DOVER, DELAWARE–Franklin Lawrence continued his ascent up the Heavyweight ladder as he scored a stoppage at the end of round seven over Jason Gavern at the Rollins Center.
Lawrence dropped Gavern in round one from a hard uppercut and it looked like it would be a quick night for Lawrence. Gavern did a good job of holding to get out of round one. Gavern tried to work the body and had some success but Lawrence continued to land some hard clubbing shots that had Gavern reeling at different times in the fight.
In round seven, Lawrence landed a right that may have got into the eye of Gavern as he started to blink which could have indicated a thumb. Lawrence dominated that round and Gavern had a look of defeat as he walked back to the corner. It was on the advice of the ringside physician that the fight was halted.
Lawrence of Indianapolis is 15-2-2 with ten knockouts. Gavern is 20-8-4.
Amir “Hardcore” Mansour made it five straight spectacular stoppages as he blasted out Raymond Ochieng at 1:45 of round one of a scheduled ten round bout to win the WBF Intercontinental Heavyweight championship.
Mansour dropped Ocheing three times with destructive power which made referee Gary Rosato stop the bout at 1:45.
Mansour, 14-0 with eleven knockouts. Ocheing 28-14-3.
Mike Tiberi scored an eight round unanimous decision over Timothy Hall in a super Middleweight clash.
It was a methodical body punching display by Tiberi who also went upstairs with some good shots to the head. Hall was very tough as he seemed hurt on several occasions only to mount a little yet unsustained rally of his own. Tiberi closed the show in fine fashion as he landed some good combinations as he showboated that got a rise out of the Pro-Tiberi crowd.
Tiberi, 167 lbs of Smyrna, DE won by scores of 79-73 on all cards to raise his record to 17-1. Hall, 163 1/2 lbs of Athens, GA is now 6-11.
Anthony Caputo Smith made short work of Dannon Svab as he scored a first round stoppage in a scheduled four round Light Heavyweight bout.
Smith drilled Svab with a right and the fight was over.
Smith, 178 lbs of Kennett Square, PA is now 10-0 with eight stoppages. Svab, 180 lbs of Akron, OH is now 6-6-1.
In an entertaining four round ladies scrap of undefeated fighter, Ronica Jeffrey remained perfect with a unanimous decision over Liz Sherman.
Jeffrey was sharp by landing accurate combinations but that deter Sherman as he tried to come forward. Sge landed a couple of shots but Jeffrey was too quick and pinpoint with er punch and won by scores of 40-36 on all cards.
Jeffrey, 131 lbs of Brooklyn is now 7-0. Sherman, who took the fight on a few days notice is now 3-1.
Omar Douglass made a successful pro debut with a disqualification win over Eric Hall in a four round Lighteright bout.
Hall was thrown out of the fight for excessive holding when Benji Esteves waved it off at 2:02 of round three.
Douglass, 132 lbs of Philadelphia is 1-0. Hall, 133 is now 0-3.
In the opening contest, Dan Biddle scored a third round stoppage over Maurice Amrao in a scheduled for round Cruiserweight bout.
Both guys landed good shots over the first two round with Biddle getting the better of the action. In round three, a barrage of punches sent Amaro to the corner and referee Gary Rosato stopped the bout at 1:20 of round three.
Biddle, 187 lbs of Hockessian, DE is now 7-1 with five knockouts. Amaro, 182 lbs of Philadelphia is 1-4.
