It wasn't pretty but it
was still a solid win for Eugene Hill over Jonathan Felton on April 16th at the
Civic Center in Humble, Texas!
Patina
Edges Hill!
In the best bout of the evening, Junior welterweight Carlos Patina of Galveston
pounded out a satisfying, yet split decision over a
tough Robert Lewis "Hitman" Hill of Gulfport,
Mississippi.
See
round one below!
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Patina came in at 2-0 with 1 KO while Hill
came in at a deceptive 1-4.
See
round three.
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See
round four below!
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One
judge had the bout 39-37 for Patina, while another
had the same score for Hill, and the third scored it
40-36 for Patina, giving him the split decision!
Cruz, DeJean
Draw!
Junior
welterweights Jose Leonardo Cruz of
Rochester, New York and John DeJean of
Marshall, Texas battled to a four-round
draw!
See round
one!
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Cruz, in the
green trunks, came in
with the better record of 13-4-2 with 7
KO's, but would dislocate his right shoulder
in the second round and struggle through to
go the distance. Cruz had gone 12 rounds in
losing to Fernando Trejo in challenging for
the NABF Super Featherweight title in
Nogales, Arizona in 2006.
See round
three.
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One judge
scored the bout 39-37 DeJean, while the
other two saw it even at 38-38, making the
bout a majority draw!
JoJohn DeJean
is 3-3-1 with 3 KO's.
Nunez Nails LaSalle!
In
his pro debut, lightweight Sam Nunez of Houston
stopped Steven LaSalle of Lake Charles, Louisiana in
the first round!
LaSalle came in with
a record of 0-1 but looked to be well-conditioned.
See round one!
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London Clobbers Clyod!
SFeatherweight Josh
"Lil Hardy" London of Houston annihilated William
Clyod of Texarkana in his pro debut.
See round one!
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The time of stoppage
was just :59 seconds of the first round!
Hill Hacks Felton!
The main event saw heavyweight "Mean" Eugene Hill of Dickinson, Texas against Jonathan Felton of Stafford, Virginia
in a scheduled six round bout for the Texas Heavyweight Title.
See round one.
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Hill came in weighing
262 lbs. and with a record of 20-1 with 15 KO's, having won his last four bouts since losing a majority decision to Zack Page in Houston last April.
Hill had gone the distance in three of his last four wins, and had been telling the local media that he would be trying to knock
Felton out early.
He wasn't taking much of a risk in selecting the 37-year-old
223-pound Felton, "The People's Champion", who came in at 6-21 with 5 KO's, and had lost his last seven bouts in a row.
To his credit, Felton had gone the distance in the majority of his losses, in bouts scheduled for four rounds.
But while Felton was
sloppy and often comical, clearly not a serious
opponent, he did show he could take a pretty good
punch, in that Hill blasted him with body shots and
nailed him with some mean head shots as well.
But
Felton never seemed really hurt throughout. Felton
also landed some shots of his own, which seemed to
be mostly for show.
See round four.
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Finally at the
beginning of round six referee Bobby Gonzalez seemed
to acknowledge the inevitable, that Felton had no
real chance or seemingly not even an intention of
winning the bout, and so Gonzalez called a halt.
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De La Torre
Mashes Morgan!
In his
pro debut, longtime and hard-swinging
amateur welterweight Rogelio De La Torre
of Houston destroyed Adam Morgan of
Texarkana, who was also making his pro
debut!
See round one below!
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The time of
stoppage was just 1:17 of the first round!.
Alvarado
Shines in Exhibition!
Flyweight and
highly decorate amateur Ashley Alvarado of
Houston was scheduled to make her pro debut
against Victoria Clayton of Houston, but the
bout was turned into an exhibition match
because Clayton didn't make the weight. In
any case Alvarado clearly outclassed Clayton
and stopped her at 1:23 of the 1st round.
The pro-am
card also featured six amateur bouts.
Winners photos are below.
