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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Philadelphia’s Stephen Fulton Jr., firmly establishing himself over 12 brutal rounds as the stronger man and the more skilled boxer, defeated Albuquerque’s Angelo Leo by unanimous decision
Saturday night in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Leo lost both the fight and the WBO super bantamweight title he’d won in August. The Albuquerque native, tasting defeat for the first time as a professional, is 20-1 with nine knockouts.
In something of a surprise, Fulton (19-0, eight KOs) fought Leo’s fight banging away at close quarters for most of the bout and for the most part had the better of it.
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Philadelphia’s Stephen Fulton Jr., firmly establishing himself over 12 brutal rounds as the stronger man and the more skilled boxer, defeated Albuquerque’s Angelo Leo by unanimous decision Saturday night in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Leo lost both the fight and the WBO super bantamweight title he’d won in August. The Albuquerque native, tasting defeat for the first time as a professional, is 20-1 with nine knockouts.
In something of a surprise, Fulton (19-0, eight KOs) fought Leo’s fight – banging away at close quarters – for most of the bout and for the most part had the better of it.
The official scorecards were decisive for Fulton: 118-110, 119-109 and 119-109. Most the rounds themselves were competitive, but Leo did not win a round after the fifth on any of the three official cards.
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Albuquerque native Angelo Leo, right, lands a right hand to the head of Tramaine Williams during a WBO super bantamweight fight in Connecticut in August. Leo won by unanimous decision. (Amanda Wescott/Showtime)
Dana White is arrogant and obnoxious, and he works at it. No, labors at it. White, the president and the face of the UFC, the most powerful entity in the world of combat sports, probably wouldn’t even disagree with that assessment.
But White definitely would agree with this: he’s a visionary who makes things happen and refuses to be told he can’t.
The above might strike you as a curious way to begin a New Mexico combat-sports year-end column. To link the names of White and Angelo Leo in that regard might seem even more curious.