Friday the thirteenth! After a few months traing since the Drefus fight, Spain's Joey Cadoza was Jowls's next opponent. Once again, Bangla negotiated the fight would be in Newcastle, with a decent £6,000 purse to get the Spaniard over. Cadoza was anything but special however. A run-of-the-mill heavyweight, those in the know expected Jowls to finish him off before the end. Cadoza's only real strength was Jowls's key weakness, staying power. If the fight would go the distance Cadoza would be favourite. This would be Jowls's first fight over 8 rounds.
Round 1. Jowls had the better of the early stages, doing some good work inside to the body. Although quiet, the round looked to be going JJ's way until Cadoza landed a right hook below the heart which shook Jowls somewhat. Probably even for the first 3 minutes.
Round 2. A great start from jowls once again, getting the better of his opponent early on, but yet another stunning right hook to the chest shook jowls once again. Jowls did most of the running though and landed some good body punches himself and probably just shaded the round.
Round 3. Cadoza began to press but Jowls maintained control throughout most of the third, getting a couple of useful blows to the head and only being caught by Cadoza right on the bell. I scored this another round to Jowls.
Round 4. JJ's lay-off seemed to have worked as he started round 4 the same as the previous 3. A Cadoza left hook wrested the initiative though and some great inside work from Cadoza had Jowls on the defensive. Jowls did finish the round still looking strong though. At the halfway point I had Jowls just one round ahead.
Round 5. Another round with Cadoza pressing and Jowls managing to stay out of trouble. More good work inside from the Spaniard put him ahead. Jowls seemed content to spoil his way through the last minute or so, but he'd let his advantage slip.
Round 6. Cadoza must've sensed that Jowls was tiring and he took full advantage. the Spaniard contolled round 6 throughout and opened up with several scoring attacks to the head. A big round for Cadoza put him firmly in control with three rounds to go.
Round 7. Unknown territory for Jowls, but after the previous round he came back well. Cadoza looked to be pressing for the kill early on and combinations to the head and then inside had Jowls on the defensive once again. But the big Geordie came back well in the later stages. One downside was a cut on the bridge of the nose sustained by JJ during a clinch. The first cut of his professional career.
Round 8. The final round and watching them touch gloves, both men still looked like they had plenty of fight left in them. I had Cadoza ahead by at least a couple of rounds so Jowls would need to come up with another final round clincher. he opened with a great left cross to the chin. Cadoza countered with a left cross of his own. With both men goiving as much as they could, Cadoza 's attacks seemed more accurate but in the final seconds Jowls found a wonderful left hook that caught Cadoza right on the chin. Somehow the Spaniard stayed upright and kept out of harm's way until the bell. I gave that final round to Jowls, just perhaps, but he took the fight to Cadoza.
Decision time and the ref scored it 79-77 Cadoza. I scored it a little closer and an unhappy crowd whistled at the decision, but they'd seen a great fight and Jowls proving he could go the 8-round distance, even if it were as a loser.
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