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Tough “Loss” for Tony Luis

By Jim Riddell that even surprised the ESPN
commentators.

n Saturday night, March 19th, When a fight crowd boos the
OCornwall’s Tony Luis stepped decision, especially when it’s
into the famed boxing ring at for their hometown fighter, it is a
Madison Square Gardens in New good indication that it was a bad
York City to fight the undefeated decision. Communicating with
John Bauza (16-0) on a fight card Sports Energy the morning after the
promoted by Top Rank Boxing. fight, Tony said, “I felt he won the
The fight was televised live on first three rounds, making good use
ESPN and was available in Canada of his jab and controlling distance.
onTSN. But I found myself inching closer,
and by the 4th I felt that I had turned
It was the first fight for Luis
(29-4) in eighteen months. He last the tide and my body punching and
fought in September 2020 at the pressure was paying off. He did a
MGM in Las Vegas, losing the lot of holding and was eating a lot
decision to Arnold Barboza Jr., of short punches for his efforts. I
who is currently ranked #2 in the could have used a couple more
world by the WBO. Bauza got off rounds to seal the deal.”
to a strong start in the fight, staying Jorge Luis, Tony’s father, trainer,
mobile, keeping Luis at a distance and manager commented saying,
with his jab and winning the first “We’ve been through this before,
three rounds. In the fourth round this is the third time now and
the fight began to change with things like this are to be expected.
Luis keeping constant pressure on Tony is the B side fighter, the
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his opponent, getting inside and opponent that is brought in for the
landing some hard body shots. By promotor’s fighter, and the cards wraps and that they had to come being replaced. They wouldn’t let
the eighth and final round Bauza are all stacked against us. They off. I told him that if we had to start us go back to the dressing room
was tired and starting to get booed played games with us starting in over, we wouldn’t have time to get and sat Tony at ringside. Bauza got
by the hometown crowd for his the dressing room. One hour before ready and do a proper warm up to stay in his dressing room and
excessive movement (running), fight time, I started wrapping before the ring walk. We were told keep warming up. Tony handled it
holding tactics, and for being Tony’s hands. I had one hand done that if we weren’t ready on time we like a real pro, didn’t get flustered
unwilling to engage Luis on the and taped and was wrapping the would be fined. Tony submitted the by the shenanigans, and got a little
inside. The fight ended with most other hand when a representative sample; I got his hands re-wrapped, shadow boxing in at ringside.”
fans expecting a close decision in of the commission came in and and he was able to break a sweat Asked if the delay and subsequent
Tony Luis’s favor, but the three requested a urine sample. He told before they ushered us to the ring. cool down was the reason for Tony
judges had it 80-72, 79-73, and us that the sample couldn’t be We got to the ring and there was a
78-74, all for Bauza - a decision submitted while wearing hand delay - one of the ring ropes was Continued on page 31