Previous Photos of the week
Terrible Tim
Witherspoon at The Art Museum with foreign Olympic
hopefuls
Harry Yorgey wins the rematch at the Blue
Fighters taking in the fights at The New Alhambra
Bronco
McKart wins the title at The New Alhambra
Show Me Your War
Face: Mark "Oaktree" Brown
The Italian Stallions: Joey Eye & The Mussachio's
Team
Brunelli @ McNoodles celebrating the debut telecast from the Blue
Horizon
Good Night!Victor
Vasquez scoring the knockout at the Armory
Missing in Action; B-Hop puts Tarver on a milk carton
A
Champion In The Making: Steve Cunningham Jr.
"The New" William
Gill lands a big uppercut at the Fraternal Order of Eagles
Eric "
Outlaw" Hunter photo from Atlantic City
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The War
Report
Ringside reports and photos
Power Productions returned to the
National Guard Armory and this 5 fight card came as advertised, leaving
many in attendance saying "now that is Philly boxing" after this very
entertaining card . In the first of three title fights Tyric "Too Sweet
Robinson rose to the occasion and defeated Lenny DeVictoria by way of
unanimous decision to become the new USBA regional Jr Welterweight
champion. In the 2nd title fight, Rasheem Brown cruised through
the first three rounds, but then all hell broke loose as he and Jameel
Wilson went toe to toe and blow for blow in an early candidate for
Philly Fight of the Year. In the Main Event, Mexico's Jose Hernandez
came to Philly with a full tank of diesel fuel and scored a big upset
over the previously undefeated Rasheim Jefferson to become the new USBA
featherweight champion. On the under card Tony Ferrante KO'd Ray Ruiz in
the 2nd round with a nasty straight right, leaving him out on the canvas
for more than 5 minutes. Hopefully the Ruiz is ok. "The New" Ray
Robinson scored 3 knockdowns in the first on Jason Jordan but the rugged
journeyman was able to last the distance only to lose a very lopsided
decision.
Click here for my full recap and to leave a comment, we also called
in "The Hatchet" Charles Brewer to give his championship perspective,
click here to read the Hatchet blow by
blow report. The photos are finally in, I apologize for the delay.
At the
Legendary Blue Horizon, Joey Abell gave some payback
when he knocked Maurice Wheeler out of the
ring at the end of the second round to
secure his 20th win as a pro and a house
full of fans chanting "Joey, Joey, Joey".
Amazingly enough seconds after this KO of
the Year candidate, Gerald "The Jedi" Nobels
stormed the ring and claimed he wants next.
Joey responded by saying "you can get it too
if you really want it" Hook it up Elbaum! In
the co-feature, Gee Cullmer squeaked out a
majority decision win over the known spoiler
Mustapha Johnson in their 6 round
middleweight fight. Ecuadorian middleweight Mario
Mina made a statement in his pro debut with
a huge knockout win over a very tough Pedro
Calla of Peru in what turned out to be the
best fight of the night. Philly's Gerald
Smith turned in his second strong outing at
The Blue, this time battering Jose Guerrido
around the ring til that corner threw in the
towel in round 2. Swedish meatball Anders
Holmberg was dropped in the 1st but got up
and scored a fishy 2nd round KO Archie
Hopkins. Investigations are pending.....
Showtime Steve Chambers capped off the night
with a win over Jean Petit of Haiti in what
was a pretty wild fight and had the ladies
screaming "Showtiiiiiiiime". Osvaldo
Rivera, Joel De La Paz & Calvin Goldwire all won
by decision. Simon "One Punch" Carr's
official fight fell out but he hung around
to put on an exhibition with Tommie "Big
Poppa" Speller.
The write up and most pictures are in, click here to read and
leave a comment
Boxing’s “The All-American Prizefighter” Rob Calloway (74-7-1, 58 KOs), of St. Joseph’s, Missouri strengthened his position as a cruiserweight contender in all 4 organizations with a sensational 9th
round knockout at 3:05 of the round over
previously unbeaten Juan Carlos Robles (9-1, 4
KOs), Waynesboro, Virginia. A 4 round middleweight match had Charlottesville, Virginia’s George Rivera (8-1, 3 KO’s) a winner over late substitute Clarence “Sonny Bono” Taylor (12-14, 6 KOs), New Castle, Delaware, due to a very good left jab. Judges Weisfeld and Gross had it 39-37 with LaRosa at 40-36. Referee was Rosato. Jesus Barbosa (3-0-1, 3 KOs), Philadelphia, used a Tyson-like style to come back in the 2nd round after having his hands full in the first with the taller Shavaris Buie (0-4), Brooklyn, NY. Referee Rosato called a halt to this featherweight match at the end of the round when Buie complained of an injured hand. Ken
Hissner was ringside read his full report
here.
