| McEwan Remains Undefeated! | ||||
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 We returned to Pechanga for a Golden Boy Promotion event, televised by Telefutura, and I was glad to come back at this venue. The event was a sell-out, with extra seats brought in to accommodate the fans. There was a twenty minute delay in the start of the event while the bottom ropes were wrapped with towels so that they met the standard for the Boxing Commission required thickness. Hmm, nobody was aware of that before hand? The main event saw two Super Middleweights get in the ring for a scheduled 10 round contest. After an extremely hard fought contest, Craig McEwan (19-0, 10 KO’S) kept that ever-increasing win streak alive against Danny Perez (34-8, 17 KO’s). The victory was a majority decision; 95-95, 97-93, and 97-93. This was met with a chorus of boos from the patrician crowd. The first round saw a lot of action with both men getting in some shots. Really tough exchanges in the second round as well, and McEwan ended up with a red and swollen right cheek. More of the same in round three, with Craig’s face continuing to show the punishment that had been dished out by Danny. But McEwan also remained tenacious and would explode with flurries of punches. As the fourth round commenced, Perez really started to increase his attack. Even though McEwan got in some really good shots, when Perez connected with his, they were stronger. Every time Craig would begin an assault, Danny would finish it. As the rounds continued, McEwan kept throwing punch after punch, with Perez not throwing as many, but when he connected they were solid, hard shots. In the eighth round the right eye of Craig’s was beginning to bleed and swell. Both fighters were showing why they have the records they do – great efforts here! The referee had a lot of work to do as well. Emotions were high, and at the end of the eighth there was a bit of aggression continuing after the bell. So much action in the ninth round from both men, great to see after eight hard rounds. McEwan was really tough in this round, finding it hard for Perez to keep up. Finally, in the tenth round, the effects of all the punishments dished out by both men showed. They still tried to give their all, but they were obviously tired. Still, they fought hard to the end in a great main event. There were many who felt that Perez had won the fight, or at the very worst the scores should have been a lot closer. Still, congratulations have to go out to Craig, for a valiant win. The co-main event had Charles Huerta (14-1, 7 KO’s) going up against Jonathan Arias (15-5, 8 KO’s), and was schedule for six rounds. After being knocked down twice, once in the first and again in the sixth, Arias went down again and the fight was waved off at 1:40 of the sixth and final round, giving Huerta the win. While this fight also had it moments of action, having to follow all that the main event had offered up was hard to do. It didn’t help that Huerta dominated the fight throughout, so there really wasn’t a lot to get excited about on the Arias side of things. Following this we had a Junior Middleweight bout that was supposed to go six, which saw Keith Thurman (13-0, 12 KO’s) facing off against Stallin Lopez (7-1, 3 KO’s). Lopez was knocked down at the end of the first round. Then in the second, a huge left send Lopez to the canvas for good at 1:17. The fight that closed the show was a scheduled six-rounder in the Super Middleweight division. This was between Demetrius Davis (20-23-5, 8 KO’s) and Dion Savage (9-0, 5 KO’s). This was an exciting fight, in its own way, with both men working hard to get the victory. Davis was knocked down in the third round, another three minutes that showed lots of activity. The fourth could be called nothing less than a slugfest. And the fifth, and the sixth. Both fighters were raining punches, with Savage coming out on top of the assault. But make no mistake; this was also a really sloppy fight. While many of the punches thrown did land, there was, shall we say, a lack of technicality. And Davis had a way of just standing in from of Savage with his arms down – a very unusual style to be sure. In the end all of the judges saw the fight the same, 59-54, all for Dion Savage. Following the main event, all of the aforementioned fights took place. But before that we saw two other matches. A scheduled four-rounder was between two Super Middleweights, Steve Macomber (3-9-1) and Cerresso Fort (10-0, 8 KO’s). This fight went the distance, with the last minute or so showing quite a lot of action. All of the judges saw the fight the same way; 40-36 for Ford, which kept him undefeated. The first fight of the evening was also scheduled for four rounds, and was a Welterweight fight between Anthony Martinez (1-6) and Nicholaus Brannies. Brannies quickly extended his win streak to 4-0, 4 KO’s when he took out Martinez with a vicious body shot in .37 of round one. In all, another fun night at Pechanga Resort and Casino. For me, I was really happy to get to see “Sugar” Ray Leonard again. Only end up seeing him two or three times a year, and he is one of my favorite people. But Ray, no more basketball, alright? Bad things happen on that court! Be safe and God Bless, Viva La Raza, Barb. |
| Last Updated ( Sunday, 25 July 2010 14:45 ) |