"Big" Lou Melts "Iron Man"!!!

     Savarese weighed in at 261 lbs. to Fulton's 245, and he began by stalking the smaller man, before a packed house of several thousand at the Grand Plaza Ballroom.  

\Fulton demonstrated some accuracy and hand speed by nailing Savarese with a couple of one-two combinations during round one.

  Savarese seemed to stun Fulton with a big right hand near the end of the first.

     Fulton opened round two with a combination and then a right uppercut that landed to the head, but a big shot from Savarese forced Fulton to take a knee. 

The hammering would then begin in earnest, with Savarese landing two left hooks to the head, and a series of body shots, before Fulton took a knee. As Savarese continued to fire lefts and right hand bombs, Fulton would go to a knee three times in the second round.

 Fulton would then take a knee twice in the third before the referee stopped the contest at 1:37 of the third round. Fulton falls to 16-15 with 14 KO's. 

But

"It's exactly what I needed," Savarese, who before this night had fought once in the past three years, said after the bout. "He was real game, I hurt him a couple of time, but we just wanted to work on getting a couple of rounds, getting behind the jab and not getting hit too much. I give him a lot of credit."

The 41-year-old Savarese has said in recent weeks that he believes he may be just a couple of fights away from a title shot, with a possible upcoming match against former IBF Champion Chris Byrd.

"We'll see what happens," Said Savarese. "We've just got to keep fighting and stay busy, a la George Foreman, and hopefully something big will come along." 

10-12-06         

Hill Rocks Rozell!

      Eugene "Mean Gene" Hill remains undefeated at 3-0 with three KO's.

Hill faced Traylor Rozell of Texarkana, Texas, who was making his pro debut. Both men weighed in at 252 lbs. 

Rozell showed some good hand quickness and mobility early. It looked as though it could have been an interesting matchup.  

Hill landed a big right in the first that seemed to briefly stagger Rozell. In Round two Hill landed a left to the chin early, and followed up with a three-punch combination.  

Rozell took a knee, and Hill hit him while he was down. The referee deducted a point. Rozell did not seem especially hurt, but after the referee deducted the point from Hill, and Hill began to move in on Rozell again, Rozell simply gave up, and began walking toward his corner, indicating to the referee that he did not want to continue.   

Henry Hammers Thompson!

H     Light Heavyweight Chris "Hard Hitting" Henry of Orange, Texas remains undefeated after blasting out a unanimous decision over Billy Thompson of Garland, Texas.     

Henry brought a record of 16-0 with 14 knockouts while Thompson came in at 8-8 with 3 KO's. Henry's superiority was evident early, as he showed much more power and landed a chopping right. Henry followed that with a left hook to the body and a right to the head that stunned Thompson. Thompson answered with his own left hook to the head.

Henry continued working the body in round two. Thompson tried to counter with combinations that seemed mostly ineffective.

Henry continued to land often in round three, beginning with a left-right-left combo to the head and several overhand rights.

The battering continued through round four and into five, when a right hand uppercut from Henry staggered Thompson. Henry's power dominated through round six, although Thompson did score with a solid combination to the head near the end of the bout.

          "He came in tough, man, he came out to fight," Henry said after the bout. "He stayed in there with me, he took some hard shots."

     All three judges scored the bout 60-54 for Henry, who improves to 17-0 with 15 14 KO's.

Henry with Promoter Cameron Park  

Flores Flattens Awe!!

Heavyweight Bobby "El Jefe" Flores of Houston knocked out Cody Awe of Iowa in just five seconds!!

Flores weighed in a 338 lbs to Awe's 201. Awe was making his pro debut, and looked very nervous. Flores opened with a quick jab, then the trademark crunching right to the head, and it was over.

Flores improves to 3-1 with 3 KO's.