Fight:1471258
Van Oscar Penovaroff 134 lbs drew with Francisco Palacios 134 lbs by SD in round 6 of 6
- Date: 2009-12-04
- Location: Sovereign Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- Referee: Gary Rosato
- Judge: Bernard Bruni 60-54
- Judge: Dave Greer 56-59
- Judge: Dewey LaRosa 57-57
In a close bout difficult to score, Hawaiian light welterweight fighter Van Oscar Penaroff drew with Francisco Palacios of Stamford, Connecticut. Palacios was the clear aggressor in this six round bout, coming forward all night throwing punches in punches, though his punches had no power behind them. His problem was then Penaroff, a defensive counterpuncher, blocked all of his powerless punches. Nonetheless Palacios was the busier fighter and tried hard, giving a good accounting of himself. Penaroff landed carefully placed left hand power shots whenver the openings appeared, and scored with them. The first five rounds looked even. The fight was on the table in the sixth, and Penaroff came out throwing jab combinations and scored big in the first minute and a half of the round. But then Penaroff stopped throwing, and he let Palacios back into the bout as Palacios came forward aggressively and threw punches in punches again in the second half of round six, as Penaroff did not respond, making it an even round and an even fight. One judge gave the power punching Penaroff every round, while another saw it for the more aggressive Palacios. A third judge saw it as a draw, and that's how it wound up. Matchmaker Mike Melendez said at ringside a rematch between these two fighters is planned for early 2010. Clean bout, both fighters emerged in top condition.