By: Sean Crose
Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino hosted a ShoBox card Friday night that was broadcast dwell by the cable community. First up was a scheduled 8 spherical heavyweight affair between the 8-0-1 Moses Johnson and the 12-0 Elvis Garcia. The fighters traded leather-based early. This was not a gap spherical the place the combatants felt they needed to really feel one another out. The two heavies continued to commerce within the second. Each man landed effectively. By the third it appeared that neither fighter was notably within the bout going the gap. Johnson was capable of get to his man within the fourth.
The tempo slowed a bit within the fifth as the 2 huge males looked for strong photographs. Although neither fighter was as energetic as he had been earlier, each swung away at will within the sixth. This was a brawl, plain and easy. What was evident within the seventh and eighth was the actual fact each combatants might take fairly a punch. There had been nothing near a knockdown all through the combat up till that time. The eighth and ultimate spherical noticed Johnson and Garcia proceed to go at it, toe to toe. It had been an entertaining affair, one the judges in the end dominated in Johnson’s favor through majority choice.
Next up was an excellent welterweight throwdown scheduled for 8 between the 12-0 Marquis Taylor and the 8-0 Marlon Harrington. It appeared as if Harrington was the stronger man within the first. Taylor tried stifling his opponent’s punches within the second to some impact. Taylor continued to make use of an clever protection within the third. Harrington got here ahead aggressively within the fourth. By the fifth, nevertheless, it was Taylor who was coming ahead. Taylor continued to manage the vary within the sixth. Harrington continued to have issue getting in on his man within the seventh. The identical might be stated of the eighth, as effectively. Suffice to say, Taylor was rewarded with the unanimous choice win.
It was time for the primary occasion, a ten spherical tremendous middleweight match between the 26-2 Sena Agbeko and the 16-0 Isaiah Steen. The opening spherical noticed Steen sticking and shifting. The quick Agbeko, nevertheless, pressured his man within the second, then continued to within the third. Steen gave the impression to be having issue controlling the vary within the fourth. By the halfway level of the combat, Agbeko gave the impression to be doing a greater job pursing Steen than Steen was having throwing Agbeko off his recreation.
The sixth and seventh offered nothing notably new. The reality was that Steen had no actual reply for Agbeko’s aggression, although the Ohio native definitely tossed his jab out usually and with willpower. Agbeko appeared relaxed within the eight, ensuring he wasn’t exerting an excessive amount of power whereas Steen tried to stay and transfer. The ninth was shut, as many of the combat had been. Indeed, Agbeko appeared to have a slight minimize over his left eye. The tenth noticed Steen successfully make use of the defensive technique which had served him erratically all through the bout.
After the ultimate bell, Agbeko was capable of exit the ring with a model new unanimous choice win on his resume.
