Julio Takes Telesco To The Schoolyard!

 
Photos & Report by Will "The Thrill" Trillo
www.boxing2005.com
 

In the closing bout, Julio Gonzalez (36-2, 22 KO's) stopped David Telesco (29-4-1, 24 KO's) after Telesco fell into the ropes and Gonzalez unleashed a combination of punches that prompted the referee to jump in and halt the action at 1:06 of the 8th.

 


In a fight that was admittedly a make or break situation for the former WBO Champion, Julio Gonzalez came through and held on to his hopes of regaining another shot at the title in this seesaw battle with David Telesco, who also was in the same position as Gonzalez and now is on the outside looking in. 

As for the action in the ring, the 2 fighters came in to fight and after a bit of a feeling out process the leather started to fly as they took turns landing solid blows to the head.

Rounds 2 and 3 appeared to go to Telesco, as he did just enough work in the last seconds of each to steal one, if not both therounds!  

 

But things changed in round 4 as the tall long armed Gonzalez did the one thing that is contrary to what a long armed fighter should do. Julio took the game to the inside and began to do some precise bodywork that immediately took the life out of Telesco. Julio did some nice work on the inside, starting downstairs and then getting some work in upstairs as well. Telesco was visibly shaken by the onslaught and it was evident that the tide was about to turn.

Over the next couple of rounds Telesco was doing his best to get back into the flow, and just when it appeared that he was taking advantage, Gonzalez would land some body shots that stopped Telesco in his tracks and forced him into a retreat mode.
 

Round 7 was the beginning of the end for Telesco as Julio went to work and landed some of the best punches of the fight. For the entire round Gonzalez would track down Telesco, who was now in full retreat, and when he caught up with him, Gonzalez would once again land to the body and head with sharp accurate blows, especially the ones downstairs.

 

 
 

In round 8 Julio came out like a whirlwind, and with but a few nice punches that landed flush, Telesco was against the ropes and Julio was on top of him quickly. It was then that Gonzalez swarmed and landed a series of unanswered punches that prompted the ref to bring the bout to a halt at the 1:06 mark. 

With the win Gonzalez keeps his Title aspirations alive, and in a division full of empty belts, it is quite possible that we will see the Southern Californian via Baja Mexico get yet another chance to take home the big prize!

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Gonzalez knocks out Telesco!
 -- Whitfield Haydon ( www.fightnews.com ) Photos by Chris Cozzone

The Former WBO champion Julio Gonzalez pounded out a hard fought win over David Telesco in the walkout bout via an 8th round TKO.  Referee Jose Cobian stopped the fight at 1:06 of the eigth round as Gonzales won a bout that puts him right into the thick of things in the light heavyweight division.
 
After gutting out this tough one with Telesco, Gonzalez immediately had his sights set on Glencoffe Johnson.
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"Glen is a tough fighter but I've already beat him.  He says he beat me though.  Johnson is the champ now so let's fight right here (at STAPLES)".
 
The waters were indeed rough in the early going for Gonzalez (now 37-2, 23 kayos) when David Telesco touched him with a hard left hook followed by a straight right two minutes into the third round.  Gonzalez was out on his feet with Telesco going for broke, pounding Gonzalez against the ropes as the round neared the end.
 
"He stunned me." Gonzalez said.
 
Things started to change for Gonzalez, however, as he began to take the fight to Telesco (now 29-5-1, 24 kayos).  Gonzalez came out in the fourth round and dedicated the round almost strictly to punching to the body, throwing very few shots upstairs.  The punches had an effect on Telesco, who was clearly bothered by this body work. 
 

 gonzalez-vs-telesco052The fifth had Gonzalez resuming the slugfest, now finding his range with overhand rights and a variety of combos.  He did his best work when he would use his left jab to the body and then follow with short right uppercuts that picked Telesco up.  A slow starting pressure fighter, it was a matter of time before the usual relentless Gonzalez did his thing - wearing down his opponent by banging inside and never giving him a second of rest.
 
"I started to control him witht the overhand rights and he began to drop his hands.  I also was doing a lot of damage with jabs."
 
Gonzalez dominated the rest of the fight.  Although Telesco had been doing serious work in good parts of the first four rounds, Gonzalez tilted the fight well into his direction the rest of the way.  Telesco was finding a home for his left hook early on in the bout as things looked questionable for Gonzalez with his career hung in the balance. In the eighth though, Gonzalez' cumulative effect on Telesco had taken its toll, and referee Jose Cobian rushed in rather prematurely, but the fight was going to go Gonzales' way regardless.  In all three fights Cobian refereed they all ended prematurely.  Make no mistake however, Telesco would have been lucky to get out of the round on his feet.
 
Telesco seemed rather bothered by the abrupt stoppage, and shortly after the fight stormed out of the ring looking highly upset.  By virtue of this win, Gonzalez left the ring beating a solid pro and with bright prospects for 2005.

 
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