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LUEVANO BACK ON WINNING TRACK
A little chilly, but otherwise a nice night for boxing by the Colorado river as a modest but enthusiastic crowd filled a little outdoor area in the Edgewater’s parking lot and enjoyed the sweet science in Laughlin. The main event featured Las Vegas’ Steven Luevano (130), coming off his first defeat, a competitive 10 round decision loss to Martin Honorio in November. Tonight he was matched with tough Jorge Martinez (131 ½) of Escondido, CA in a scheduled 10. The first half of the fight was conducted at a distance, which worked to the taller, longer, southpaw Luevano’s tremendous advantage. For some reason Martinez was content to box from the outside, from where he ate a steady diet of knuckle sandwiches, including a straight left in the 1st that dropped him, and another straight left that dropped him at the end of the 3rd. But Martinez is one of these single-minded fighters who just keep coming, like a monster in a B-movie. In the second half of the fight, Martinez let his hands go when he got inside, and did some good damage to the body. When it looked early on in the fight that Martinez would not last more than a few rounds, he made a fight of it in the second half, and finished the 10th still coming forward. But with the two early knockdowns, Luevano’s lead was insurmountable. Scores after 10 were 97-91, 96-92, and a head-scratching 100-88, all for Steven Luevano. Lvboxing.com scored 96-92 for Luevano, who notches his 30th win against 1 defeat with 14 Kos. The hard-headed Jorge Martinez is now 12-5-2, 1KO.
LUEVANO BACK ON WINNING TRACK
A little chilly, but otherwise a nice night for boxing by the Colorado river as a modest but enthusiastic crowd filled a little outdoor area in the Edgewater’s parking lot and enjoyed the sweet science in Laughlin. The main event featured Las Vegas’ Steven Luevano (130), coming off his first defeat, a competitive 10 round decision loss to Martin Honorio in November. Tonight he was matched with tough Jorge Martinez (131 ½) of Escondido, CA in a scheduled 10. The first half of the fight was conducted at a distance, which worked to the taller, longer, southpaw Luevano’s tremendous advantage. For some reason Martinez was content to box from the outside, from where he ate a steady diet of knuckle sandwiches, including a straight left in the 1st that dropped him, and another straight left that dropped him at the end of the 3rd. But Martinez is one of these single-minded fighters who just keep coming, like a monster in a B-movie. In the second half of the fight, Martinez let his hands go when he got inside, and did some good damage to the body. When it looked early on in the fight that Martinez would not last more than a few rounds, he made a fight of it in the second half, and finished the 10th still coming forward. But with the two early knockdowns, Luevano’s lead was insurmountable. Scores after 10 were 97-91, 96-92, and a head-scratching 100-88, all for Steven Luevano. Lvboxing.com scored 96-92 for Luevano, who notches his 30th win against 1 defeat with 14 Kos. The hard-headed Jorge Martinez is now 12-5-2, 1KO.
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