Fight:1537502
Karen Dulin 123 lbs beat Katarina De la Cruz 119 lbs by UD in round 4 of 4
- Date: 2010-10-02
- Location: Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA
- Referee: Dick Flaherty
- Judge: Julie Lederman 40-36
- Judge: Don Trella 40-36
- Judge: Walter Stone 40-36
In the opening bout of CES Boxing's Last Man Standing Card at Fox Theater, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Saturday, October 2, 2010, super bantamweight Karen Dulin of Mystic, Connecticut, scored a four round unanimous decision over Katerina 'Kat' De La Cruz of Los Angeles,California. Dulin had height and reach advantage, and scored with repeated left and right jabs in rounds one and two. De La Cruz tried to get inside and got tagged repeatedly with right-left combination head shots coming in. In rounds three and four, Dulin mixed body shots and body combinations, along with landing a number of overhand right rights and left-right head shots. De La Cruz threw haymakers, but her punches were wild and she missed with most shots. Neither woman hit with power, enabling De La Cruz to survive and go the distance. Dulin was a National Golden Gloves female semifinalist in Hollywood, Florida in 2006, at 119 pounds bantamweight. In a post fight interview after the card ended, Dulin stated she needed to turn around her career. "I needed to build up my confidence. I train in Providence. For this fight we had a decent amount of sparring. You need good sparring. I had De La Cruz hurt a number of times and I should have pressed my advantage (to try and win sooner)."