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Undercard Results From
The Legendary Blue Horizon
By Tim Donaldson
Photos: Edan Davis
Although Friday night at the Blue Horizon ended with a once
in a lifetime fight, the fights that went before were no
less exciting. Junior Middleweight Jamaal Davis and Super
Middleweight Dennis Hasson each had exciting wins over their
opponents. The night opened with two fights that saw the pro
debut of two fighters that look to be good prospects to
watch in the future.
Jamaal Davis defeated Josh Onyango in a fight that would
last all six scheduled rounds. Although Davis, a.k.a. Tyson,
controlled nearly every round of the fight, there were
moments when it looked as though Onyango might get in that
lucky punch that would give him the fight. Onyango went down
in the first round from a left to the chin. Onyango did not
seem to have much of a defense besides holding, and he
employed this technique quite often.
In the second round,
Onyango was throwing lots of hooks. Although he was able
to use them to get Davis up against the ropes, his hooks
looked sloppy. Davis, on the other hand, was throwing
more controlled punches. Onyango landed more punches in
the third round, but his punches seemed to lack power.
Again Onyango was holding to stop Davis. He would hold,
and then attack the body of Davis. Both Davis and
Onyango looked tired in the fourth round. Onyango spent
much of the round with his head on the shoulder of
Davis, using his weight to try to move him around the
ring. Although Davis looked tired, he kept up the
attack, and he kept Onyango off his shoulder in the
fifth round by landing hard shots.
Davis clearly controlled the sixth round. Attacking the
body of Onyango, Davis was able to put him in the
corner. Davis landed a hard right to his chin. But
Onyango was not ready to go down. He started a flurry of
punches, landing several. Then, Davis began to hit back,
effectively stopping Onyango. The fight went the
distance, and Jamaal Davis won the unanimous decision.
Dennis Hasson had little trouble defeating Eric
Pinaretta. As soon as the fight started, it was apparent
that Dennis had better technique than Pinaretta. Dennis
was moving in and out, looking for openings, and landing
several good combinations. And that was just the first
round. In the second, Dennis landed a left hook to the
chin of Pinaretta. Pinaretta went down. Even when he got
back up, he was wobbling around the ring. Dennis was
using him as a punching bag, and Pinaretta was throwing
just enough punches to keep the fight from being
stopped. The third round was much the same. Dennis was
dancing around Pinaretta, landing punches at will. It
was hard to tell what was keeping Pinaretta up after
being hit with a hard shot to his chin.
There is a time when it
is now or never for a fighter. Maybe Pinaretta sensed
that in the fourth round. He was now moving more, but
mostly just to keep away from “The Assassin” Hasson.
Pinaretta threw a hook that looked like he gave it
everything he had, but it was not to be his night. The
punch missed Dennis. And like the rounds before, Dennis
was still using him as a punching bag. Even though
Pinaretta tried to come back in the fifth round,
Pinaretta’s corner decided to throw in the towel at
1:56.
The night started with a fight between Junior
Lightweights Jason Sosa and Jonathan Ocasio. Even though
it was Sosa’s pro debut, he looked like the seasoned
fighter in the ring. He controlled the first round,
pressuring Ocasio around the ring. Ocasio spent most of
the round trying to block the punches coming from Sosa.
Sosa controlled the second round, landing punch after
punch on the body of Ocasio. Ocasio went down in the
third round from a left hook. Referee Gary Rosado
stopped the fight at 1:13 in the third.
Welterweight Miguel Corsino’s pro debut went much the
same way. He was more aggressive than his opponent Keane
Davis, pushing Davis around the ring. Although Davis was
able to knock Corsino down in the first round, Corsino
came right back. He then knocked Davis down. In the
second round, Corsino landed a left hook causing Davis
to stumble. Davis went down two times in the second but
survived the count before Corsino knocked out Davis with
a right hook. The fight was over 2:33 in the second
round.
Heavyweight Jason
Barnett knocked out John Poore in the third round. Poore,
hesitating when he would try to move in, would get hit
every time. It was a left to the chin of Poore that put
him down. Ardrick Butler had little trouble defeating
Epi Cosme Rodriguez. Butler knocked Rodriguez down twice
before the referee put an end to the fight at 2:25 in
the first.
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