The conditions outdoors in the
Tri-State area were were cold, rainy and flat
out miserable this past Friday night. While most
would prefer to stay inside on an evening like
this, the Philly fight fans weathered the storm
to create a sold out, jam packed audience at The
New Alhambra. In the ring, the main event of the
evening was a rematch between NABF featherweight
champion Rogers "The Tiger" Mtagwa of South
Philly via Tanzania and Aldo Valtierra of Mexico
who looked to settle some unfinished business
from their tight knit affair from the summer of
2007. In the co-feature, undefeated
featherweight Teon Kennedy of North Philly was
making the leap to 8 round status against this
toughest opponent to date in Castulo Gonzalez of
Lynn, MA. The under card had a 6 rounder
with Victor Vasquez taking of Rami Ibraham of
the Oven Gym, Travis "The Animal" Thompson took
on Emmanuel Rosas and three former Golden Gloves
champions in Anthony Flores, Dennis Hasson and
Perdo Martinez all made their pro debuts in
separate bouts.
Click here to read what happened on the corner
of Swanson & Ritner on March 7, 2008.
On February 15,
2008 Big Box Promotions & Fighting
City Productions collaborated for a 5 fight card
at The Commerce Bank Arts Centre in Sewell, NJ.
Controversy surrounded the card and the original
line-up was changed at the last minute but in
the end, it was Eric “Murder” Mitchell of
Philadelphia who stepped in on less than one day
notice and showed a lot of grit as he shook off
1 ½ years of ring rust to earn a razor thin, 10
round unanimous decision over Edwin Vasquez to
claim the vacant IBC Americas light middleweight
title. In the co-feature, “The
Gentleman” Chazz Witherspoon started slow but
finished fast scoring a TKO in the 4th
over Jonathan Haggler of South Carolina. Jesus Barbosa of Philly
scored three knockdowns in the 1st
round, two with hard left hooks to the body and
following up with a crushing left hook to the
ear of Melvin McGuire to seal the deal at 2:16
of the round.
Read the full report here
On paper it looked
like a dud but the end result was a decent night
of pro boxing at The Legendary Blue Horizon
courtesy of Don Elbaum & Vernoca Michaels. In
the main event, Lenny DeVictoria hits the .500
mark as he earned a unanimous decision win in a
tough fight over fellow journeyman Derreck Moon.
In the co-feature, Gee Cullmer persecuted John
"The Baptist" Terry over 6 rounds en route to a
unanimous decision win. Gee was more talented
but I'll give it to this Terry kid, he comes to
fight despite his record. Ran Nakash stays
undefeated with a 2nd round TKO over Rey Ruiz.
Samir the Pharoah & Julias Edwards win their pro
debut. Tex Cobb is given a 10 minute standing
ovation as he presented his diploma from Temple
University.
Read all about it here.
Power Productions kicks off the 2008 fight season on January
25th with a good
card at The Blue Horizon but the proposed main event between Chucky Cavallo vs. Jameel Wilson
was axed at the last minute by Greg Serb due to a sports hernia
suffered by Cavallo. In the new main event, we found out that
Rasheem Brown is back in town and he scored a hard 3rd round
knockout win over Jose "El Macho" Medina on Friday
nights Power Productions show. Jason Jordan upsets Tyric
Robinson, Oaktree Brown dispatches Kevin Hood in the first,
Farah Khalil wins a verynarrowdecision over Juergan
Hartenstein in a good fight. Jesus Barbosa and Rami Ibraham let
the leather fly in a draw, Tony Ferrante makes it 2 in a row
with a win over Camron Bright, Hammerin Hank Lundy's quest to
bring the hardware back home to Philly continues with a win over
Damon Antoine.
Full write up
is in, more pictures to follow very soon of a good night of
boxing at The Legendary Blue Horizon.
Lenny DiVictoria wrapped up the Philly 2007
boxing season with a fight of the year
performance as he knocked out Elad Schmouel
in the 6th in a great 2 way action bout.
