On Friday night at The Arena in South Philadelphia, Golden Boy Promotions in association with Joe Hand Promotions and Tecate presented a six bout fight card, headlined by Philadelphia’s own Danny “Swift” Garcia squaring off against “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis. The main event was broadcast on Telefutura as part of their Solo Boxeo series. 15Rounds.com was there to cover the action.
Danny “Swift” Garcia vs. “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis
In the night’s main event, Golden Boy prospect Danny “Swift” Garcia stayed undefeated and improved his professional record to 19-0, 13 KO after an impressive TKO victory over “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis, who fell to 22-7-2, 10 KO.
In the first round, both fighters seemed content with feeling one another out. Arnaoutis didn’t provide much offense, but was able to deflect most of Garcia’s attacks. Garcia found some success in the bout’s opening round with sweeping rights to the body, which was a trend that continued throughout the three-plus rounds of the fight.
In round two, it was Arnaoutis who landed the cleaner punches, delivering a left-right combo that split Garcia’s gloves. Arnaoutis was able to land punches around Garcia’s defense, as well, opening up a small cut over his opponent’s left eye.
In round three, Garcia was more efficient with his punches, as his punches were finding their target more often than not. Although Garcia was able to penetrate “Mighty” Mike’s defense better than he was in the previous two rounds, Arnaoutis fired back and landed a sharp 1,2 combination on Garcia. In the closing moments of round three, Garcia landed a devasting straight right-left hook combination that sent Arnaoutis to the floor as the bell sounded. Arnaoutis struggled to get to his feet and collapsed midway through referee Gary Rosato’s 10 count, but was able to scramble back to his feet and convince Rosato he was capable of continuing.
In round four, Garcia came out aggressive smelling blood in the water. The pro-Garcia crowd was up on their feet as their fighter unloaded on Arnaoutis. For the immediate time being, Arnaoutis was able to weather Garcia’s initial attack. However, at about the one minute mark into round four, Garcia caught Arnaoutis with a violent left hook that resulted in Arnaoutis collapsing to the canvas with a loud thud. Rosato began to administer a ten-count, but “Mighty” Mike’s corner smartly stepped in and threw in the towel. The official time of the stoppage was 1:05 of round four.
Victor Vasquez vs. Bryne Green
Fan favorite Victor Vasquez improved his record to 12-4-1, 6 KO with a hard-earned split decision victory over Vineland, New Jersey’s Bryne Green (5-4, 3 KO).
The tipping point in this split decision bout came about two-thirds into the inaugural round when Vasquez landed a clean and punishing left hook on Green, who was thrown off balance. Vasquez smartly followed up and sent Green for the canvas, earning a 10-8 score in the opening round.
Green showed a lot of character and resilience as he battled back, winning the next two rounds on 15Rounds.com’s scorecard. Working behind a strong and powerful jab, Green let his right hand follow to inflict damage to both Vasquez’s body and face. Ultimately, it was Green’s commitment to working Vasquez’s tattooed body that led to his success during the bouts middle rounds.
Heading into the sixth and final round, the match was still up for grabs, but it was undoubtedly Vasquez who earned the 10-9 this round, throwing countless combinations and often scoring with them.
Two judges scored the bout 57-56 in Vasquez’s favor, while the dissenting judge scored the fight, 57-56 for Green.
Bastie Samir vs. Joe Dunn
2008 Beijing Olympian, Bastie Samir (5-0, 5 KO) made quick work of Philadelphia’s Joe Dunn (0-2) when Referee Benjy Esteves Jr. stopped the bout at the 2:39 mark of round 2.
Samir, who captained the Ghanaian Olympic team, quickly wore down the overmatched Dunn with a barrage of punches. Samir continually landed straight rights over Dunn’s jab and overwhelmed him with superior hand speed and lightning fast combinations. Ultimately, after already surviving one knockdown, Dunn was unable to protect himself while he was backed up against the ropes. That is when Esteves called a halt to the bout.
