Dawson –Johnson Undercard Results from Hartford

A full report of tonight’s light heavyweight rematch between Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson is on its way following the conclusion of the bout and post fight press conference. Included will be a report on the Alfredo Angulo – Harry Joe Yorgey junior middleweight co-feature. In the meantime, here’s what happened on the untelevised undercard.

Mexico’s Orlando Lora (26-0-1, 18 KO’s) and Nicaragua’s Octavio Narvaez (7-8-1, 4 KO’s) went the distance in an 8 round welterweight affair with all three judges awarding a unanimous decision to Lora. Official scores were 77-75 (twice) and 78-75 for Lora. 8countnews.com scored the fight 77-77 even. Narvaez appeared to be much better than his record indicated and at times landed the far more effective punches. However, Lora was busier in the later rounds and managed to stun Narvaez on at least one occasion.

In a battle between two Miami based fighters, Michael Oliveria (9-0, 7 KO’s) defeated Francisco Osorio (12-7, 10 KO’s) in a middleweight bout after Osorio didn’t come off his stool for the 7^th round. There was good two way action from both fighters prior to the stoppage with both combatants landing flush power punches on one another much to the crowds delight.

In a quick paced 8 round affair, California based super bantamweight prospect Chris Avalos (13-0, 10 KO’s) won a hard fought 8 round decision over Rhode Island’s Robert Daluz (12-22-3, 9 KO’s). Official scores were 79-73 (twice) and 80-71 in favor of Avalos. 8countnews.com also scored the fight for Avalos 79-73.

Philadelphia middleweight Tyrone Brunson (21-0-1, 20 KO’s) remained unbeaten with a third round KO of fellow Philly resident Jose Medina (15-16, 11 KO’s) after landing a left hand to the body that sent Medina down for the count. Official time of the KO was 1:31 of the 3^rd round.

Heavyweight prospect Emad Ali (3-0, 3 KO’s) scored a first round TKO of Lexington, Tennessee’s Kelsey Arnold (1-4-2) in the opening fight of the evening. Midway through the round consecutive hooking right hands knocked Arnold down. Arnold would beat the count but would turn his back to avoid punishment while eating consecutive left hooks later in the round. This caused referee Joey Lupino to step in and call a halt to the contest. Official time of the stoppage was 2:39.