BOXING: SPADAFORA WINS IT DOWN THE STRETCH.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services CHESTER, W.Va. - After early difficulties, IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility lightweight champion Paul Spadafora Paul Spadafora (born September 5, 1975) is a native of Pittsburgh who is a professional boxer. Spadafora was the IBF's world Lightweight champion. Personal Background Known as "The Pittsburgh Kid", Spadafora hails from a small town outside of Pittsburgh named McKees Rocks. solved the aggressive style of challenger Dennis Holbaek to retain his title via unanimous decision A Unanimous Decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all 3 judges agree on which fighter won the match. Saturday night. Holbaek rocked the slick southpaw champion with a straight right hand in round four, but it was Spadafora (36-0, with 14 knockouts) who dominated from the eighth round on, winning by scores of 117-111 (twice) and 118-110. Also, unbeaten Olympian middleweight Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) —nicknamed Bad Intentions— is a professional boxer and former Undisputed Middleweight champion of the World. Taylor currently has a record of 27-1-1, with 17 wins coming by way of knockout. (12-0, 8 KOs) teed off on Johnny Rivera in round four, prompting a referee's stoppage at 2:23. Rivera never went down despite taking heavy punishment on the ropes and complained about the stop. Victoriano Sosa Victoriano Damian Sosa (born April 17, 1974 in La Vega, Dominican Republic) is a boxer. His career boxing record is 42-4-2 (31 KOs). Earlier in his career, Sosa won minor titles—the WBC Fecarbox and Dominican Republic lightweight titles. , ranked No. 5 at lightweight by the IBF, and Lamar Murphy battled to a 10-round draw. Both fighters landed heavy artillery See: field artillery. throughout as the judges scored it 96-94 for Murphy, 96-94 for Sosa and 95-95. Murphy, a former world-title challenger, might have gotten himself back into the title hunt with his performance. Sosa originally was scheduled to fight Angel Manfredy in an IBF title-elimination bout. However, Manfredy pulled out when he got cut on the left side of his eye during training. If Sosa had won, there was talk of matching him with Manfredy in the elimination bout in January. Manfredy, who has unsuccessfully challenged for a world title four times, lost a controversial unanimous decision to Spadafora last October. |
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