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REPORT

Late Results from Denver[1]
By Chris Morris; FightNews Photos by Alan Velasquez October 20th, 2014
Poor Boys Pro Boxing and Jim ‘Smitty’ Smith put on a nice show for the NAIOP’s fundraiser 
(Commercial Real Estate Development Association) last Thursday at the Infinity Sports Complex in Denver. 
The proceeds go to Denver Active 20/30 Children’s Foundation. NAIOP also ponied up for a nice looking 
‘championship’ belt to be awarded to the winner of the main event. Super-featherweights Jose Morales and 
Helario Medina waged a five round war in the main event with neither man willing to give in and wanting 
to be crowned the NAIOP champion. In the end Morales edged out a very close split decision.
Morales switches from southpaw to orthodox and lands big right hooks. Medina digs a hard right hand to 
the belt line and gets a warning from referee Stephen Blea. Medina backs Morales to the ropes but Morales 
lands a hard left hook that stops him in his tracks. Near rounds end Morales lands a pair of hooks that 
send Medina reeling to the ropes, hurt. The bell sounds and keeps him from possibly being stopped. 
The second round is more of the same with Morales landing hard pin point shots with Medina swinging for 
the fences every punch. Morales easily sees the big punches and gets out of harms way. Morales stuns 
Medina with a left hook from the southpaw stance. He is doing very well in shortening up his shots and 
making them choppy and effective. Morales wins another round ending with a left hook and straight right 
hand.
The third round was fought for the most part toe-to-toe. Morales uses some movement before settling into 
the orthodox stance. Medina lands a nice 1-2 and left hook to the body. His best shots of the fight. 
They trade clubbing right hands and then Morales slips 4 jabs in a row. Morales finishes the round strong 
but it was a very close round that could easily have gone to either man or even a 10-10 round. This round 
would determine the winner and FightNews/Rocky Mountain Boxing scores it for Morales.
The fourth and fifth rounds see Medina come alive and do his best work. He traps Morales in the corner 
and bangs away with success. Morales is cut over his right eye from a clash of heads. Medina lands several 
hard body shots and earns the fifth round on the FightNews/RMB card.
Cutman Scot Schultz does a great job with the cut between rounds and it is a non factor for the final round. 
Medina lands and wobbles Morales as much from force as from exhaustion. Medina continues to press the action 
and wins the last round.
FightNews/RMB scores it 48-47 for Morales. Judges ringside, Tyrone Short and Steve Waldman agree seeing the 
same while Tom Johnson scored the close third round for Medina giving him the 48-47 nod. Morales picks up 
the split decision victory and takes home the NAIOP championship belt. The bout was announced as a majority 
decision by veteran ring announcer Al Charron, but, Chief Inspector Rob Mullings and judge Tom Johnson were 
quick to come to me to make the correction. Morales improves to 8-6, 2KOs while Medina slips to 2-4.
Diaz Drops Whiteface
The co-main event pitted Colorado Springs Antonio Diaz against Montana’s Paul Whiteface. Whiteface held his 
own for three and a half rounds but in the end Diaz landed a left hook that put Whiteface down for the count.
Whiteface starts the bout throwing his hands in combination and looks sharp. Diaz is feeling out and getting 
his timing sorted. Whiteface uses a basic 1-2-3 with great success and he keeps firing the combo away. Diaz 
gets his opponent’s back to the ropes and lands a hard over hand right. Whiteface slips away and lands his 
own shots winning the round on the FightNews/RMB card. Diaz comes out very aggressive in the second and he 
is wisely going to the body, looking to slow Whiteface’s lateral movement. Whiteface continues to throw 
punches and Diaz is looking for the knockout with every punch. Problem is Whiteface is catching most of the 
power on his gloves. Diaz presses the action and picks up the round. Whiteface is back to movement and 
combination punching in the third. He also starts to throw some right hands to the body of Diaz, mixing it 
up. Whiteface is now timing Diaz on his way in. Diaz looks to be slowing down. He puts up a good flurry at 
round’s end but it’s too little too late to win the round. Whiteface goes to the body in the fourth, landing 
the left hook with some regularity. Diaz lands a huge left hook right on the point of Whiteface’s chin 
sending him to the canvass where he beats the count but is in no condition to continue with referee Curtis 
Thrasher stopping the contest at the 1:22 mark of the fourth round.
Diaz moves his record to 4-1, 1KO while Whiteface remains winless at 0-1-1. 
Dubray Forces Stoppage of Flores
In a pure war of attrition and wills Charlie Dubray was able to survive an early onslaught from ‘street 
banger’ Alfonso Flores before stopping him in the fourth. Flores fights from a southpaw stance and is as 
awkward as they come. Style-wise he’s a cross between Vic Darchinyan’s ‘crab style’ and Sergio Mora’s long 
armed mauling. He comes forward and has bad intentions on every punch he throws.
Flores is unorthodox and throws wild punches from any distance, but has success landing the shots. He lands 
an uppercut from way too far and bloodies Dubray’s nose. Dubray is weathering the storm but taking some big 
shots along the way. Flores earns the first round on the FightNew/RMB card. Dubray gets on track in the 
second and pins Flores to the ropes and lets his hands go. Flores does land a pair of hard shots himself and 
Dubray is soon swelling under both eyes. Dubray picks up the round as Flores begins to fade.
