By: Sean Crose
Former fashionable world titlist Nicholas Walters fought for one more shot at greatness on Saturday. For the 39 12 months outdated veteran battled a far youthful Luis Torres as a part of a PROBOX TV card that was broadcast dwell from Lengthy Seaside, California.
Walters was sharp within the opening spherical, hitting laborious 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 depend. Nonetheless, Walters’ nook stopped the combat 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 street. Nonetheless, it’s good to remember the fact that Walters was as soon as a revered, and even feared, world champion. His destruction of Nonito Donaire will possible be seen because the excessive level of a powerful run within the ring. Certainly, earlier than Saturday’s combat, Walters’ solely loss had come on the gloved fists of the good Vasyl Lomachenko. No small factor, to make sure.
