Jarrett Hurd (25-3-1) and Jeison Rosario (24-4-2) are each males that wanted a win. This conflict of two former world title-holders was meant to reignite careers and carry them by a better weight division. Broadcast on ProBox TV and Youtube through ProBox Promotions, it was additionally meant to present them a singular platform to shine.
As an alternative, the veteran fighters fought to a disappointing split-decision draw over their shared ten rounds, with the scores studying as 95-95, 96-94 and 94-96.
Actually, each males had been conscious of the stakes and fought prefer it; Hurd particularly – while not turning again the clock – appeared to be in his finest form in years. Utilizing a pointy, disciplined jab, Hurd was in a position to maintain Rosadio firmly at bay for intervals all through the combat.
Equally, Rosario was making use of stress in a mature show, slowly growing his output to bother Hurd. Neither fighter may actually determine the opposite out en path to the draw, with velocity and energy not in a position to finest each other.
In the meantime, the co-main occasion was a extra easy affair, with bantamweight prospect Michael Angeletti (12-0) besting the difficult Geraldo Valdez (16-2) to earn a unanimous choice victory over ten rounds.
The tall and rangy Angeletti had his finest moments when utilising his pure physicality to his benefit, maintaining the Dominican at vary. Nevertheless, Valdez put the stress upon the younger American, utilizing his veteran data to push Angeletti into scrappy exchanges.
The clear and efficient work of Angeletti was extra interesting to the judges, who granted Angeletti the unanimous choice win; though, Valdez struggled to see the ultimate bell.
A fixture of the ProBox Occasions Heart, Dominic Valle (10-0) couldn’t reignite his KO streak at super-featherweight, as an alternative offering a unanimous choice win over dynamite Colombian Kevin Piedrahita (9-2).
Regardless of having losses on his document, all of ‘Dinamita’s wins got here by the use of knockout and Valle should’ve been firmly conscious of this, selecting to manoeuvre his opponent to a factors victory as an alternative. Nonetheless, the Floridian seemed mature and co-ordinated all through.
Fellow Floridian Tristan Gallichan (5-0-2) acquired the second draw of his quick profession, this time in opposition to Cuba’s Renny Viamonte Mastrapa (3-1-1). It was a real 50-50 combat, the place the judges noticed it unattainable to separate both man; it in the end got here all the way down to choice.
Gallichan was the aggressor within the tactical bout, with Mastrapa demonstrating a uniquely Cuban skillset and bravado in spades. With the end result, the inventory of each fighters has been raised from early on, with little to blemish their data. Both fighter may positively reappear on a ProBox card sooner or later.
Expert however inactive Kazakh heavyweight Ivan Dychko (14-0) wasted no time with Craig Lewis (15-8-1), matching Zhilei Zhang’s (27-2-1) document of two rounds in disposing of the American.
Lewis has taken the likes of Carlos Takam (40-8-1), Junior Fa (20-3) and Jermaine Franklin (23-2) the space, however Dychko had little time to play together with his meals. It was a simple efficiency from the novice stand-out, who must be extra energetic so as to enter the fold of the heavyweight division.
As soon as once more, ProBox assembled a high quality card with loads of names, from these as soon as on the peak of the game to the up-and-coming fighters of tomorrow.
