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5th - Bayamon, Puerto Rico
The ten round main event at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez saw number five ranked heavyweight, Tony 'TNT' Tucker, box to an uneventful ten round draw against Puerto Rican champ Carlos DeLeon. Scores were 95-95 twice, and 96-94 for DeLeon. A draw was a fair result, with a little bit more effort from either man perhaps swinging it their way. The seventh was the best round of the fight, with Tucker, 12-9-1 [7], forcing the action and staggering DeLeon, now 7-5-2 [2], mid-way through the round. A slight puffiness appeared around the eyes of DeLeon. This result will mean more to DeLeon than it will Tucker, and may even have earned him a world ranking.
Middleweight chief support saw Puerto Rico's Carlos Santos square off against Julian Jackson from the Virgin Islands. An impressive first round from Jackson saw him land a few hard hooks to the head of Santos. However, Santos settled down for the second round, and won the round, with both men keeping their distance. Jackson edged the third, and looked to be taking the fourth when, just after the one-minute mark, he walked onto a superb hook thrown by Santos. He was counted out at the 1.16 mark and now dips to 10-3 [6]. Santos improves to 8-5 [5].
Jamaican welterweight Simon Brown pulled of an impressive win over Puerto Rico's Wilfred Benitez, stopping him at the 2.28 mark of round five to improve to 4-1 [3]. Brown was landing punch after punch, with Benitez curled up on the ropes, when the end came. It had been shaping up into an interesting contest. Benitez took the opener, spearing Brown with his jab, and Brown seemingly at a loss with what to do. The second was even, with Brown staying out of the way all round long. Brown finally found his distance in the third, taking the round. The fourth was toe to toe stuff, with Benitez edging it, and Brown ending the round with a slight swelling to the right eye. The crowd were on their feet and were now really into the fight before seeing there man get halted in the fifth. Benitez is now 2-2 [1].
It was a bad night for Puerto Rican boxers, with heavyweight Ossie 'Jaws' Ocasio getting stopped at 2.36 of the sixth by fellow journeyman Mike Weaver. Ocasio was shipping punishment at the time of the stoppage and had been on the receiving end throughout. The muscular Weaver improved to 8-12-1 [6], and Ocasio, who wins are as rare as a Goth with a sun tan, is now 1-9.
Heavyweight Marvin Camel, after taking the two opening rounds against Gary 'The Bull' Winmon, went and got himself disqualified in the the third round for continuous low blows. He is now 2-13, whilst Winmon improves to 2-11.
The lightweight show opener saw Japans Yatsune Uehara and American Charlie Brown fight to a hard earned eight round draw. Scores were 77-77 [x2], and 78-76 to Brown. Neither man took a backwards step. Uehara is now 4-5-2, and Brown 5-7-1 [2].
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