Cool Boxing:Derrick Webster v Michael Gbenga on GFL.tv (Highlights)
- Posted by russty on Jul 31, 2014
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Six-foot-four-inch, super middleweight southpaw Derrick Webster remained undefeated Friday night with a 6-round unanimous decision over Michael Gbenga in the last-minute main event at the Sheet Metal Workers Hall in South Philadelphia. Webster's bout was elevated to the feature slot when the scheduled main event between middleweights Derek Ennis and Lester Gonzalez was scratched on fight night due to a dispute over Ennis' purse.
With the main bout suddenly off, all eyes fell on Webster to close the show. The lanky Glassboro, NJ fighter won clearly and improved his spotless record to 17-0, 8 KOs, but the fight itself was a bit dreary.
Webster used his size well against the pressure-fighting Gbenga. Derrick took his time to warm up, and carefully boxed while Gbenga pressed the action. However, the fighter from Ghana, whose 19 career wins all came via knockout, could not get