Jeremiah Milton didn’t get the knockout end however ended 2023 together with his excellent file intact.
The undefeated rising heavyweight prospect turned away a decided however restricted Dajuan Calloway in claiming a six-round, unanimous resolution victory. Scores have been 59-55, 59-55 and 58-56 in favor of Milton as a part of a BLK Prime Pay-Per-View occasion Saturday night at CHI Well being Middle in Omaha, Nebraska.
Calloway outweighed Milton by 137 kilos at Friday’s official pre-fight weigh-in and located a means to make use of his naturally larger measurement to his benefit within the opening spherical. Milton was the busier fighter all through the night time was visibly pushed throughout the ring by two separate Calloway counter pictures.
Singular moments weren’t going to win the battle for the outsized Ohio native, although.
Milton made an adjustment in spherical two, not falling for the traps set by Calloway and sticking to primary boxing. The Tulsa-bred heavyweight, who trains out of Las Vegas, was regular together with his proper hand upstairs however surprisingly uncared for the physique for the primary few rounds.
Mixture punching was the distinction in impressing the judges, with Milton outworking Calloway by a large margin in spherical three. The 28-year-old heavyweight prospect took the assault downstairs in spherical 4, touchdown looping proper fingers and left hooks under Calloway’s excessive guard. Calloway patiently stood in a nook whereas driving out Milton’s regular workrate, touchdown an occasional left hook.
Calloway (5-2, 5KOs) turned away in ache in spherical 5 after complaining of a low blow. It spoke to the late concentrated efforted by Milton to interrupt down Calloway’s delicate midsection, although he needed to accept pitching a landsiide win to select up his fifth win of 2022 as he improved to 8-0 (6KOs).
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Jake Donovan is a senior author for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox