(All photos courtesy of Divid Algranati)
Friday, August 23 on a Force Train and King's Promotions card that took place at that Arabia Shrine Center in Houston, TX, Washington, DC super bantamweight Marcus "Dreamcrusher" Bates won by eight-round unanimous decision over Saul Eduardo "Bebe" Hernandez of Lakeside, CA by way of Tijuana, Mexico.
Report from ringside photographer David Algranati: A rough, back-and-forth action fight. Both fighters were warned by the referee, Bates for low blows, Hernandez for hitting behind the head. Here are the scores from the judges 79-73, 79-73, 78-74.
Bates improves his record to (10-1-1, 8 KO's) while Hernandez falls to (13-14-1, 8 KO's).
(Photos by David Algranati)
Last night on a Force Train and King's Promotions card at the Arabian Shrine Center in Houston, TX, super middleweight "The Sexy Albanian" Genc Pllana of Hagerstown, MD lost by eight-round majority decision to Raphael "Trouble" Igbokwe of Fresno, TX.
Ringside photographer Davis Algranati reports that Ibgokwe pressured for most of the fight, with Pllana having his moments with effective counters and his unconventional style. Igbokwe slowed a bit in the sixth and in particularly in the seventh, where Pllana outclassed him throughout the round. Both fighters had their moments in the eight, but more punch volume and effective punching from Igbokwe in the final round.
One judge scored the contest a draw at 76-76 while the other two scored it 79-73, 78-74 both for Igbokwe. Planna suffers his first defeat and falls to (5-1, 2 KO's) while Igbokwe improves to (13-2, 6 KO's).
