By: Sean Crose
It was a factor of magnificence, a straight and completely thrown shot that landed smack within the midsection of very long time contender Jose Zepeda Saturday in Sheffield, England. Rising junior welterweight Dalton Smith appeared nearly shocked on the harm he had achieved because the referee counted out the wounded Zepeda. Smith had landed clear, sure. He had dropped his man, sure. But hurting the gritty Zepeda sufficient with a physique shot to maintain him on the canvas by means of the ten depend? It appeared nearly too good to be true. Yet true it was because the 16-0 Smith confirmed his fellow Englishmen in attendance that he was extra than simply one other hype job.
In fact, Zepeda had began off sturdy within the scheduled 12 spherical affair. He flicked off his southpaw jab successfully and and was capable of land impressively at occasions, as properly. By the fourth spherical, nonetheless, it was clear that issues have been altering, and that Smith was controlling the tempo of the struggle by transferring successfully whereas Zepeda resorted to chasing. Smith had additionally taken to upping his personal enter, touchdown clearly and properly on his veteran opponent. Throughout your complete affair, Smith remained in management and unfazed, even when Zepeda was capable of land himself.
Although Smith was having the higher of it within the fifth, the top got here as a shock. While he had rocked Zepeda moments earlier, the swiftness and effectiveness of that straight proper put an abrupt finish to issues. Smith had entered the ring hoping to impress towards Zepeda, who was taking maybe a final probability at glory after shedding a number of world title makes an attempt. It merely wasn’t imply to be for the now 37-5 Zepeda, for the night time belonged to Smith, and the punch that introduced issues to their crushing conclusion.
