James Early out of Seat Pleasant, MD lost by six-round unanimous decision against James Wilkins of Staten Island, NY at the Alamodome in San Antonio on the Munguia/O'Sullivan undercard.
Scores were 60-54, 60-54, 58-56, all for Wilkins.
Details from photographer David Algranati.
Early's boxing ability and movement frustrated Wilkins in the first two rounds. Wilkins kept the pressure on throughout, and outworked Early in the second half of the fight.
Wilkins improved his record to (9-1, 6 KO's) while Early falls to (4-6).
(Photos by David Algranati)
(Photos by David Algranati)
Former heavyweight title holder Alejandra Jimenez moved down to super middleweight to win the WBC and WBO titles by split decision over Franchon Crews-Dezurn at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX.
The fight started fast, with Crews-Dezurn going right at Jimenez, but Jimenez proved capable of taking Franchon’s shots without a lot of real trouble. Crews-Dezurn appeared to look tired early from the aggressive start, but she fought with a ton of determination as she shook off obvious fatigue. Crews-Dezurn continued to throw at Jimenez, who kept coming forward the entire fight. Jimenez definitely had her moments as she landed plenty of hard shots on Crews-Dezurn, who also kept coming forward herself. Crews-Dezurn was the more heavy handed of the two, but Jimenez aggressively let her hands fly throughout each round until the finalbell sounded.
Jimenez did say after the fight that Crews-Dezurn hits hard.
It was a battle between Alejandra Jimenez and Franchon Crews-Dezurn as both fighters looked battered and bruised as the score cards were announced. Jimenez (13-0-1, 9 KO) won by the scores of 97-93 and 98-92 in her favor, with one card going to Crews-Dezurn (6-2, 2 KO), 97-93.