Both fighters gave it their all but only
one was left standing over 6 rounds of
junior welterweight action. In the co-feature, Jules
Blackwell earned ranking on the next pound
for pound list with a hard fought win over
Paul Fernandez in a match up of unbeaten
featherweight prospects. Gee
Cullmer once again pounded out a victory,
this time over South Carolina's Marcus
Brooks by majority decision. Now with 12 wins under his belt,
Gee has to considered among the top local
middleweights in the area. The under card
was focused on the new comers and Luis Castro did
have a nice showing against an extremely
determined, yet outgunned Conrado Garcia and
more
Click here for the full write up and
pictures from the Blue Horizon
On the same night in at the Hockensin
PAL, Ken Hissner reports that Dave "TNT" Tiberi
and the First State Boxing Series also had
great main event with Tony Baker
pulling a slim upsets over Richard Stewart
in a hotly contested two way thriller which
saw an early knockdown and a late surge. On
the undercard Philly's Teon Kennedy
stayed undefeated with a decision win over
Arthur Parker and The Contender Aaron
Torres out hustled Jesse Williams to earn a
unanimous decision to make it two wins in a
row.
Click here to read the full report
courtesy of Ken Hissner of
www.boxingtribune.com
Peltz
Boxing returned to the New Alhambra and Mike Jones was
awesome in the 3rd round scoring a fiery TKO
at the 1:44 mark over Pito Cardona. In a fast paced fight
Jones showed speed, power and the ability to
adapt on the fly. In the co-feature Big John Poore
overcame a slow start and found himself in a
deep war with Dan Whetzel over 8 round. Some call it a candidate for fight of the year
others thought Poore should have done much
better in
this heavyweight slugfest. In the end Poore
won by unanimous decision. Mustapha Johnson
outlasted Joe Christy over 6 bar room
rounds. Latif Mundy out worked a determined Maurice
Williams in the rematch. Victor Vasquez had
a tough fight and got the win over Fraudis Rojas of Cuba. Felix Arroyo gets his
revenge on Tommy Garcia. Travis Thompson
gets a KO win & Ivan Zigler battles Marvin
Rivera to a draw.
Read the write up and see photos here
The
Professor" Chuckie Mussachio
won an 8 round split decision over Victor
Paz in Wildwood NJ this past Saturday. Pawel
Wolak stayed undefeated with a knockout over
Jonathan Reid on this card promoted by KEA Boxing. Read
the write up here
Greg Robinson & Power Productions returned to
The Legendary Blue Horizon on Friday
highlighted by a war between Tyric "Too
Sweet" Robinson and Chris Fernandez of Utah.
Robinson was dominating early and scored a
nice knockdown in the 4th but Fernandez
stormed back down the stretch making this
one a contender for 2007 fight of the year. Jake
Rodriguez and Tommie "Big Poppa" Speller
banged it out over 4 rounds with Rodriguez
getting a disputed unanimous decision in
what was an entertaining fight. Tony "Boom
Boom" Farrante was victorious in his pro
debut in a slugfest with Heath Harris which
ended in UD. Adam Harris overcame a slow
start to pull out a majority decision over
Gary Campbell. Jesus Barbosa starched Alex
Matos who is no stranger to the canvas in
:29 in round 1. Khalil Farrah wins by MD
over Terrell Boggs.
The write up & massive photo gallery are in!
In a fight of
two tough heavyweights, Mark "Oaktree'
Brown earned a unanimous decision win over
Dave Brunelli at the Wachovia Spectrum on
Friday night.
In the main event, Richard Stewart and
Jameel "Black Gold" Wilson went through an
absolute war over 8 rounds of Light Heavy. A rematch is a must! Gurcharan Singh won an uninspired unanimous
decision over "Millionaire" Mike Miller. I
won't say the Millionaire was flat-out
robbed but it was much closer than the final
cards of 60 - 54 & 59 - 55 x2 showed.
Grant Cudjoe got a tougher than expected
nights work from Jason Bergman though he did
manage to do enough to get a justified win.
Ray"Tito" Serrano looked good in his pro
debut and got a 1st round knockout.
Click here for the write up and pictures
Harry Joe Yorgey defeats Martinus Clay with
a 10 round unanimous decision in
their rematch this past Friday at The
Legendary Blue Horizon. With the win, Yorgey
is now 20 - 0, 9ko's and in position to land
a fight that can push him closer to a world
ranking in the Junior Middleweight division.
Read the write up and view photos Here
The
under card was a good one as well
featuring Hammerin Hank Lundy, a good fight
between Jules Blackwell and Arthur Parker,
Tommy Rainone vs Jaime Morales, Olivia
Fonseca vs. Kimberly Harris and more.
