Frank Stea
Notre Dame’s undefeated heavyweight prospect “Subway” Mike Lee 11-0 (7 KOs) disappointingly defeated Paul Harness 4-4-1 (3 KOs) by unanimous decision at the Thomas and Mack Center tonight.
Both fighters slugged it out in round one with Lee landing the harder punches and after the four round were absolutely gassed. There could have been an argument that this fight was a draw.
The unheralded Harness really stood toe to toe with the undefeated prospect. Scores were 40-36 across the board for Lee
Clevenland’s Willie Nelson 18-1-1 (11KOs) defeated previously unbeaten super welterweight prospect John Jackson 14-0 (13KOs) by unanimous decision.
As expected, the son of former three-time world champion Julian “The Hack” Jackson brawled hard with the Cleveland talent and both wasted no time throwing bombs at one another in the early rounds.
This fight was giving early indications that this fight would go the distance as each fighter went back and forth with fast-paced lethal combinations. Jackson showed signs of both his father’s power and chin when absorbing some of Nelson’s hard right hands and also landing some bombs of his own.
A hard right hand followed by a left hook staggered Jackson and he appeared to be hanging on for his life, but fought back hard to survive. Scores for the bout were 96-94, 96-94, 98-92 all for Nelson
Medina outworked the tough journeyman for the entire fight, scoring two knockdowns in total. Medina dropped Winchester in round two with brutal right upper cut and once again in the final round when he put him on the canvas with a right hand.
Winchester managed to hang on until the final bell. Scores were 80-70 on all three cards.
Winchester managed to hang on until the final bell. Scores were 80-70 on all three cards.
Earlier, undefeated welterweight Wale “Lucky Boy” Omotoso 23-0 (19 KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over tough Puerto Rican Daniel Sostre 11-7-1 (4 KOs).
Omotoso outworked his overmatched foe in rounds one, two, and three with his jab and pressure punching.
“Lucky Boy” then landed a thunderous left hook to the body, but Sostre handled everything from the Nigerian import and took it pretty good. There was more of the same pace up until the final bell.
Being a natural junior welterweight and taking this fight on only two week’s notice, Sostre deserves a ton of credit for hanging in there with the highly touted Omotoso. Scores were 80-72, 79-37, 79-73 for Omotoso.