Palacios Stops Azille in 6th round!

By Larry Bass: Cruiserweight Francisco Palacios (12-0, 6 KOs) won a stunning sixth round TKO over Louis Azille (19-4-2, 15 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. Palacios, 30, was trailing the fight entering the sixth round, when he suddenly surprised Azille with a perfectly thrown right uppercut, and then a right hand, which badly hurt Azille and sent him down. After making it up, Palacios followed with a flurry of punches, punctuated by two hard right hands that staggered Azille, causing the referee to intervene and call a halt to the bout in the sixth.

Before the knockdown, however, Palacios looked nothing like an eventual winner, as he mostly ran around the ring wearing his Hector Camacho imitation shorts, and throwing weak shots while trying his best to avoid getting hit by Azille. It didn’t look good, and made for bad boxing entertainment, causing many of the ringside fans to boo loudly by the fourth round. During these rounds, Palacios, whose goal is to one day become the cruiserweight champion of the world, gave few indications that he’ll eventually win a title. Even with the knockout, Palacios looked very mediocre, and was lucky to be in the ring with the 36-year old Azille, who was only making his second fight in the past three years.