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Jimmy Lange Retains Title with 10 Round TKO Over Jonathan Reid
Story by: Richard thomas
Posted September 27, 2009
Photos by: Sol tucker
Fairfax,
VA—
For the first
few rounds of tonight’s main event, it looked like Jimmy Lange was going to get
a run for his money from Jonathan Reid, but as late minutes of rounds 7 and 8
rolled around, the swelling around Reid’s left eye became more apparent of the
damage Lange had done early and eventually the blood running from his nose
caused fight to be stopped in the 9th round.
Reid did
not come out of his corner after completion of the 9th.
Lange, (31-3-2, 21 KOs) wins by TKO, seemed to start a little slow
in the first three rounds but was able unleash a barrage of punches in the
fourth and fifth round with Reid battling back blow for blow in the sixth and
holding his own to which even some fans called the fight pretty even at this
point.
Lange wouldn’t allow a take down in the corner of the ring and
several times against the ropes to hold him back from a strong eighth round
that included several strong punches to the face later leading to the outcome
in the ninth round.
“He fought me tough, but I know that I have trained extremely hard
for going deep into fights like this one. I thought I had him several times in
the 8th, but I knew that he was tired and wasn’t going to be able to
come back for the 10th,” said Lange.
In the undercard action, Demarcus “Chop Chop” Corley made his long
awaited comeback by entering the ring on a crotch rocket and his entourage
joining him in bike helmets. In his match he really didn’t need much of
a helmet, because this bout was back and
forth and he eventually emerged as the winner for the first time since 2004.
His next opponent will certainly not be as weak as what he faced tonight in
Harrison Cuello. There were no strong blows delivered in this bout.
Was this really even an undercard? WOW!!
Another match that people came to see locally were the two women in
the ring.
Hailing from Manassas, VA, the
Bolivian Jennifer Salinas, defeated Caitlin Dance. The only advantage Dance had
in this bout was her height.
She landed
only a few punches and Salinas was able to avoid all of her major punches that if
landed could have spelled trouble for Salinas.
Other
Action
DeMarcus Corley (36-11-1, 20 KOs) wins by Unan. Dec over
Harrison Cuello
(18-12, 14 KOs)- 8 Rounds, Lightweights – Judges Scoring (80-71, 79-72 &
78-73)
Jennifer Salinas (11-1, 3 KOs) Split dec. over
Caitlin Dance (2-6, 1 KO)