BoxingTalk Story |
03/05/2006
THE BOXINGTALK SCOREBOARD
Sharmba Mitchell W10 Jose Luis Cruz... Veteran Sharmba Mitchell, who began his career as a lightweight, remained in the welterweight picture with a unanimous ten-round decision over Jose Luis Cruz in Cathedral City, California. The official scorecards favored Mitchell, "the little big man" by scores of 96-94 and 97-93 (twice). According to to ESPN, Mitchell outlanded Cruz 225 punches to 181 to improve to 57-5 over a distinguished eighteen-year career. Cruz falls to 31-2-2 with his second straight loss. In 2005, Cruz lost to Shane Mosley, but in 2004 he drew with Carlos Baldomir, now the welterweight champion of the world.Â