By: Sean Crose
Former well-liked world titlist Nicholas Walters fought for an additional shot at greatness on Saturday. For the 39 yr previous veteran battled a far youthful Luis Torres as a part of a PROBOX TV card that was broadcast reside from Lengthy Seashore, California.
Walters was sharp within the opening spherical, hitting arduous and exuding confidence. The second spherical noticed Torres placing his punches collectively successfully. Each fighters traded nicely within the third. The older Walters, nonetheless, was dropped close to the tip of the spherical. To his credit score, nonetheless, Walters was capable of beat the rely. Nonetheless, Walters’ nook stopped the struggle earlier than the bell sounded to start out spherical 4.
It’s at all times unhappy to see a fighter attain the tip of a profession, and it looks as if Walters has maybe (hopefully) reached the tip of the skilled prizefighting highway. Nonetheless, it’s good to take into account that Walters was as soon as a revered, and even feared, world champion. His destruction of Nonito Donaire will doubtless be seen because the excessive level of a powerful run within the ring. Certainly, earlier than Saturday’s struggle, Walters’ solely loss had come on the gloved fists of the nice Vasyl Lomachenko. No small factor, to make certain.
