Tauasa, Augustus triumph!
Saturday, July 5 2008
By Ray Wheatley -- World of Boxing
World rated cruiserweight Lawrence Tauasa (30-5-1, 17 KOs) dispatched Saul Farah (32-5-2, 26 KOs) of Bolivia in three rounds at the Bowman Centre, Blacktown, NSW, Australia on Friday. Tauasa connected with accurate combinations in round one and two on the importation and referee Gary Dean stopped the bout at 1:12 of round three to save Farah from further punishment. The PABA and WBO Oriental cruiserweight titles were up for grabs in this fight, however Farah came in over the cruiserweight limit and had he won the fight the titles would have become vacant.
In the co-feature, light middleweight Emanuel Augustus (38-29-6, 20 KOs) stopped Jakkirt Suwunnalirt (12-9-1) at 2:02 of round two. Augustus captured the WBO Oriental title. (More)
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