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Flint's Dion Savage loses his first professional fight in under a minute
FLINT, Michigan — Dion Savage came into the bout against Marco Antonio Periban on Friday night focused.
Not only did Savage have confidence in himself, he had the support of the Mayweather family.
"Dion’s gonna be world champion. I don’t say that because I train him, I say that because he has the ability to be world champion,” legendary boxing trainer, Roger Mayweather told the Flint Journal.
“One thing he’s got that separates most guys is that he’s got good hand speed and he’s willing to learn and he’s had good performances, and that’s why my nephew signed him."
Those lofty goals may be set back at this point since Savage suffered his first career loss at the hands of a devastating blow from Periban.
The fight lasted just 33 seconds as Periban caught Savage with a left-right combination that dropped him in the first round.
The fighters fought in the super middleweight division and were the co-features for the main event of fight card at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in San Diego, Calif. The fight was scheduled for eight rounds and was televised on the United States TeleFutura channel.
Savage (10-1, 6 knockouts) was Periban's first opponent in the USA.
Marco Antonio Periban (11-0, 8 KO's) is a native of Mexico City.
http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/in...ses_his_f.html
FLINT, Michigan — Dion Savage came into the bout against Marco Antonio Periban on Friday night focused.
Not only did Savage have confidence in himself, he had the support of the Mayweather family.
"Dion’s gonna be world champion. I don’t say that because I train him, I say that because he has the ability to be world champion,” legendary boxing trainer, Roger Mayweather told the Flint Journal.
“One thing he’s got that separates most guys is that he’s got good hand speed and he’s willing to learn and he’s had good performances, and that’s why my nephew signed him."
Those lofty goals may be set back at this point since Savage suffered his first career loss at the hands of a devastating blow from Periban.
The fight lasted just 33 seconds as Periban caught Savage with a left-right combination that dropped him in the first round.
The fighters fought in the super middleweight division and were the co-features for the main event of fight card at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in San Diego, Calif. The fight was scheduled for eight rounds and was televised on the United States TeleFutura channel.
Savage (10-1, 6 knockouts) was Periban's first opponent in the USA.
Marco Antonio Periban (11-0, 8 KO's) is a native of Mexico City.
http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/in...ses_his_f.html
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