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Undercard Results From The
Broad Street Brawl In Philadelphia
By Tim Donaldson
Photos: "Sugar" Ray Bailey & William Trillo
The co-main event for
the Hopkins, Ornelas fight was between Danny Garcia of
Philadelphia and Enrique Colin of Guasave, Mexico. The
two were fighting for the WBC Youth Intercontinental
Junior Welterweight Title. Judging by record, I might
have said that Colin had an advantage because of his
experience. But Garcia, who is undefeated, easily beat
Colin. Garcia knocked Colin down in the first round,
landing a right, left combination. As soon as this
happened, Garcia became very aggressive. It was obvious
that he was looking for a quick knock out. And he got
it. Fifty-five seconds into the second round, Garcia
landed an uppercut, knocking out Colin and easily
winning the title.
Karl Dargan of
Philadelphia defeated Samuel Santana of Carolina, Puerto
Rico. In the first round, Santana had the advantage,
turning Dargan to keep from being hit. But Dargan began
to adjust his strategy in the second. He was ducking
more of Santana’s punches. Santana went down in the
second. In the fourth, Santana pushed Dargan down with
his elbow. Both fighters were getting tangled up in each
other, and Dargan began to move more causing Santana to
miss. Santana was looking frustrated. However, Santana
looked much more aggressive in the beginning of the
fifth. He was able to back Dargan against the ropes.
However, he could not keep him there. Dargan moved the
fight back to the middle of the ring, and toward the end
of the round, backed Santana against the ropes. Dargan
won the unanimous decision. The judges' scores were
60-53, 57-54, 59-54.
The other noteworthy fight belonged to the
featherweights. Guadalupe, DeLeon defeated Derrick
Wilson. In the first round, Wilson came out strong,
fists flying. He appeared to be throwing, and even
landing, three punches to every one that DeLeon threw.
But DeLeon showed that he had an answer for Wilson’s
speed. He started to take control of the fight half way
through the second round. He was moving more, ducking
and weaving. By the third round, Wilson looked like he
was running out of energy. This continued through the
fourth and final round. Wilson was worn out. DeLeon was
much more aggressive, giving a strong finish to the end
of the fight. DeLeon won the split decision.
Mike Perez beat Ron Boyd by TKO in the second round. In
the first round the two fighters seemed to just move
around the ring. They clashed a few times, but nothing
noteworthy. The crowd was growing restless by the end of
the second. Perez did more in the second round. And Boyd
did very little. Twice he went down on one knee. The
referee stopped the fight at 2:09 in the second.
In the first fight of the evening, Jessie Vargas won a
TKO victory over Travis Hartman, and in the second fight
of the evening, Lamont Barnes won by majority decision
over Teneal Goyco.
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