(APR 18) On April 17, 2009, a packed
WaMu theatre at Madison Square Garden witnessed a night of intense
boxing finals. The oldest and largest amateur boxing tournament in
the world gave the crowd 16 bouts to cheer away their voices.
Some extras of an overall great Thursday event:
(119-W) Christina Cruz displayed
some of the finest boxing in town evading a talented Alexis
Asher and made scores look easy. One round after another of
left, right, right hook, mix in a few uppercuts, changing
patterns, a bit of speed, some fine movement to pick punches,
and that’s a Christina Cruz win.
(165-N) Vincenzo D’Angelo traded
fast, hard and furious hits every round against Gadiel Romero in
a nothing but flying fists match that earned D’Angelo the
decision.
(201-N) The final bout and upset
of the night drove fans wild as the 18 year old Stivens Bujaj
with solid defensive blocking and counter punching stifled and
kept 32 year old Dmitriy Dudenko off his game forcing the
referee to stop the fight in the third round for a Stivens win.
How the rest slugged it out:
(112-W) Nicole Dean with an overall aggressive win over Emily
Kramer
(165-W) Jennifer Egan to win a close, tough bout of heavy
scoring against Dana Best
(101-W) Laura Ramirez taking a small-with-a-lot-of-guts bout
over Lisa Marie West
(178-W) Dawne Thomas winning a first round Stop with a hard hit
to Fallon Farrar’s eye
(132-W) Julie-Anne Kelly with a slug fest win over Cherrie
Retamozzo
(125-N) Trevis Hall outscored Abdul Perry in a fast Action bout
(141-O) Hard hitting Pedro Sosa defeated Jeremy Fiorentino
(152-N) Shawn Cameron won after heavy trading over Richie Neves
(132-N) Wesley Ferrer Overwhelmed William Moyet for a 3rd round
stop
(201-O) Ngoli Okafor defeated Abdelghani Bousmah after a lot of
trading
(132-O) Shemuel Pagan over Vassiliy Zherebnenko in a close one
(112-O) Julion Ramphal with a win over Jose Rivera
(178-O) David Thompson, traded but with more control over Ahmad
Mikens
Fine New York evening of boxing? Stay tuned, Friday night’s the
other half.
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