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Photos by Michael Glasgow!!
Steve Collins showed guts and
mobility in out-muscling and out-battling the game Smith, from his home
Hoosier state.
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Collins Clobbers Smith!! |
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Steve
Collins ripped off multiple shots to the body and
head of the rugged Octavius Smith. Collins
fought through what he described as a broken
finger suffered in the second round of the four-round
contest.
Credit has to be given regarding the
quality of the card to Promoter Cameron Park of Rock Solid Promotions.
While there were only five fights on the card, each was entertaining,
unique and competitive, in contrast to some prior cards which offered
perhaps a disproportionate number of early knockouts.
Collins weighed in at 258 to 277 for
Smith. While the bout was characterized by an unfortunate amount of
holding and hitting, Collins displayed superior hand speed and mobility
against the menacing Smith, who brought a record of 4-3 with 3 KO's.
Collins began by landing solid jabs in
round one, then bulled Smith into the ropes and landed shots to the body
and head.
Smith landed a solid jab to the face to
open round two, while Collins scored with big shots from the outside.
Collins landed a right uppercut late in
round two, then landed combinations in round three. But Smith remained
game throughout the match, continuing to try to press forward when he
could.
All three judges scored the bout 40-36
for Collins, giving him the unanimous decision.
Collins improves to
17-1 with 13 KO's.!!!
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Hill Rips Robinson!!
In one of the most
significant bouts of the evening, Heavyweight "Mean" Eugene
Hill of Dickinson, Texas, took a step up in class and proved
his knockout power remains dangerous against difficult
opponents.
Hill, left, below, faced the
40-year-old journeyman
David Robinson of Oklahoma City, by far his most experienced
foe to date, who brought an eye-catching record of 25-54-4
with 13 KO's.
Hill weighed in at 248 pounds
to Robinson's 201. Robinson had fought much of his career as
a cruiserweight. Hill opened round one with a blistering
combination to the body.
Hill closed the round with
solid rights and lefts to Robinson's head, and opened round
two by crashing another thunderous right into Robinson's
skull.
But
this was no easy mark, and in
fact Hill was facing for perhaps the first time in his pro
career a somewhat legitimate boxer, a durable pro who could take a
shot and dish one out. After absorbing Hill's initial
onslaught Robinson adapted and boxed, landing some
combination shots in return.
"He did a good job," Hill
said after the fight. "David Robinson, I'll never forget
him. He put in a lot of hard work. Hit me with some nice
shots too. But I'm a bulldog."
What Houston fight fans saw
for the first time Eugene Hill
transforming from a one-punch knockout machine into a
calculating boxing predator, taking apart his prey.
In round three, after
Robinson opened by landing some combinations, and looked as
though he could take Hill the distance, Hill blasted off a
vicious combination to the body and hooked up to the head.
The shots wore Robinson down
and he went to the canvas, with the referee stopping the
contest at 2:43 of the third round.
"My coaches told me, instead
of throwing one big punch, to work on my combos. I was
trying to knock him out with one punch and my coach told me,
hit him with two or three shots and you'll get him with that
big shot, so that's what I did."
Eugene Hill remains undefeated at
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"El Tigre"
Gnaws
Gordon!!
Alfonso "El Tigre" Lopez of
Cut 'n' Shoot scored a technical knockout over the powerful
and awkward Raheem Gordon of Killen, Texas.
Gordon brought a record of
4-2 with 2 KO's and he proved to be a challenging
opponent.
Still, Gordon would go down
three times during the match.
But "El Tigre", a former U.S.
national amateur champion, was much too polished, nailing
Gordon with left and right hands to the head from the outset.
Gordon came out firing and
aggressive early, but Lopez was too slick and powerful,
sticking Gordon with countershots.
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Gordon tried to swarm Lopez
in round two, landing a left hook to the head, but Lopez
answered with a right uppercut.
The referee deducted a point
from Gordon in round three, and then Lopez began to pick his
opponent apart, landing shots to the body and head,
seemingly at will. Gordon went down for the first time in
round three. "He tagged me one time baby, it's fun now,"
Lopez said after the fight. "I love to fight, that's what I
do. I love to fight. I don't love to hit, but when he hits
me I come back twice as hard."
Gordon did land a big right
hand to the head of Lopez in round four, but seemed to begin
tiring in round five.
By this time Lopez was dominant and hammering away at
Gordon, who continued to try to answer with shots of his
own.
A short right hand counter uppercut dropped Gordon again in
round six. Lopez swarmed with a barrage of punches after
that, and it seemed the accumulation was too much for
Gordon, who went to the canvas a second time, and the
referee stopped the contest.
"He had heavy hands," said
Lopez. "You could see it coming but when it hit you, he had
heavy hands. You've got to respect that."
Lopez improves to 6-0 with 5
KO's!!
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Valdivia Lashes
Lockette!!
. Lightweight
Cruz Antonio "Li'l Tone" Valdivia of Houston punished Jerron
Lockette of San Antonio!!
Lockette brought a
record of 2-9-2 while Valdivia came in at 3-2 with 2
KO's. Valdivia started out fast as usual, ripping
body shots and landing bombs to the head in round
one. Lockette showed good movement and a stiff left
jab.
Lockette also landed
some solid left hooks to the head of Valdivia,
drawing blood from his nose, but he wasn't quick
enough or strong enough to keep "Li's Tone" off of
him for long.
Valdivia
continued landing big lefts and his clubbing right
hand to the head in round three. By round four
Valdivia was chasing Lockett who appeared to be most
concerned with surviving the round.
Toward the end of the
match Lockett landed a 1-2 combination to the face
of Valdivia, who then came back with four unanswered
shots to the head.
Two of the three
judges scored the fight 40-36 for Valdivia, while
the third had it 39-37, giving "Li'l Tone" the
unanimous decision.T
"I was
ready to do everything I can and I trained very hard
and this is what happens when you train. He kind of
surprised me but I had to lose weight (to make the
fight) so that's what bothered me the most. He was
kind of tall but I still got the win."
Cruz Antonio Valdivia remains undefeated
at 4-0 with 3 KO's!
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Nolan, Gasparyan Draw!!
Super Welterweight Darryl Nolan of Houston showed
quick hands and the ability to take some solid shots
in coming away with a six-round draw against the
more experienced Vardan Gasparyan of Armenia.
Nolan brought a record of 3-1 with 2 KO's while
Gasparyan came in at 9-1-3 with 4 KO's.
Nolan began by working the jab in round one, but got
surprised by a left hook from Gasparyan. Nolan came
back with a big right hand to the jab and a left
uppercut.
Nolan continued to land the jab in round two
while Gasparyan weaved forward to fire hooks Nolan's
head.
The fighters appeared to be evenly matched at this
point and Nolan closed the round with a counter
right hand shot to the head.
Garparyan began advancing methodically in
round three, landing shots first to the body and
then to the head of Nolan.
The Armenian hammered Nolan with a left
uppercut and two big right hands to the head.
Nolan stuck with the jab in round four but by then
Gasparyan had begun timing the punch and coming back
with a straight right hand counter of his own.
Nolan landed a right to Gasparyan's head as
Gasparyan kept up the pressure.
The final two rounds would continue at a good
pace with the Armenian advancing forward and landing
shots, while Nolan landed solid counterpunches.
Gasparyan displayed a bloodied left eye at the
end of the bout.
One of the judges gave the fight to Gasparyan,
58-56, while the other two scored the bout a draw at
57-57, making the official decision a draw.
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