UNCASVILLE, เรือ. (กรกฎาคม 1, 2018) – Returning to the ring after an 11-month layoff due to a broken jaw, โจ “สัตว์เดรัจฉาน” ช่างเหล็ก, จูเนียร์. provided early fireworks last night (เสาร์, มิถุนายน 30) in the latest installment in the popular “Slugfest at The Sun” ชุด, presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, ที่ Mohegan Sun Arena ใน วิลล์, คอนเนตทิคั.
“Slugfest at The Sun” was taped live and will air กรกฎาคม 19, 8 -10 p.m. และ, บน New England Sports Network (NESN). Star Boxing’s next event, “Rockin’ การต่อสู้”,กันยายน 21 at the Paramount in Huntington, นิวยอร์ก, will also air via tape- delay on NESN.
Rated No. 3 และไม่มี. 7 ในโลก, ตามลำดับ, โดยสภามวยโลก (WBC) and World Boxing Association (อัลเบียน), ช่างเหล็ก (24-2, 20 คอส) hurt เมลวิน “The Romantic Redneck” รัสเซล (11-5-2, 7 คอส) with the first punch he landed and finished the show, two devastating knockdowns later, ในการแข่งขันรอบแรก.
“I hit him with a decent shot when I was walking him down and saw that I hurt him,” โจสมิ ธ จูเนียร์. อธิบาย. “ดังนั้น, 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 โจ DeGuardia ตามที่ระบุไว้. “Joe’s plan and goal has always been to be world champion. We wanted (เซอร์เกย์) Kovalev before this fight, but it didn’t work out. We’re hoping to get him in the fall.”
“วาเลฟ 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 คอส) cruised past Mexican welterweight Patty “Las Elegante” รามิเรซ (11-6, 5 คอส), อดีตผู้ท้าชิงตำแหน่งระดับโลก, winning all eight rounds.
“She was a survivor,” Reis commented. “There was a lot we wanted to work on, ภาพร่างกาย, 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 “การกระทำ” Anthony Laureano (8-0 3KO ของ) lived up to his nickname, never taking a backwards step, as he pounded ฮวนโรดริเก (8-10-1 6KO ของ) 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, เกินไป. It’s there, he felt it; it’s coming. I have a long road. การต่อสู้ต่อไป, 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.”
มิดเดิ้ลจูเนียร์พ่ายแพ้ Wendy “Haitian Fire” Toussaint (9-0, 3 คอส) lit up an overwhelmed Andy Gonzalez (6-3, 5 คอส), 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, นิวยอร์ก, used his superior power and speed to make an impressive statement.
Popular South Boston southpaw Joe Farina (3-0, 2 คอส) overcame a flash knockdown during the opening seconds of the fight, using a relentless attack to defeat junior welterweight สตีฟมัวร์ (1-4, 1 KO), by way of a four-round split decision.
Irish junior welterweight “Lethal” Larry Fryers (formerly known as Gleeson) การปรับปรุงการบันทึกของเขาไป 7-1 (2 คอส) 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 คอส), fighting out of New London (CT), เก็บไว้พ่ายแพ้บันทึกของเขาเหมือนเดิม, dropping Mexican heavyweight Elder Hernandez (5-3, 3 คอส) 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 “ไม่มีการแข่งขัน” because of an accidental head butt that left both fighters — William “ฆาตกรเงียบ” Foster III (8-0, 6 คอส) และ Tyrome Jones (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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กิจกรรมหลัก – LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT โจสมิ ธ, จูเนียร์. (24-2, 20 คอส), Mastic, นิวยอร์ก WTKO1 (145) Melvin Russell (11-5-2, 7 คอส), Ashland, KY
CO-FEATURE – FEMALE WELTERWEIGHTS Kali Reis (14-7-1, 4 คอส), แครนสตัน, RI WDEC8 (80-72, 80-72, 80-72) Pat Ramirez (11-6, 5 คอส), เตส, เม็กซิโก
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS เวนดี้นักบุญ (9-0, 3 คอส), Huntington, นิวยอร์ก WTKO3 (1:25) Andy Gonzalez (6-3, 5 คอส), เวอร์ซ
JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS Anthony Laureano (8-0, 3 คอส), และ. ฮาร์ตฟอร์ด, CT WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 59-55) ฮวนโรดริเก (8-10-1), Haymarket, VA
welterweights Joe Farina (3-0, 2 คอส), เซาท์บอสตัน, แมสซาชูเซต WDEC4 (38-37, 38-37, 37-38) สตีฟมัวร์ (1-4, 1 KO), Orange, นิวเจอร์ซีย์
welterweights Larry (Gleeson) Fryers (7-1, 2 คอส), Yonkers, นิวยอร์ก WDEC6 (60-52, 60-52, 59-53) Anthony Woods (1-7-1), ฟิลาเดล, PA
วืด เสียสนี่ย์ (13-0, 7 คอส), New London, CT WTKO1 (2:47) Elder Hernandez (5-3, 3 คอส), Morelia, เม็กซิโก *Co-Promoted in association Main Events
JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS William Foster III (8-0, 6 คอส), New Haven, CT ไม่มีการแข่งขัน 2 (2:27 due to accidental head butt, both fighter’s cut) Tryrome Jones (4-3-1, 1 KO), Sound Bend, ใน *Co-Promoted in association with Murphy’s Boxing |