Beerwah boxer has second consecutive loss in his professional career
By Kirra Livingstone
Beerwah’s Dana Coolwell has gone down swinging to American Albert Gonzalez by unanimous decision in Las Vegas on April 6.
The bout marked Coolwell’s return to the US following his career-changing fight on the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson undercard. The lopsided scorecards all went to Gonzalez with final scores of 77-75, 78-74, and 80-72 in the eight-round bout. This showed while some judges deemed it a close fight, one saw Gonzalez to be far superior.
The Beerwah boxer reflected on the match shortly after the fight and said he felt he had performed well.
“I’m not sure how I feel, I thought I did pretty good and put a lot of hard work into it but it is what it is,” he said. “I don’t know what I could have done better, maybe stay at range longer. It’s hard to say right now if I should have won. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter what I think, it comes down to the judges.”
Although it marked his second consecutive loss in his professional boxing career, Coolwell said he was remaining positive.
“It was great tonight against another tough and world-class opponent!” he said. “Travelling the world and fighting the best is what I want to do. I just want to give a massive thanks to my team, my coach, Stephen Pitt, manager, Jared Joffe, and also my amazing sponsors who back me!”
Coolwell said he was now looking forward to some rest and family time back in Australia, while planning his next move.
“It’s definitely an option to have another fight in the USA soon, but we’ll see what is best next for my career moving forward,” he said.
In the lead-up to the bout, Coolwell spent several weeks training and sparring in Los Angeles.