By Jim Dower: Super bantamweight contender Chris Avalos (23-2, 16 KO’s) defeated Drian Francisco (24-2-1, 19 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Friday night at the on Friday night in a war at the Texas Station Casino, Las in Vegas, Nevada, USA. The final judges’ scores were 96-94, 97-93 and 97-93.
Avalos, 23, threw twice as many punches as Francisco and landed almost twice as many shots as well. However, Francisco landed the cleaner and arguably the harder shots all night long and if not for the fact that Avalos was that busier fighter, Francisco would have won. Avalos was the bigger, heavier, and younger fighter and that seemed to give him an edge in this fight.
Francisco got the better of Avalos in many of the exchanges. However, by the 9th round, Francisco was clearly gassed out and this enabled Avalos to win the last two rounds.
Avalos got away with a lot of rabbit punches in the clinch and that’s something the referee should have stopped.
Overall, #5 WBO, Avalos looked decent, but not in the same league as WBO champion Guillermo Rigondeaux. Had that been Rigondeaux in the ring with him tonight instead of Francisco, Avalos would have been easily beaten. He’s too easy to hit and as Francisco showed tonight, he’s a sucker for an upper cut.
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Unbeaten junior middleweight Glen Tapia (19-0, 11 KO’s) defeated Abraham Han (19-1, 12 KO’s) by an 8th round stoppage. The fight was halted after the 8th round on the advice of the ringside doctor.
Han had been cut in the round under over his left eye and he was taking some vicious shots from Tapia in the 7th and 8th rounds,
Tapia was all over the easy to hit Han in the 1st round and it looked for a moment there like he’d score a quick knockout. However, Han weathered the storm and can coming forward landing hard body shots all throughout the fight.
In the 5th, Han hurt Tapia with a left to the body. Tapia came back in the 6th and 7th rounds to land some really hard shots to the head. It looked like Han had little left at that point in the fight as he was taking a lot of hard punches. Tapia knocked Han down with a right hand late in the 7th round with shot to the head. The punch landed just as Han was trying to throw a left hook and the momentum sent him into the ropes. It was ruled a knockdown because the ropes held Han up.
In the 8th, Tapia landed a really hard right hand near the end of the round that sent blood flying. Somehow, Han was able to take the shot and finish the round.
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