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PROMO

ESPN2 Weights from Pechanga
Photo: Goossen Promotions August 21st, 2014[1]
Austin Trout 154 vs. Daniel Dawson 154
Mahonri Montes 142.5 vs. Erick Bone 143
Micheal Hunter 205 vs. Harvey Jolly 194
Juan Funez 124.5 vs. Fernando Fuentes 123.5
Jessie Roman 141 vs. Joaquin Chavez 141
Thomas Hill 152.5 vs. Enrique Montes 152
Antonio Urista 156 vs. Joshua Conley 156
Javontae Starks 151 vs. Arturo Urena 153
Danny Kelly 249 vs. Avery Gibson 245
Kyrone Davis 159 vs. John Worthy 161
Dwayne Williams 175 vs. Ahmed Elbiali, 175
Venue: Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California
Promoter: Goossen Promotions TV: ESPN2

REPORT

Trout-Dawson: Full Report[2]
By David Robinett and Felipe Leon at Ringside; FightNews August 25th, 2014
Winless in the nearly two years since his surprising upset over Miguel Cotto in 2012, 
former WBA light middleweight champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout survived two early 
knockdowns against Australia’s Daniel Dawson to grind out a hard fought ten-round 
unanimous decision victory at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California on 
ESPN Friday Night Fights. Since his signature win against Cotto, Trout (27-2, 14 KOs) 
lost his next two fights against Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara, the latter of 
which raised serious doubts about his viability as a top-flight boxer. Coming into 
Friday’s bout, Trout acknowledged the importance of re-establishing his former position 
among the division’s elite.

“This fight is for me to show the world that I’m back and really haven’t gone anywhere,” 
said Trout before the fight. “The best of Austin Trout has not been seen and I feel like 
I’m tapping into that (potential) now.”
However, despite a solid start by the southpaw Trout in the first two rounds in which he 
controlled Dawson (40-4-1, 26 KOs) with a steady jab followed by straight left hands and 
left hooks to the head and body, the contest changed dramatically in round three. Midway 
through the round, Dawson caught Trout coming in with a short right hand that sent the 
former champ stumbling backwards onto the canvas. Trout seemed more embarrassed than hurt, 
but later in the round another short right hand dropped Trout again and this time he 
appeared in real danger. Dawson landed several right hands during the round and appeared 
to have Trout figured out.

Rounds four and five were tense affairs, with Dawson stalking as Trout fought defensively, 
keeping his left hand glued to his chin and circling away to protect against Dawson’s right 
hand. The strategy seemed to work, as Dawson failed to cleanly land a right hand in either 
round. Having made the necessary defensive adjustments, Trout began to fight more 
offensively in round six, returning to the right jab, left hand combinations and lead left 
hands that were so effective against Dawson early in the fight. Trout also minimized his 
time in the pocket, attacking and then darting back out to minimize the opportunities 
Dawson would have to land another devastating right hand.

Midway through round seven Dawson appeared to roll his ankle as the fighters briefly tangled 
their feet in an exchange, with Dawson visibly favoring his ankle for the remainder of the 
fight. With Dawson’s power neutralized from his bum ankle, Trout started to pour it on in 
round eight, finally dropping Dawson with a powerful left hook, straight right, straight left 
combination that deposited the Australian down by the corner post. Trout battered Dawson for 
the remainder of the fight trying to close the show, but Dawson was able to finish on his feet. 
Ultimately, the judges scored all but the third round for Trout, resulting in scores of 97-90 
across the board and putting Trout back into the mix for another title.—David Robinett

Bone Outworks Montes
Fighting for just the second time outside of South America, Ecuadorian standout Erick Bone 
(15-1, 8 KOs) outhustled Mexican warrior Mahonri Montes (28-4-1, 20 KOs) to earn a unanimous 
decision victory in a ten-round junior welterweight bout. Two judges scored the bout 97-93, 
with the third judge scoring the bout by a ridiculously wide 100-90 margin.
Bone has steadily improved the caliber of his competition, seeking to become the first modern 
titleholder from Ecuador and best-known Ecuadorian boxer since Segundo Mercado, who memorably 
battled with Bernard Hopkins in two bouts during the mid-1990s. But Montes would not simply 
roll over for his more-hyped adversary this night, repeatedly thwarting Bone’s early efforts 
to weave his way inside by popping his jab into the face of Bones. Nevertheless, Bone’s 
quickness eventually started to pay dividends as he landed several effective body punches and 
left hooks to the head of his opponent before Montes could get off with his jab. When Montes 
did connect, it appeared he was the heavier-handed combatant, however he was unable to land 
more than one punch at a time, allowing Bone to avoid any prolonged exchanges that could 
result in accumulated damage.
In round four Bone landed two left hooks flush to Montes’ face just moments apart, causing him 
to shake his head and bark at Bone after each punch, although Montes failed to deliver anything 
substantial in return. This turned out to be a microcosm of the fight, with the quicker Bone 
outlanding Montes but unable to hurt him, and Montes repeatedly boasting to Bone that his 
punches were not hurting him, even though he was unable to land consistently enough on Bone to 
make a difference. Bone continued to attack Montes to the body and head before moving away as 
Montes dutifully followed him around the ring, bragging about how tough he was. Bone seemed to 
acknowledge that fact by keeping his distance from Montes, while he would still jump in 
regularly enough to land scoring combinations.
In the last two rounds Bone started to tire from all of his movement, allowing Montes to close 
distance and land his heavy right hand more consistently, except Montes failed to apply enough 
sustained pressure to put Bone in danger. Particularly in round ten, Montes started to connect 
with some hard shots to the body that visibly caused Bone to wince. Rather than increase the 
pressure and go for the knockout, Montes continued to stalk Bone methodically as if it were 
early in the fight and without the necessary urgency, allowing Bone to move enough around the 
ring to survive and take the decision. Two judges scored the bout 97-93, with the third judge 
scoring the bout by a ridiculously wide 100-90 margin.—David Robinett

