Boxing In Europe: Saturday Night’s Alright For Fightin’
By Ricky Jones April 20th, 2008 All Boxing ResultsBig time Continental action this weekend and we start off with bouts that carried world title implications!
On a big card at Sala Polivalenta, in Bucharest, Romania, Montreal based Romanian Adrian Diaconu, 25-0 (15), had his hands full with previously undefeated American slugger Chris Henry, 21-1 (17), but won the Interim WBC Light Heavyweight title after 12 difficult rounds.
Despite his short, 5 foot 9 inch stature, "The Shark" Diaconu displayed the arguably sharper boxing skills but the 6 foot tall Houston native Henry just kept coming forward, throwing heavy punches.
Employing punishing counter combinations, Diaconu built an early lead but Henry began to connect with a useful uppercut and soon the adopted Montreal man was running out of gas, repeatedly grabbing the legs of Henry in a crouch to gain both a breather and a respite from his rival's constant punches.
Diaconu rallied in the eighth and ninth frames but Henry regained his wind in the tenth and the two fought the last three frames in competitive fashion. More...
