One of the most eventful parts of the boxing card held at Beeghly Center was the pro debut of Chris ‘Christo’ Hazimihalis.  Hazimihalis received a warm greeting from the very partial hometown crowd. 

Admittedly, Hazimihalis came out nervous and tentative.  “I had some jitters, but once I got in there and started mixing it up, I got more comfortable.  It was a learning experience and now I know better what to expect.  I am going to get back into the gym and keep working on things to get better.”

The untested Hazimihalis faced Norman Allen of Toledo.  Coming into the fight, Allen was winless in six pro fights. 

The first round was tentative until Hazimihalis landed a flurry near his corner.  Allen was swinging wildly and missing Hazimahalis.  Hazimihalis was active enough to win the round, connecting with much better accuracy than Allen.

The second round also went to the local rookie.  Hazimihalis landed several big blows throughout the round, hurting Allen a couple of times.  The judges had to see it as a 10-8 round for Hazimihalis. 

About a minute into the third round, Allen went to knee after a Hazimihalis flurry and that would be enough.  Allen was unable to take the wave of activity that Christo was serving him and the fight would end with a third round TKO.

Hazimihalis is trained by Jack Loew who said he saw good and bad in a typical professional debut.  “Chris Hazimihalis is a young kid with a limited amateur background, maybe 35 or 40 fights.  He showed some ring generalship out there tonight and he didn’t get carried away.  He got a little lazy for awhile, but it was his first fight and he stopped a kid who didn’t want to fight back.”