Eloy Perez Edges Salcido, Deontay Wilder Gets Up To Win
By Jhonny Gonzalez
At Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, junior featherweight Eloy Perez (19-0-2, 5KOs) won a ten round majority decision over Dominic Salcido (18-4, 9KOs). The scores were 96-94, 96-94 and 95-95. Perez used his speed to win the majority of the rounds but some were close enough to shake the scoring up.
2008 heavyweight Olympic bronze medal winner Deontay Wilder (13-0, 13KOs) was tested for the first time in his unbeaten career. He scored two knockdowns in the first round on journeyman Harold Sconiers (17-21-2, 11KOs). But then Wilder himself was dropped very hard at the end of the second round and appeared to be in serious trouble. He worked his way back in the third, and then scored two more knockdowns in the fourth round to end the fight when the referee stepped in to stop it.