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RODRIGUEZ (L) HLATSHWAYO (R) BATTLED IT OUT FOR ANOTHER
TWELVE ENTERTAINING ROUNDS
On Saturday night,
Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing put together an exciting seven
bout card before a packed house at the Mohegan Sun in
Uncasville, CT.
In the main event
Star Boxing's IBF #2 rated welterweight, Delvin Rodriguez
battled IBF #3 rated Isaac Hlatshwayo for the vacant IBF
Welterweight Championship of the World. The fight was a
rematch of their highly entertaining draw that took place
back in November of last year.
The fight started well for Rodriguez as he was the much
busier fighter, landing clean shots to both the head and
body of the South African Hlatshwayo. In the second, a right
hand staggered Hlatshwayo, but he showed guts as he
continued to press forward, taking some big shots from
Rodriguez in the process.
There was good two way action in the middle rounds, with
Rodriguez looking to box as Hlatshwayo pressed forward
looking to fight on the inside. Rodriguez's right hand
continued to connect from the outside and the effects began
to show on Hlatshwayo's face as his left eye began closing.
The action continued into the twelfth and final round with
both fighters eagerly exchanging toe-to-toe, not wanting to
leave the decision up to the judge's scorecards.
In the end judge Glen Feldman had the bout 115-113 for
Rodriguez but was overturned by judge Tony Paolillo who had
it 116-112 and judge Isaac Tshabalala who scored it 116-113
for Hlatshwayo.
It was a very tough loss for Rodriguez to swallow as he
seemingly did enough once again to get the decision win over
Hlatshwayo. Unfortunately the judges didn't agree yet again.
With the loss Rodriguez drops to 24-3- 2, 14 KOs while
Hlatshwayo improves to 29-1-1, 10KO.
*Rodriguez will
now need to see a doctor as he reportedly suffered an injury
to his right hand midway through the fight*
--Promoter DeGuardia with Demetrius Andrade--
In the
co-feature bout of the evening, the 2007 amateur world champion, and 2008
U.S. Olympian, Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade improved to a perfect 6-0, 5
KOs with a spectacular second round knockout over Chad Greenleaf
(11-13-1, 5 KOs).
Andrade, who is co-promoted by Star Boxing and Banner Promotions, showed
why he is widely considered to be the top prospect in all of boxing, with
a near perfect performance.
Andrade displayed his blinding hand speed in the first, landing with four
and five punch combinations to both the body and head of Greenleaf. In
the second round a huge right hook to the body completely crippled
Greenleaf as he hit the canvas hard. In no shape to continue the referee
called a halt to the contest. Official time of the stoppage was 1:38 of
the second round. Look for Andrade to be back in action very soon.
Marvelous Tarvis Simms moved one step closer to a
major fight in the middleweight division with an impressive eight round
decision over Marcus Upshaw.
Simms, who is now back fighting under the Star Boxing banner, used good
combinations to outwork the much taller Upshaw throughout. In the fourth
a left hook from Simms dropped Upshaw but he was able to survive the
round.
Upshaw hung tough, but in the end Simms simply had too much fire power.
With the victory Simms improves to 25-0-1, 11 KOs while Upshaw drops to
11-4-1, 5 KOs.
Star Boxing's welterweight prospect, Raymond "Tito" Serrano improved his
record to 10-0, 6 KOs with a third round TKO over Jessie Davis (11-14, 8
KOs).
Davis was eager to exchange, but Serrano simply had too much power.
Serrano continuously tagged Davis with huge shots through the first three
rounds but to his credit Davis continued to come forward.
In the third, a beautiful right hook to the head, followed by a huge left
hook to the body sent Davis to the canvas. Davis was able to beat the
count, but Serrano soon after pinned Davis against the ropes and began
unloading heavy shots. With Davis being punished the referee jumped in
and called a halt to the contest at 2:02 of the third round.
Light heavyweight Yathomas Riley celebrated his 27th birthday in fashion,
by picking up his second impressive knockout victory in less then three
weeks by knocking out veteran Tiwon Taylor (26-16-1, 19 KOs) at 2:59 of
the very first round.
Riley, who is promoted by Star Boxing, was in command throughout the
first, dropping Taylor midway through the round. Just as the bell was to
sound to end the first a huge straight right sent Taylor down again, this
time hard. Although the round was ending the stoppage was a smart
decision. It was a very impressive victory for the light heavyweight
prospect Riley who improved his record to 7-0, 5 KOs.
Undercard Results:
Lindsay Garbatt TKO7 Maureen Shea
Dominic DeSanto D4 Eliud Torres
For Fight Recaps between January and May 2009, click here...
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