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RE: Junior Fa - African Monkey - 06-29-2019
I saw most of the fight but missed the KD. Very concerning if he's getting dropped by 44 year old spoilers who barely punch back it must be said. I wouldn't want him going anywhere near someone of Parker's level yet tbh.
RE: Junior Fa - African Monkey - 06-29-2019
Just watched it again the KD was in round 4.
RE: Junior Fa - diehard - 06-29-2019
Here's the fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjPQQFNtec8
RE: Junior Fa - diehard - 06-29-2019
Boxing: Junior Fa maintains unbeaten record with unanimous decision win over Dominick Guinn
Kiwi heavyweight boxer Junior Fa has maintained his unbeaten record with a unanimous decision win over American veteran Dominick Guinn.
After a first-round knockout in his last bout, Fa faced a much sterner test in the form of the 44-year-old Guinn in Temecula, California on Saturday afternoon (NZ time).
Guinn gave Fa plenty of trouble in the middle rounds of the bout, knocking him down in the fourth.
After feeling each other out for the opening three rounds, Guinn took charge and landed some clean combinations against Fa, sending him to the canvas early in the round. Fa easily beat the referee's count and maintained his composure to see off Guinn's attempts to put him away.
Fa took a strategic approach into the fight. In 50 professional fights before the bout, Guinn had never been knocked out and boasted a 37-12-1 record.
So while he was conservative in the opening rounds, Fa had to step up the aggression after being knocked down, and did so from the start of the fifth.
He maintained a high work rate until the final bell rang out at the end of the 10th. Guinn's durability and footwork showed late in the fight, as he was able to absorb and avoid a number of heavy shots from Fa.
However, the latter rounds belonged to Fa, who took all three of the judges scorecards: 98-91, 98-91 and 97-92.
RE: Junior Fa - diehard - 06-30-2019
and this...
WBA #7 Junior Fa dropped, but beats Dominick Guinn
By David Robinett at ringside
In the waning days of the 20th Century, when Bill Clinton was the President of the United States for a few more months and flip phones were all the rage, a 25-year old heavyweight named Dominick Guinn made his professional debut in Las Vegas on a card featuring Andrew Golota. Two decades later, after a career spanning 50 fights, including facing the likes of Michael Grant, Audley Harrison, and James Toney, 44-year old heavyweight Dominick Guinn (37-12-1, 26 KOs) faced off against undefeated New Zealander Junior Fa (17-0, 10 KOs) in a walkout bout late Friday evening in a half-empty ballroom in the California desert.
Those looking for an angle in this matchup could note that, despite 12 losses, Guinn had never previously been stopped and ask whether Fa could become the first to do it. Also of interest was whether the 29-year old Fa could be the next significant heavyweight prospect from New Zealand, like David Tua or Joseph Parker. After ten occasionally interesting rounds, the answer to both of these questions was no.
The fight itself could be divided into three parts. In rounds one through three, neither man fought with urgency, both mostly jabbing, though Guinn occasionally jumped forward with a slow-developing hook that Fa either slipped or harmlessly absorbed.
In round four though, the remaining spectators half-watching the fight suddenly jumped at the sight of Fa crashing down onto the canvas after a rangy left hand by Guinn. It took a few seconds to register but suddenly everybody realized that, after Fa pulled himself off the canvas, he was hurt and in danger of being knocked out, and Guinn suddenly went back in time to at least the 34-year old version of himself as he tried to land one more big punch to secure his biggest win in at least ten years. Guinn managed to land a few wild blows, but nothing cleanly on the chin, and Fa was able to stumble and hold his way out of the round.
The third part of the fight covered the remaining six rounds, where., having punched himself out looking for the knockout, Guinn’s offense was a non-factor, while Fa realized he needed to kick into a higher gear to avoid his first loss. Fa dominated the remaining rounds, almost exclusively relying on a left jab, right hand combination that was enough to win rounds but not nearly enough to hurt the granite-chinned Guinn. It did not seem as though Fa had anything else in his arsenal, which probably does not bode well for his eventual all-New Zealand showdown with Joseph Parker a couple of years from now. The final scores reflected the one-sided nature of the fight despite the surprising knockdown, with Fa winning 97-92, 98-91, and 98-91.
In the first of two walkout bouts at Pechanga Resort Casino, super lightweight Ruben Rodriguez (7-0, 2 KOs) from nearby Indio, California, withstood a spirited challenge from unheralded Vicente Morales (2-3-2, 1 KO) to earn a unanimous six-round shutout decision, 60-54 on all three cards.
RE: Junior Fa - justafan - 06-30-2019
This has video of knockdown
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/combat-sports/113882573/junior-fa-survives-shock-knockdown-to-take-win-over-us-journeyman-dominick-guinn
RE: Junior Fa - Ibeabuchi - 07-02-2019
they need to cash Fa out against Parker now or else that fight wont happen. Junior doesnt have a hope in that fight but he might earn some good coin
RE: Junior Fa - Justapakeha - 08-14-2019
So rumour has it Junior Fa is taking on Pulev. Any meat to this at all? It's blown up over at ESB
RE: Junior Fa - African Monkey - 09-15-2019
Anything happening with Junior? Markk you still around?
RE: Junior Fa - markk - 09-26-2019
(09-15-2019, 12:12 PM)African Monkey Wrote: Anything happening with Junior? Markk you still around?
hey all
haven't been on for a while.
was an interesting fight the last one. we got pushed around on the card till last fight and was a pretty painful night. Junior made a mistake in the 4th and got hit flush with 2 left hooks. What I did love was that he fought hard to stay in there as the knockdown was early in the round. the 5th round was his best round of his life and if he had done that again would have been the first guy to stop him. the problem with some of these fights is all they do is look for one shot which he landed.
sadly juniors Father passed 3 days agao and we had a date in mid Nov as well as Hemi but will wait to see how he is over the next week. Will be a similar opponent Guin id say.
as for pullev we where never offered., we went close with dubious but it was a smallish show and the money wasn't there. same with uysk and we just missed fury fight behind Otto. been have some crazy conversations but the money hasn't been there apart fro fury of course.