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WRAP UP - APRIL 12, 2010 It was another busy weekend for Minnesota fighters,
a few pro's and many more amateur's. North Dakota's Mike Davis (5-7)
won a 6 round split decision over Justin Danforth (6-15) in Green
Bay, WI last Friday the 9th of April. On the same card, Bloomington's
David LaQue (2-3-1) scored a 3rd round TKO Duluth's Danny Schlienz
(7-19-1) in a bout put together relatively short notice. WILSON RIVERA RECAPS HIS BOUT: MIKE DAVIS RECAPS HIS BOUT: 2010
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fighters in the state Michael Faulk. But during the last day of
our sparring I messed up my arm real bad in sparring. I really wanted
to tell everyone before hand but my team and I decided it was best
not to talk about it. It's a small world and that is something you
don't want your opponent to find out. I couldn't cancel the fight
with such short notice so I decided to take a chance and fight.
The guy figured out in the first round that I couldn't throw my
jab. I tried but could not throw it. In the second round, we exchanged,
and the same thing happened. The ref told me that I needed to throw
more punches or he was going to stop the fight so I did the best
I could do. I was hit in the neck in the third round and went down.
That is when the ref stopped the fight. God knows I trained hard
for this fight. I am the kind of fighter that is always going forward.
I never back down but if you watched the fight on television you
could see I couldn't go forward. To land the right hand you need
to jab and I just couldn't do it. Right now my arm is swollen and
in pain but I hope to be back soon.
fight.
John Hoffman, JJ Corn and Andrew Kato. I knew the speed factor was
in my favor so I used my jab alot knowing that it would be a key
punch with both of us being southpaws and I think that opened everything
else up. A hard incidental or accidental headbutt broke my nose
in the third which is a round I believe I lost along with the fourth
because of a lost point due to retaliation of a sucker punch after
the bell. He punched me first after the bell but I knew a point
would be taken and was willing to work twice as hard in the 5th
and 6th to get it back and it worked. I got out with the split decision
in his hometown. But I also learned that I have A LOT of room for
improvement so I will be working on that going into my next fights
to come.