LAS VEGAS – Louis Smolka was doing plenty of things right against Vince Morales this past December.
A couple minutes into the second round, Smolka landed a left, then a couple knees to the body. But then everything went south in the blink of an eye. Morales went from covering up his midsection from the knees to a winging right hand, and it landed. It put Smolka on the canvas, and an instant later, he had the first knockout loss of his career.
The setback had Smolka down for the proverbial count after the fight, and then he realized he had to get back on the horse and move on.
