In a battle of former unified Jr. Middleweight world champions Jareet Hurd and Jeison Rosario fought to a highly competitive ten round split decision draw on Wednesday night at the ProBox Events Center in Plant City, FL. Now competing as Middleweights, both fighters had their say throughout, but it was Hurd who seemed to carry the action early by using his reach to keep Rosario at the end of his jab.
This was the pattern of the fight for the first several rounds with Hurd occasionally mixing in combinations behind his jab and making it difficult for Rosario to get close or land punches with consistency. As it seemed as though Hurd might be able to contently box his way to a convincing decision victory, Rosario's pressure gradually began to close the gap and by the middle rounds the combat was being fought in close where both fighters connected with solid hooks to the head. While this may have made the action more competitive, it did not seem to be to Hurd’s benefit to engage in the inside because when he used his jab and lateral movement to keep Rosario at distance, one might argue that it was a different fight.
Hurd was unable to get things back into the rhythm he had established in the early rounds, and by the late rounds, it seemed as though Rosario was in control. With the fight seemingly up for grabs going into the tenth and final round, Rosario would put forth one of his better rounds of the bout by being aggressive and keeping Hurd on the defensive. Rosario's rally over the second half of the fight did succeed in both making it competitive as well as narrowing the scorecards, but he was unable to pull out the victory as the three official judges were split in their scoring resulting in a draw being declared.
Official scores were 96-94(Hurd),96-94 (Rosario), and 95-95 resulting in a split decision draw. Jarrett Hurd advances to 25-3-1, with 17 Knockouts. Jeison Rosario advances to 24-4-2, with 18 Knockouts.
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Bantamweight Michael Angeletti scored a tactical and workmanlike ten round unanimous decision over Geraldo Valdez. Angeletti simply went through the motions throughout the fight, tactically out Boxing Valdez in what was a competitive bout throughout. The highlight came in the eighth round when Angeletti seemed to have Valdez on the verge of being stopped after badly hurting him with a left hook to the body. Valdez showed his mettle, survived the round, and made it to the final bell. Official scores were 97-93,and 98-92 (On two scorecards) in favor of Angeletti. Michael Angeletti advances to 12-0, with 7 Knockouts. Geraldo Valdez falls to 16-2, with 11 Knockouts.
Undefeated Jr. Lightweight Dominic Valle scored a hard- fought eight round unanimous decision over a very “Game"
Kevin Piedrahita. Valle’s combination punches and lateral movement carried the action in the first five rounds, but the constant pressure of Piedrahita opened up opportunities for him in the latter rounds including staggering Valle with a left hook to the head in the seventh round, but Valle was able to maintain and secure a convincing decision victory.. Official scores were 78-74, 79-73 (On two scorecards) in favor of Valle. Dominic Valle advances to 10-0, with 7 Knockouts. Kevin Piedrahita falls to 9-3, with 8 Knockouts.
Unbeaten Heavyweight and former two-time Olympic Bronze medalist Ivan Dychko scored a second round stoppage of Craig Lewis. Dychko floored Lewis in the second round with a flush overhand right and badly staggered him later in the round with another right hand, which forced the stoppage. Official time of the stoppage was 2:05 of round two. Ivan Dychko 14-0, with 13 Knockouts. Craig Lewis falls to 15-8-1, with 8 Knockouts.
Jr. Welterweights Tristan Gallichan and Renny Mastrapa fought to a six round split decision draw to begin the evening. Mastrapa kept Gallichan moving backward during the first half of the fight and was generally the more aggressive fighter, but Gallichan seemed to get the better of the action in spots in the later rounds. Official scores were 58-56 (Mastrapa), 58-56 (Gallichan), and 57-57 resulting in a split decision draw. Tristan Gallichan advances to 5-0-2, with 3 Knockouts. Renny Mastrapa advances to 3-1-1, with 2 Knockouts.
Some may have labeled the encounter between Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario as a “Crossroads Fight" or perhaps even win or retire for either fighter. In reality, both former world champions performed well against each other and each still has the benefit of name recognition, which should keep opportunities open for them if each can continue to be competitive. This fight was the first for both competing under the ProBox Promotions and the ProBox TV banner and though the obvious thing to do might be to set up a rematch, it may come down to how quickly either Hurd and Rosario want to get back in the ring and whether other opportunities might be available to either under the ProBox banner that will determine if there will be a second encounter.
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