A well-matched ProBox essential occasion between two former 154 lbs. champions wound up evenly break up on the scorecards, with Jarrett Hurd and Jesion Rosario every claiming one shut card in a break up draw outcome.
Neither man regarded just like the world champion every was years in the past, however each of them introduced no matter they’ve left to this struggle. Hurd (25-3-1, 17 KO) labored behind a probing left jab early, preserving himself on the surface and utilizing his attain benefit. Hurd hasn’t turned himself right into a defensive specialist, and his “Swift” nickname is much extra ironic than descriptive at this level in his profession, however he was rather more disciplined in his strategy and tighter together with his guard than we’ve seen earlier than.
Good motion within the fifth, the place Hurd slipped butt-first by way 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 wonderful sixth spherical, preserving himself in vary and touchdown his finest punches of the night time. Hurd obtained again to the disciplined jab that typically resulted in his finest success, however gave us some flashes of his outdated rumbling fashion within the ninth, hurting Rosario excessive and low.
Hurd might exit this one with severe regrets, as his nook’s recommendation had him combating the tenth spherical as if he’d already received the struggle and solely wanted to keep away from a knockout. Sadly for him, giving that spherical away swung the result from a possible Hurd win to a draw, with official scores of 96-94 Hurd, 96-94 Rosario, and 95-95. Unhealthy Left Hook’s unofficial scorecard agreed with the 96-94 Hurd decide, however the draw is a very reasonable outcome.
Michael Angeletti UD-10 Geraldo Valdez
Brave effort from Geraldo Valdez, however Michael Angeletti claims the well-earned determination victory. Valdez (16-2, 11 KO) confirmed off some very fast fingers, however couldn’t reliably get them by way 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 way 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 shiny pink hair dye that began seeping down his face as he began sweating and getting hit. However, his vogue blunders didn’t compromise his means 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 of on the shut of the seventh. However Valle (10-0, 7 KO) regarded the higher man for many of it, and appeared to be taught a number of issues about the way to cope with a fighter smothering him like Piedrahita did tonight.
Ivan Dytchko TKO-2 Craig Lewis
Dytchko (14-0, 13 KO) scored an enormous knockdown within the 2nd spherical, and Lewis by no means actually regarded nice after it. Lewis (15-8-1, 8 KO) stored shedding his mouthpiece, which commentary defined was on account of a number of lacking tooth, and referee Gene Del Bianco warned him one other loss would finish the struggle. 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.
