~~Matt Vanda vs Tocker Pudwill~~
On this past
Saturday, April 18th, The Target Center in Minneapolis, MN
hosted an entertaining night of boxing featuring Matt Vanda
in the main event. Vanda squared off against veteran Tocker
Pudwill in an eight round bout. The fight itself was full of
both offense and defensive boxing. Pudwill controlled the
early and middle rounds with his reach and counter punching.
Vanda did his best to get inside, however, he would not find
much success until he later rounds when Pudwill began to
slow a bit. Vanda may have landed the harder shots during
the bout but it was Pudwill who landed more. In the end the
judges scored the bout a majority decision with the scores
of 77-75 twice and 76-76 giving Vanda the decision. The win
puts Matt Vanda back in the win column 40-9 (22 KO’s) while Tocker Pudwill drops to 40-7 (14 KO’s).
~~Allen Litzau loses to Wilton
Hilario~~
The co-main event
featured one of Minnesota’s most heated rivalries since Matt
Vanda and Anthony Bonsante. Allen Litzau and Wilton Hilario
fought for the IBA America’s featherweight title. These two
have been exchanging words for years and finally got the
chance to settle their dispute once and for all. Both men
came out throwing punches with bad intentions, but it was
Hilario's that had more hurt behind them. Litzau did good
work on the inside; however, it wasn’t enough to slow
Hilario down. Litzau looked hurt a few times early in the
bout and in round five Hilario would put on the finishing
touches. A number of hard hooks stunned Litzau in round five
forcing referee Mark Nelson to step in and call a halt to
the match. To Litzau’s credit as stunned as he was he was
still throwing back at the time of stoppage. With the win,
Wilton Hilario picks up the IBA America’s featherweight
title and improves his record to 11-0-1 (9 KO’s) while Allen
Litzau falls to 13-4 ( 7 KO’s).
~~Fort beats Kliewer~~
Middleweight
Cerresso Fort scored five knockdowns over challenger Bobby
Kliewer. Fort dominated the bout landing hard shots to the
head and body of Kliewer. Kliewer has a very wild style in
the ring and managed to land a few shots but it wasn’t
nearly enough to do any damage. After being sent to the
canvas for the fifth time Kliewer spit his mouth piece out
and told the referee he had enough. Cerresso Fort keeps his
record perfect improving to 6-0 ( 6 KO’s ) while Bobby
Kliewer falls to 9-8 (4 KO’s).
~~Jason Litzau stops Phillip Payne~~
Top contender Jason
Litzau made his first ring appearance in over a year since
losing to Robert Guerrero for the IBF featherweight title.
Litzau squared off against Phillip Payne, and he dominated
from round one landing flush shots that would have sent many
to the canvas. Payne showed a good beard but not much
offense as he fought in survival mode. Payne managed to land
a nice combination in the 5th round; however,
Litzau would turn the tides landing a combination forcing
referee Bobby Brunette to step in and stop the bout. Jason
Litzau improves his record to 24-2 (20 KO’s ) while Phillip
Payne falls to 16-23-1 (8 KO’s).
Welterweight John
Laboda kept his record clean 5-0 (4 KO’s) with a stoppage
over Patrick Cape 5-5 (3 KO’s). And Don Tierney started his
professional career with a win over Zach Schumach.
