Fres Oquendo knocks out fellow countryman Travis Fulton in his comeback match - Boxing news
Fres Oquendo, one of the top ranked heavyweights in USA and world rankings, collected an easy second round knockout win over his fellow countryman, Travis Fulton and made an authoritative and pompous comeback on March 3, 2012.
The ring for the eight-round skirmish was setup at Dance Land Ballroom situated in Davenport, Iowa, United States and the whole event was promoted by Phil Armer.
Fres, infamous as the ‘Fast Fres’ or ‘The Big O’, was entering in his career’s 40th brawl. He has won a total 32 brawls and a whopping 21 of them by knockout. Oquendo last fought almost 15 months back and went off the boxing scene in order to help his friends
David Haye and Vitali Klitschko against their respective challengers.
He last fought against Oliver McCall and Jean-Marc Mormeck and lost both bouts by split and unanimous decision respectively. This comeback bout was important since he was returning after a long period of 15-16 months and secondly, Fres needed to skim the
two losses off his resume by breaking the losing streak.
Oquendo has won almost all the apex heavyweight titles and was considered as the toughest most feared brawler of his time. Travis, on the other hand, has tarnished his resume with losses and has won only 15 of his bouts out of a total 41. Interestingly all
his wins came by knocking out the opponent cold.
Travis, infamous as the Ironman, was on a long 11-bout lose streak when he was given a golden chance and was scheduled to bout against a debutant Brian Long. In that four-round brawl, Travis collected a knockout win in just the first round.
Both men entered the ring and Fres did not waste any time in pounding an easy opponent in the form of Travis. From the very first second, Oquendo threw effective heavy duty punches that connected Travis’ face and injured him seriously.
The second round ended not with the bell but with the fierce jab that switched Travis’ lights off and threw him on the ring mat allowing the referee to end the bout via knockout.
After the brawl, Oquendo while expressing his game plan commented, “The guy was a tough cookie, but I was a little too fast and too strong. I busted him up, hurt him, and stopped him with the uppercut. He tried to hold, but my speed and power just overwhelmed
him. I felt no ring rust. I came out calm, collected, and established my jab off the top. He had no chance to get going.”
Fres has again initiated his winning streak and quite authoritatively. Oquendo now has 33 wins in his account and 22 of them by knockout. Travis, on the contrary, has collected his career’s 27th loss and 23rd by knockout.
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