CORNWALL, Ontario – Just two short months after his hometown debut, lightning struck again in Cornwall, with Tony Luis facing off against long time rival, Cam O’Connell this Saturday, June 17.
Making good on their promise to offer more live professional boxing to Cornwall, Liveco Boxing delivered a great card to the the Civic Complex.
After 10 arduous rounds, Tony won by unanimous decision, walking away with the NABA Lightweight Championship.
Tony said his game plan was just to keep it simple.
“Just box, be smart, use my speed, and be patient,” said Tony.
With O’Connell throwing some shade at the community in a recent podcast, this fight was personal for Luis.
Luis family patriarch and coach, Jorge Luis says that O’Connell went too far.
“Building up the game and doing a certain amount of trash talking is one thing,” said Jorge. “But insulting a whole community crosses the line.”
Throughout the fight, Tony struggled with O’Connell’s unsportsmanlike conduct.
“He was coming in with his head a lot – the ref missed that all night,” said Luis, following the fight.
Encouraging Tony to ‘be the boss,’ and chastise his opponent, Jorge said he didn’t want O’Connell to gain any confidence during the fight.
“On the outside, it went exactly as planned,” said Jorge. Despite a few nasty kidney shots and head butts, Jorge said that Tony ‘dominated with the jabs.’
“It was a sweet victory,” said Jorge. “But he biggest victory was being here and giving this to Cornwall, because we couldn’t have done it without the city’s support.”
Also on the card for the evening was Daniel ‘El Pantera’ Andujo, beating Ramon Parro by knockout in the third round, moving up to 5-2.
Next was super welterweight, Michael Brandon, taking on Rene Fernandez. Brandon dominated, cutting the scheduled six rounds short by four, bringing him up to 6-0.
Middleweight, Ronnie Robidoux was next to step into the ring, facing off against Ivan Kanach. Coming out swinging, the Rocket delivered some healthy blows to his opponent. Winning by unanimous decision, judges scored the fight 40-36, with Robidoux now sitting at 4-0.
Lightweight “Ill” Will Madera was next to step into the ring, fighting Rolando Mendivil in a scheduled six-round bout. Winning by technical knockout in the fourth round, Madera saw his record rise to 10-0.
Light Heavyweight ‘The Irish’ Cronin faced off against Louisbert Altidor, who gave him a run for his money. With some visible bloodshed on Cronin’s part, the crowd was not impressed by his split-decision win, elevating him to 10-1-1.
