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Julio Takes Telesco To The
Schoolyard
By William Trillo
In the closing bout, Julio Gonzalez (36-2, 22 KO's)
stopped David Telesco (29-4-1, 24 KO's) after Telesco
fell into the ropes and Gonzalez unleashed a combination
of punches that prompted the referee to jump in and halt
the action at 1:06 of the 8th.
In a fight that was admittedly a make or break situation
for the former WBO Champion, Julio Gonzalez came through
and held on to his hopes of regaining another shot at
the title in this seesaw battle with David Telesco, who
also was in the same position as Gonzalez and now is on
the outside looking in.
As for the action in the ring, the 2 fighters came in to
fight and after a bit of a feeling out process the
leather started to fly as they took turns landing solid
blows to the head. |
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Rounds 2 and 3 appeared to go to Telesco, as he did just
enough work in the last seconds of each to steal one, if
not both the rounds!
But things changed in round 4 as the tall long armed
Gonzalez did the one thing that is contrary to what a
long armed fighter should do. Julio took the game to the
inside and began to do some precise bodywork that
immediately took the life out of Telesco. Julio did some
nice work on the inside, starting downstairs and then
getting some work in upstairs as well. Telesco was
visibly shaken by the onslaught and it was evident that
the tide was about to turn.
Over the next couple of rounds Telesco was doing his
best to get back into the flow, and just when it appeared
that he was taking advantage, Gonzalez would land some body
shots that stopped Telesco in his tracks and forced him into
a retreat mode.
Round 7 was the beginning of the end for Telesco as
Julio went to work and landed some of the best punches
of the fight. For the entire round Gonzalez would track
down Telesco, who was now in full retreat, and when he
caught up with him, Gonzalez would once again land to
the body and head with sharp accurate blows, especially
the ones downstairs.
In round 8 Julio came out like a whirlwind, and with but
a few nice punches that landed flush, Telesco was
against the ropes and Julio was on top of him quickly.
It was then that Gonzalez swarmed and landed a series of
unanswered punches that prompted the ref to bring the
bout to a halt at the 1:06 mark.
With the win Gonzalez keeps his Title aspirations alive,
and in a division full of empty belts, it is quite
possible that we will see the Southern Californian via
Baja Mexico get yet another chance to take home the big
prize! |
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