Crown, Калифорни (May 26, 2015)--Memorial Day weekend started out with a bang as Andrey Fedosov and John Thompson were crowned Boxcino 2015 champions in the Heavyweight and Jr. Middleweight divisions with stoppage wins over Donovan Dennis and Brandon Adams this pastБаасанnight at the Omega Products Outdoor Arena.
The Boxcino Tournament was promoted by Banner Promotions, бол Баасан-ийнcard was promoted by Thompson Boxing and Banner Promotions.
The event also served as the series finale of ESPNБаасан Шөнийн тулаан.
Fedosov scored an 8th round stoppage, while Thompson got off the canvas in round 1 to score a 2nd round stoppage.
Fedosov landed some hard power shots in round 2 that Dennis was able to withstand. Fedosov dropped Dennis in round 3 from a left hook to the head. Dennis started being effective the jab in round 4, and he started mixing the straight left behind it.
In round 6, Fedosov hurt Dennis again as he ripped two hard rights off the face of the southpaw. In round 7, it was more power shots that hurt Dennis and made him take a knee.
In round 8, Fedosov landed a perfectly timed right hand that sent Dennis hard to the canvas. Dennis got to his feet but the fight was waved off 54 seconds into round 8.
Fedosov, 220 1/2 lbs of Hollywood, California via Russia is now 28-3 нь 23 накоут. Деннис, 219 lbs of Davenport, Iowa is now 14-3.
“I was being patient and waiting for a counter, and I was able to hit him with it,” said Fedosov of the knockout blow. “Now I will look for a big fight.”
John Thompson got off the deck in round 1 to come back and score an explosive 2nd round stoppage over Brandon Adams to win the Boxcino Jr. Middleweight нэр.
Adams dropped Thompson in the opening seconds from a left hook. In round 2, Thompson landed a huge shot that sent Adams to the canvas. Thompson then pounded on Adams and a right hand wobbled Adams into the ropes and a knockdown was ruled. Thompson finished off a visibly hurt Adams with a heavy combination and the fight was stopped at2:18 дугуй 2.
Томпсон, 153.2 Newark-ын фунт, NJ is now 17-1 зургаан knockouts нь. Адамс, 154.8 lbs of Los Angeles, CA нь одоо байна 17-2.
“This is a new beginning for me,” Thompson said. “We’re in a whole different ball game now. This is where I’m suppose to be.”
Баннер сурталчилгааны Ерөнхийлөгч Artie Pelullo хэлсэн, “It was a great night, and John and Andrey earned these titles. We expect to have them in big fights very soon. Өөр тэмдэглэл-нд, I am glad that these two thrilling fights were part of the last ESPNБаасанNight Fights show.”
