The De Lago title fight was for a purse of £90,000. JJ's share of that was £27,000. Enough to start with, but with a title under his belt Bangla was aiming much higher. For the first time in his career, Johnny would fight outside the UK ... in Las Vegas! An unknown in the States, Jowls was matched with Julio Malagarcia, a Panamanian journeyman. Malagarcia has never been stopped or knocked down in 47 fights, despite losing 20 times. Those defeats were more to do with his lack of basic skills than his ability to trade punches in a stand up contest. This fight attracted a purse of £24,000. Jowls's Commonwealth title was not, of course, up for grabs here.
Round 1. Although they started slowly Jowls landed a left cross to the head and then and left jab lower into the chest. Jowls then connected with a right hook and he was looking in supreme form up to this point. But then Malagarcia landed a left hook of his own which caused Jowls's knees to go but somehow the big Geordie hung on. Then the Panamanian followed with a left swing and then a left uppercut, all sending shock waves through Jowls. The ref had to step in, and he did so after 2:18 of the 1st round.
Malagarcia wins by a TKO in the 1st. A devastating loss for our boy. Could he find a way back after this?
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