Carr wins fight, shot at De La Hoya
Posted: Sunday February 14, 1999 12:54 AM
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Oba Carr celebrates his win over Frankie Randall by way of decision in 10 rounds. AP |
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Oba Carr won a lot more than a fight Saturday
night against Frankie Randall.
He may have also won the biggest chance of his boxing career.
With a promised shot at Oscar De La Hoya to the winner, there
was a lot more at stake than the $100,000 each fighter earned on
the featured undercard fight before De La Hoya successfully defended his WBC
welterweight title against Ike Quartey.
Carr was the one who took advantage, dominating the fight
against the 37-year-old former two-time junior welterweight
champion from the second round on to win a unanimous 10-round
decision.
"I fought a smart fight. I didn't come here for a knockout,"
Carr said. "He tried to hold on, tried to survive."
There were no knockdowns in the fight, but Carr was clearly the
faster and stronger fighter. He wore Randall down with body shots
in the middle rounds and scored well with counter punches as
Randall moved forward.
Judges Duane Ford and Jerry Roth had Carr winning 97-92, while
Duane Ford scored it 99-90. The Associated Press had Carr winning
99-90.
Randall, the first fighter to beat Julio Cesar Chavez, had a
point taken from him in the seventh round for pushing Carr on a
break, then hitting him with a right hand that sent Carr staggering
across the ring.
"I thought I won the fight. It was a bad decision," Randall
said. "This is what always happens to me."
Randall, 146, who held the WBA 140-pound title twice in his
career, fell to 55-6-1. Carr, 148, improved to 48-2-1.
In another title fight, Erik Morales of Tijuana, Mexico, took a
round to figure out Angel Chacon, then knocked him out with a
spectacular flurry a round later to retain his WBC super
batamweight title.
Morales knocked Chacon through the ropes with a three-punch
flurry and referee Richard Steele moved in to immediately stop the
fight with Chacon laying on his back on the ring apron.
Morales scored his 26th knockout in defending his title
for the fifth time. His record improved to 32-0.
"I wanted to make a statement," said Morales, who will defend
his title May 8 against Wayne McCullough. "It's a big fight
night."
Chacon, 122, of Puerto Rico, was tentative from the opening bell
but wasn't in serious trouble until Morales chased him across the
ring early in the second round to land a flurry.
A few seconds later, Morales backed Chacon into the ropes and
landed a big right followed by a left to the head. A right missed,
but Morales connected with another left as Chacon (24-3) fell to
the canvas.
In a pair of novelty fights, female boxer Mia St. John of
Canoga, Park, Calif., won a unanimous four-round decision over
Amanda Skelton of Fort Smith, Ark., while Eric "Butterbean" Esch
knocked out Canada's Patrick Graham in the third round of a
scheduled four-round fight.
Esch, who at 316 pounds outweighed Graham by 85 pounds, ran over
to George Foreman at ringside after the fight.
"It's the grilling machine, George," he said. "The grilling
machine done this."
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