WALTERS WINS TITLE IN SUPERIOR

 

By Kenny Perrault

 
 
 

 

Zach "Jungle Boy" Walters is quickly becoming one of the Twin Ports (combination of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin) main attractions. On Saturday night in Superior, Wisconsin, Walters fought the most important fight of his career against former WBA world champion Carl Daniels for the WBC-African Boxing Union Lt. Heavyweight title.

Walters, who has had trouble in the past with southpaws, looked nervous in the opening rounds. However, he did not let his nerves get in the way of his game plan which consisted of working the body of Daniels with hooks and uppercuts. As Walters' punches found a home in the mid-section of Daniels, Daniels straight left hands began to land consistently to the head of the Jungle Boy.

As the sixth round got under way Walters body work began to show, as Daniels pace started to slow, letting Walters clearly take over the fight. At the end of the seventh round Daniels was wearing a bloody mask on his face from cuts over his eyes that were caused by punches earlier in the fight. Round eight never made it to the scorecards as Carl Daniels retired in his corner giving Zach Walters victory #22 along with the WBC-ABU Lt. heavyweight title. With the victory Walters improves his record to 22-2 (17 KO’s) while Carl Daniels falls to 50-12 (32 KO’s).

Lt. heavyweight southpaw Phil "The Drill" Williams looked impressive over Butch Hajicek. Williams switched from southpaw to orthodox throughout the fight, worked behind smooth and powerful punches that landed often to the head of Hajicek. To Hajicek’s credit he kept the pressure on Williams, always coming forward, but it simply wasn’t enough. In the fourth round a hard right hand sent Hajicek to the canvas. Hajicek was able to continue but it would not last much longer. Williams again sent Hajicek to the canvas in the fifth round, this time with a left hand. At the 1:02 mark of the fifth round the fight was stopped, keeping Phil Williams' record perfect at 7-0 (7 KO’s) while Butch Hajicek falls to 5-6 (2 KO’s).

"Stone Cold" Gary Eyer made quick work out of Harold McLeod dropping him twice in the first round with a barrage of punches. The referee called the fight at 2:15 of the first round. Gary Eyer improves his record to 3-0 (2 KO’s) while Harold McLeod drops to 0-1.

The night got started with R.J. Lasse squaring off against Mike Krull. Lasse was simply too much for Krull, ending the fight in the first round. R.J. Lasse improves to 2-0 (1 KO) while Mike Krull falls to 0-5.

02-25-2008

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