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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-It was a bittersweet night for welterweight contender Thomas LaManna as he won a 10-round unanimous decision over George Sosa in an entertaining bout in front of a capacity crowd at The Claridge Hotel In Atlantic City.
The 11-bout card was promoted by Rising Promotions.
LaManna won the WBC Silver Latino Welterweight title and shortly after, la caccia noto come “Cornflake” promptly announced his retirement in the ring.
The two traded big blows throughout the bout as Sosa came out very aggressively and was able to land some good right hands. LaManna was giving better of the two-way action, which had the sold-out crowd very enthused throughout the contest.
In secondo round, Sosa started to swell under his left eye. Nel sesto round, He started bleeding badly from his nose as the result of pinpoint shots from LaManna.
Nel sesto round, LaManna was dominant by scoring two knockdowns from body shots. LaManna was relentless in battering Sosa all over the ring with Sosa lucky to hear the bell to culminate the round. Both guys traded hard shots down the stretch with LaManna getting the better of the action. Every so often, Sosa was able to score with hard shots, but they were few and far between.
LaManna sat down on his punches and landed thudding blows as he tried to get the stoppage against the tough Sosa.
LaManna, 147 lbs di Millville, NJ ha vinto con il punteggio di 98-90 due volte e 99-88 to raise his record to 24-2. Sosa of Reading, PA falls to 15-10.
“The body work, the distance and the jab was working for me. He was long and tall so we worked on the distance and I started to put my punches together. The body work is what put him down,”ha detto Lamanna. “I took some shots from him, but that is not what I go in wanting to do. I wore him down, worked the body, touched his arms and touched his body.”
“It feels so great to win a championship and to get that hardware.”
Then LaManna announced that this would be his last fight.
“It’s Over. It’s Over. I put a lot of years into this. Questo è. I want to thank my parents, Vinny Ponte my promoter, my trainer and everybody who have helped me along the way.”
Ex campione del mondo Imamu Mayfield e Lamont Capers slugged it out to an eight-round split draw in their cruiserweight bout.
Nel sesto round, Mayfield was cut over his left eye from a punch, and Capers had bad swelling over his left eye from a headbutt.Each fighter took a card by a 77-75, tally while 3rd card read even at 76-76.
Mayfield, 200 lbs of Freehold, NJ è ora 26-10-3. Capers, 196 lbs of Hawley, PA è 7-10-3.
Yurik Mamedov won a six-round unanimous decision over Ariel Vasquez in a welterweight bout.
Mamedov, 145.5 libbre di Brooklyn, NY ha vinto con decine di 60-54 su tutte le schede, ed è ora 7-0. Vasquez, 145.3 lbs di Managua, NIC is 12-19-2.
Emmanuel Rodriguez won a four round unanimous decision over pro debuting Willie Anderson.
I punteggi sono stati 40-36 on all cards for Rodriguez, 119 lbs di Newark, NJ, and he is now 2-0. Anderson, 122 lbs of Paulsboro, NJ è 0-1.
Anderson is the son of former Los Angeles Rams Wide Receiver Willie “Flipper” Anderson.
Vidal Rivera won a four-round unanimous decision over Weusi Johnson in a featherweight bout.
Despite being cut over his left eye in round two, Rivera was able to sweep all cards to the tune of 40-36.
Rivera, 128.6 lbs of Camden, NJ è ora 7-0. Johnson, 130.3 lbs of Wilmington, DE is 2-5.
Federico julan stopped Tahlik Taylor in the 6th and final round of their light heavyweight bout.
Julan landed a hard left that sent Taylor staggering back into the ropes, e l'incontro è stato fermato a 1:15.
Julan, 173 lbs di Brooklyn è ora 6-0 with three stoppages. Taylor, 177 lbs of Freeport, NY lo è 2-8.
Alvin Vermall, Jr. stopped LeMarcus Tucker in round two of their scheduled six-round cruiserweight bout.
Vermall was dominant as he landed power shots from the early stages in round one. In secondo round, he landed three vicious shots that sent Tucker into a defenseless state, e l'incontro è stato fermato a 2:18.
Vermall, Jr., 192 lbs of Catskills, NY è adesso 13-0-1 con 11 ko. Tucker is 4-3-1.
Tomas Romain win a four round majority decision over pro debuting Marcos Lugo in a lightweight bout.
Romain, 131.7 libbre di Brooklyn, NY ha vinto con decine di 40-36, 39-37 e 38-38 ed è ora 4-1. Lugo, 131.6 lbs of Vineland, NJ è 0-1.
Nahir Albright flattened Ronald Logan in 77 seconds of their scheduled four-round junior welterweight bout.
Albright landed a perfect right that sent Logan down for several minutes.
Albright, 139.1 libbre di Philadelphia è 2-1 con un ko. Logan, 140 lbs of New York, NY lo è 0-2.
Anthony Giovani won a six-round unanimous decision over Carlos Winston Velasquez in a welterweight bout.
Giovane, 144 1/2 lbs of Pleasantville, NJ ha vinto con il punteggio di 60-54 su tutte le schede, ed è ora 18-2. Velasquez, 145 1/2 lbs di Managua, NIC is 25-30-2.
Joshafat Ortiz won a four-round unanimous decision over Sidell Blocker in a lightweight bout.
Ortiz, 129 libbre di lettura, Pa won on two cards 40-36 e 39-37 ed è ora 2-0. Blocker, 128 lbs of Pleasantville, NJ è 1-9-1,
    
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