PALOMINO LOSES, CALLS IT QUITS.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer All Carlos Palomino Palomino Colour type of horse distinguished by its cream, yellow, or gold coat and a white or silver mane. It is popular in pleasure and parade classes. Palominos may conform to the breed types of several light breeds, including the Arabian horse and the American Quarter Horse. wanted was a chance to prove that at 48 he could still fight. In his mind, the result of Saturday's 10-round welterweight bout against Wilfredo Rivera at the Grand Olympic Auditorium The Grand Olympic Auditorium is a sports venue in Los Angeles, California, United States. Located at 1801 S. Grand Avenue, the venue was built in 1924 specifically for the 1932 Summer Olympic Games, which saw the boxing, weightlifting, and wrestling events held there. didn't matter. Palomino ended up on the losing side of a unanimous decision, but he was happy nonetheless and ready to resume his acting career. ``It's over now,'' he declared. ``I was having fun. I tried it. I know that I gave it my best shot. (Rivera's) a world-class fighter and I held my own with him, so the world knows who I am. I don't need to prove anything else.'' Palomino (31-4-3, with 19 knockouts) held the World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of welterweight title from June 22, 1976 to Jan. 14, 1979, a span of seven title defenses, four of which he made at the Olympic. He made his pro debut here and fought 23 times before Saturday. He also was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1989. His father's death in 1996 helped prompt a return to the ring. He knocked out four opponents last year, setting up a bout with Rivera (28-3-1, 18 knockouts), who suffered a technical knock out by Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy in his last bout Dec. 12. Rivera, 29, is ranked fourth by the WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. and 12th by the World Boxing Association World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association, it is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF and showed why in the early rounds, trapping Palomino in a corner and going to work on his face, then his body. Throughout the fight, Palomino elicited cheers from the crowd with blows to Rivera's face. By the end of the fight, Palomino had cut Rivera's right eye and mouth. But Rivera seemed to land two punches for every one Palomino landed. In the eighth round, Rivera scored with five straight punches to the head, yet Palomino wouldn't go down. The pro-Palomino crowd of about 3,000 did its best to help him pull out a victory, chanting his name and native country of Mexico several times. Rivera, meanwhile, was jeered, and the crowd took particular delight when he was penalized pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. one point for a low blow in the fifth round. The deduction didn't matter. The three judges scored the fight 97-92, 99-90 and 96-93. |
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