Anthony Flores vs. Arash Usmanee
In an intriguing opening bout, Philadelphia’s Anthony Flores (9-2-1, 6 KO) was defeated by Canada’s Arash Usmanee (9-0, 5 KO), who remained undefeated.
Round one started with Flores forcing the action, landing clean punches and seemingly hurting Usmanee in the early goings. However, all it took was one straight right to send Flores off-balance and one left hook to follow to send Flores crashing to the canvas for the first of two times in round one.
This trend would continue throughout the fight, as Flores would show flashes of success, but never put Usmanee in any real danger. Flores frequently took two steps forward and one step back.
In a carbon-copy of round one, round four saw Flores start well, working behind a jab that was called for by his corner, but suddenly Flores found himself on the mat after being a straight right, right on the button.
Flores would never be able to overcome being knocked down three times and the judges awarded Usmanee the unanimous decision victory.
Two judges scored it 79-70, while one judge had the bout 78-71.
Wanzell Ellison vs. Aaron Anderson
In perhaps the most entertaining bout from a theatrical standpoint, Newark, New Jersey’s Wanzel Ellison defeated Knoxville, Tennessee’s Aaron Anderson in a four round contest.
Ellison (3-0, 2 KO) won 40-36 on all three judges scorecards, but it was Anderson (1-8) who won over the crowd.
Anderson, a late addition to the card, entertained the crowd — and himself — by exposing his entire arsenal of taunts. Throughout the fight, Anderson took requests from the fans, who were suggesting different taunts, and interestingly enough, he listened.
The “Ali shuffle”, the Hulk Hogan “flex”, and the popular new dance move, “the Dougie” were all on display. These taunts were in addition to Anderson’s touching his glove to the heel of his shoe before throwing a punch, sticking his neck out with his hands behind his back, and yelling to Ellison’s corner that their fighter was “too slow.”
Unfortunately for Anderson, the judges were not scoring his dance moves and taunting skills, as they awarded all four rounds to Ellison.
Kareem Cooley vs. Eilud Torres
Philadelphia’s Kareem Cooley improved to 2-1, 1 KO when he outpointed Allentown’s Eilud Torres who fell to 3-2-2, 2 KO.
Cooley controlled this bout from start to finish, outworking his opponent, but not dominating him. Cooley found success working behind his jab and frequently throwing hard punches to Eilud’s midsection.
Two judges scored the bout 40-36, while one judge scored it 39-37 all in favor of Cooley.
CNBC, Cramer go ‘Mad’.(Consumer News and Business Channel Partnership)(Jim Cramer)(Brief Article)
Daily Variety January 10, 2005 | Learmonth, Michael CNBC is canceling its year-old evening business news show “Bullseye With Dylan Ratigan” and replacing it with “Mad Money,” a show hosted by money manager Jim Cramer.
“Mad Money,” produced by CNBC’s primetime group, will air weeknights at 6. Cramer will continue to contribute to CNBC’s 5 p.m. talker “Kudlow & Cramer.” “This new program will allow Jim to translate to television what he does so well on his successful radio program,” wrote CNBC topper Pamela Thomas-Graham in a staff memo. “Mad Money” will give viewers “unprecedented access to what Jim feels are the opportunities and pitfalls of the often confusing jungle of Wall Street investing.” The programming change is expected to be announced later this week. web site jim cramer mad money
CNBC, a fixture on the screens of trading floors and in financial institutions, typically scores a Nielsen peak of 217,000 in-home viewers between 3 and 4 p.m. ET, around the time the markets close. in our site jim cramer mad money
CNBC estimates its viewership is far higher, because Nielsen does not measure viewers in the workplace.
But the network has struggled to find its footing in primetime, and morning ratings have slipped from a peak in 2000 as viewers lost interest in financial news.
CNBC canceled “McEnroe” after just six months due to poor ratings and remade its franchise morning show, “Squawk Box,” late last year.
“Bullseye” host Ratigan will remain at the network.
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