(NOV 12) Two northwest women, as well as
one from Las Vegas and a California transplant, stepped in to the
ring in welterweight bouts at the Silver Reef Casino in Ferndale,
Washington. Of the northwesterners, one looked sharp, the other
showed improvement.
Molly McConnell looked every bit the skilled boxer as she faced
Angie Dunerhaur. McConnell started the fight pumping a jab to
Dunerhaur's face, and in reality, that would have been the only
punch she would have needed to win the fight as Dunerhaur had little
defense, and rarely threw anything in return. Dunerhaur, who held
her hands head high, left her body open, and McConnell went to work
there. There was a moment late in the opening round when a McConnell
right to the body stung Dunerhaur. Dunerhaur was hurt to the point
that the fight could have been stopped, she was doing little to
defend herself, but to her credit she stood in to finish the round.
Thirty seconds in tot he second round after taking another wicked
body shot, Dunerhaur turned her back to McConnell. That signaled the
end. The referee let the action continue for a short time, but when
Dunerhaur dropped to a knee, the fight ended. McConnell scored the
TKO win at 1:21 of the second round.
Tammie Johnson and Jana Simms went toe
to toe again. In October Johnson won a four round unanimous
decision. The result here would be the same. Too often in the fight
Simms found herself out of position, thus she threw punches from
awkward angles. That also meant Johnson had to adjust her attack.
Had Johnson been able to step in and throw her jab straight up the
middle at Simms, the fight might have been over soon. There were a
number of times in each round when a Johnson left would catch Simms,
and while she winced, Simms did not back away. In the third round it
appeared that Johnson may have re-aggravated a bruise on her right
hand as she threw it less often. And when she did it was often a
looping right, thus less effective than her earlier punches.
Nonetheless, Johnson again shut Simms out. All judges scored the
fight 40-36. [Top Photo: McConnell vs. Dunerhaur, bottom photo:
Johnson vs. Simms]
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