Vernon Paris scored a ten round unanimous decision over Manuel Perez in a Welterweight bout at the Masonic Temple in Detroit
It was Perez who was consistent early as he worked a nice jab and then worked the body of Paris. Paris started being more active in the middle rounds as he looked to counter with the right hand. The action picked up both ways with Perez landing well on the ropes. The fight was close but that was not indicative on the scores which read 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94.
Paris, 146 lbs of Detroit is now 28-1. Perez, 145 1/2 lbs of Denver is now 19-9-1.
Cornelius Lock have to overcome two dubious knockdowns and score a ten round unanimous decision over Lonnie Smith in a Lightweight bout.
Lock landed the more telling blows and threw a lot more punches. He was very effective with the uppsercut as Smith would be bent over leaving himself exposed for that shot. Smith scored two “knockdowns” in rounds four and five where he landed a shot but replays clearly showed that the fighters feet had become tangled in both instances leading to Lock hitting the canvas.
Lock gathered himself and fought well down the stretch and hurt Smith on several occasions in the late rounds. Smith had spit his mouthpiece out a handful of time leading to him being deducted a point in round ten. The last minute was entertaining with both guys throwing hard shots.
Lock, 132 lbs of Detroit won by scores of 97-91, 96-92 and 95-92 and is now 21-6-1. Smith, 132 lbs of Las Vegas is now 14-5-3.
