Via Ken Hissner: At the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Saturday on Showtime Bob Arum (Top Rated) and the Senior Boxing Event presented in the Main Event, Australian super Welterweight champion Tim Tszyu is undefeated and 1st. The first-place WBO came out in the first round dominating and defeating 2012 American Terrell Gausha in 12 rounds.
In a co-match, the undefeated WBA Dominican lightweight second-placer Michel “La Zarza Ali” Rivera defeated the previously undefeated Joseph Adorno through 10 rounds.
In the main event WBO Global Super Welter Champion, Tim Tszyu, 21-0 (15), #153 ½, of Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, beat Olympian Terrell Gausha 2012, 22-3-1 (11) , #153 ¼ , of Cleveland, OH, on 12 laps.
In the first half, with one minute left, Gausha landed on Tszyu’s chin as referee Mark Nelson counted eight penalties. He was trying to get through the round. He suffered a small cut on his forehead from the impact on his head.
In the second and third innings, Tszyu made a good comeback putting Gausha up against the ropes. In the fourth inning, Gausha played well until a cut on the left from Tszyu sent him straight into the rope.
In the fifth round, Tszyu injured Gausha with a punch to the chin that nearly knocked him down. He continued to dominate Gausha for the rest of the round. In the sixth round with one minute left, Tszyu made it difficult for Gausha to fight the ropes with chin-butts. In the eighth round, Tszyu continued to attack Gausha, who rarely returned with any punches.
In the eleventh round, when Tszyu had half a minute left, he let Gausha in defense take too many punches. In the twelfth and final round, Tszuy lunged forward to attack as Gausha landed a left hook to the chin and then fell back into the rope. In the last minute, Gausha fought back until Tszyu once again put him on the rope with a barrage of punches.
With scores of 114-113, 116-111 and 115-112, @Tim_Tszyu remains undefeated over UD on his US debut against a game of Terrell Gausha pic.twitter.com/Eq3hvccnbt
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The scores are 114-113, 116-111 and 115-112 with this writer at 118-109.
In the co-feature, WBA lightweight 2nd place Michel “La Zarza Ali” Rivera, 23-0 (14), #136, of Santo Domingo, DR, and Miami, FL, beat Joseph “Bless Hands” Adorno, 14 -1-2 (12), #136 ¼, of Allentown, PA, over 10 innings.
In the first two innings, Rivera controlled with an effective jab towards Adorno. In the third round, Adorno used a double left hook to the chin to counter Rivera’s stabs. In the fourth and fifth innings, Rivera returned to control with his stab.
In the seventh inning, both rights landed on the chin at the same time in one round Adorno was won. In the eighth and ninth rounds, Rivera continued to control with her stabs. In the tenth and final round, when it looked like he needed a knockdown, Adorno continued to move backwards for most of the time allowing Rivera’s stab to take another round.
The score was 97-93 by all judges with this writer 98-92. The referee is Mark Calo oy.
Super lightweight Elvis “The Dominican Kid” Rodriguez, 13-1-1 (12), #141 ¼, of Santo Domingo, DR, stopped South American champion Juan “El Pitbull” Jose Velasco, 23-3 ( 14), # 141 ½, of Buenos Aires, ARG, at 2:49 of the seventh inning of the 10th.
.@Tim_Tszyu stun Gausha with great punch in game 5 💥#TszyuGausha pic.twitter.com/aE0lgvDBSi
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In the first three rounds, Rodriguez overcame Velasco. In the fourth round, a blow to the chin by southpaw Rodriguez stunned Velasco. In the final seconds of the fifth round, Rodriguez cornered Velasco with a double punch to his body and chin.
In the sixth inning, Rodriguez nearly closed Velasco’s left eye at the end of the round with a cut on his eyelid. In the seventh round, Rodriguez knocked Velasco down with a punch to the chin in the first minute of the round as referee Gary Ritter counted 8. At the last minute, Rodriguez again knocked Velasco down with a series of punches. to count another 8. Seconds later, Rodriguez swarmed over Velasco to knock Velasco out a third time in his chair ending the game.
