On Saturday night, at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic
City, NJ, Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing presented a thrilling,
action-packed night of professional boxing, that had the packed house
in attendance asking for more. The five bout card was headlined by
Atlantic City's own, Shamone "The Truth" Alvarez taking on hard
hitting Alexis Camacho.
Alvarez and Camacho wasted no time getting acquainted, as they both
came out in the first firing.
In the 2nd, the southpaw Alvarez began finding the range for his left
hand, landing two short overhand lefts that rocked Camacho.
As the fight progressed from each round to the next, Alvarez got
stronger and stronger. To Camacho's credit, he showed guts, and a
very good chin, as he continued to press forward as Alvarez's punches
found their mark time and time again.
In the 7th Camacho seemed to be tiring and Alvarez began pouring it
on. Just when it looked as though Camacho might be getting back into
the fight, landing some vicious punches to the body of Alvarez, a
huge straight left hand from Alvarez sent Camacho flat on his back.
The referee began his count, but the ringside doctor had seen enough
and climbed through the ropes, halting the contest at 1:30 of the 7th
round.
It was a very impressive showing for Alvarez as he looks to get
himself back into title contention. With the win Alvarez improves to
21-2, 12KO while Camacho drops to 17-3, 16KO.
In the co-feature bout of the evening, heavyweight
fan-favorite, Vinny Maddalone, improved his record to 33-6, 24KO,
with a vicious five round beat down of Dominique Alexander (19-8-1,
9KO).
Maddalone came out in the first, stalking Alexander. It was evident
that Alexander was going to look to box and stay on the outside
against the heavy-handed Maddalone. Maddalone had an answer for that
though as he began unleashing thunderous right and lefts to the body
of Alexander.
In the third round the body shots began to take their toll and
Alexander's movement slowed, allowing Maddalone to pin him against
the ropes and bomb away. A big overhand right dropped Alexander just
as the third round was coming to an end.
Maddalone continued where he left off in the 4th, dropping Alexander
with a barrage of punches midway through the round and again at the
end.
In the 5th a huge left hook to the body dropped Alexander for the
fourth time, and the referee had seen enough, calling a halt to the
contest at 1:09.
Other Results:
Chuck Mussachio W6 Richmond Dalphone
Ismael Garcia W4 Josh Mercado
Joey Dawejko W4 Kimani Cunningham
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