Joel Diaz DIAZ JR. & Frank Galarza remain undefeated with Unanimous decisions.
Diaz landed and threw more power shots in the first rounds. Asselstine stepped up in the later rounds. Diaz suffered the first cut of his career from an accidental clash of heads in the eighth. Asselstine bounced back, but it was not good enough. All three judges scored 97-92. In favor of Diaz.
“It was a learning experience,” Diaz said. “I wish I got hit less, but it was great to get the rounds in and go the full 10 for the first time. We’re going to go back to the gym and look at our mistakes. I could have thrown more punches, but I’m still undefeated.
“He was a hell of a fighter, but only the strong survive and that was us today.”
This marked the first fight at the 130 pounds weight for the Canadian. Who suffered a point loss for dropping his mouthpiece in the seventh – the third of four total offenses in the fight.
“I’m too small for 130, but I’m happy I took the fight because it was a great opportunity,” Asselstine said. “I fought a guy with 12 KOs in 15 fights and took everything he had. He’s strong, but I’m a 126, 122-type fighter. I loved the opportunity because it showed me what I can take.”
In the opening bout of the night, Frank Galarza kept his undefeated record with a unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten Sebastien Bouchard, judges scored 77-74, 77-74, 78, 73
Galarza started out strong, with a sharp jab Bouchard. Bouchard (8-didn’t have the power to hurt Galarza The body work, jabs and power shots were the difference for “The Brooklyn Rocky,” who landed 53 percent of his power punches thrown. Galarza was deducted one point for a low blow in the eighth, a penalty that ultimately didn’t have an impact in the final results.
“We got the job done,” Galarza said. “We showed our boxing ability, we showed our punching power. We tried not to waste any punches. We had a game plan and we executed the plan. He was a tough guy but we landed with ease.”
“We won maybe three of the eight rounds, plus the point deduction in the eighth, so it should have been a draw,” Bouchard said. The last judge wasn’t watching the fight. He was hard to hit and my right was hard to place because of his style.”
In other non-televised fights:
John Magda TKO 1 over David Courchaine
Kareem Martin Majority Draw with Azamat Umarzoda
Gervonta Davis TKO 2 over Joshua Arocho
Bryant Cruz W 6 over Osnell Charles