year, and I think some of my struggles tonight were due to that, Roman said. My timing was off a little bit too. He was landing a lot of combinations, but he never hurt me. Im only 25, and I want to keep active.? If I can do that, I feel that I can beat a lot of fighters at 140 pounds.Saturday at Lemoore, CAJose Ramirez? TKO4 Tomas Mendez Junior welterweights Records:?Ramirez (18-0, 13 KOs); Mendez (21-8, 14 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Ramirez, 23, of Avenal, California, was a 2012 U.S. Olympian and is one of boxings top prospects. Top Rank is moving him slowly and steadily, and hes promising enough that a Hall of Fame trainer runs his corner.He thoroughly dominated Mendez, 31, of the Dominican Republic, in the main event of UniMas Solo Boxeo Tecate card. Ramirez nearly blasted Mendez out in the opening round, as he scored three knockdowns and had referee Jack Reiss on the verge of stopping the fight. In the first minute of the bout, Ramirez knocked Mendez down twice. Ramirez was all over him from the opening bell and driving him back with solid punches before dropping him to his back with a left hook to the chin. Then he floored him again with another left hand to the chin. With about 45 seconds left in the round, Mendez hit the deck again, unable to take a powerful combination of a left hand to the body followed by a left to the head. He surprisingly made it out of the round and continued to take a pounding. Finally, in the fourth round, Ramirez hurt Mendez badly yet again with a left to the body, and after whacking him around the ring for a bit longer, Reiss stepped in and waved off the fight at 53 seconds.Mendez should be commended for his big heart to last as long as he did, while Ramirez banked another win in an offensive-minded performance and will keep climbing the ladder.Andy Vences?W8 Moises Delgadillo Junior lightweights Scores: 79-73, 78-74, 77-75 Records: Vences (16-0, 10 KOs); Delgadillo (17-15-2, 8 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Vences, a 25-year-old prospect from San Jose, California, put in a solid night of work, as he methodically ground out a clear decision win over Delgadillo, 28, of Mexico, who lost his fourth fight in a row.The quicker Vences displayed a good jab, which he used to control the fight, and mixed in some nice right hands and combinations. He basically did as he pleased but could not put away his overmatched opponent, as he went the eight-round distance for his second consecutive fight.Saturday at San Mateo, CACesar Juarez TKO8 Albert Pagara Junior featherweights Records:?Juarez (18-5, 14 KOs);?Albert Pagara (26-1, 18 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Upset alert! Juarez, 24, of Mexico, came into the fight having lost two decisions in a row and was supposed to be easy picking for Pagara, 22, a bright prospect from the Philippines. But not so fast.Two fights ago, Juarez challenged Nonito Donaire for a vacant junior featherweight world title in December, and the blazing slug fest was a fight-of-the-year contender. Then Juarez dropped a split decision to journeyman Giovanni Delgado in March. Early on, it appeared as though Pagara would notch a quick victory when he dropped Juarez with a flush left hook in the first round. But, as he did against Donaire, he survived the knockdown and showed tremendous resiliency and mounted a big comeback.By the seventh round, Juarez was hammering Pagara and had him in trouble. Pagara was still shaky when the eighth round began, and Juarez went on the attack, immediately driving him into a corner and down to the mat with a barrage of punches from both hands. Pagara got partly to his feet but pitched forward and fell face first on the mat, and referee Edward Collantes waved off the fight at 15 seconds, sending Juarez and his corner into a wild celebration. It was a really big upset. Pagara went to the hospital to be checked out and for a precautionary CT scan, but he was released soon after and given a clean bill of health.Jason Pagara?TKO3 Abraham Alvarez Welterweights Records:?Pagara?(39-2, 24 KOs); Alvarez?(21-10-1, 10 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Pagara, 24, of the Philippines, is the older brother of main event loser Albert Pagara. Jason Pagara is close to a mandatory title shot against the winner of the July 23 junior welterweight title unification fight between Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol. He stayed busy with the expected easy win over Alvarez, 28, of Mexico, who dropped to 4-9 in his last 13 fights.Pagara, who won his 12th?fight in a row since a decision loss in 2011, was cruising along until he flattened Alvarez with a right hand. Alvarez nearly got to his feet but fell down again as referee Michael Margado waved off the fight at 55 seconds. Larry Schreiber Jersey . It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. Crouched behind the 10th green at Sheshan International, McDowell looked over at the powerful American and said, "Ive probably seen 18 of the best drives Ive seen all year in the last two days. Norm Standlee Jersey . 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Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods. RIO DE JANEIRO -- A towel draped over his left shoulder, Erik Shoji sat on the bench alongside big brother Kawika and pondered what might be going so wrong for the young United States team in its Olympic volleyball opener against hard-hitting Canada.For a group of largely Olympic first-timers determined to show that youth and inexperience dont necessarily mean anything on the biggest stage, the fifth-ranked Americans looked at times sloppy and out of sorts in falling 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 to No. 12 Canada on Sunday in the first pool match for both countries.We knew we were the underdog in this pool and this match, Canada captain Frederic Winters said. Its the Olympic Games and our team was highly motivated and it showed on the court today.From serves into the net early and others that sailed long, to kill attempts that fell wide and missed blocks, the Americans were off from the start. And Canada capitalized.Later Sunday, defending champion Russia won in four sets against a Cuba team that had to revamp its roster in the past month because six players are being held in Helsinki on suspicion of aggravated rape, according to Finnish police.Argentina beat Olympic first-timer Iran in three sets in the late match.The U.S. will now look to regroup to face Italy on Tuesday.Hopefully we all fight back for the next match, Erik said. Theres always jitters in the first match.The Canadians also beat the U.S. in a five-setter for the Champions Cup title in May 2015 before the Americans won on the way to last years World Cup crown in Japan.It was an unfortunate way to start the tournament, said U.S. captain and third-time Olympian David Lee. We didnt find a level of consistency that we could sustain throughout the match.U.S. coach John Speraw committed to a youth movement, and that means most of the Americans lack Olympic experience -- though they receive plenty of insight from four-time Olympic teammate Reid Priddy, third-timer Lee and Matt Anderson in his second games.Lee expects eeverybody to respond, learn from this and adjust in a hurry.ddddddddddddI hope so, and I believe so. These guys have proven themselves on the biggest stages, he said. Thats very uncharacteristic for some of the young players to make some of the errors they did at some of the moments they did. I expect them to be extremely motivated in the matches to come.Despite the disappointing first result, the Shojis are enjoying their time together in Rio de Janeiro as first-time Olympians -- with a supporting cast of about a dozen that came along to cheer their special accomplishment.Including their decorated coaching dad, Dave, the longtime head of the University of Hawaii program.The Shojis, who played for Stanford, and setter Micah Christenson all are from Hawaii and they are three of eight U.S. players making their Olympic debuts. With lights flashing from all angles, Erik offered a wave to a section of U.S. supporters as the Americans entered for pregame warmups.The brothers cherish the chance to be there for each other on the biggest stage.Were basically best friends and its just a really neat thing to go through the experience with him, Kawika said. Were really close. We might be going through different things off the court but then when we come here were going through it together. We can basically read each others minds.Earlier Sunday, Brazils Bruno Rezende, Mauricio Souza and William Arjona were among the last to leave the court as many of the players thanked the fans with photos, handshakes, smiles and thumbs-up signs.The host Brazilians beat Mexico 23-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18 and Lucas Saatkamps winning kill sent the crowd into a frenzy as players threw their arms up in celebration.Egypts Ahmed El Kotb was carried off the court by teammates and athletic trainers worked on his right ankle on sideline during the first set of a loss to Poland. ' ' '