Friday Night Fight Results are in-Dallas Jr. comes up big, while Gonzales remains undefeated
By: Nick Bellafatto-Ringside
In the main event on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights from the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, California, junior welterweight Mike Dallas Jr. (19-2-1, 8 KO’s), otherwise known as the “Silent Assassin,” said he was going to make some noise last night and that’s exactly what he did. Turning in a dominant effort against a more experienced opponent in WBO #4 ranked Javier Castro of Ciudad, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (27-5, 22 KO’s), Dallas Jr. would score the KO at 2:06 of the sixth round courtesy of a plethora of unanswered left and right hand bombs to the head.
In the process, the Bakersfield, California native under the tutelage of Andre Ward trainer Virgil Hunter, would garner the interim WBO Latino Title while he’s almost assured of landing a spot within the top ten of the WBO rankings. Furthermore, the fact that he is now in possession of a fringe title only bodes well for Michael’ chances of obtaining a major title shot down the road if indeed he continues his winning ways.
From the opening bell Dallas Jr. would control range in this scheduled twelve round bout, setting the table with a vigilant and oft repeated jab which would keep Castro coming up short. The only thing more impressive than the jab of the new interim champion was the way in which he mixed his attack to dig in several hard body shots along the way, out-slugging the supposedly harder hitting Castro who would have the tables turned on him.
As a matter of fact, it was the stellar body work of Dallas Jr. that would take the fight out of his counterpart, whom he would catch with a solar plexus shot in that sixth and final round, signaling the beginning of the end for the Mexican fighter. Commented Mike in putting the final touches on his adversary, “I faked him with the jab and I stepped over and hit him with a right to the body. After that I caught him with the hook and seen he couldn’t take it. From there I ended the show.”
It was no doubt a plausible scenario in that the “Silent Assassin” had a chance to emerge victorious as the more skilled boxer, however, not many people saw this twin fisted attack coming where Michael would outwork and out-tough his opponent in tight. This feat would even leave an impression on ESPN2 boxing analyst Teddy Atlas who had picked the more seasoned Castro to come out ahead. A most impressive win indeed as Mike Dallas Jr. looks to the future where he hopes to make more noise in the 140 pound division.
Brandon Gonzales puts in workmanlike performance to remain undefeated
In the co-main event of the evening, Mike Dallas Jr. stable mate as well as an up and coming fighter in his own right, Brandon “Flawless” Gonzales of Sacramento, California (16-0, 10 KO’s) would remain undefeated against a less experienced but no doubt game opponent in Elie Augustama (6-5, 3 KO’s) of Miami, Florida via Haiti. By scores of 80-72 all the way around, Gonzales would put in a workmanlike performance over eight rounds to come away with the unanimous decision in this super middleweight affair.
From round one on Gonzales was relentless with his pressure, outworking his lankier opponent in close with hooks and uppercuts to both body and head. And although arguably a clean sweep on the judges scorecards, Augustama came to fight and made a few of the rounds close, especially when he became re-energized at the site of blood flowing from a cut above Gonzales’ left eye, this despite the fact that the cut was due to an incidental head butt rather than a punch.
No doubt a result of Gonzales’ constant work rate and ability to smother his opponent as the effective aggressor, Augustama was relegated to fighting in spots, whereas his chances at a victory were also smothered. Stated Gonzales, “I saw that he was very vulnerable on the inside from early on so I was using the jab to get inside. We were breaking him down to the body round by round and I felt him weakening as the fight progressed.”
Good win for Brandon who not only suffered a cut eight days prior to the bout, the same cut which would open up during Friday nights action, but after an eight month layoff due to a torn hamstring, the Sac Town native is back on track in hopes of soon shedding his prospect status to compete on the level of a contender and far beyond. Brandon by the way gave himself a C- on his performance while he also wants fans to hit him up on twitter at b_flawless.
Undercard bouts
In a featherweight attraction of note, coming off of a loss in a two way pitched battle with hot prospect Joel Diaz Jr. in January, another Sacramento fighter in the form of one Guy Robb (8-1, 4 KO’s), a hot commodity himself, would steadily and methodically dismantle his latest opponent Rodrigo Aranda (8-18-2, 2 KO’s) of Las Vegas, Nevada. Landing a crushing liver shot in the fifth round, Aranda visibly in pain was in no shape to continue as he failed to beat the count for a fifth round TKO stoppage. The time was 2:22.
Welterweight prospect Javier “El Intocable” Molina (11-1, 5 KO’s) of Norwalk, California, best known for winning a junior welterweight national championship as an amateur, dispatched overmatched Nicaraguan opponent Octavio Narvaez (7-12, 4 KO’s), scoring a third round TKO stoppage. The time was 0:29.
Derrick Murray (4-0, 3 KO’s) of St. Louis, Missouri landed a solid right uppercut in the very first round to drop and defeat a less than worthy opponent in Frank Gutierrez (2-12, 1 KO) of Highland, California in a scheduled four round featherweight bout. The end came at the 2:21 mark.
Joshua Conley (3-0, 3 KO’s) of San Bernardino, California dropped opponent and fellow Californian Donte Stower (0-1) numerous times en-route to a merciful second round stoppage. The end came at the 1:24 mark in Stower’ professional debut.
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