From ESPN:
Dmitriy Salita of Flatbush shed some rust and scored a unanimous decision, by scores of 59-55, 60-54, 59-55, in a six-rounder at the Barclays Center on Saturday night.
The Orthodox Jewish boxer told NYFightBlog he didn't have a problem making it from his hotel to the arena in time for his bout with Brandon Hoskins, despite adhering to Shabbat rules, but he wasn't able to get warmed up properly, so he used the first couple rounds to get loose.
If the fight went to eight rounds, he thought maybe he'd have taken Hoskins out, he added. Salita, 30, told me he wanted a big fight, maybe a title scrap against Paul Malignaggi next. His record goes to 35-1.
From the Boxing Scene:
Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York - Dmitriy Salita got a tough scrap out of Missouri’s Brandon Hoskins before closing strong down the stretch to take a six round unanimous decision in junior middleweight action.
Scores were 60-54 and 59-55 twice.
The fight was sloppy at the start, which served to work well for the aggressive Hoskins, who refused to let Salita get on track consistently in the first two rounds. Both settled down a bit in the third, each cracking the other with the occasional hard shot that drew a reaction from the crowd, but neither man was able to pull ahead in the first half of the fight.
Salita’s experience showed in the second half though, and while he wasn’t spectacular, he was doing decent work, even having his best round of the fight in the fifth, as he tagged Hoskins repeatedly late in the frame and bloodied his face.
With the win, Salita improves to 35-1-1 with 18 KOs; Hoskins falls to 16-3-1 with 8 KOs.
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