(MAR 28) The temperature in the city
plummeted, but the 83rd Annual Daily News Golden Gloves Finals
provided New Yorkers with a steamy second night of intense Madison
Square Garden boxing. The last night to gain a championship,
fighters gave their all to wear the golden victory medal.
Results for Women:
(106-W) Although Susanna Mellone-Spence hung tough, LAURA RAMIREZ
racked up more points with flurries and combos for the win.
(152-W) Dariana Casado missed too many punches and left her guard
down for LA TARISHA FOUNTAIN to catch her with hard right hands and
the victory.
(141-W) Fierce fighting, Kathleen Walsh dished out a lot of solid
rights, but a lot of hard volleys from NISA RODRIGUEZ took the win.
(165-W) This bout had the audience going crazy as the fighters
exchanged heavy uppercuts, right hands, and a mix of pounding trades
to the end. CHRISTINA JENSEN outscored and defeated Alicia Napoleon
with both boxers gaining the admiration, respect and sounding cheers
of an appreciative crowd.
Results for men:
(114-N) HAMZAH AL NUZAILL “switch-hit” landing accurate head shots
on Jason Benn with either hand, winning the match.
(165-N) FRANK GALARZA got the better of heavy trading when Allen
Brunner tired and dropped his hands allowing Galarza to score and
win.
(123-O) MARCUS SUAREZ dominated the bout against Marcus Hernandez
with more accurate strikes to the body and head.
(152-O) EDDIE GOMEZ with overwhelming speed outscored and frustrated
a bloodied Cletus Seldin for the win.
(201-O) STIVENS BUJAJ won with overall good counter punches against
Joseph Williams.
(132-N) LOUIS CRUZ was scoring better when the referee stopped
Javier Baez after 1 low ducking and 2 holding penalties ended this
match.
(123-N) WILFREDO MORALES with a “Rollover” win when Carlos Bruno did
not make weight.
(141-N) Patrick Day scored with effective left hooks in heavy
trading, but IDRISSA KAMARA countered with some heavy hitting of his
own for the win.
(201+N) ELIJAH THOMAS controlled the bout and outscored Mitchell
Senat for the victory.
That concludes the 2010 Daily News Golden Gloves championships. Have
your celebration, then, everybody back to the gym to start training
for next year.
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