Mike Wilson Dominates Aaron Chavers Over Eight Rounds
By Francisco Salazar
Unbeaten cruiserweight Mike Wilson won a one-sided eight round decision over Aaron Chavers Friday night at the Jackson County Expo in Central Point, Oregon.
With the win, Wilson improves to 16-0, 7 KOs. Chavers, who hails from Oklahoma City, falls to 7-2-1, 3 KOs.
Wilson, who hails from nearby Bedford, outboxed Chavers throughout most of the fight, at times making the fight look effortlessly.
All three judges scored the bout 80-72 in favor of Wilson.
Rob Diezel (11-7, 4 KOs) earned a fifth round technical knockout win over 41-year-old Juan Jaramillo (10-14-2, 3 KOs) as Jaramillo's corner threw in the towel to save their fighter from taking further punishment.
Super middleweight Brandon Maddox dropped Rafael Valencia (3-6-1, 2 KOs) en route to a four round unanimous decision victory. All three judges scored the bout 39-36 in favor of Maddox, who improves to 6-0, 4 KOs.
19-year-old junior lightweight Victor Morales Jr. (3-0, 2 KOs) stopped Luis Gomez (0-2) in the opening round.
Jenifer Wilson promoted the card.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (Calif.) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing