A vintage double left
hook to the head gave David “Tuaman” Tua
an impressive first round knockout victory
against Saul “La Cobra” Montana in
tonight’s main event on the Pinnacle FiteNite pay-per-view
show, promoted by C.A.M. Boxing, Inc. in association with
Sports and Entertainment Media, Inc. and Gotham Boxing, at
the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah.
“Pinnacle FiteNite”
is a pro boxing pay-per-view series emanating for a wide
variety of venues across the county.
Tua (48-3-1, 40 KOs), ranked No. 13 by the WBC, unleashed
his lethal left hook on Montana (48-15, 42 KOs),
positioning himself closer to another world title fight.
“I’m grateful for this opportunity,” Tua said after the
fight. “I was never gone and this was not a comeback
fight. This time I was able to train to fight, not train
to lose weight. I hope to soon get an opportunity to fight
for the world title.”
In the co-feature,
unbeaten Israeli heavyweight prospect Roman
Greenberg (26-0, 18 KOs), fighting out of
England, extended his win streak to 26, stopping former
WBO heavyweight title challenger “Dangerous”
Damon Reed (43-12, 30 KOs) when referee
Jonathan Tuero halted the bout 43 seconds into the ninth
round. Greenberg unloaded in the eighth rebound dropping
Reed three times, although one was ruled a slip, and the
action ended at 43 seconds of the ninth when Reed took a
knee again for the third straight time in the fight (twice
in the 8th).
“It took a little
longer than I would have liked,” Greenberg remarked, “but
I hadn’t fought for a while (5 months). I wasn’t sure what
was going on in the eighth round (knockdown ruled a slip).
I saw that I could break him down with body shots (left
hooks).”
Former WBO
heavyweight title challenger Jeremy “Half-Man,
Half-Amazing” Williams (42-5-1, 35 KOs),
fighting as a cruiserweight for the first time, won an
exciting eight-round split decision versus Salt Lake City
favorite Gary “Pit Bull” Gomez
(18-9-1, 7 KOs). “I’m back,” Williams noted. “I felt good.
It was my first fight back (after 2 ½ years of
inactivity). Remember, I will be the cruiserweight
champion of the world.”
Undefeated New
York City prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate”
Quillin (14-0, 12 KOs) opened the PPV show with a knockout
at 1:38 of the opening round against Mexican super
middleweight Jose Humberto “Olimpico” Corrall
(10-6, 7 KOs). “I threw some chocolate bombs,” Quillin
said. “Coming off this win we’re looking for bigger and
better things.”
Mexican junior
welterweight Braulio Lopez (6-5-1,
1 KO), fighting out of Oregon, won a six-round split
decision against Utah veteran Justo Sanchez
(17-22-1, 0 KOs), of Howell (UT), Las Vegas
high-profile defense attorney Marc “The
Defender” Saggese (3-0, 3 KOs) blasted out
cruiserweight Trevor Pasha (0-3)
40 seconds into the first round, Utah welterweight
Miguel Beltran won his pro debut via a
fourth-round unanimous decision against
Martin Vierra (2-2, 1 KO), Chris
Fernandez (13-3, 7 KOs) won a slugfest by
four-round decision versus Willie Walton
(2-1, 1 KO) in a battle of Salt Lake City welterweights.
RESULTS
HEAVYWEIGHTS: David Tua, 237 1/2
lbs., South Auckland, New Zealand via Samoa
WKO1 (2:15) Saul Montana, 242 lbs., Los Cabos, Mexico;
Roman Greenberg, 231 ½ lbs., Finchley, England via Israel
and Russia WTKO9 (0:43) Damon Reed, 220 lbs., Topeka, KS.
CRUISERWEIGHTS: Jeremy Williams, 200
lbs., Long Beach, CA WDEC8 (78-75 77-75, 75-77) Gary
Gomez, 198 ½ lbs., Salt Lake City, UT; Marc Saggese, 192
1/2 lbs., Las Vegas, NV WTKO1 (0:40) Trevor Pasha, 195
lbs., Denver, CO.
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS: Peter Quillin,
159 ½ lbs., New York, NY WKO1 (1:38) Jose Humberto Corral,
163 ½ lbs., Aqua Prieta, Mexico.
WELTERWEIGHTS: Miguel Beltran, 146
½, West Valley, UT WDEC4 (40-36, 40-36, 40-36) Martin
Vierra, Phoenix, AZ; Chris Fernandez, Salt Lake City, UT
Willie Walton, Salt Lake City, UT WDEC4 (38-37, 38-36,
40-34).
JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS: Braulio Lopez,
138 lbs., Talatin, OR via Mexico WDEC6 (59-56, 58-56,
56-58) Justo Sanchez, 139 ½ lbs., Howell, UT.
8-18-2007
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