By Sam Geraci at Ringside
“Fast” Fres Oquendo of Chicago, IL, who is trying to work his way into a major
fight with one the top ten heavyweights, showed that at age 39 and despite more
than one year removed from a full fight, he his still quick enough with his jab and
crafty enough with his counters to challenge anyone by stopping a very strong and
surprisingly fast-handed Joey Abell from Everett, WA in the ninth round to capture
the WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight Championship.
While there was give and take throughout the fight, towards the end of the third
round, a round in which Oquendo was credited with a knockdown because the ropes held
up Abell, Oquendo’s jab and ability to counter changed the momentum of the fight.
Although Abell’s corner and many ringside felt that the fight might have been
prematurely stopped, Oquendo was clearly on his way to stopping Abell, who was
bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth. Oquendo improved to 34-7 with 21KOs while
Abell fell to 28-6 with 27KOs.
Other Results:
Elijah McCall of Basset, VA overcame adversity in the middle rounds to stop a gritty
Stan Allen of Gary, IN in the sixth round with a dynamic right hand. McCall, who is
trained by Nate Jones and his father, former heavyweight champion of the world,
Oliver McCall, improved his record to 9-1-1 with 8KOS while Allen fell to 5-4 with
3KOs.
In an unimpressive pro debut, Nick Ramirez now 0-0-1 of Rockford, IL fought to a
majority draw against Southpaw Lorenzo Wilson now 1-1-2 of Indianapolis, IN. One
Judge scored it 39-37 for Ramirez while the other two scored it 38-38.
Meegal Harper of Chicago Heights, IL maintained his undefeated record and moved to
6-0 with 6KOs with a third round TKO of a very game but clearly overmatched Guy
Packer of Battle Creek, MI who moved to 4-37-2.
Donatas Bondorovas of Chicago, IL improved to 15-3-1 with 4KOs by stopping Ramon
Valenzuela Jr. of Chicago with 2:38 remaining in the second round in a
crowd-pleasing brawl. Ramon Valenzuela, who carried the first round, fell to 7-1
with 1KO.
David Martin III of Hobart, IN overcame a flat first round to score a TKO in the
fourth round over a very game and large Tim Washington of Toledo, OH in what
appeared to be an early stoppage. Martin improved to 6-0 with 5KOs while Washington
fell to 0-2.
After the main event, Emerson Chasing Bear improved to 5-3-2 with 3KOs with an
unimpressive and lackluster win over an exhausted looking Phiillip Triantafillo who
fell to 2-1 with 1KO.
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- Photo: Jaime Ramirez
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- Photo: Jaime Ramirez
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- Photo: Jaime Ramirez
