Undefeated Antoine Douglas and former world title challenger Michel Soro fought to a majority draw that headlined the 200th Episode of ShoBox: The New Generation at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
The televised quadruple header was promoted by GH3 Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions and sponsored by Modell’s Sporting Goods.
In round two, Douglas started to work the body of Soro with a combination against the ropes. In round three, Douglas was very effective working the body with both hands and then came up with a right uppercut. Moments later a power jab sent Soro to the ropes which facilitated a five punch flurry. In round four, Douglas once again sent Soro to the ropes with a hard combination.
In round six, Soro got in his best offense as he landed a three punch combination that was capped by a hard uppercut. Douglas shook it off nicely and came back to land a nice body combination of his own. In round seven, Douglas blasted Soro with a pair of right hands.
In round eight the door opened for Soro as he landed a flush right hand that wobbled Douglas to the ropes. Soro jumped on the opportunity and landed a follow up flurry and it looked like Douglas may go to the canvas but he gathered himself by throwing punches and then holding to get out of the potentially disastrous round.
In round nine, Soro carried on the momentum as he rocked Douglas several more times and had Douglas in a little trouble.
Douglas recovered enough to be competitive in the decisive 10th round but it was Soro who controlled the action with Douglas looking to counter.
Soro took a scorecard by a 96-94 tally but was overruled by two cards that read even at 95-95.
“I feel real bad but after the first couple of rounds I wasn’t feeling myself,” said Douglas.
“After being hit in the 8th round, i knew I had to respond and I would fight him again.”
Soro said, “In the first few roumd, I was stressed because I was fighting outside of home.”
“Around the 4th or 5th round, I started to relax. I know in the later rounds that experience was the difference. When I had him hurt in round eight, i just had to be more precise and had to accelerate my output a little more. This is not my best weight and I know I can do better.”
Douglas, 155 1/2 lbs of Burke, VA was fighting his 2nd consecutive former world title challenger is now 14-0-1. Soro, 157 lbs of France is now 23-1-1.
Jerry “The King’s Son” Odom won the WBC Interim FECARBOX Super Middleweight title with a spectacular 7th round stoppage over fellow undfeated Vilier Quinonez.
Quinonez landed a solid left in the opening moments of the 1st round that briefly drove Odom back. Odom finished off the round string by landing a series of right hands. After one flurry, Quinonez came out with a cut around his right eye. It was ruled from a head butt. Odom started putting punches together in round two. Quinonez settled down in round three and pecked away with his jab and came back with straight lefts. In round four, Quinonez landed a hard left but that was only the beginning of things as Odom came back to land a huge flurry that Quinonez on the ropes and Odom landed a booming right that sent Quinonez to the canvas. Odom went in for the finish and landed some hard shots but it spurred Quinonez to gather himseelf and land some lefts at the end of the round.
In round five, Quinonez forced the action and landed some good left’s to the body.
In round six, Odom rocked Quinonez with a perfect right on the ropes. That made Quinonez stumble across the ring. Odom pounced on Quinonez and in the process he suffered a cut around his left eye. In round seven. Odom started digging right’s to the body. Late in the round, Odom landed a huge hook that staggered Quinonez clear across the ring and down and the fight was stopped at 2:25 of round seven.
Odom. 167 lbs of Bowie, MD is now 12-0 with 11 knockouts. Quinonez, 167 lbs of Miami, FL is now 8-1.
Cecil McCalla remained perfect with an 8-round unanimous decision over Oscar Godoy in a Welterweight bout.
McCalla started to show his quickness in round two. Later in the round, he smacked Godoy with a good left hook to the side of the head. McCalla then landed a hard left right combination in the corner. McCalla began to sit down on his punches in round three as he landed a nice three-punch combination to the body and then blasted a right to the head. The both tried working the body on the inside and then McCalla landed a couple right hands from distance that had Godoy backing up and then holding on. Godoy tried to trade power shots but at the end of round four, he was met with a hard right from McCalla.
McCalla continued to land quick combinations on the inside. Later in round five, he ripped a perfect right that forced Godoy to hold on. In round seven, Godoy tried to mount some offense but McCalla shook it off and even motioned to the crowd that he as not affected by any of the blows.
In the 8th round, McCalla landed some sharp and had Godoy in brief trouble on several occasions but he was unable to put Godoy away.
McCalla, 147 lbs of Randallstown, MD won by scores of 80-72 twice and 79-73 and is now 19-0. Godoy, 146 lbs of Watsonville, CA is now 13-3.
“I fought a great fight. I dominated like I said so,” said McCalla. “I had my way but he is tough but I knew my rights hands would come.”
“He is tough and he took a lot of shots. I know I have things to work on but I am ready to take over.”
Said Godoy, “I couldn’t adjust to his jab but he won fair and square.”
Tony Luis pounded out an 8-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Wanzell Ellison in a Lightweight bout.
Luis was quicker in the early going as he focused his lefts to the body. In round three, Luis continued to land lefts to the body. Later in the round, he landed a 4-punch combination in the corner that had Ellison holding on. It was more of the same in round four as Luis pushed Ellison back with a 4-punch combination.. The two finished off the round trading left hooks.
Luis continued it in round five as he landed countless left hooks and stunned Ellison with a shot to he body and two separate left’s to the body and one to the head. Luis landed some hard combinations in rond six including a beautiful double body shot-left to the head combo. Ellison was competitive and the beginning round seven but then ate a thudding left and right to the body that Luis cleaned up with a flush left to the head. Ellison fought hard down the stretch and even landed his best punches but he came up short as Luis won by score of 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75.
Luis, 135 lbs of Cornwall, ONT, CAN is now 18-2. Ellison, 133 lbs of Newark, NJ is now 11-1-1.
“I did what I had to do to win,” said Luis. “The body shots worked and they slowed down his attack. I am happy with my performance. I boxed him from the outside and outfought him on the inside”, finished Luis.
Said Ellison, I don’t know what the judges saw. It was a good learning experience. I was coming up in weight but I thought I won.”
In a battle of undefeated Lightweights, Lavisas Williams scored a 4-round majority decision over Sam Teah.
It was a close and competitive fight with Williams being credited with little better workrate over Teah landing more of the harder shots.
Scores were 40-36, 39-37 and 38-38 for Williams, 134 lbs of Rochester, NY and he is now 5-0-1. Teah, 136 lbs of Philadelphia is now 4-1.
Jorge Diaz moved up two-weight divisions and pounded out a 6-round unanimous decision over Ramon Ellis in a Lightweight bout.
Diaz showed his superior hand speed through out the bout and consistently go through with three and four punch combinations. Ellis who was the naturally bigger man tried to force a rough fight and had some success with his right and and the fight was highly entertaining with some solid two way action. Diaz got the better of those exchanges and even played to the crowd.
Diaz, 133 1/2 lbs of New Brunswick, NJ won by scores of 60-54, 59-55 and 58-56 and is now 18-3. Ellis, 134 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia, PA is now 4-12-2.
Glenn Dezurn scored a 1st round stoppage over Andre Canada in a scheduled 4-round Jr. Lightweight bout.
Dezurn landed some hard body shots and then dropped Canada with a double left hook to the body. Upon getting up, referee Paul Brown ruled that Canada would be unable to continue at 1:24 of the first frame.
Dezurn, 130 1/2 lbs of Baltimore, MD is now 4-0 with 3 knockouts. Canada, 132 lbs of Columbia, SC is now 0-2.
