Jake Giuriceo came into his Universal Boxing Organization Championship Fight against Bryne Green in top shape.  When the ten round fight ended, Giuriceo was still fresh and full of energy.  The Bull has the conditioning regimen of a champion, now he has a belt to go with it.  In a unanimous decision, Giuriceo garnered his first piece of hardware and can now be referred to as a champion in boxing circles.

“I knew we had to go ten rounds tonight,”said Giuriceo.  “Frankie [Duarte] told me ‘you have ten rounds to work this kid‘.  I came on stronger and stronger with each round.  I felt like my left hand was going to work tonight.  It is amazing to be a champion, I don’t know where I would be.  I can’t thank God enough for the people he has put in my life, the way he has orchestrated my team, it is really amazing.”

The Welterweight bout started off with a typical first round of two fighters trying to dictate the pace.  Both Giuriceo and Green established they could jab.  In the second and third round, it almost seemed like a contest of who could control the pace.  Green was effectively counterpunching Giuriceo, but The Bull was throwing, and landing, jabs with good accuracy in piling up at least two of the first three rounds.

In the middle rounds, Giuriceo started working the body and using uppercuts to stop Green from covering up his face with both gloves.  As the fight progressed, it became obvious that Giuriceo was not tiring, not in the least.  To start the fourth round, I would estimate that Giuriceo threw at least 30 punches in the first minute.  Constant motion and deception mixed in between every punch.

The ninth and tenth rounds were new territory in Giuriceo’s career.  Stamina will never be a problem for The Bull.  As this fight went on, somehow his energy level seemed to continue rising with each passing round.  The tenth round was Giuriceo’s best of the fight.  A fair estimation was about a 3:1 ratio of punches thrown in favor of Giuriceo.

After the fight, Giuriceo was handed the belt that his 14 wins have earned him.  The jubilant, newly crowned champion was ecstatic and did a little in-ring announcing of his future plans.

“I am going to take some time off and marry my fiance, Jackie Mazias.  We are going to get married on May 20, and I am going to be a very happy man.  There are rumors that I might be on an ESPN show early next year, but I don’t like to spread rumors.”

Giuriceo told me after the fight that his wedding reception would be at St. Lucy’s, the same venue that this fight took place in.  The wedding itself will take place at Giuriceo’s church, Metro Assembly.

“I might wear the belt to the wedding.”

“I talked in the locker room before the fight about the sparring I had in California”, said Giuriceo.  “I worked with Ponce de Leon, John John Molina, and many other great fighters.  There was no way I was going to come here tonight and lose to this kid.  I was hoping for an easier night, couldn’t finish maybe the way I wanted to.  I felt excellent during every round, I felt like I won every round.  I even think the scoring was a little off, except for the one judge who had me losing only one round.”

The official scoring for the fight was 99-91, 96-94, and 97-93, all for Jake Giuriceo.

“I feel like I landed some great shots tonight.  I can hear the noises as I punch, the grunts and groans.  I just have to learn to be more accurate.  My opponent tonight was tough, he just upset an undefeated fighter in his very last fight.  He came here to win this belt tonight. If I had to grade my performance, I would say I get a B+, the only reason it isn’t an ‘A’ is because I thought I could have stayed closer to him longer, making it more of a Giuriceo type fight. I let him off a little and I shouldn’t have.”

Joe Corvino, the multi-tasking leader, has something in Giuriceo that few find.  A pure marketability that this sport needs right now.  The handlers, Giuriceo, and Corvino will all be sure to strike while the iron is hot.  Keith Burnside and Duarte will continue to physically shape him.  His bride-to-be will help keep his emotions in check.  God will continue to be the battery that propels him.

For Jake Giuriceo, UBO Champion, the iron has never been hotter.