Lange started landing impressive body shots in the fifth that seemed to slow Wilt down and would eventually be his downfall later in the fight.

Wilt was the first one of the fighters to appear hurt after a left hook from Lange staggered him into the ropes. Lange quickly jumped on his wobbled opponent, much to the approval of the 2,000 fans in attendance at the show promoted by Joe Hensley. Wilt would recover enough to hear the much-needed bell to end the sixth.

After a pretty solid pace for the first six rounds, the fighters began to slow down ever so slightly in the seventh. Lange might have been winded from trying to finish Wilt in the sixth, but Wilt didn't mind the delay in action because he no doubt was still feeling the effects of body punches. Lange did do enough with his jab to win the round on my card.

Wilt battled back in the eighth, landing a leaping left hook right to the side of Lange's head, who then took a step back for the first time in the fight. Lange would comeback with more beautiful bodywork that slowed Wilt down and made this a close round.

A big uppercut rocked Lange in the ninth and hushed the crowd just a bit. With this punch Lange's mouthpiece came out and the few Wilt supporters in the crowd booed, thinking Lange did this on purpose to get a break. Seconds after Gallagher put his mouthpiece back in, Lange knocked Wilt's mouthpiece out with a big right hand along the ropes. The fighters paused for just a second. It appeared Wilt thought that the ref would pause the action so Wilt could put his mouthpiece back in. There was no halt, though, and Lange continued his assault on a somewhat surprised Wilt. After knocking Wilt across the ring there finally was a long enough lull in the action for Wilt to get his mouthpiece put back in, but the damage had appeared to be done though.

Sensing his opponent was still hurting, Lange opened the 10th attacking relentlessly and bringing the already standing crowd to a deafening roar. Wilt tried his best to hang on to the end of the fight, but with just 15 seconds left, after taking about five unanswered punches to the head, the referee stepped in and waved off the bout.

It wasn't an easy fight for Lange. As his press conference wrapped up, he saw Wilt walk in to the pressroom and said, "I've seen enough of him tonight. I'm getting out of here," drawing laughter from the close to 20 members of the media.

Joe Hensley is promoting another show at the Patriot Center on December 9 and Lange hopes to be ready to fight on that date.

Dorin Spivey (34-4 28 KO's) got by tougher than expected Roberto Valenzuela (37-26 33 KO's) by 8 round unanimous decision.

Pernell Whitaker trains Spivey. "Sweet Pea" throws just about as many punches giving directions between rounds as his fighter does during rounds.
 

I gave Spivey six out of the eight rounds, as did one other judge. The others saw it 79-73, and a shutout, 80-72.

While talking to the press after the win, Spivey talked about how he lost his gold tooth, while pointing to the empty spot in his mouth. As if on cue a member of Spivey's team returned the tooth and Spivey clicked it back in place.

Much like Lange, Spivey hopes to return, possibly against former foe, Michael "No Joke" Stewart, on the December 9 show.

Undercard notes:

Larry "The Laser" Marks (29-8, 18 KO's) improved his record by beating game Purcell Miller (22-5-1, 18 KO's) by scores of 80-71 and 79-72 twice.

In the opening bout of the evening, Juan Carlos Robles went to 4-0 with 2 KO's with a hard fought four round decision win over Derek Amos (14-23 9 KO's). Amos has been in the ring with Danny Williams, Razor Ruddock, and Monte Barrett. Amos returns to his job as a boxing instructor at the LA Boxing Club in Chantilly, VA, while Robles goes back to Waynesboro, VA, and waits for his next fight.

In the walkout fight, Anthony Bonsante (27-8-3, 15 KO's) got a much-needed win when he knocked out veteran journeyman Larry Brothers (6-20-3, 4 KO's) in the fourth round.