Lance Gauch beat one Dakota Talbot (2-14) two times in a row in preparation for his fight with the Chinese giant?
?Disgraceful. I would be too ashamed to even raise my hands after a ?fight? like this.??Poster named Krifko
Taishan Dong is 6?11? or 7? (depending on which hype you wish to believe) but he does weigh a well distributed 284 pounds. His record is now 5-0 with each of his fights being held in the U.S. under the watchful eye of Golden Boy Promotions. One of his wins?against Jamal Woods (6-18 coming in)?came by way of MD suggesting that he may not be quite the mountain he is named after. Nevertheless, He is being brought along at a less-than-Toro-Moreno-pace and that could bode well for the big guy.
Lance Gauch, out of Missouri, is a 26-year-old who is badly out of shape (he weighs a flabby 291 pounds) and sports a 5-9-2 mark. Lance beat one Dakota Talbot (2-14) two times in a row in preparation for his fight with the Chinese giant on May 22 at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.
The very likable Gauch was a two-time state finalist while at Hannibal High School in the 189-pound weight class. While wrestling for the Pirates, Gauch set the Hannibal High tech fall record. He was also an outstanding football player at Hannibal High and signed to play football at Culver-Stockton College.
Gauch started well enough and even caught Dong (who fought just 30 days ago) with a couple of hard shots, but then, with 32 seconds remaining in the first round, the Chinese giant landed an overhand right that caught Lance behind the ear and sent him down like he had been shot. The knockout has already been billed as a highlight reel and that?s fine and dandy. What is not so dandy is the way Lance Gauch was carried out of the ring in a stretcher and sent to a hospital. Thankfully, he is OK.
As for Taishan, unlike the slow-witted and untalented Moreno, he appears to have potential but until he steps in with someone who can get inside his wingspan, the jury is out.
Ted Sares is a member of the Ring 4 Boxing Hall of Fame (New England) and a member of Ring 10 (New York). He is one of the oldest active powerlifters and strongman competitors in the world and is the 2014 EPF Nationals Champion in the Grand Masters Class.
