Julio decisions Smith
By Marc Abrams
Knockout artist, Joel Julio
showed versatility in pounding out a ten round
unanimous decision over Ishe Smith in a Jr.
Middleweight bout at The River Rock Hotel and
Resort in Vancouver, British Colombia.
Julio was consistent in landing
lefts to the body and rights to the head of
Smith. his activity won him rounds as Smith
for the most part sat back and looked to counter.
He was successful in spots but was not active
enough as Julio was placing his shots nice on
Smith. Neither man was ever remotely in any
trouble but Julio won by scores of 97-93, 96-94
and 96-94.
Julio, 154 lbs of Miami via
Colombia is inching towards a title shot with
a record of 33-1. Smith, 154 1/2 lbs of Las
Vegas is now 19-3.
Albert Onolunose remained
undefeated by scoring a first round knockdown
en route to a eight round unanimous decision
over Eduardo Sanchez in a middleweight bout.
Onolunose scored the knockdown
on a right hand that was preceded by a double
jab. Onolunose was effective with the right
hand while Sanchez tried to land long right
hands with little success.
Onolunose, 157 1/2 lbs of
Calgary, Canada won by scores of 78-73, 78-73
and 77-74 to remain undefeated at 15-0. Sanchez,
157 lbs of San Diego is 16-7-2
Kevin Reynolds thrilled the
home town fans with an entertaining unanimous
decision over Victor Barragan in a six round
cruiserweight bout.
Scores were 58-56 on all
cards for Reynolds, 200 lbs of Vancouver who
raises his record to 8-1. Barragan, 200 lbs
of Oxnard, California is now 8-4.