WILSON SCORES KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE OVER TAYLOR—FIGHT NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND ON GFL
Devastating stoppage for Wilson to retain USBA and capture NABF Cruiserweight title plus wins by Finley, Nelson, Pham, Reyes and Unthank-May
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By Marc Abrams www.15rounds.com
ATLANTIC CITY (April 15, 2012)—This past Saturday night at Ballys in Atlantic City, streaking Cruiserweight Garrett “The Ultimate Warrior” Wilson scored an explosive twelfth round stoppage over Andres Taylor to retain the USBA and win the NABF Cruiserweight title.
The bout highlighted a seven bout card that was promoted by Peltz Boxing and streamed all over the world on www.gfl.tv
Fans can now relive the entire fight card on-demand on www.gfl.tv for just $9.99 by clicking: http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Boxing/Garrett_Wilson_vs_Andres_Taylor_/1414
Wilson scored a knockdown in round one and in round eleven and wobbled Taylor on several occasions. Taylor had his moments as he used crafty boxing ability to score effectively in spots. In the end, it was the prodigious power of Wilson as he scored a hard knockdown in round eleven and landed a huge right hand that put Taylor out cold for several minutes just ten seconds before the end of the fight.
The EMT’s rushed in the ring but Taylor was able to leave the ring on his own power.
With the win, Wilson of Philadelphia moves to 13-5-1 with seven knockouts and is now looking at a top-five ranking by the IBF and will now enter the rankings by the WBC. Taylor of Johnstown, PA is now 20-2-2.
In the exciting co-feature, Christopher Finley used two knockdowns to catapult his way to a six round unanimous decision over Osnel Charles in a lightweight bout.
The fight was back and forth with both fighters landing big shots. Charles simply could not overcome the two knockdowns and Finley scored the mild upset.
Undefeated Jr. Welterweight Naim Nelson earned his first knockout as he went to 6-0 when he stopped Dontre King in the fourth round of their scheduled six round bout.
Gabriel Pham fought through two nasty cuts but was able to shutout pro debuting Michael Mitchell in a four round Super Middleweight bout. Pham, the Atlantic City native was coming off a year and a half layoff.
Korey Sloane & Julio Dejesus fought to a spirited four round draw in a Jr. Welterweight bout.
Joshua Reyes scored a four round unanimous decision over Elvis Rodriguez in a grueling Featherweight bout.
Todd Unthank-May closed the show out with and explosive twenty-seven second stoppage over Ronnie Lawrence in a rematch of Light Heavyweights. Unthank-May is now 3-0 with two knockouts.
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