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.