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Gonzalez & Clottey Lose
Decisions But Win Crowd In Action Fights At Turning Stone
Resort Casino
The Star Boxing® pair of Yunieski Gonzalez and Joshua
Clottey both entertained the crowd at Turning Stone Resort
Casino, coming out strong early, but each lost on the
judges' scorecards in the action fights televised by HBO
Latino® on Saturday night (December 19).
Vyacheslav Shabranskyy was able to withstand the onslaught
of the big-punching Gonzalez (16-2, 12 KOs), and several
rounds of toe-to-toe exchanges had the crowd on its feet
during the 10-round light heavyweight contest. Shabranskyy
(15-0, 12 KOs) won a majority decision, 98-92 and 97-93 with
one judge calling it even at 95-95.
"I knew this was going to be a war, and that's what we
delivered," said Gonzalez. ""We both gave it our all and
didn't let up. I did know the fight was very close and
should have been a draw in my opinion. I would like the
opportunity to fight him again and prove that I am the
better fighter."
Said Star Boxing president Joe DeGuardia, echoing his
fighter's sentiments: "What a thrilling fight for the fans.
Yunieski certainly has a crowd-pleasing style, and both he
and Shabranskyy have chins and hearts made of steel. I'd
love to see a rematch."
Clottey (39-5, 22 KOs) came out like gangbusters early
against Gabriel Rosado in the 10-round junior middleweight
contest pitting two former titleholders. By fight's end,
Rosado (22-9, 13 KOs) had swelling under both eyes, but all
three judges deemed him the busier of the two fighters, and
the scorecards read 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94.
"Rosado impressed the judges by staying busy," said
DeGuardia. "Joshua fought a much bigger man, and he has told
me he only wants to fight junior middleweight from now on.
We actually talked about going back to the welterweight
division, as he said he walked out of the gym at 152 pounds
daily."
Though neither of his fighters had their hands raised,
DeGuardia was delighted with the evening of boxing: "What a
great card to close out 2015," he said. "I am pleased that
we were a part of it, and want to congratulate HBO, Turning
Stone Casino, Golden Boy Promotions, and everyone else
involved in the show."
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