Lightweight prospect Michael Perez remained undefeated with a one punch bidy shot knockout over Miguel Rodriguez in a scheduled ten round bout at the Paradise Theater in Bronx, New York.
Perez landed a left to the body that sent Rodriguez down on a knee. Rodriguez tried to get up but squatted right back down as he was riding in pain and referee Steve Willis had no choice other that to stop the bout at forty-nine seconds into the fight
Perez, 135 lbs of Lares, Puerto Rico is now 14-0-1 with eight knockouts. Rodriguez, 136 lbs of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico is now 6-3.
Sensational looking eighteen year old Eddie Gomez scored a one round destruction over Marcus Hall in a jr. Middleweight bout scheduled for six rounds.
Gomez dropped Hall three times with the first being a perfect and quick right hand. The second came from a left-right combination to the head. The end came after a combination bounced off of Hall’s head and sent him to the canvas where referee Harvey Dock ended things at 2:00 of round one
Gomez, 150 lbs of Bronx, NY is now 6-0 with five knockouts. Hall, 151 lbs of Rochester, NY is now 5-4-1.
In a battle of pro debuting Welterweights, Richie Nieves and Latwon Halsey battled to a four round majority draw.
Scores were 39-37 Nieves while two judges ruled it even at 38-38.
Nieves, 146 lbs of Long Island is 0-0-1. Halsey, 147 lbs of Newark, NJ is now 0-0-1.
Mike Brooks scored a hard fought six round unanimous decision over Jamell Tyson in a Lightweight bout.
Scores were 58-55; 58-55 and 57-56 for Brooks, 136 lbs of Nassau, NY and is now 5-0-1. Tyson, 134 lbs of Rochester, NY was docked a point in round four for spitting out his mouthpiece is now 2-3-1.
Throw the records out when Light Heavyweights Todd Erikkson and Borngod Washington meet as the two put on an entertaining scrap that saw Washington score a four round unanimous decision.
Scores were 39-37 on all cards for Washington, 173 lbs of Queens, NY and is now 2-8. Eriksson, 170 lbs of Dover, NJ is now 3-7-1.
Photo by Claudia Bocanegra