Click here to the report and ringside photos
Peltz Boxing returned to the New Alhambra
this past Friday night where one storied
career neared an end while another appears
to be near take off. In the Main Event,
Mike "No Joke" Stewart lost a one sided
unanimous decision to Robert Frankel over 12
rounds of consistent action. In the
co-feature, Mike "Machine Gun" Jones needed
only 1 clip to take out Richard Hall. On the under card, Latif Mundy
flattened alleged steel chinned Mexican
Robert Florentino. Teon Kennedy dispatched James Franks after
two rounds of work to the head and body.
Victor Vasquez put a whoopin' on Markel
Muhammad. John Poore and Mike Miller had a
pretty entertaining 6 round heavyweight
fight. Omar Pittman won a very
tough fight against Demetrius Davis where
both fighters were cut early and dished out
a lot of glove leather.
Click Here for the full write up and
pictures.
Outdoor boxing, you gotta love it!
Dave Tiberi & TNT Productions brought the
fights outdoors and turned in a very good
card at Delaware Park. In the Main
Event, "The Italian Assassin" Chucky Cavallo stopped
by for a tune up but after this one,
Shannon "Trouble" Miller should change his
ring name to "The Bad Mechanic" because
turned out to be a disaster for the
undefeated fighter. In the co-feature,
Richard Stewart won a hard fought unanimous
decision over a game Jake Rodriguez. Dhafir
Smith scored two knockdowns on Larry Marks
but a costly point deduction denied him the
victory. Damon Antoine showed a lot of heart
and more.
The
complete write up with photos is in!
The fights were back on Broad & Thompson but
the oven like conditions at The Legendary
Blue Horizon weren't enough to stop
Minnesota Ice as Joey Abell made quick work
of Levon Warner scoring a huge 1st round
knockout win.
Jules Blackwell and Paul Fernandez look good
in their respective bouts. Naji Murray also
scores a big KO win.
Click here to read how it went down on this
8 fight card.
Be sure to leave a
comment!
There was a
small war on the corner of Swanson & Ritner
this past Friday as Dee Lee, Rich Clarke and
Sonny Mistretta teamed up for a very good
seven fight card at the New Alhambra in
South Philly. Derek Ennis was shocked in the
3rd round, Round 13 - 18 of the Joe Christy
and Sonny Bono trilogy were the best. Simon
Carr and Andrew Hemphill battled to a draw
over 4 rounds in a hard fought match up.
Dhafir Smith played the role of Jesse
Brinkley and sent the Contender's Jonathan
Reid packing with a loss. All
of this and much more, click here for the
complete write up with pictures.
On
Friday night at The New Alhambra, the
Fairmount Hall of Famer J. Russell Peltz
teamed up with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy
Promotions to put on a a stiff 8 fight
card that gave the crowd reasons to ooooh
and ahhh and debate if the standing 8 count
should come back into effect. The top biller was
aging ring vet Bronco McKart (51 - 7,
31ko's) who returned to Philly after 10 long
years on the road but quickly won back any
long lost fans by winning a slim, hard
fought thriller over Enrique Ornales (25 -
4, 15ko's) of Mexico via split decision and
earning the right to be called NABF
Middleweight champion. Danny "The Invader" Rivera scores a
stunning 4th round KO over Slick Simon
O'Donnell. Kaseem Wilson, Victor Vasquez &
John Poore win!
Click here for full recap with pictures
Greg
Robinson and Power Productions put on one of
the best cards of the year at National Guard Armory on Friday
led by Dave Brunelli who broke the main
event upset cycle at the Armory with a
unanimous decision victory. "King" Gabriel
Rosado scores an impressive 5th round KO
over Daniel Hicks in the co-feature. The
under card was loaded with entertaining
fights which included appearances by Tyric,
Robinson, Tim Johnson, Farah Ennis, Hank
Lundy, Tommie Speller & Khalil Farrah.
Click here to read the recap with a huge picture
gallery
At the New
Alhambra, Rogers Mtagwa finally is on the right end of
a split decision to win the NABF
Featherweight title. Mike
"Machine Gun" Jones shot down Doel Carrasquillo leaving him unable
to continue after only 2 rounds. There were
good performances by Joe Christy, Andrew
Gizzi and Teon Kennedy among others.
Check out the write-up and massive photo gallery from The
New Alhambra here.
