Fruitful night for Hassan's gym

After a testing few months in which a couple of his boxers suffered untimely losses - and one of those fighters subsequently joined another gym - there was a smile back on the face of coach Dave Hassan last night.

And he had cause to be happy, with three wins out of three on Dragon Fire's Thunderdome VIII card at Metro City.

Quick-learning Sam Hogan, the heavy-handed Paul Wisby and debutant Jayden Prescod all returned victories for the Gosnells trainer.

Hassan said last week that his gym had "plenty to prove" following recent losses for Shane Carroll and Luke Sharp, and then Sharp's decision to quit the camp.

So he would have been satisfied with the his return from the Northbridge nightclub.

Paul Wisby moves in for the kill against Darren Allison. Pic: Kim Johnson/Hitman Photography

Most eye-catching was Wisby, who stopped Rockingham's Darran Allison in the sixth of an exciting eight-rounder.

Allison, with strapping on his left knee, made the brighter start but he couldn't match Wisby for power and that was to prove the deciding factor.

Allison did well with shots to the body, while Wisby was looking for the left hook upstairs. But it was the straight right that did the damage.

He rocked Allison with that shot in the third, before catching him again, decisively, in the sixth. Allison was stunned on the ropes, allowing Wisby to continue the attack in his opponent's corner. Allison went down and although he was up before the count reached 10, the fight was called off.

The one black mark was that the fight was originally down for the WA super-middleweight title but Wisby was never going to make the 76.2kg limit. He even weighed in over the 79.4kg light-heavy mark, yet for some reason was still awarded a belt.

Hogan battles Ryan Heck and a badly cut eye before taking a split decision win. Pic: Kim Johnson/Hitman Photography

Unbeaten light-middleweight Hogan showed he has plenty of heart to go with his neat boxing skills as he secured a split-decision win over fellow southpaw Ryan Heck.

Hogan (now 8-0) suffered a bad cut over his right eye in round two from what the referee deemed an unintentional head clash. But he was able to come through against the roughhouse Queenslander 58-56 on two of the judges' cards, while the third went with Heck 57-58.

Hassan had described Heck as "a bully" but that seems a bit unkind on last night's evidence. Heck isn't one for the purists and Hogan complained of his liberal use of the head as early as the first round. But he did get inside Hogan's greater reach to score to the body and rarely took a backward step.

After five rounds the fight was up for grabs, but Hogan kept his composure in the final three minutes which helped edge the decision.

Luke Sharp smashes in an upper cut as he secures a second-round KO. Pic: Kim Johnson/Hitman Photography

As for Sharp, he couldn't have got his career under new trainer Angelo Hyder off to a better start, knocking out Thai Sapapetch Sor Sakaorat inside two rounds.

The late replacement wasn't much of a test for 26-year-old Sharp, who was boxing up at super-middleweight, but he did his job with a minimum of fuss.

He floored Sakaorat with an uppercut to the body early in the second, before finishing the fight with another upper cut, this time to the jaw, halfway through the round.

"It's a beautiful feeling," said Sharp (now 10-2-2), who will be glad to have got the win under his belt after two losses in his previous three.

Ben Page lands on Rob Powdrill but Powdrill was able to do enough to win. Pic: Kim Johnson/Hitman Photography

Fight of the night saw Rob Powdrill get a close but unanimous eight-round decision over Ben Page, who lost his State cruiserweight belt in the process.

Powdrill, an accomplished kick-boxer, came to the fore in the fourth when he produced two impressive upper cuts, while in the fifth he wobbled Page with a right hand.

But Page's raw power was always a threat, never more so than in the sixth when he suckered in Powdrill before dropping him with a great left hook.

Page's strong final round when he scored with a lovely right and another left hook seemed to have rubberstamped his win. But his knack of switching off during rounds may have proved his undoing as the judges went with the busier Powdrill 77-75, 76-75, 77-74.

Pat Eneanya was too good for Thomas Peato, whose ring attire left a lot to be desired. Pic: Kim Johnson/Hitman Photography

Fans hoping to see more fireworks from Pat Enenaya were left disappointed, although the muscular heavyweight easily won a four-rounder against Kiwi Thomas Peato.

Enenaya bloodied Peato's nose and mouth with his jab and was never in trouble but he was unable to catch his man clean.

As for Peato, it was hard to decide which was uglier - his boxing style or his scruffy ring attire. His wild swings and constant spoiling did nothing for the spectacle, while he sported what were more boxer shorts than boxing shorts, with a waist guard strapped on the outside. Hopefully this garb won't catch on.

Salitos Australia Thunderdome VIII results

Ben Page L Rob Powdrill UD 8 8

Sam Hogan W Ryan Heck SD 6 6

Patrick Eneanya W Thomas Peato UD 4 4

Paul Wisby W Darran Allison KO 6 8

Luke Sharp W Sapapetch Sor Sakaorat KO 2 8

Jacob McBride W Daniel Williams UD 4 4

Dan Carter L Thongthai Rajanondh TKO 2

Jacob Santoro W Yingyai Sithdara KO 2

Jayden Prescod W Kalolo Faatua KO 4