RUNOWSKI DECISIONS TRAYA IN POLAND
By Eric Armit
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 23 Aug 2016
Runowski gets wide unanimous decision but Traya comes to fight and gives the local fighter ten tough rounds. Traya was on the offensive early and pressed hard but Runowski showed a solid defence. The Filipino continued to press until the later rounds but Runowski, Showing respect for the Filipino?s power boxed coolly. He was slowly picking up the pace and his accurate counters put him in control and it was Traya under pressure as the fight ended.
The Filipino never looked like winning and the scores were wide but he had given Runowski his toughest test so far. Scores 100-90, 99-91 and 99-92.
Runowski, 22, wins the vacant WBC Youth Inter-Continental title. He was coming off a good win over Carel Sandon (19-1) in March. As an amateur he was Polish Junior champion, competed at the World Junior Championships and won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships before turning pro at 18.
Traya, 20, had won his last 10 fights, six of the by first round KO/TKO.
(The fight was held on Aug. 20 at the Amfiteatr in Miedzyzdroje, Poland)
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