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Vargas & Toussaint Earn WBA
Continental USA Championship Titles
Fans and fighters alike are still buzzing from the
unbelievable action that unfolded at last night’s sold out "Rockin'
Fights 45," presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing at The
Paramount in Huntington, New York. This unforgettable night
of pugilistic prowess had fans on the edge of their seats,
and it's safe to say that the stars aligned for an
electrifying showcase of the sweet science.
In the main event, ALEX “EL TORO” VARGAS (now 14-0 5 KO’s,
Bellport, NY) went toe to toe with JULIO “EL PANTERA” ROSA
(now 8-4 4 KO’s, Orlando, FL) for the vacant WBA Continental
USA Super Lightweight Title. Out of the gate, in a shock to
the sold-out crowd, Rosa landed a perfectly thrown clean
straight right hand that sent the undefeated Suffolk County
Police Officer Alex Vargas to the canvas for the first time
in his professional career. Facing such an adversity for the
first time, Vargas responded well, centering himself and
fighting his style of fight. While some rounds were close,
and at times the fight became more of a battle of wills,
Vargas settled in and edged out the close rounds with
technical skills, fighting his way back to earn a unanimous
decision victory and the new WBA Continental USA Champion.
(78-73 x2, 77-74).
In the WBA Continental USA Super Welterweight championship
co-main event, WENDY “HAITIAN FIRE” TOUSSAINT (now 15-2 7
KO’s, Huntington, NY) wasted no time getting to work as he
staggered JERMONE “QUADRUPLE J” JONES JR (now 7-2 6 KO’s,
Phoenix, AZ), in the first thirty seconds, before unloading
an onslaught of punches. Both men would settle in, but
Toussaint was a man on a mission, dictating the action and
controlling the tempo of the fight. A Toussaint one-two
combination at the end of the first round sent Jones to the
canvas for the first time. Then with 29 seconds left in the
third round, and Jones pinned in the corner, Toussaint
dropped Jones for the second time. With just 2 seconds left
in the third round, and another Toussaint onslaught, Referee
Pat Sullivan stepped in to call a stop to the fight,
declaring Wendy Toussaint the winner by TKO3, and the new
WBA Continental USA Champion.
The undercard was electric from start to finish. In a
4-round super featherweight bout, Star Boxing’s ERICK “EL
CANETE” PEREZ (now 2-0, Passaic, NJ) was cruising against
KESLAIRE “X MAN” EXAVIER (now 0-1, Las Vegas, NV) when a
picture-perfect check left hook landed clean on the button
dropping Perez for the first time in his professional
career. The sensational highlight reel blow landed Perez on
the floor with 45 seconds left in the fourth and final
round. However, the Mexican warrior showed he has the heart
of a champion. To the amazement of the crowd, and everyone
watching around the world on StarBoxing.TV and Swerve.TV,
Perez somehow rose from the canvas and continued the fight
as if nothing happened, launching a barrage of punches. The
fight went to the cards and Perez won the unanimous decision
victory (38-37 x3).
The 4-round light heavyweight bout between LOU “IL MARTELLO”
MAIETTA (now 3-4-1, Bronx, NY) and FRANK “MAGIC” MONACO (now
1-0, Glen Cove, NY) quite literally brought the house down.
The foundation of The Paramount shook as fans cheered on
their fighter. Maietta opened the action right out of the
gate, landing a right hand that caught the attention of
Monaco. Monaco gathered himself and returned the favor as
the fight continued to heat up. Each fighter had their
moments in each round. Monaco landed his best punch in the
third round when a solid right hand tagged Maietta. The
fight went the distance and the extremely close fight went
to the scorecards with Monaco edging out the victory with a
majority decision. (39-37 x2 Monaco, 38-38 Draw).
DOMINIC BREEN (now 0-3, Staten Island, NY) and JOSEPH “GI
JOE” ELZEY (now 1-0, Bronx, NY) put on an exciting display
of wills, as the first round closed with a mele from both
Elzey and Breen eating punches to dish out their own. Late
in the second an overhand right from Elzey snapped Breen’s
head back, followed by an overhand left and right that drew
Breen back into the ropes, which referee Al LoBianco
determined were holding up the hurt Breen, and declared it a
knockdown. Ten seconds into the third, Elzey landed another
overhand right causing a highlight reel knockdown and
followed it up another power combination causing referee
LoBianco to stop the bout at the 1:50 mark of the third
round.
Finally in the opening bout of the evening, EMMANUEL ETIENNE
(now 4-1 2 KO’s, Uniondale, NY) settled any questions with
OLUWALE “HOLY WAR ANGEL” BAMGBOSE (now 0-2, Bronx, NY) in
their 4-round cruiserweight rematch, as Etienne dropped
Bamgbose with 18 seconds left in the second round with a
vicious body shot followed by a devastating uppercut.
Bamgbose was unable to continue due to a torn bicep. Etienne
earned the win by TKO2.
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