Thrilling finish to the Godoy vs Marks fight at Gonzalez Sports Academy Whenever you’re a witness to a memorable fight, you immediately want to run out and tell everyone. The Oscar Godoy versus Joshua “Superman” Marks welterweight match on Friday’s Bobby D Presents show at the Gonzalez Sports Academy in Eastlake was a classic. This content is protected Nearing the end of the first round, Oscar Godoy caught Joshua Marks (shown here getting an eight count from referee Pat Russell) with an overhand right to score what is known as a flash knockdown. Photo: Jim Wyatt Marks’ seventh round KO victory had about the same number of plot twists you’d see in a Hollywood thriller. In Round one it appeared the jab-less Godoy (4-1, 2 KOs) of Watsonville, CA was in trouble against the shorter, more aggressive and muscular Marks (7-3, 7 KOs) of El Centro, CA now training in Grand Junction, Colorado. For the majority of the round, it was one swing and a miss after another for Godoy while the crouching Marks landed jabs to the midsection with an occasional sneaky left hook up top. Then in the closing moments, Godoy landed a volley of punches along with a beautiful straight right to knock Marks off his feet. First round scoring: 10-9 Godoy. In Round two, Godoy finally started to use his jab which opened things up for him. Marks, the more aggressive of the two, wasn’t exactly winning over the favor of the 1,000 plus patrons, especially after connecting with a rabbit punch and a late hit after the bell which could’ve cost him a point but didn’t. Still, the elusive Mr. Marks did more than enough to win round two. Marks takes round two, 10-9 By round three, the punches were flying all over the place and Godoy startled Marks when landing a beauty of a right uppercut. Still, Marks was the more active fighter and took round three by countering off each of Godoy’s misses. 10-9 Marks Round four and five were a repeat of round three but with even more intensity. Godoy and Marks began to lung at each other to land their volleys with Marks being the more accurate and busier of the two. Both rounds four and five were awarded to Marks 10-9. This content is protected Here we have the first of three knockdowns of Oscar Godoy (R) by Joshua Marks. This content is protected Soon after it was Godoy's turn to get the crowd excited. At this point he had pinned his opponent, Joshua Marks, in the neutral corner. Photo: Jim Wyatt This content is protected Here we see Joshua Marks pushing down hard on Oscar Godoy's head. Referee Pat Russell (R) is shown rushing in to issue a warning for the infraction. This content is protected Joshua Marks' tactics involved bull rushing his opponent. Photo: Jim Wyatt This content is protected Joshua Marks started to wonder what it was going to take to stop Oscar Godoy. This content is protected After his grueling battle with Oscar Godoy, Joshua Marks has his arm raised in victory by Hall of Fame referee Pat Russell. Photo: Jim Wyatt This content is protected In this photo we see the show's hostesses gathering around Joshua "Superman" Marks to have their photo taken with the victorious welterweight. Photo: Jim Wyatt This content is protected In the seventh round, Oscar Godoy (R) made one last push for victory and had his opponent, Joshua Marks (L) in trouble on the ropes. This content is protected Oscar Godoy (R) of Watsonville, CA. poses for a photo with his trainer after his memorable battle with Joshua "Superman" Marks. By round six, Marks had established his left as the set up punch for the combinations and had Godoy backpedaling. Needing a breather from the pounding, Godoy wisely took a knee. When the action resumed, Marks was once again all over him and down went Godoy for a second time. Only the bell prevented a third knockdown in that sixth round. Scoring 10-8 Marks. After the bell sounded to start round seven, Marks was right back in Gody’s grill pounding away. It appeared it was just a matter of time before referee Pat Russell would have to step-in to stop the bout. Then, as if the boxers were following a script from a Rocky movie, back came Godoy. Now it was Godoy chasing after Marks and threatening to put his lights out. After tiring from throwing what must have been over twenty punches, Godoy had punched himself out. So back came Marks. This time, the unanswered head shots to Godoy’s head had gone over Russell’s limit and the bout was stopped. GODOY ACTUALLY WENT DOWN A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES IN THE FIGHT NOW, HERE'S SOME FOOTAGE THAT I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP HERE AND THERE..... 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yup...he's a hell of a fighter, tough as ****en **** too....great kid man, i've been reading his facebook page, and no excuses what so ever.....i told him he has a new fan now :good
The show's hostesses. Post their Facebooks. Prefer those in the white tops, will happily take those in the black. (or better yet, all)
