Caleb Plant Dominates Juan De Angel: Look out Badou Jack and James Degale There’s a New Super Middleweight Contender On the Rise!

By Jeffrey “Italian Medallion” Cellini (At Ringside)

In the main event for Fox Sports 1 Toe to Toe Tuesday, from the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, PA, Super Middleweight prospect Caleb “Sweet Hands” Plant ,14-0, 10 KO’s dominated Juan De Angel, 18-5-1, 17 KO’s in an easy, lopsided ten-round fight, winning on all three judges’ scorecards 100-89. Plant scored a knockdown in the fourth round (via left hook) and staggered De Angel again in the sixth, but the Tennessean was unable to finish off his rugged opponent. “Sweet Hands” utilized an effective jab to set up his power punches, and displayed an elusive defense to control the fight from the first to last round. Plant was able to land 37.6% (76/202) of his power punches, compared to De Angel only landing 13.6% (57/418) of his total punches.

In the co-event, and most competitive fight of the night, welterweight prospect David “Day-Day” Grayton, 15-1, 11 KO’s, handed his former sparring partner Kareem “Keemo” Martin, 8-1-1, 3 KO’s his first loss by way of an eighth- round TKO. Grayton scored a knockdown in the opening seconds of the eighth round, and then followed up with a barrage of punches that forced the referee to save a badly staggered Martin from making a second trip to the canvas. Fight was scheduled for eight rounds between the two prospects from Washington D.C.

In a clash of unbeaten light heavyweight prospects, Carlos Gongora, 6-0, 5 KO’s, knocked out Ronald Mixon, 7-1,6 KO’s, in the first round with a straight left hand to the head. Fight was scheduled for eight rounds.

In a battle of heavyweight prospects, Wesley Triplett, 4-1,2 KO’s, scored a third round stoppage victory over Eric Newell, 8-4-3, 5 KO’s when the referee waved off the fight after the ringside doctor examined Newell’s broken jaw. The end came at twenty-seven seconds into the third round, when Triplett landed a massive uppercut that badly hurt the hometown fighter, which led to the stoppage. Fight was scheduled for six rounds.

Lightweight prospect Carlos Rosario, 5-1, 3 KO’s waited until there was only two seconds left in the sixth and final round before sending his opponent Cesar Garcia,11-21-1, 5 KO’s to canvas, and scoring the knockout win after the final bell. Garcia was counted out at 3:08 mark of the sixth round.

Welterweight prospect Daquan Johnson, 2-0, 2KO’s easily dispatched Stephan Bass, 1-3, in the second round by TKO. Bass claimed after the fight that he was given the fight on three days’ notice and had to lose seventeen pounds to make weight.
Yurik Mamedov, 2-0, won a sloppy and uneventful four round unanimous decision over winless Antonio Allen, 0-3.

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