Sergiy Dzinzurak made an impressive American debut as he defended the WBO Jr. Middleweight title with a tenth round stoppage over Daniel Dawson at the Chumash Resort in Santa Ynez, California.
Dzinzurak was steady if not spectacular as he was methodical with his jab and straight left hand coming from his southpaw stance. Dzinzurak was extremely effective with a jab that was piston-like as the fight wore on. Dzinzurak began to turn the heat up a little more with each passing round starting in round five.
Dzinurak began mixing in power punches and was dominant in round’s seven and nine. In round ten, Dzinzurak landed a plethora of shots with out much coming back from Dawson. Dzinzurak landed a big 1-2 combination and referee Jose Cobian stepped in at the 2:12 mark of 2:12
Dzinzurak, of Brovari, Ukraine is still undefeated at 36-0 with twenty-four knockouts. Dawson, 154 lbs of Australia is now 34-2.
“My plan was to use the jab to make him tired and then go to the other punches,” Dzinziruk said. “We saw some tapes of him and knew the early rounds would be tough. Our plan was to apply more pressure in the later rounds and finish him. We’d had a long layoff and we wanted to take it easy in the beginning.
“Whatever we planned, it worked out. I feel good about my performance, especially after the long layoff.
I wanted to please the American fans, and I think I did. Now, I want to take collect a few more belts and take on the other (154 pound) champions.”
“Obviously, he had a good jab. That’s pretty clear,” Dawson said. “I think once he established the jab and the range, I was fighting to get back in it and he was already comfortable. I failed to get around the jab or beat him to it. “
Vernon Paris remained undefeated with an exciting split decision over Juan Santiago in an eight round Welterweight bout.
Paris was the quicker puncher as he landed some nice swift combinations. In round one, Paris was deducted for a hard ow blow that sent Santiago to the canvas. Satiago came on straing as he showed incredible courage after eating alot of punches early. It was Santiago driving Paris back and landing hard body shots in an effort to slow down Paris. In round five, Paris landed another low blow but he was not penalized by referee David Mendoza. The continued to trade rounds in this ebb and flow contest with Paris maybe eeking out the final round.
Paris, 146 1/2 lbs of Detroit won by scores of 76-75 on two cards while Santiago took a third card at 77-74.
Paris is now 21-0-3. Santiago, 146 1/2 lbs of Denver is now 12-4-1.
“It was a close fight, but the judges got it right,” Paris said. “He was aggressive and strong and he landed a lot of good blows, but he also missed a lot. At the same time, all of my punches landed. The judges got it right.”
“I’m very disappointed,” Santiago said. “I feel like I won, everyone knows that I won. I don’t know what more I needed to do to win it.
“I did everything I possibly could do. I fought my hardest. Everyone thought I won that fight.
