Tauasa, Augustus triumph!

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.

American 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. Augustus has been in with the best including Floyd Mayweather whom he lost to in nine rounds in 2000, but which Floyd has admitted was one of his toughest fights.

Former Australian amateur champion Will Tomlinson (1-0) made a successful debut in the lightweight division when he stopped Jerry Spandis (1-2) at 1:06 of round two. Spandis suffered a badly cut mouth and doctor stopped the fight.

Cruiserweight Kerrey Foley (8-0, 7 KOs) dropped Khali Kobeissi (0-5) for the full count at 1:08 of round one.

Light welterweight Corey Wickens (1-0) stopped Reinhard Badato (2-3) in three rounds. Badato suffered a severe cut eye that was caused by a punch.

Light welterweight Brendan Batty (12-18, 10 KOs) stopped Lee Hunter (0-4) in two rounds. Time 2:15.

Lightweight Ninos Slewa (1-0) stopped Lucas Mason in round one. Time 1:06. Promoter Sultan Promotions.