Koval Sharp


More than 700 boxing fans attended the boxing show at the Eastwood Metro Plex as Austintown's exciting heavyweight Chris Koval won his 18 professional career fights by stopping Dallas Lane of Springfield, Mo., in 2:25 of the first round. Koval, (18-1-0 15ko's) dropped Lane four times before the referee halted the bout.
Koval started the bombing with a terrific right hand to the body dropping Lane. Lane got up and took a solid right hand to the head and went down again. Again, the game Lane got up and the hard punching Koval slammed another right hand to the body and Lane again found the canvas. Again he got up, but Koval punished Lane with a volley of punches and Lane again went down and the referee wisely stopped the bout in 2:25 of the first round.


What Koval Had To Say


"He started to jump on me early because I guess it was from loss I had when I had a slow start. But I wasn't going to let it happen," said the amiable Koval. "I hit him with a solid body shot, the best of my entire career to date and he went down. I knew from that point on it was a matter of time. He never hurt me in the fight because I kept my hands up. But I will say this, he was tough."