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Seldin Wins Title In War With
Jargal At "Rockin Fights 16"
Photos: Ed Diller
In front of a sold out standing room crowd last night,
December 20th, at The Paramount in Huntington, NY, Joe
DeGuardia's Star Boxing presented the 16th installment
of the popular Rockin Fights series. Undefeated power
punching prospect Cletus "The Hebrew Hammer" Seldin,
15-0 12KO's, Shirley, NY, captured the vacant WBC
International Jr. Welterweight title with a thrilling
9th round TKO over tough Bayan "The Mongolian Mongoose"
Jargal, 16-6-1 11KO's, Arlington, in the main event
scheduled for 10 rounds.
Seldin started like a house on fire as the bell rang for
round 1 as he charged right at Jargal and dropped him
almost immediately with a picture perfect right hand.
Seldin went for the early ending throwing everything at
Jargal but Jargal withstood the onslaught and started
firing his own shots back as the round ended.
The next three rounds saw toe to toe exchanges much to
the delight of the pro Seldin crowd as each fighter
landed numerous blows. Jargal tried to mount a comeback
midway through the bout as he chased down Seldin landing
many combinations to the head and body of Seldin
however, Seldin continued to fire back at Jargal. Seldin
exploded as the bell sounded for round 7 dropping Jargal
for the second time with a 3 punch combination.
The 2 combatants continued to throw everything they had
at each but eventually Seldin would get to Jargal late
in the 9th round of the scheduled 10 round bout and
finally got the stoppage win at 2:46 of the round after
a barrage of hard punches to the head. The crowd roared
its approval and gave both fighters a long standing
ovation for the incredible battle they had just
witnessed. With the win Seldin captures the vacant WBC
International Jr. Welterweight title.
The much anticipated rematch of their first encounter (
which took place on July 18th of this year on ESPN, a
fight which ended prematurely due to an eye injury
suffered by Jargal,) did not disappoint as these two
warriors fought a high pitched battle in front of a
screaming standing room crowd.
The co-feature saw the Paramount debut and recent Star
Boxing signing Joe "The Irish Bomber" Smith, 17-1
14KO's, Mastic, NY, annihilate veteran Maxell Taylor,
18-10-1 8KO's, Baltimore, MD, in just 37 seconds of the
1st round of a scheduled 8 round Light Heavyweight bout.
Smith jumped right on Taylor backing him into a corner
quickly and unleashed a non-stop flurry of hard punches
to the head of a non-responsive Taylor forcing the
referee to call a halt to the proceedings.
Other winners on the undercard included Constantin
Bejenaru, 8-0 2KO's, Catskill, NY, defeating Jon Bolden,
6-10-1 5KO's, Brooklyn, NY by way of 6 round decision in
an entertaining Heavyweight contest, Hicksville's
Anthony Karperis moved to 9-1 3KO's with a much tougher
than expected decision win over Ian James, 3-10-1 1KO,
Brooklyn, NY over 6 rounds in the Lightweight division,
undefeated Wendy Toussaint, 6-0 1KO, Huntington, NY,
registered his first knockout win as a pro as he stopped
the usually durable Malik Jackson, 1-5-4, Newark, NJ, in
the 2nd round of a scheduled 6 round Welterweight bout,
and Huntington Lightweight Johnny "Hitman" Hernandez
moved 2-0 1KO with a hard earned 4 round decision over
tough Jack Grady, 0-1, Buffalo, NY.
Star Boxing chief Joe DeGuardia was thrilled with the
outcome of the night as once again Star Boxing delivered
the goods, filling the arena with incredibly energetic
fans and with exciting, competitive action from top to
bottom.
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