(DEC 7) On Saturday night,
at Casino Montreal in Montreal, Canada, local favourite Lucia
Larcinese (3-4) defeated Connecticut, native Karen Dulin (1-3, 1 KO)
by a 60-54, 60-54 and 59-55 unanimous decision in a six-round super
featherweight contest.
In a close opening round, both
fighters tried to established their jabs and circled analysing
each others style closely. Larcinese was able to use her jab to
land good left hooks in over the top of Dulin’s guard.
In the second round, Larcinese and Dulin again traded jabs mid
ring looking for openings. Larcinese was able to land a solid
left hook at the mid point of the round which stopped Dulin in
her tracks and backed her up. It seemed both women wanted to
fight on the inside as they slugged it out. Larcinese seemed
stronger and was able to move Dulin backwards in the clinches.
Dulin had an excellent start to
the third round as she was able to set up Larcinese with the jab
and land a short right hand to the side of the head that backed
Lucia up. Both women traded combinations in close for the rest
of the round but Dulin got the better of the exchanges.
Again, Dulin started off the fourth round strong landing right
hands in over the top on Larcinese however at the mid point of
the round Larcinese caught Dulin flush to the face which
possibly broke her nose making it bleed which visibly bothered
Karen. From that point on in the round Larcinese controlled the
pace and tempo landing effective combinations to the head and
body on the inside.
In the fifth round, Larcinese was able to assert her strength
and will on a tired looking Dulin forcing her backwards with
combinations to the head and body. Dulin’s nose continued to
bleed badly and bother her however she showed determination and
still engaged toe to toe with Larcinese when most fighters might
have quit.
In the sixth round, Larcinese was again able to use effective
head and body combinations to wear down Dulin on the inside
pushing her backwards and roughing her up and finished the fight
strong.
With the victory Larcinese moves to 4-4, putting together a
string of three straight victories in as many months. Dulin's
record drops to 1-4, 1 KO.
