Bullock wins unanimous decision

June 2, 2013 at 12:06a.m.

Youngstown

Local fighter Jon “JBeast” Bullock did exactly what a headliner is supposed to do — win.

You’ll have a hard time, however, convincing his opponent, Jose Rodriguez, that he wasn’t the better fighter.

Bullock scored a unanimous decision over Rodriguez as the main event on Saturday’s “Triple Treat Boxing Show” at St. Mary’s Assumption Center, improving to 24-9.

“Jose likes to bang inside and come right at you. We’ve sparred before so we know a little bit about each other,” Bullock said. “Angles are the key against fighters like Jose. I’m quick on my feet and have a good jab and that was the key for me tonight.”

Rodriguez begged to differ with the outcome.

“Hats off to Jon as he eyes a professional career, but I thought I was the better fighter tonight. I really thought that I won the fight,” Rodriguez said.

In the opening fight of the night, one of six Junior Olympic bouts scheduled and three consecutive to start the action, Tyshaun Denson of Akron scored a unanimous decision over Cleveland’s Anthony Wimberly at 65 pounds while in an all-Cleveland pairing, Bryan Santiago secured a split decision over Francis Stewart at 126 pounds.

“My jab was working, but my overall strategy was to just keep moving my head,” Santiago said. “I thought he was a tough opponent so I’m all right with a split decision.”

In another all-Cleveland matchup, the second of four on the evening, Xavier Nuniz also scored a split decision over Antonio Gonzalez in a 132-pound bout.

Local fighter Ken Sigurani Jr., son of former WBF welterweight champion Ken Sr., fell by unanimous decision to David Evans of Cleveland while a 60-pound Junior Olympic matchup saw Barrick Wilson score a unanimous decision over fellow Clevelander, Derrick King.

A 178-pound pairing had Cleveland’s Jimmy Bland score a unanimous decision over Youngstown’s Corry Downing as he improved to 30-12.

“He was all right, but he’ll learn what to do inside the ring just like I did,” Bland said. “I felt like in order to win I needed to hit him with my one-two and just keep him off of me the entire three rounds.”

The final two Junior Olympic bouts had Akron’s Travell “Goo” Fain score a unanimous decision over Latrell King of Cleveland while Columbiana’s Jason Mullen barely broke a sweat, scoring a first-round TKO just 25 seconds into his fight with Tyler Plater of Pittsburgh.

“I train at Mixed Martial Arts Gym in Campbell and feel like I have a different fighting style,” Mullen said. “I worked hard and prepared for tonight so while he stung me at the outset with his jab, I was able to catch him with a flurry of punches.”

The final fight on the undercard went to Martrell Adams of Cleveland, who scored a second-round TKO over fellow Clevelander DaeShon Singleton.

International boxing judge Tom Miller of Mineral Ridge was honored by Lights Out Management with a lifetime achievement award.

A 21-year veteran, Miller has worked more than 4,000 fights.