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Tyson Ushona failed in his bid to win the Commonwealth welterweight title when Denton Vassell of England beat him on a unanimous points decision on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Ushona put up a good challenge and there was not much separating the boxers at the end of 12 rounds of boxing. The three judges all scored the fight in Vassell’s favour – 118-111, 117-113, 117-112 – although Ushona gave as good as he got and the fight seemed to be closer than the scoring suggested.<\/p>\n

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Ushona was clearly disappointed with the score as he walked away in disbelief when the result was announced.<\/p>\n

Ushona was fit and in good shape and moved around freely around the ring.<\/p>\n

Vassell pressurised more but as usual, Ushona fought on the counter-attack and connected with some good punches. He caught Vassell with a straight right to the face in the second round and then with a sharp hook in the third round.<\/p>\n

But although he regularly found the target, his blows did not have much of an effect and Vassell kept on coming forward and applying the pressure.<\/p>\n

By the halfway stage nothing separated the two, and by the end of the eighth round, Vassell had landed 55 punches to Ushona’s 49 punches.<\/p>\n

Vassell landed a few sharp body shots in the ninth round and in the final rounds continued to come forward while Ushona waited for the counter attack. But both boxers also clinched a lot and few shots landed cleanly in the final rounds.<\/p>\n

After the fight Vassell acknowledged that Ushona had been a tough opponent.<\/p>\n

“There was a lot of grappling going on. He was awkward, he moved and grabbed a lot,” he said.<\/p>\n

Vassell’s trainer Bob Shannon said it was a good performance by his boxer.<\/p>\n

“Denton has been out of action for a long time and his timing was out tonight. He beat a good and tricky fighter (in Ushona). I’m very proud of him,” he said.<\/p>\n

It was Ushona’s first defeat in 23 pro fights, while Vassell is now undefeated after 16 pro fights.<\/p>\n

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