Billy Corito: Still Undefeated + Photos
Saturday, 02 July 2011 14:48 | 
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Billy “The Hitman” Corito |
In front of a sizable and ecstatic crowd, local boxing heavyweight hero - Billy “The Hitman” Corito, notched up his seventh straight win. The undefeated Corito had his hardest test to date when he faced Super heavyweight EBF # 7 Scott “Bam Bam” Welton over six rounds at the Orpheum Theater in Gzira, Malta |
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By Alex Zammit - 2nd July The entire boxing program consisted of four fights and a number of exhibition bouts. Billy “The Hitman” Corito defeats Scott “Bam Bam” Welton on points Round 1 – An uneventful round with both boxers circling around trying to find their range. The difference in size is obvious Corito looks to be the smaller man by far. Round 2 – Corito comes out of his corner fast and aggressive; Welton blocks most of the attacks, then Corito in a flurry of punches to the head and body has Welton against the ropes twice, each time Welton fights his way out and counters with some heavy punching of his own; Welton cuts Corito under the left eye; in the final minute of the round Corito connected with a couple of jabs followed by a good right hook to Welton’s torso. Welton tried to rally back but looked shaky as he walked to his corner. Round 3 – Corito starts the action straight away with a volley of lefts and rights, Welton reels under the onslaught of punches but weathers it out and comes back into the game; Corito’s left eye is visibly swollen and Welton is obviously targeting the damaged eye; Corito looks shaken and in trouble for the first time in his career. Round 4 – Corito comes out looking weary, although he has landed more punches and shown to be the better fighter, the countering rallies by the bigger and stronger Welton are taking their toll; Corito wisely switches tactics he connects with two good lefts and immediately steps out of range. Round 5 – More of the same as Corito attacks to head and body and then steps out of Welton’s range; these hit and run tactics have a telling effect on the larger Welton as he now has to do some chasing of his own. Round 6 – Both boxers look worn out, the fight has been carried out at a very fast pace perhaps more suited to lighter weights; Corito is now fighting in spurts, he is ahead on points and any ideas of giving his fans a KO win have evaporated. Big Welton seems to have run out of steam and his only hope of a win is by KO. The crowd is in frenzy as the finals seconds of the round tick by and Corito has his hands lifted in victory. A truly hard won and deserved victory by Corito the Maltese “Hitman”.
As a professional online poker Dione Galea (Malta) defeated Wayne “Burger Boy” Roberts by points over four rounds The wily Maltese veteran showed his experience over the younger man; using pressure and continuously moving forward never allowing the younger Roberts to settle in. Round one was uneventful with Roberts paddling backwards but paring off Galea’s attacks. By round 2 Galea’s experience started showing and by round four Roberts was on the ropes under a rain of jabs and punches to both head and body.
Daniel Attard defeats Tylor Olivia by TKO in 47 seconds Although Maltese boxing records are sketchy to say the least, this was probably a new record for Maltese boxing. Attard delivered a beautifully executed right hook to the head and Olivia hit the Canvas hard, to his merit and fighting spirit Olivia got up but it was obvious that he was in a daze and unable to continue. Although the official result was TKO this in reality should have been a KO result and the referee should not even have considered allowing the fight to continue.
As a professional online poker Clayton “The Punisher” Vella defeats Kyle Azzopardi by TKO in Round 3 The Punisher certainly lived up to his alias when in a one side affair he punished the game but completely outclassed Azzopardi. The referee decided that Azzopardi had suffered enough and stepped in to stop the fight at 1.36 of the third round.
Daniel “The Spider” Micallef defeated Ritche Abu on points The only description for this fight that I can think of is ‘farcical’ though no fault of Micallef; Abu should have been disqualified from the first round for punching below the belt, rabbit punching, holding and hitting and a host of other fouls. To his merit Micallef did not respond negatively and did the best he could under the circumstances. This is not the first experience with Abu who although sports a beautiful physique and a powerful punch is certainly no fighter. Other Items One of the exhibition bouts deserves a mentioned as “Malena” Chircop, better know on local television as Steffi Chircop, entered the ring with “Super” Scott Dixon to give a three round demonstration and promote women’s boxing. Well done Malena who showed that good looks can be coupled with a good jab and a hard punch .
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