Toweel dominates disappointing bout
PA Auckland The Australian-based middleweight, Paul Toweel, picked up the Pan Pacific boxing title almost by default when he beat the American Harlean Holden in a unanimous decision over 10 rounds at Auckland on Monday evening. The feature bout of Gill Sullivan’s promotion at the Kingsgate Centre was a disappointment Toweel was the aggressor throughout, Holden hardly landing a punch and never taking a step forward. Holden gave away four pounds but made up for that with his greater height and reach. However, he never
came to grips with the busy style of his shorter opponent Holden may have taken the first and possibly the second rounds, but when Toweel began to land combination punches there was no way back for the ageing American. Toweel opened a cut above Holden’s left eye early in the bout and directed much of his attack at that. The maid preliminary, a heavyweight affair, was a bruising encounter with the Carlton senior rugby player, Aisea Nama, taking a clear points decision over the New Caledonian, Watemoa Tomasi.
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