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ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights Results Joe Greene vs. Darryl Salmon
August 8, 2007 Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena Hollywood, Florida
Lightweight Bout (6 Rds) Luis Hernandez (8-0, 7 KOs) wins by TKO at 2:38 of the second round over Jesus Pabon (10-1, 7 KOs) In the second round, Pabon was rocked and although he was trying to fight back, he ended up falling against the ropes and briefly hit the canvas to cause the ref to give him a standing eight count. The fight resumed and after a brief exchange, Hernandez fell into the ropes face first on a knee and Pabon hit Hernandez behind the head while he was down - the ref called time and penalized Pabon a point for hitting behind the head. The fight resumed and after a brief exchange, Hernandez got caught with a short right hook that sent up down (but he got up right away). The fight resumed and Pabon got rocked with a straight right that sent him back into the ropes - Hernandez followed up and sent Pabon down again with a body shot (Pabon up at the count of four) - When the ref reached the count of eight and asked Pabon to come forward, Pabon wobbled back and the ref stopped the bout.
Cruiserweight Bout (8 Rds) Francisco Palacios (12-0, 6 KOs) wins by TKO at :55 of the 6th round over Louis Azille (19-4-2, 15 KOs) In the sixth round, Azille downed with a right uppercut, left hook combo (up at the count of five). The fight resumed and Azille got tagged with a right, left, right combo and the ref stepped in and stopped the bout. Palacios took the fight on five days notice.
NABA Middleweight Title Bout (12 Rds) Joe Greene (16-0, 12 KOs) wins by knockout at 2:59 of the first round over Darryl Salmon (15-2, 4 KOs) In the first round, Greene briefly hit the canvas with a glove when he was hit with a short left hook and received a standing eight count. At the end of the round, Salmon got caught with a left, right combo that sent him down face first and out. Greene wins title.
Featherweight Bout (6 Rds) Jose Hernandez (6-1, 2 KOs) wins a unanimous decision over Noe Bolanos (15-1, 9 KOs) - Judges scored the bout 60-53, 60-53, 60-53 for Hernandez. Bolanos downed in the first with a left to the body, left to the head, straight right combo (up at the count of four).
(8/8/07) |
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