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5th - San Antonio, TX
Topping the bill of this club show held at the Sunset Station was a middleweight contest between Virgin Islander Julian 'The Hawk' Jackson, and Leonard Townsend from Chicago, IL. Townsend entered the ring with an 0-8 record and the crowd wondered how a fighter with such an abysmal record could top the bill. Never mind.
Jackson took a tentative opening round, then opened up in the second, staggering Townsend numerous times but failing to put him down. The bell finally sounded, much to Townsends relief. 'The Hawk', sensing he had his prey, came swarming out for the third, and was all over Townsend, dropping him for a count of eight following a solid right-left to the head then a booming right hand. Townsend staggered to his feet, but everyone knew the end was nigh. Jackson came in raining punch after punch and didn't let his foe of the hook, until, at the 2.27 mark, the referee decided he had seen enough and saved Townsend from further punishment.
Jackson improved to 6-0 [3] and looks very promising, but now needs to step up a level of opposition and maybe get a few ten-rounders under his belt.
In another middleweight contest, also slated for eight, New Jersey's Mark Medal made short work of Brazilian Roggerrio Cacciatore, finishing him off after 2.20 of the first. Medal, after throwing, and missing, with some wild punches finally nailed his foe with a solid cross. Cacciatore was counted out. Medal improves to 6-5-1 [2] and always looks good against the level of foe in front of him, but usually falls short when he steps up.
Washington middleweight Keith Holmes improved to 7-6 [2] with a unanimous eight round points decision over Pennsylavania's 'Irish' Chris Walsh. Scores were 78-74, 77-75, and 77-76. A pretty uneventful match between two boxers with no punch.
Another eight round middleweight contest saw John David Jackson from Los Angeles box his way to a comfortable points decision over Anthony Bartinelli to improve to 7-6 [1]. Scores were 78-75, 79-73, and 79-74.
Ohio lightweight Harry Arroyo had too much for game Filipino Tirso Albia. Albia had a good opening round but then Arroyo, now 3-3 [1], took control and won a unanimous decision with scores of 79-73 [x2], and 78-74.
The opening bout of the evening, a lightweight contest, saw Freddy Cruz of the Dominican Republic score his first win in four fights when he scored an eight round unanimous points victory over the crude Japanese puncher Yatsune Uehara with scores of 77-76 [x2], and a score of 79-74 which looked a bit wide. It was a close fight.
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