Undercard Bouts
2012 U.S. Olympian Michael Hunter (6-0, 4 KOs) administered a clinical beating on journeyman 
Harvey Jolly (15-21-1, 7 KOs) before forcing referee Jack Reiss to stop the action at the 53 
second mark of the fourth round of a heavyweight clash. Jolly never had an answer for the 
constant attack from Hunter. Hunter is the son of Mike “The Bounty Hunter” Hunter, a colorful 
and erratic heavyweight fringe contender during the early-to-mid 1990s.—Felipe Leon
In an all-action welterweight eight rounder, Joaquin Chavez (9-14-3, 2 KOs) pulled the upset 
over Jessie Roman (17-2, 9 KOs) with a split decision win. Chavez looked like a man on a 
mission as he out hustled Roman for the majority of the fight. Chavez dropped Roman near the 
end of the fifth round with an overhand right. Roman aggressively moved forward during the 
last round but was never able to deal with the activity from Chavez. Scores were 77-73 and 
76-64 for Chavez while the third judge saw it 76-74 for Roman.—Felipe Leon

In the second upset of the night, heavyweight Avery Gibson (4-6-2, 1 KO) handed Danny Kelly 
(6-1-1, 5 KOs) his first professional loss by simply outworking him for six scheduled rounds. 
Gibson stayed on top of Kelly for the majority of the fight and never allowed for Kelly to 
put together and offensive. The final tally was 60-53, 59-54 and 57-56.—Felipe Leon

A street fight broke out between young featherweights Juan Funez and Fernando Fuentes in a 
all-out four rounder. Fuentes (4-3) scored more early on however Funez (6-0-1, 2 KOs) closed 
better as he began to land the harder and more accurate punches in the last two rounds. The 
last round was the busiest of the bout as they fought until the final bell. A draw would have 
been fair, however one judge scored the contest at 38-38 but was overruled as two judges 
tallied their scorecards at 39-37 each for Funez giving him an unpopular majority decision.
Joshua Conley (9-0-1, 6 KOs) remained undefeated with a unanimous decision over Antonio Urista 
(5-1, 2 KOs) over six rounds in the junior middleweight division. The bigger Conley, who is 
trained by Henry Ramirez (the coach of heavyweight contender Chris Arreola), scored the harder 
and more precise punches but Urista walked right through them and went after Conley with wild 
punches. Conley was the busier of the two and took the decision with scores of 58-56 and 59-55 
Egyptian knockout artist Ahmed Elbiali (6-0, 6 KOs) did it again with a perfectly placed right 
hand to the temple of the game Dwayne Williams (4-4, 1 KO). Referee Pat Russell didn’t need to 
administer a count since Williams fell face first to the canvas. After a couple of tense 
minutes, Williams regained his composure. Official time was 1:51 of the first round of a light 
heavyweight four rounder.—Felipe Leon
Middleweight Kyrone Davis (4-0, 2 KOs) won a lopsided unanimous decision over John Worthy (3-7, 
1 KO) over four rounds. It was all Davis as he scored almost at will. Worthy’s best trait was 
that he could stay upright for all four rounds. Scores were 40-36 three times.—Felipe Leon
It took only 1:57 of the first round for Kareem “Reemo” Martin (2-0-1, 2 KOs) to stop the over 
matched first timer Taif Harris (0-1). Martin connected with an over hand right that 
spectacularly dropped Harris early on and seconds later it was another right as Martin went for 
the finish. Harris surprisingly beat the count however a body shot was the final blow. Once 
Harris hit the deck for the third time, referee Jack Reiss stopped the action.—Felipe Leon
After a point was taken for a low blow early in the first, pro debuter Thomas Hill (1-0) settled 
down and easily outboxed Enrique Montes (0-1-1) over four junior middleweights rounds. Scores 
were 39-36 three times.—Felipe Leon
After dropping the tough Arturo Urena (26-18-1, 22 KOs) in the third from a straight right, 
Javontae Starks (10-0, 7 KOs) continued his assault in the fourth round. Urena had no answer for 
the relentless attack of Starks which forced referee Pat Russell to mercifully stop the fight at 
1:35 of the round.—Felipe Leon