UNCASVILLE, Conn. (ივლისი 1, 2018) – Returning to the ring after an 11-month layoff due to a broken jaw, Joe “იმედი” Smith, Jr. provided early fireworks last night (შაბათი, ივნისი 30) in the latest installment in the popular “Slugfest at The Sun” სერია, presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
“Slugfest at The Sun” was taped live and will air ივლისი 19, 8 -10 საათამდე. და, on New England Sports Network (NESN). Star Boxing’s next event, “Rockin’ იბრძვის”,სექტემბერი 21 at the Paramount in Huntington, NY, will also air via tape- delay on NESN.
Rated No. 3 და არა. 7 მსოფლიოში, შესაბამისად, მიერ მსოფლიო საკრივო საბჭო (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA), Smith (24-2, 20 Kos) hurt Melvin “The Romantic Redneck” Russell (11-5-2, 7 Kos) with the first punch he landed and finished the show, two devastating knockdowns later, გახსნის რაუნდი.
“I hit him with a decent shot when I was walking him down and saw that I hurt him,” ჯო სმიტი Jr. explained. “ასე, I looked to end it. I would have liked to have gotten some rust off, but I’m happy with my performance. My jaw feels great.”
“We’re looking to go to the top,” Smith’s promoter Joe DeGuardia განაცხადა. “Joe’s plan and goal has always been to be world champion. We wanted (სერგეი) Kovalev before this fight, but it didn’t work out. We’re hoping to get him in the fall.”
“კოვალიოვი looks great, he motivates me,” Smith noted. “I think I can take advantage of his conditioning.”
Coming off her historic fight this past May against the undefeated Queen of Boxing Cecelia Breakhus, who won a 10-round decision in the first female fight to air on HBO, three-time world champion Kali “KO Mequinonoag” Reis (14-7-1, 4 Kos) cruised past Mexican welterweight Patty “Las Elegante” Ramirez (11-6, 5 Kos), ყოფილი მსოფლიო სათაური challenger, winning all eight rounds.
“She was a survivor,” Reis commented. “There was a lot we wanted to work on, სხეულის კადრები, jabs and more … getting more comfortable. I executed the plan my corner gave me and got the job done.
A Native American from Rhode Island, Reis wants a rematch with Breakhus, “I know I need to stay busy, active and remain fighting at welterweight to get the rematch,” Reis added. “I’m going to stay on her tail. I’ll be ready when it happens, I really want it to happen.”
In the television opener, undefeated junior welterweight “აქცია” Anthony Laureano (8-0 3KO ს) lived up to his nickname, never taking a backwards step, as he pounded Juan Rodriguez (8-10-1 6KO ს) in the center of the ring from the opening bell through the end for a dominant six-round unanimous decision. The 2016 New England Golden Gloves champion Laureano, who fights out of East Hartford, CT, put on an entertaining show in front of his large, loud contingent of fans. Laureano effectively used every punch in his vast arsenal to break down a tough, game Rodriguez.
“I thought I did well,” Laureano said after the fight, “but I’d like to see more angles. I want to see more power, ძალიან. It’s there, he felt it; it’s coming. I have a long road. შემდეგი ბრძოლა, I’d like to have an eight-rounder. We’re adding more people to the team. I hope everyone see that I’m getting better each fight. I have more tools and my discipline is there.”
დაუმარცხებელი უმცროსი middleweight Wendy “Haitian Fire” Toussaint (9-0, 3 Kos) lit up an overwhelmed ენდი გონსალესი (6-3, 5 Kos), battering him from pillar to post, until referee Steve Willis waved off the fight in the third round. Haiti-native Toussaint, now living in Huntington, NY, used his superior power and speed to make an impressive statement.
Popular South Boston southpaw Joe Farina (3-0, 2 Kos) overcame a flash knockdown during the opening seconds of the fight, using a relentless attack to defeat junior welterweight Steve Moore (1-4, 1 KO), by way of a four-round split decision.
Irish junior welterweight “Lethal” Larry Fryers (formerly known as Gleeson) გაუმჯობესდა მისი ჩანაწერი, 7-1 (2 Kos) with a six-round unanimous decision over Anthony Woods (1-7-1). Fighting out of Yonkers NY, Fryers floored Woods with a left hook at the end of round two. Woods was penalized a point near the end of the final round for an intentional head butt.
Former U. of New Haven basketball star Cassius Chaney (13-0, 7 Kos), fighting out of New London (CT), ინახება მისი დაუმარცხებელი ჩანაწერის უცვლელი, dropping Mexican heavyweight Elder Hernandez (5-3, 3 Kos) twice before referee Willis halted the match near the end of the opening round.
The opening bout of the evening ended in the second round and ruled a “არარის Contest” because of an accidental head butt that left both fighters — William “Silent Assassin” Foster III (8-0, 6 Kos) და ტირომ ჯონსი (4-3-1, 1 KO) – with serious head cuts and unable to continue.
CELEBRATING HIS RETURN KO WIN
POST-FIGHT INTERVIEW WITH NESN’S DANA ROSENBLATT & JOE SMITH JR.
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ოფიციალური შედეგები
MAIN EVENT – მსუბუქი სიმაღლე ჯო სმიტი, Jr. (24-2, 20 Kos), Mastic, NY WTKO1 (145) Melvin Russell (11-5-2, 7 Kos), Ashland, KY
CO-FEATURE – FEMALE WELTERWEIGHTS Kali Reis (14-7-1, 4 Kos), Cranston, RI WDEC8 (80-72, 80-72, 80-72) Pat Ramirez (11-6, 5 Kos), Aguascalientes, Mexico
უმცროსი საშუალო წონა Wendy Toussaint (9-0, 3 Kos), Huntington, NY WTKO3 (1:25) ენდი გონსალესი (6-3, 5 Kos), Worcester
უმცროსი WELTERWEIGHTS Anthony Laureano (8-0, 3 Kos), და. Hartford, CT WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 59-55) Juan Rodriguez (8-10-1), Haymarket, VA
WELTERWEIGHTS Joe Farina (3-0, 2 Kos), South Boston, MA WDEC4 (38-37, 38-37, 37-38) Steve Moore (1-4, 1 KO), Orange, NJ
WELTERWEIGHTS Larry (Gleeson) Fryers (7-1, 2 Kos), Yonkers, NY WDEC6 (60-52, 60-52, 59-53) Anthony Woods (1-7-1), Philadelphia, PA
Heavyweights კასიუსი ჩეინის (13-0, 7 Kos), New London, CT WTKO1 (2:47) Elder Hernandez (5-3, 3 Kos), Morelia, Mexico *Co-Promoted in association Main Events
უმცროსი მსუბუქი წონა William Foster III (8-0, 6 Kos), New Haven, CT არარის Contest 2 (2:27 due to accidental head butt, both fighter’s cut) Tryrome Jones (4-3-1, 1 KO), Sound Bend, IN *Co-Promoted in association with Murphy’s Boxing |