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Whitehall, NY – Shawn Miller won a
unanimous ten-round decision
over Yasin Rashid to capture the
vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF)
North American Light Heavyweight
Title in front of an energetic
crowd in Whitehall, NY on
Saturday night.
The first round was a feeling out
round by both fighters. Each
landed a few hard shots, which
carried into the second round
where the action picked up.
Miller landed several solid
right hands to the head of
Rashid; however Yasin was able
to counter-punch effectively to
again make the round seem close.
When the third round began, Shawn
Miller’s jab came alive and as a
result was able to set up
several hard shots to both the
body and head. Yasin was
focusing on countering punching
and landed a solid shot that
caused some swelling under
Miller’s left eye, and was able
to keep Shawn’s jab in check.
During the last part of the round,
Miller landed a left-right-left
combination that sent Rashid
back and then closed the round
with a very solid right to the
body that made the crowd jump to
their feet and cheer.
The fourth round seemingly belonged to
Yasin Rashid as he landed
several solid right hands as he
picked up the pace. Miller kept
it close by bullying Rashid into
the ropes and worked his body
with left and right hooks.
Rounds five through nine Shawn Miller
took over the fight. His punch
output increased as he used his
jab to set up solid left hooks
to the body followed by rights
to Yasin’s head. By the end of
the 5th, Rashid’s
right eye was swelling rapidly.
At times, there were some heated
exchanges, but Miller was
getting the best of them to the
crowd’s overwhelming delight.
The tenth and final round was Yasin
Rashid’s best. He fought very
aggressively and dominated the
round.
In the end, the three judges scored
the fight 99-91, 98-92 and 96-94
all in favor of the winner, and
new WBF North American
Light-Heavyweight Champion,
Shawn Miller. Miller improves to
11-1-1 (4 KOs).
Yasin Rashid was upset with the scores
as he and his team felt they had
done enough to win, but
nonetheless, he drops to 7-5 (2
KOs).
Shawn Miller and his team plan to
return to Whitehall in October
and hope to gain a WBF World
Title shot soon.
When asked how he felt about winning a
WBF Title Miller said, “I am so
proud to have won the WBF North
American Light-Heavyweight
Title. The WBF is one of the
best and well respected
sanctioning bodies in the World
and I am glad I was up to the
task to come out on top tonight.
My first goal was to win this
belt and now we will do what we
need to do in order to compete
for a WBF World Title.”
Credit:
BillyCBoxing.com |
