Chazz Witherspoon vs. Agustin Corpus
Chazz Witherspoon 229 lbs beat Agustin Corpus 223 lbs by UD in round 6 of 6
- Date: 2006-05-11
- Location: First District Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Referee: Eddie Cotton
- Judge: Ron Greenley 60-53
- Judge: Richard Hopkins Jr 60-54
- Judge: Rose M Lacend 60-54
Corpus, who came into the bout with a non-spectacular 11-18-3 record, tried to surprise the hometown favorite as he jumped on him at the opening bell with a quick four-punch combination. Witherspoon, however, was not flustered and by the middle of round one, he settled down behind his hard left jabs which followed with some work to the body that slowed Corpus down.
Witherspoon started to step up the pressure in the middle of round two when he cornered Augustin of Monterrey, Mexico against the ropes with four straight left hands. Corpus tried to escape to the center of the ring, but another left hook forced him to retreat even further. Chazz seeing that Corpus was in trouble methodically tried to put him away with well timed combinations to both the head and the body.
Corpus was able to survive the onslaught in round two and appeared tired as round three commenced. Witherspoon again moved in behind the jab, but this time he started to trade with Augustin. Unexpectedly, Corpus surprised Witherspoon as he returned a couple lunging left uppercuts inside, one of which opened a cut over Chazz’ left eye. Witherspoon would not be deterred though, and went right back to his hard combinations as he caught the Mexican with a hard left hook on the jaw that stopped him in his tracks as round three ended.
Witherspoon stirred the crowd into a frenzy in round four when he went away from the jab and started to throw a variety of punches as the challenger withered. Corpus, however, would throw the occasional, desperate uppercut, but Witherspoon would walk through them.
Chazz Witherspoon turned to a different tactic in round five as he threw devastating hooks to the soft midsection of Corpus. The body punches seemed to take the life out of Corpus and it was by sheer will that he stayed on his feet as Witherspoon fired combination after combination.
The crowd was in a frenzy as Witherspoon went for a knockout in round six. Corpus fought back and continued to land the left uppercuts inside along with the occasional combination as both traded. Witherspoon would walk right through the uppercuts as he unloaded on Corpus, but just couldn’t drop the veteran. Both fighters finished the final round to the ovation of the crowd.