In a combat the place somebody’s ‘0’ needed to go, it was Tahmir Smalls who held on to his.
The 25-year-old Smalls from Philadelphia defeated Seantorious Martin by unanimous choice on Friday evening on the Crimson Owl Boxing Enviornment in Houston, Tex. The eight-round welterweight bout headlined a Crimson Owl Boxing card on DAZN.
The scores had been 77-75, 77-75 and 78-74, all for Smalls (12-0, 8 knockouts), sending Martin (10-1, 6 KOs) of Marietta, Ga. to his first defeat.
The combat was a big step-up for each, as neither had fought in an eight-rounder earlier than, or confronted an undefeated opponent.
““My nook advised me to maintain popping my jab and to maintain my fingers up,” stated Smalls, who educated for this combat alongside IBF welterweight titleholder Jaron “Boots” Ennis. “Martin caught me with a proper hand or two however that was on account of me dropping my left hand. I used to be choosing it up on the finish of the combat. I’ll return to the health club and work on it.”
Within the co-main occasion, Elijah Williams took the highest prize within the 140-pound event, defeating Dion Jones by sixth spherical stoppage. Williams (10-1, 4 KOs) of Newburgh, N.Y. needed to rise off the canvas after being dropped within the opening spherical by a verify hook, earlier than ultimately overwhelming Jones (7-1, 6 KOs) of Las Vegas along with his aggression. Williams damage Jones with an overhand proper alongside the ropes, inflicting Jones to stumble and have the combat stopped with out him happening.
“I did what I needed to do, he is an effective fighter. I received a little bit careless at occasions, particularly early within the combat,” stated the 21-year-old Williams.
“It’s as much as the referee how the combat goes. I used to be going for the kill so all he did was cease it a little bit early.”
In earlier outcomes, Joshafat Ortiz (13-1, 6 KOs) defeated Travis Crawford (7-3, 2 KOs) by unanimous choice in a six-round junior light-weight bout, with the scores being 58-55 on two playing cards and 57-56 on the third.
