Dariush Fulghum (left) lands proper hand on Vaughn Alexander. Fulghum defeated Alexander by way of unanimous choice within the June 27 Golden Boy Battle Evening on DAZN fundamental occasion from Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino in Indio, California. Photograph credit score: Cris Esqueda, Golden Boy
Darius Fulghum as soon as once more settled for a win this time, with hopes to look good in his subsequent combat.
The unbeaten 27-year-old tremendous middleweight labored by way of a ten-round choice victory over late substitute Vaughn Alexander. Scores had been 98-92, 98-92 and 99-91 for Fulghum (12-0, 10 knockouts) in his first DAZN fundamental occasion Thursday from Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino in Indio, California.
Alexander took the combat on very brief discover for an unwell Ronald Ellis (18-4-2, 12 KOs). Fulghum handled the awkward fashion and likewise pushed by way of a hand damage he suffered within the early rounds.
“It was a fantastic expertise going the gap in opposition to Vaughn,” famous Fulghum. “Anybody that is aware of him, is aware of he’s a extremely robust man. I damage my hand in the course of the combat so we had been working with what we had and we’re so completely satisfied we had been capable of safe the victory.
“The perfect half about headlining was my household and pals within the crowd chanting “DFG.”
The worst half, sadly, was the combat itself.
Alexander (18-12-1, 11 KOs) way back reached journeyman standing, although at all times ready to go rounds. To his credit score, he arrived in form and able to combat when the necessity arose to maintain the present intact. Fulghum had little problem coping with the 38-year-old Saint Louis native by way of the primary half of the competition.
The again 5 rounds had been marginally extra aggressive as Alexander opted to throw punches. He loved modest success along with his proper hand excessive, whereas Fulghum was content material to field and nurse his injured hand and cozy lead.
It marked the second distance combat previously three ring appearances for Fulghum, following a nine-fight knockout streak to start his profession. He went ten rounds with Alantez Fox (28-6-1, 13 KOs) on the Jan. 27 DAZN undercard in Phoenix, Arizona. It was a horrible fashion matchup, as was Thursday’s fundamental occasion.
The co-feature didn’t do a lot to prime the group, both. Tristan Kalkreuth (14-1, 10 KOs) went the ten-round distance in a factors win over Anthony Hollaway (7-5-3, KOs) in a cruiserweight contest. Scores had been 99-91 throughout the board for Kalkreuth in his second combat beneath 2023 Coach of the 12 months Brian ‘Bomac’ McIntyre.
No less than the preliminary undercard supplied some fan-friendly motion.
Cayden Griffiths (1-0, 1 KO) loved a profitable professional debut with a second-round knockout of Mexicali’s Juan Manuel Bautista (0-1, 0 KO). The combat was bumped as much as the principle telecast as a result of a void within the lineup. Middleweight prospect Eric Priest (13-0, 8 KOs) was dropped from the present when his opponent, Janer Gonzalez (21-6-1, 17 KOs), was unable to undergo with the combat.
Arizona’s Griffiths made the many of the alternative. He was compelled to attend till his 18th birthday to show professional however gained a house viewing viewers for the event. He delivered with knockdowns within the first and second rounds, the latter which produced the stoppage at 0:43 of spherical two.
Regionally primarily based junior middleweight Grant Flores (5-0, 4 KOs) scored a third-round knockout in opposition to Josias Gonzalez (2-3-1) of Whittier, CA. A left hook to the physique compelled Gonzalez to the canvas, which ended the combat at 2:34 of the third spherical. Flores was accompanied by stablemate and WBA 154-pound titlist Israil Madrimov; the 2 often spar collectively.
Unbeaten light-weight Leonardo Sanchez (7-0, 4 KOs) delivered a fourth-round stoppage of the Philippines’ Jenel Lausa (11-4-1, 7 KOs) of Manila, Philippines. Sanchez—who hails from Cathedral Metropolis—floored Lausa twice in spherical three and a Lausa down twice within the third spherical and closed the present at 1:08 of the fourth.
Tijuana’s Brandon Sanchez (9-0, 8 KOs) went the deepest among the many preliminary bouts however nonetheless took issues out of the choose’s palms. A two-knockdown performances ended with the Philippines’ MJ Bo (9-8-2, 5 KOs) down and out at 2:10 into the fifth spherical of their featherweight affair.