It
was the night of the knockout in Atlantic
City this Saturday and we witnessed the end
of Arturo Gatti as he was beaten to a pulp
by Alfonso Gomez who becomes the first
member of The Contender series to
score an important victory. Kermit "The
Killer" Cintron did a serious job on Walter
Mattyesse scoring 3 knockdowns and
finishing it early in the 2nd with a
beautiful left uppercut, straight right
combo. Cintron now wants a shot at Sugar
Shane Mosley. Kaseem Wilson opened the
card and won a unanimous decision.
For more news and undercard results click
here.
The
fights were in upstate New Jersey but it was
well worth the two hour ride as Danny
Serratelli, Andre Kut and the entire KEA
Boxing Promotions team brought some class
back to the sport of boxing at the Birchwood
Manor Resort in Whippany New Jersey. We were
shown that the Jersey boys can throw down
too highlighted by Chucky Mussachio
stayed undefeated in a tough fight against
Chandler Durham. Bobby Rooney showed that he
is the NJ version of Joe Christy leaving it
all in the ring, Danny McDermott & Alex
Perez both starched their opponents and
more.
Click here for the write up,pictures and
video clips
Greg Robinson
and the Power Productions crew were back at
The Armory this Friday night with another
solid card and the main event is once again
an upset as Ivan "Mighty" Robinson loses to
Darien Ford by majority decision. Tyric Robinson and Tommy Spiller get tested
a bit but still come out on top via majority
decision. Victor Vasquez blew Alex Matos
away with a big left hook in the 2nd round.
The ladies steak the show as Cindy Serrano
and Lakeysha Williams have a lights out 6
round fight with Seranno getting the nod by
unanimous decision but should have been a
draw. Latif Mundy and Maurice
Williams put on a Power Production style
classic in the opener in a 4 round war which
saw Mundy get the win by majority decision.
Click here for the write up, photos and
clips of the fight.
It
was scorcher at the Blue and we were
sweating like roofers. These hell like
conditions didn't stop Dave Brunelli from
blowing out Arron Lyons. Harry Yorgey passed
the test against Edson Aguirre in an
exciting 8 rounder, Derek Ennis & Faruq
Saleem make quick work of their opponents.
Hank Lundy turns in another good effort and
more.
Click here to read the recap and see
pictures of the fights.
Derek Ennis
returns to the Armory and gets the knockout.
Patrick Lopez & Darrell Crenshaw are
impressive. Teon Kennedy goes the distance
for the win. Danny Garcia and Moses Calderon
have an explosive exhibition bout to start
the show.
Read about it here.
It was a solid night at the fights at The Blue Horizon highlighted by Chazz
Witherspoon who showed he is ready to make
the next step with an impressive 7th round
stoppage against a much tougher than
expected Charles Davis. Simon O'Donnell
passes the test, Max wins, Elad catches the wrath of the fans, Oaktree gets a knockout and Cavallo torches Mike Word.
Read the write up with photos here
Yorgey
gives a rude awaykaning in Phoenixville and
is ready to show the world that he is No
Joke. Olivia Fonseca makes her debut is
style. That and more from a night of fights
in Phoenixville last Friday.
Read it here .
Enrique Colin shows he is
"No Joke" at the New Alhambra as he hands Mike Stewart a
loss, Mike "Machine Gun" Jones makes it 7 ko's in a row,
Teon Kennedy makes the EMT's earn their paycheck and
Daniel Hicks gains a lot of respect and more.
Complete write up and pictures here
It was lights out at The
Blue Horizon on Friday. Max Alexander shows the Wolfman
that payback is a bitch. Abell knocks Ellis out of the
ring twice. Elad Shmouel & Ryan Belasco fight a battle.
Gee Culmer and Daniel Hicks fight a war, Jules Blackwell
starches Ernest Scott, Lenny DiVictoria loses yet
another split decision and more!
Read and view photos here.
Chazz Witherspoon & Bruce
Seldon blow away the opposition.
See the pictures here
They were throwing up and
throwing down at the National Guard Armory as Levon
Warner beats Dave Brunelli! Hank Lundy impresses, Gabe
Rosado blows away Chris Overbay with a 1st round KO,
Tommy Spiller steamrolls over Daruis Hunter and the
beating Mark "Oaktree" Brown gave Charles Brown made him
sick!
Click here for a quick recap and some photos
Mario Hayes impresses,
Darrell Crenshaw gets robbed and Cameron Bright gets his
first win after 2 years as a pro! All this and a great
photo gallery from the Fernwood Resort in Bushkill PA
Click here to read and see pictures.
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