An old school throw down in Yonkers last night showed promise for a
few greenhorns while unveiling a paper tiger. 

Here's a fight by fight summary of what went down...

 
Bout #1 / MICHAEL BROOKS (Long Island, debut) vs JAMEL BROWN (Bronx, debut). Brooks is stronger and a bit more poised than Brown.  Each fighter trades hard shots early as Brown visibly begins to fade.
With :10 left in the 4th round, the ref stops the fight due to Brown's exhaustion. 
WINNER BROOKS / RSC 4
 
Bout #2 / TAKESHI SATO (Manhattan, debut)  vs  Angel Torres (Yonkers, 1-4-1). Torres comes out crisp and rocks Sato plenty early on countering Satos in-your-face aggression.  Torres suffers a gash over his right eye in round 2 but continues to out stick and outgun "the Japanese Bomber."  Exemplifying his 1-4-1 record, Torres nearly collapses in round 4 from exhaustion.  Fortunately for him however, Sato can't break an egg.
WINNER UD TORRES
 
Bout #3 / EUSEBIO FLORES (Brooklyn, 1-1)  vs  LAMBROS KARAOLIDES (3-0).  Each fighter wails away for two rounds with Karaolides being noticeably stronger.  :41 seconds into round 3 Flores gets crushed by a  Karaolides left hook and the fight is over.
WINNER by KO KARAOLIDES

Bout #4 / ISSOUF KINDA (Harlem, 5-0) vs  MELCHOR GUILLEN, Jr (Newark, 2-3). Not much more here outside of a Boxing lesson granted by Kinda, every minute, each round.
WINNER UD KINDA
 
Bout #5 / JOSE RIVERA (New Rochelle, NY 1-0) vs RAUL LOPEZ (Bronx, 1-0). The best fight of the night.  Lopez has a 2' reach advantage over the aggressive Rivera.  Lopez is a slick boxer yet, Rivera does nicely closing the distance to land long, powerful hooks.  Lopez keeps his power as he backs up. Rivera has his moments snapping back Lopez' head.  Rivera is stronger.  The crowd is on their feet in round 4.  Round 6 is the best round of the fight with Lopez nearly knocking out Rivera at the :20 mark and finishing strong.  Lopez needed that round.
MD DRAW
 
Bout #6 / FASIKA BEZABEH (Manhattan, 0-2) vs SHQUPRIM MURIQI (Yonkers, 1-0). Miriqi wins via an early, ridiculous stoppage by the referee (obviously, a little hometown cookin').
WINNER by KO MURIQI
 
Bout #7 / ADAM KOWNACKI (Brooklyn, debut) vs CAROSSEE AUPONTE (Philadelphia, 0-2-1); Another early stoppage by the referee due to Auponte turning his back.  Evidently, Kownacki's trainer was told by the ref afterwards that "he knew what Kownacki could do to the guy, so he had to stop it."  Nice.
WINNER by KO KOWNACKI
 
Bout #8 / EDDIE IRIZARRY (Bronx, 7-1) vs JOEY ARROYO (Bronx, 2-1-1); Irizarry drops Arroyo 0:10 into the 1st round and chases him throughout.  :30 left in round one, Arroyo pays back the favor by dropping Irizarry to his knee with a shot to the forehead.  Arroyo hurts Irizarry with a straight right to the chest that nearly drops him and weakens him for what seems the rest of the fight.  Arroyo showboats.  Irizarry is clearly a stronger fighter, yet, looks sluggish from Arroyo's speed and craftiness.
WINNER UD ARROYO
 
Bout #9 / ALEXIS MEJIAS (Bronx, 10-1) vs JOSH HARRIS (Youngstown, 3-3);  I had a talk with JASON ESTRADA before this fight and he told me that his dad (Harris' trainer) finally had Harris' head right for this fight.  He said that although his man Josh was an underdog with a journeyman's record, he was "ready." 
So, when the bell rung for round #1 - out came Mejias with a smooth peek-a-boo style.  In the opening seconds he looked much nicer, smoother than the clumsy southpaw Harris.  :30 into round 1, Harris jumps in with a tight right hook that drops the 233 lb giant Mejias like a ROCK!  Mejias somehow beats the count and climbs to his feet.  Still shaky, Mejias gets clubbed once more by a wide, looping right-hook and this time he is down and out for good.
WINNER 1:40 of ROUND 1, by KO HARRIS
 
-Ricky Ray Taylor
www.BoxerDRILLZ.com

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