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Cherry Drops The Bomb On
Herrera
By Damon "Latinbox" Gonzalez
Photos: Tom Sisson
Tampa, Florida - Friday
night at the Al La Carte Pavilion TKO Promotions
showcased a tremendous fight card featuring local
superstar Edner "Cherry Bomb" Cherry (26-6-2, 14 KO's)
who returned to Tampa since 2007 in a huge way in front
of a sold out crowd, Cherry steps in the ring for the
main event, Trained by Tom Morgan also current trainer
of WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto, Time was not
waited from the opening bell, I do not believe that his
opponent Hevinson Herrera (14-5-2, 9 KOs) new what hit
him. Cherry from the Bell attacked Herrera with a range
of power shots speed counter punches and intelligence,
Herrera not quick to react from the attack took a final
over right hand from Cherry as referee Parker jumped in
to call a holt to the bout at TKO 1:49 seconds of the
first round.
Thomas Takes The Majority Decision Slightly
Heavyweight Lenroy "TNT"
Thomas (15-1, 8 KOs) just did enough tonight to earn the
majority decision over "The Tree Chopper" Homero Fonseca
(8-3, 2 KO's) from Discoll, Texas. Fonseca made the
fight early by throwing hard looping shots that caught
Thomas attention early, Thomas adjusted quickly
established the jab and controlled the action of the
fight.
"Cowgirl" Shiver Crushes Dance
Jenna “The Cowgirl”
Shiver (10-4-1, 2 KOs) after getting a raw deal in New
York with the Shea bout bounces back quickly returning
home to face Caitlin Dance in a dominating performance
that was no were near close, Shiver behaving like a
fighter attacked Dance quickly and connected with nice
power shots that landed to the face of Dance, Shiver
exited to fight at home promises a title to her beloved
fans.
Undercard Action: Ibraheim King (7-1, 2 KOs) defeated
Ashandi Gibbs (10-2, 4 KOs) in a 6th rounds, The match
could have went either way as Gibbs spent most of the
bout pounding King from inside close quarters but did
not give him enough position, King took steps back and
used his jab through the night to impress the judges but
not the crowd on hand.
Joseph Elegele (4-0, 2 KOs) impressively took out Jaime
Cid (1-1) in round one.
Joe Savatore (1-0, 1 KO) made quick work out of Winfred
Bailey (0-1) landing a left hook that caused Bailey to
turn his back. Bailey then turned to the referee and
could not continue. The bout was stopped at 1:00 into
the first round. TKO for Salvatore.
Robert Rodriguez (2-0 ) outbox Manuel Ortega (1-2).
Rodriguez used an effective speed to beat Ortega to the
punch and then landed effective combinations and great
ringmanship. The scores were 40-36 unanimously to
Rodriguez.
Ali Tareh (8-7-4, 4 KOs) landed the more stronger and
cleaner blows against Darnell Jones (2-4, 1 KO). Tareh
stocked his opponent over rounds to win the fight by
unanimous decision. Scores were all 39-37 for Tareh in a
less attractive opener.
Fighters on hand tonight were Winky Wright, Jeff Lacy,
Hector Camacho, Juan Urango and Gato Figuroa.
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