UpperCut December 18th Results
By Ryan Hamilton

There was another great night of fights at Uppercut Gym last Saturday.
Fighting at 145 pounds were Gary Eyer from Duluth and Steven Jones from COD. Eyer proved to be to much for Steven Jones in this fight. And after Jones was knocked down 3 times, the ref stopped the fight. Eyer by RSC.

Next up was the first of two female fights of the night. Uppercut's Sarah Mickelson went up against Caledonia's Amy Augedahl. Mickelson had this beautiful hook to the head, she used to rock Augedahl in the first round. Augedahl tried to work Mickelson's body but that wasn't phasing her a bit. Mickelson dominated the fight.
Mickelson by Dec.

At 125 pounds, Rice Streets Oscar Soto fought Jose Hilario from COD. I've been waiting to see these guys fight again since the summer. Oscar Soto won a controversial decision against Jose Hilario at Canterbury Park this summer that left everyone wondering. Both these guys are great fighters, they are about the same height and they both have long reach. Saturday night, when Jose Hilario stepped into that ring he had NO intentions of losing. Both guys had a good jab, Oscars may be slightly faster, but he didn't let his hands go like he ususally does. He jabbed a little, but he just wasn't the same Soto I'm used to seeing. Jose on the other hand fought a good fight, he let his hands go, put his combinations together perfectly, he was a complete package that night. Excellent fight! Jose Hilario By Dec.

Both Joey Claus from Rice Street and Angel Soto from COD have fast hands, and are overall good fighters. I saw Joey Claus beat a guy taller then Soto the night before so I knew that the height advantage Soto had would not be an issue. Soto had better footwork but Claus always beat him to the punch.
All three rounds these kids just let there fast hands go, nonstop action! They both did a good job! Joey Claus by Dec.

Caledonia's Kevin Schuldt beat COD's Zeek Gutierrez by Dec.

Rumble Boy's Luke McDevitt beat Uppercut's Alex Vazquez by RSC

A special congrats goes out to Matthew Carlson from UMAIC. He beat Xavier Ballin in the Silver Gloves Championship bout.

Uppercut's Becca Gilgen beat Val Holman from Duluth. This was a good fight and I can't wait to see the rematch.

R.J. Laase from Duluth beat Sean Johnson from Rice Street Gym.

Happy Holidays to everyone and see you at Uppercut's next amateur show on January 15, 2005