A well-matched ProBox predominant occasion between two former 154 lbs. champions wound up evenly cut up on the scorecards, with Jarrett Hurd and Jesion Rosario every claiming one shut card in a cut up draw end result.
Neither man seemed just like the world champion every was years in the past, however each of them introduced no matter they’ve left to this battle. Hurd (25-3-1, 17 KO) labored behind a probing left jab early, holding himself on the surface and utilizing his attain benefit. Hurd hasn’t turned himself right into a defensive specialist, and his “Swift” nickname is way extra ironic than descriptive at this level in his profession, however he was rather more disciplined in his method and tighter together with his guard than we’ve seen earlier than.
Good motion within the fifth, the place Hurd slipped butt-first by means of the ropes, however did sufficient within the exchanges to nick the spherical on my unofficial card. Rosario (24-4-2, 18 KO) had a superb sixth spherical, holding himself in vary and touchdown his finest punches of the night time. Hurd acquired again to the disciplined jab that usually resulted in his finest success, however gave us some flashes of his outdated rumbling model within the ninth, hurting Rosario excessive and low.
Hurd could exit this one with severe regrets, as his nook’s recommendation had him combating the tenth spherical as if he’d already received the battle and solely wanted to keep away from a knockout. Sadly for him, giving that spherical away swung the end result from a possible Hurd win to a draw, with official scores of 96-94 Hurd, 96-94 Rosario, and 95-95. Dangerous Left Hook’s unofficial scorecard agreed with the 96-94 Hurd decide, however the draw is a very reasonable end result.
Michael Angeletti UD-10 Geraldo Valdez
Brave effort from Geraldo Valdez, however Michael Angeletti claims the well-earned resolution victory. Valdez (16-2, 11 KO) confirmed off some very fast fingers, however couldn’t reliably get them by means of Angeletti’s guard.
Angeletti (12-0, 7 KO) struggled to handle distance and separation within the first half, however began discovering his rhythm in direction of the top of the sixth, hurting Valdez badly to the physique halfway by means of the eighth. Angeletti couldn’t fairly end him then, or on the finish of the ninth when Valdez was damage low once more. However, Angeletti did sufficient to win unanimously on huge playing cards, with official scores coming in at 97-93, 98-92, and 98-92.
Dominic Valle UD-8 Kevin Piedrahita
Kevin Piedrahita made a questionable pre-fight alternative right here, going with a vibrant purple hair dye that began seeping down his face as he began sweating and getting hit. However, his trend blunders didn’t compromise his skill to present ProBox common Dominic Valle a tricky, gritty problem.
Piedrahita (9-3, 8 KO) had some good moments, snapping Valle’s head again within the 2nd, bloodying his nostril within the 4th, and hurting Valle a bit on the shut of the seventh. However Valle (10-0, 7 KO) seemed the higher man for many of it, and appeared to be taught a number of issues about find out how to cope with a fighter smothering him like Piedrahita did tonight.
Ivan Dytchko TKO-2 Craig Lewis
Dytchko (14-0, 13 KO) scored a giant knockdown within the 2nd spherical, and Lewis by no means actually seemed nice after it. Lewis (15-8-1, 8 KO) stored shedding his mouthpiece, which commentary defined was because of a number of lacking enamel, and referee Gene Del Bianco warned him one other loss would finish the battle. Dytchko staggered Lewis instantly after the warning, and that was sufficient to immediate a really cheap stoppage, regardless of the absence of one other correct knockdown.
