Calloway Decisions Smith

Heavyweight Rob Calloway (66-7-1, 52 KOs) outworked Terry Smith (30-3-1, 18 KOs) in the early rounds and then held on to win a close unanimous decision on Friday night at the Springfield Expo Center in Springfield, Missouri. Calloway, 38, scored a knockdown at the bell in the 8th round, after connecting with a big right hand. Smith, though badly hurt from the punch, he recovered remarkably well in between rounds. In the 10th round, Smith came on strong and landed a number of big punches and had Calloway hurt briefly, and holding on at the end. The final judges’ scores were 96-93, 96-94, 96-93, awarding the decision to Calloway.

In the early going, Calloway, weighing only 206 lbs, showed that he was much quicker than Smith, landing fast right hands that landed flush much of the time. Smith, clearly the more powerful punch, was often far too economical with his punches and thus was easily outworked by Calloway. There was no mystery about Calloway’s offense, since it basically came down to his right hand, which he used almost exclusively in the fight. His jab, when he actually used it, wasn’t a factor in the fight.