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Rosinsky, Bracero, Redkach, Dan
&
Peterkin Impress At Broadway Boxing
Photos: Ed Diller - DBE
Earlier tonight before a packed house of partisan fans,
DiBella Entertainment (DBE) put on an exciting 10-bout card
at the Roseland Ballroom, as a special-edition of Broadway
Boxing.
The card was sponsored by Manfredi Auto Group, Newlio.com
and Everlast, and promoted in association with the American
Red Cross. The card was held as a benefit for Hurricane
Sandy victims, with proceeds from the show, which included a
silent auction including a number of items from DBE's
President Lou DiBella's own personal sports memorabilia
collection, being donated to the American Red Cross.
In the main event bout
of the evening, Queens-native, Will "Power" Rosinsky
took on Otis "Triple-G" Griffin, in a ten-round light
heavyweight bout for the vacant NYS light heavyweight
title.
Rosinsky, who was coming off a spirited effort against
former middleweight kingpin Kelly Pavlik in July, came
out using a vicious body attack against the bigger
Griffin. A head-butt in the first round cause a cut over
Rosinsky's left eye, but Rosinsky battled through it,
pressing the action all night.
Rosinsky used superior boxing and combination punching
to outwork Griffin throughout, but Griffin was able to
counter and land some big shots from the outside.
In the end Rosinsky was awarded a well-deserved
unanimous decision, winning by scores of 97-93, 96-94
twice, to pick up the vacant New York State light
heavyweight crown.
Popular Puerto Rican
Brooklynite junior welterweight Gabriel "Tito" Bracero,
21-1, 4 KOs, excited the crowd by quickly dropping
Johnnie Edwards, 15-6-1, 8 KOs, twice in round one.
Bracero continued to pressure Edwards and land pinpoint
lead rights and counters, which were slowly closing his
foe's right eye. In round four, Edwards, with both eyes
now almost completely swollen shut, went down to a knee
and when he complained to the referee about the injury,
the third man in the ring ended matters by way of TKO at
2:48 of the frame.
DBE's red-hot
lightweight prospect Ivan Redkach made it to a perfect
4-0 in 2012 with an exciting and action-packed
eight-round unanimous decision over the tough-as-nails
Edward Valdez.
Redkach stalked Valdez throughout, landing vicious
combinations to both the body and head, but to his
credit, Valdez hung tough, and returned fire of his own.
By the eighth and final round, Valdez' face was a bloody
mess from the accumulation of punches he had taken
throughout the hellacious contest. In the end, Redkach,
who was extended the distance for the first time in
2012, won by scores of 79-73, and 78-74 twice. Expect a
breakout year for the Ukrainian-native Redkach in 2013.
Fighting in his first
bout under the DBE promotional banner, former
welterweight world-title challenger Ionut "Jo Jo" Dan
Ion shook off a year's worth of ring rust to score a
vicious fifth-round KO over Franklin Gonzalez. Dan,
needed a couple of rounds to find his groove, but by the
third, he was continuously batter
ing Gonzalez.
In the fifth round, Ion landed a picture perfect left to
the body from his southpaw stance, dropping Gonzalez to
all fours. Gonzalez attempted to get up, but he was
counted out. With the win, Ion improved to 30-2, 16KO's.
Look for Dan to be in a major fight sometime in early
2013.
One of the bright young
stars on the DBE roster, Brooklyn's own light
heavyweight prospect "The Notorious" Travis Peterkin
upped his record to 6-0, 3KO's, with a four-round
unanimous decision over Edward Tigs.
Peterkin stalked his opponent throughout and dropped
Tigs with a big left hand in the third en route to
pitching a four-round shutout decision, 40-35 across the
board.
OTHER RESULTS
In an absolute war, welterweights Mikkel LesPierre
1-0-1, 1KO, and pro-debuting Cornelius Whitlock battled
to a four-round unanimous draw. LesPierre controlled the
action through the first two rounds, but in the third,
Whitlock dropped LesPierre hard twice. LesPierre was in
stalking mode, when Whitlock unleashed a short counter
right hand, dropping LesPierre to a knee. LesPierre came
back strong though, and had Whitlock in trouble against
the ropes, when Whitlock unleashed a monstrous overhand
right that LesPierre walked straight into. LesPierre hit
the canvas with a thud, but somehow made it to his feet
and was able to finish the round. The fourth round was
close, though Whitlock slightly edged it.
Brooklyn's own undefeated heavyweight prospect Jarrell
Miller was simply too big and too strong for his
opponent Tyron Gibson, stopping him at 1:25 of the
second round, improving his record to a perfect 4-0,
4KO's. It was the first time that Gibson had been
stopped in five fights.
In a battle of junior middleweight females, Akima Stocks
kept her unbeaten record intact scoring a four-round
shut-out over Marva Dash. Stocks improved her record to
a perfect 5-0, 3KO's, while Dash dropped to 0-2.
In an upset, Daniel Calzada won a six-round unanimous
decision over Allan Benitez. Calzada used constant
aggression to mostly outwork Benitez, winning by scores
of 60-54, 59-55 twice. With the victory, Calzada
improved to 5-6-2, 1KO, while Benitez dropped to 7-2,
1KO.
In the opening bout of the night, junior welterweight
Maurice Hooker improved his record to a perfect 7-0-1,
5KO's, with a dominant four-round unanimous decision
over Cameron Kreal (2-4-2). Hooker dropped Kreal twice,
en route to winning by scores of 40-34 twice, and 39-35.
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