Flores just likes to fight. To hit AND be hit. He welcomes it all with a grin and absorbs some heavy leather. 
He has no quit in him though and he continues to do his best. Dubray who is a classic 1-2 type boxer begins 
landing the straight right on the southpaw Flores. Dubray lands a hard overhand right and straight right that 
wobble Flores but he refuses to go down, finishing the round on his feet, but looking very well spent.
Dubray lands a big right hand to start the fourth and Flores stumbles across the ring to the ropes where 
referee Stephen Blea correctly rules it a knockdown, as the ropes were the only thing keeping Flores upright. 
Dubray takes over as Flores conditioning betrays him. He’s hunched over with his hands on his knees. Dubray 
knows the end is close and he picks up the pace. He traps Flores in the ropes and lands big shots, one of 
which dislodges the mouthpiece. Rather than wait for a ‘lull in the action’ Stephen Blea immediately stops 
the barrage to replace the piece, possibly taking a TKO win from Dubray. It’s a non factor as after 
replacing the mouthpiece Dubray comes into finish the show forcing Blea to step in and save Flores from 
further punishment. The end comes at 2:31 of the fourth round. Dubray gets his second win going to 2-1, 2KOs 
while the ‘street fighter’ Flores drops to 1-2.
‘Kriss-Kross’ Repeats vs Garcia
In a female super bantamweight bout Kirstie ‘Kriss-Kross’ Simmons was able to outpoint Alma Garcia in a 
rematch from December of last year. Simmons is developing into a very good fighter. Her basic fundamentals 
paired with her tremendous athleticism make her a tough fight for anyone near her weight class. Simmons is 
a southpaw and she lands the straight left like a jab. Garcia swings with big right hand bombs but Simmons 
slips or catches most everything. Simmons lands a beautiful five piece combination snapping Garcia’s head 
back. Simmons never throws a single punch, it’s always combinations and she almost always lands a big shot 
at the end. The second sees the same type of action with Garcia looking for one big shot and Simmons boxing, 
sticking and moving. Garcia does manage to trap Simmons in the ropes but she shows some slick defense and 
isn’t there for long. Simmons lands a right hook to the body that hurts Garcia as her left hand comes down 
to protect. Another round for Simmons. Garcia is game but slowing in the third and Simmons looks fresh. 
Garcia lands a hard 1-2 flush but Simmons shakes it off, stays in the pocket and fires back. As Garcia 
fades Simmons stalks and walks her down. Simmons shows off a pretty nice inside fight game also as she is 
emptying out the entire tool box on Garcia. Garcia bangs to the body to start the fourth round, Simmons 
staying right there and slipping and catching. Simmons looks sharp as a tack, landing hard shots at will. 
Garcia is unwilling to break despite the hard punches and a testament to her will power she finishes the 
fight upright.
FightNews/RMB scores the bout the same as judges ringside Tyrone Short, Steve Waldman and Tom Johnson at 40-36. 
Simmons moves her mark to 6-1, 1KO and Garcia falls to 0-3.
Cobb Extended Distance By Matthews
The opening bout saw Donald Cobb extended the distance for the first time as Michael Matthews looked to 
play spoiler. Cobb earned a four round decision but it was far from easy.
Both men fight from the southpaw stance and Cobb has very quick hands for a light-heavy. Cobb is 
technically sound and he’s poking with the jab and looking to create openings for his heavy left. Matthews 
is a crossover from the world of MMA and he has his beard tested early and often and passed the test as he 
never went down. Cobb has a sharp jab and when he hooks off the jab it’s beautiful. Matthews lands an 
uppercut from distance while losing his mouthpiece. Cobb uses a power jab to snap his head back and win 
the round.
The second round see’s Cobb’s corner come to life and Chris Green yells coded instructions to his pugilist. 
“8-Count! Now the Davarryl. I NEED a lawman, where’s it at? Mayweather, Mayweather and then bread and 
butter Donald, good job young man”. Cobb listens and nods and throws on command. Slowly breaking Matthews 
down. Matthews is putting out a nice effort but leading against the southpaw counter puncher yields poor 
results.
Cobb opens the third with a power jab that stuns Matthews momentarily. Matthews keeps punching and trying 
but Cobb begins to take over. He is landing some very hard shots but the work-rate seems to be catching up 
to him as he is tiring. Cobb has not been out of the first round until this fight and he definitely needed 
the rounds. Matthews makes his ‘last stand’ to start the fourth as he unleashes a salvo of punches. Cobb 
is patient and counters when he can. Matthews lands a slapping right hook but it gets Cobb’s attention. 
Matthews is tough and he takes more punishment before the round’s end.
FightNews/RMB sees the bout identical to judges ringside Tyrone Short, Steve Waldman and Tom Johnson, at 
40-36. Cobb is now 3-0, 2KOs and Matthews remains unwon at 0-2.
The fund-raising event was a success as more than $20,000 was raised on raffle tickets alone. There were 
several auction items as well. Jim ‘Smitty’ Smith and Poor Boys Pro Boxing are eying a date in early 
December for their next show.