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By Jake Donovan - It was a main event that featured a little bit of everything – knockdowns, body punching, excessive clinching, and perhaps the longest uninterrupted round in boxing history. It also produced a surprise twist, with Juan Urango coming up big on the road, taking an absurdly lopsided decision in his 12-round junior welterweight scrap with Herman Ngoudjo.
The bout aired live on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, live from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Ngoudjo began the fight working behind the jab, while Urango kept his head and chin tucked in a turtle shell-like defense. It took Urango a couple of minutes to solve the mobile style of his opponent, but finally came through with right hooks from the outside later in the round.
The second round was every bit as tightly contested as its predecessor. Ngoudjo was first to the draw on many of the exchanges due his being the straighter puncher, but Urango’s wide hooks appeared to cause more damage. A few of Urango’s punches sailed a tad low, drawing a verbal warning from controversial referee Marlon Wright.
However close the fight was through two rounds dramatically changed in the third. Ngoudjo got a little too cute for his own good while boxing on the inside, and wound up getting caught with a wicked left uppercut while pulling straight back. It was no flash knockdown, as Ngoudjo was clearly buzzed as he struggled to climb off the deck before beating the count. [details]
The bout aired live on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, live from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Ngoudjo began the fight working behind the jab, while Urango kept his head and chin tucked in a turtle shell-like defense. It took Urango a couple of minutes to solve the mobile style of his opponent, but finally came through with right hooks from the outside later in the round.
The second round was every bit as tightly contested as its predecessor. Ngoudjo was first to the draw on many of the exchanges due his being the straighter puncher, but Urango’s wide hooks appeared to cause more damage. A few of Urango’s punches sailed a tad low, drawing a verbal warning from controversial referee Marlon Wright.
However close the fight was through two rounds dramatically changed in the third. Ngoudjo got a little too cute for his own good while boxing on the inside, and wound up getting caught with a wicked left uppercut while pulling straight back. It was no flash knockdown, as Ngoudjo was clearly buzzed as he struggled to climb off the deck before beating the count. [details]
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