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Chase "White Tiger" Shields repeatedly blasted the persistent journeyman Steve Verdin
to take an eight-round decision.
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"White Tiger" Slashes "Geronimo"! |
Shields
began landing the jab early in round one.
Verdin's left eye
began to close as early as round two, although he
maintained his pursuit of the White Tiger.
Verdin, from Houma, Lousiana, kept
coming forward for the entire eight rounds, occasionally landing shots
to the body and head of Shields throughout the fight.
Shields showed good movement throughout
the match, catching Verdin with effective jabs and counterpunch
combinations as Verdin tried to bore in.
Two judges gave every round to Shields,
for scores of 80-72, while the third judge scored the bout 79-73. Verdin
falls to 8-38-2 with 1 KO.
"I sat down on some of (my punches)
but I wasn't driving through," Shields said after the match. "I didn't
want to get caught. I just wanted to make it easy. I needed the rounds.
I didn't want to leave myself open to get cut or hurt my hand. I hurt
him a few times but I didn't want to jump on him because he wasn't hurt
bad enough. He could have let a big one go. This will help me get better
and we'll move onto the next one."
Shields improves to
26-1-1 with 13 KO's!
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Lopez Gnaws Greeley!!
Undefeated light heavyweight Alfonso
"El Tigre" Lopez of Cut 'n
Shoot, Texas scored a 4th round TKO over journeyman Anthony
Greely of Monroe, Louisiana!
Lopez established his left jab early, while Greely answered back with solid shots in the first round. A
blast from Greely opened a small cut over Lopez's left eye.
"He caught me right on the
eye," Lopez said after the bout. "I was blurred for half a
round I swear." "I had to get comfortable."
Lopez continued to advance
and kept Greely against the ropes for much of round two,
although Greely connected with solid shots as
Lopez came in.
Lopez began to dominate in
round three, connecting with a solid right hand to the head,
which forced Greely to take a knee.
"He set a fast pace," Lopez
said. "I thought I'm not used to that fast pace, I thought
I'd fake him a little bit, see what he can do."
Lopez ripped Greely with a
volley of shots to close the round and Greely declined to
answer the bell for round four. Greely falls to 7-26-3 with
1 KO.
Lopez remains undefeated at
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Henderson Hammers
Thompson! |
In his pro debut,
Cruiserweight Hasan "The Destroyer" Henderson of Donaldsonville,
Louisiana pounded out a first round TKO over Ras
Thompson of San Antonio, Texas.
Henderson, who had 43 amateur bouts, clearly
outclassed his opponent from the outset.
Henderson
had more power and landed lefts and rights to the
head and body of Thompson.
A right hand to the head
and then a body shot sent Thompson to his knees and the referee stopped
the contest at 2:59 of the 1st round. Thompson falls
to 0-3.
Hasan Henderson is 1-0 with 1 KO!
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Hill
Smashes
Stonebaker!
Heavyweight "Mean" Eugene
Hill of Dickinson, Texas hammered out an easy win over
Joshua Stonebaker of Oklahoma City.
Hill weighed in at 255 lbs.
to 207 lbs. for Stonebaker. It initially appeared as though
Stonebaker might have a chance as he tried to establish the
jab.
Hill was just too strong.
A vicious right hand to the
body sent Stonebaker to the canvas midway through the round.
By the end of the first round
Stonebaker seemed to have essentially given up in the
contest, acknowledging Hill's vastly superior firepower. A
left hook left him crumpled in a corner and the referee
stopped the contest at 2:45 of the first round.
Stonebaker falls to 3-8 with 3 KO's.
"Mean" Eugene Hill remains
undefeated at 11-0 with 9 KO's!! |
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Delgado Destroys Valdivia!!
. In a shocking
upset, junior lightweight Miguel Delgado of Dallas
knocked out previously undefeated hometown favorite
Cruz "Li'l Tone" Valdivia"!!
Delgado connected
with a big right hand early in the first round.
Valdivia came back to connect with several solid
combination shots.
A A huge left hand
floored Valdivia late in the round. Valdivia got up
wobbly and shortly thereafter a right hand bomb sent
him to the canvas for good. Valdivia remained
on his back for several minutes before being
uprighted to a stool in the corner.
Valdivia falls to 4-1
with 2 KO's.
Miguel Delgado improves to
3-8 with 3 KO's!
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"Choo Choo" Crushes Lett!
Undefeated lightweight Crystal "Choo Choo" Delgado of
Houston overwhelmed Candace Lett of Fort Smith,
Arkansas, to score her first professional knockout!
Delgado wasted no time as she blasted Lett with
lefts and rights to the face and body from the
opening bell.
"I expect every fighter to come out like they're
coming to win, so that's how I should come out,",
Delgado said after the fight. "What a rush!"
Delgado essentially battered her opponent from one
end of the ring to the other non-stop.
The referee mercifully stopped the contest at
2:14 of the first round.
Lett falls to
2-4.
Crystal Delgado remains undefeated at 5-0 with 1 KO!
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