Lateef Kayode remained undefeated and in the process scored his fourteenth
Kayode dominted the action with few exception when Perry would move his hands and get in a few shots.
Kayode dropped Perry in round four when he landed a left and right to the body that dropped Perry to his knees. Kayode finished the fight in round six when he landed a hard three punch combination that sent Perry to the canvas for referee Jack Reiss’ ten count at fifty-one seconds of round six.
Kayode of Lagos, Nigeria is now 15-0 with fourteen knockouts. Perry, 198 3/4 lbs of Frankfort, IN is now 17-5-2
“It was a good fight for me,” said Kayode, 27, who is trained by Freddie Roach and was fighting at cruiserweight for the fifth time in his career. “I waited a round or two to gauge what he had. He took some shots. Normally guys would have fallen after some of those shots but he had a good chin and stayed in there.”
“The body shots took their toll,” said Perry, who had never seen the canvas in his career but took a knee after a lethal combination by Kayode in the fourth round before standing at an eight-count. “I don’t know, I’ve always been pretty tough. It takes a brave man to stand in there and get hit like that, especially on national TV.”
Added Kayode: “He tried to rush me and rough me in the fifth round. He came at me, so I didn’t go with my jab anymore. I went with my straight right because he was bending to my right side and then I got him with the left uppercut.”
In a battle of decorated amateur stars, former Cuban Olympian Luis Franco defeated former American Olympic alternate Eric Hunter via an eighth round disqulaification for excessive low blows.
Franco dominated the fight as he came forward and landed the harder shots that backed Hunter up. In round two, Hunter was getting rocked by the flurry of punches. It was later in that round where Hunter was deducted a point for the second shot below the belt. In round three, Hunter was once again staggered on the ropes. Hunter still tried to work the body and landed some nice shots despite being one low shot away from being tossed from the fight. Franco continued to land nice cominations.
In round eight, Franco was deducted a point for a headbutt. Just a moment later, Hunter landed a hard right to the cup area and referee Jon Schorle stopped the bout at 2:34 of round eight.
Franco, 125 1/2 lbs of Havana, Cuba is now 8-0. Hunter, 125 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia, PA is now 15-2.
“It looks like he was looking for a way out,” said Franco, who won every round in the dominating win. “My body shots were just hurting him and he didn’t want to get knocked out. He knew he was going to get knocked out in the ninth round and so he decided to take the disqualification. I out-jabbed him and out worked him and finally got the DQ.”
Hunter, 24, who first appeared on ShoBox back in 2007 and was a 2004 U.S. Olympic alternate, was visibly upset after the disqualification. “There was just too much complaining going on the whole time,” he said. “I said before the fight they better watch out for his complaining. Ah, man. I don’t even want to talk about it. He played to the crowd and the ref. It should have never been stopped.”
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