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Referee Abraham Pacheco counted Wat Vor Wutinun out after a short right hand from Ted Limoz in the second round last night. Limoz won by a KO.
Limoz is the final
one smilingHe knocks out Wutinun
in the second round
Ted Limoz is a nice guy, but don't ever smile at him unless you want to get hurt.
Limoz ended Thailand's invasion of Waikiki with a jab, uppercut to the body and a left hook to finish War Vor Wutinun two minutes, 35 seconds in the second round of his fight at the Sheraton Waikiki Ballroom last night.
"I was landing solid body shots and he would just smile at me," Limoz said. "That was when I knew I was hurting him and I knew if I could just time him inside I'd have him."
Before Limoz's heroics, Jerry Saribay was knocked out by Detrich Vor Surapol and Dustin Kim survived a war with Orose Muengpimile to win a unanimous decision.
The previous two fights on the card set up Limoz's successful defense of his World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific title, as Limoz spent his down time shadow-boxing and watching his friends take on similar foes to Wutinun. He says Wutinun should have done the same.
"I thought he was a little cold, he wasn't even sweating before the fight," Limoz said. "I know what I need to work on from training, and I knew I didn't want to have the fight drag on into the later rounds.
"Historically, Thais come on strong at the end and I didn't want that. If you watched the previous fights, that is exactly what happened."
Whether Limoz sat in on Wutinun's pre-fight meetings is a matter of speculation, because he seemed to know everything Thailand's No. 2 welterweight wanted to do.
"His plan was to take it slow in the first three rounds," Leon Panoncillo, Wutinun's manager said. "But he got caught."
Limoz took awhile to get going, as the first blow of the fight didn't come until Limoz hit a jab more than a minute in. Only two punches were landed in the first round, but Limoz turned it up in the second with repeated body shots.
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Ted Limoz landed a short right hand that dropped Wat Vor Wutinun 2:35 into the second round.
Even though Limoz said he would go right at Wutinun, he knew that six months between fights wouldn't allow him to rely solely on his natural ability.
He hopes not to be put in that situation again, and made his plea to the crowd of 1,200 to keep coming out and supporting the fights. He was asked to fill the building, and was surprised that he actually did it.
"Hawaii guys can fight as good as anyone," Limoz said. "There may be some as good, but we will go down swinging. We need to stay busy to get better."
