BOXING Austintown's Koval beats Warren's Page

Nine of the 11 bouts went the distance.
By BOB ROTH
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
YOUNGSTOWN -- More than 250 fans were on hand Saturday night at the Buckeye Elks Youth Center for the second Pedro Tomez Memorial Amateur Boxing card. There were 11 bouts, highlighted by a featured heavyweight four-rounder between Austintown's Chris Koval and Warren's Zack Page.
Page (4-2) used a strong left jab to easily win the first rounds. But Koval came alive at the end of the second round with a two-fisted attack to take control. His shots to the body, which became devastating in the final round, helped Koval turn the fight around, and in round four he decked Page with a short right to the jaw.
"I'm glad I won, but I better get back in the gym and put some serious training time in if I want to go on in boxing," said Koval. "I had a terrible start and I was fortunate to have something left at the end."
The decision went to Koval (10-1), but what made the fight so exciting was how tough the youthful Page was fighting back against Koval's barrage.
"He's tough but I would like to fight him again," said Page.
Other fights
Another Buckeye Elks fighter, 178-pound Josh Harris, used an excellent left jab to win a four-round decision over Johnny Morelli, a southpaw from The Little Italy Boxing Club in Cleveland.
There was also a two-fight sweep for Jack Loew's Southside Boxing Club, with 165-pounder Darnell Boone (5-0) coming on strong in the final two rounds to decision James McKinley from The Pittsburgh Third Avenue Boxing Club.
Juan Salinas, fighting in a three-round Junior Olympic bout for the Southside Boxing Club, beat Cleveland's Ron Roseboro.
Another fighter from the P.C. Torres Warren Boxing Association stable, Dan Ross, won a hard fought, four-round decision in a 132-pound bout.
Nine of the 11 bouts went the distance. There was one major upset, as Pittsburgh Third Avenue Boxing's Luke Chiovetti did some excellent counterpunching to get a decision over highly-touted Akron lightweight John Frazier.
Former junior welterweight world champion Aaron Pryor gave the invocation. Also, promoter Joe Veneroso had a special plaque presented to the Pedro Tomez family.