Going for his careers first professional title,
Dargan looked confident and determined as he
entered the ring, and made sure Suazo quickly
realized that he was in for a rough night as he
dropped him with a crisp left hand already in the
first round.
Suazo got up and made it through the round, but
the writing was clearly on the wall.
Dargan continued to batter Suazo in round two, at
times hitting him at will, and landed with some
fast and impressive combinations.
In round three it was still one-way traffic, but
the game Suazo, by this point bleeding from the
nose and cut over the left eye, refused to go down
and honorably continued to fight his chance
despite being massively outgunned by the sharp
Dargan.
Round four and five was more of the same, and in
round six Suazo’s cornerman Pat Mitchell had seen
enough and threw in the towel to save his man from
taking more unnecessary punishment.
Referee Benji Esteves Jr. officially called a halt
to the action at 1:20 of the sixth round,
declaring Karl Dargan the new UBO champion by way
of technical knockout. |