NEWARK, NJ–Former world title challenger Joel Julio scored methodical ten round unanimous decision over Anges Adjaho in a Welterweight bout the headlined an ESPN 2 televised card at the AmeraHealth Center at the Prudential Center in downtwon Newark.
Julio pressed the action and showed crisp combination’s that had Adjaho backing up against the ropes. Julio boxed as well as he has in a while as he was pretty consistent throughout the affair against the late replacement Adjaho
Julio, 146 lbs of Miami won by scores of 99-91 on all judges cards to raise his ledger to 37-4. Adjaho,145 1/2 lbs of Buffalo, NY, took the bout on a couple weeks notice replacing Antwone Smith is now 17-6.
Sadam Ali remained undefeated but it wasn’t easy as he and John Revis sat through a fourteen minute power delay with Ali in complete control but the former U.S. Olympian held off a late rally to win a eight round unanimous decision in a Welterweight bout.
Ali dominated the early going and sent Revish to the canvas and it looked like it would be an early night. Ali continued to be the boss in round’s three and four before Revish landed a two hard rights in round four to announce his arrival in the contest.
Two seconds into round five, the lights in the arena went out which caused a fourteen minute delay. Not much happened until Revis landed a booming right that rocked Ali and the undefeated fighter seemed like he was in serious trouble. The two had some solid exchanges as the fight came to a close with Ali holding on the early lead.
Ali, 146 lbs of Brooklyn, NY won by scores of 79-72 on all cards to stay undefeated at 13-0. Revish, 146 lbs of Garden Meadow, LA is now 10-4-2.
Joel Castillo scored a fourth round stoppage over Jesse Orta in a scheduled six round Light Heavyweight bout.
Castillo was dominant as he dropped Orta in round two from a flurry of punches. That woke Orta up as he showed signs of life in the fight after the knockdown.
After that it was all Castillo as he continued to pound the body and head. The fight was stopped after Castillo landed the last of what was many cringing body shots.
The time of the stoppage was 2:33 of round four for Castillo, 172 lbs of Bronx, NY and is now 9-0 with with six knockouts. Orta, 173 1/2 lbs of
Tyone Luckey made it four straight knockouts as he took out Sidell Blocker in round two of a scheduled four round Jr. Lightweight bout.
Luckey dominated the first round and dropped Blocker twice in round two. The first with a left hook and he finished the fight with a combination that sent Blocker to the canvas. The referee stopped the bout at 1:51 of round two.
Luckey, 132 lbs of Middletown, NJ is 4-0 with four knockouts. Luckey, 133 lbs of Pleasantville, NJ is now 1-5-1.
In what was the fight of the night Rafael Montalvo scored an upset stoppage over local favorite Vinny O’Brien in the final round of a scheduled four round Welterweight bout.
O’Brien controlled the first three plus round as he tagged Montalvo with some hard straight hands. he seemed to be on his way to his own stoppage win as he decked Montalvo early in round three from a hard right. Montalvo out of no where landed a hard left that sent O’Brien to the canvas. Luckily for O’Brien the round was over as he staggered to his feet and wobbled to the corner. O’Brien seemed to stead himself as the final round began but started getting tagged with numerous left hooks that opened up a cut out of the corner pf his right eye. O’Brien fough hard but started getting hit with more frequency and was staggered once more before the fight was stopped.
Montalvo, 146 lbs of Allentown, PA is now 1-1. O’Brien, 146 lbs of East Hanover, NJ is now 2-1.
Angel Concepcion fought through a first round knockdown to score a four round unanimous decision over Taneal Goyco in a Light Heavyweight bout.
Goyco dropped Concepcion in the opening moments of the fight with a hard left hook. That would be the high point of the fight for Goyco as he Concepcion started getting into a rhythm and for the next three round boxed well as Goyco was not technically sound by through a lot of punches off balance an effort to counter Concepcion.
Concepcion, 174 1/2 lbs of Newark, NJ won by scores of 39-37; 38-37; and 38-37 to raise his record to 5-0. Goyco, 174 lbs of Philadelphia is now 4-2
