Mary Spencer was unbothered by the four-week delay in her first title defense.
A strong showing was offered by the 40-year-young junior middleweight titlist, who turned away Venezuela’s Ogleidis Suarez. Scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91 in favor of Spencer in their one-sided 10-rounder Thursday evening at the Montreal Casino in Montreal.
The action was as lopsided as suggested by the scores in the night’s lone major title fight. Spence, 10-2 (6 KOs), controlled the action largely on the strength of her jab and lead left hooks. Suarez, 31-6-1 (15 KOs), attempted lateral movement to disrupt Spencer’s rhythm but couldn’t establish a sustained offensive attack of her own to make an impact on the scorecards.
