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Ray Robinson Stops Ortiz After 3
Ray Robinson shook off a two-and-a-half year layoff by
stopping veteran Silverio Ortiz after round three of a
scheduled six-round junior middleweight bout in front of a
big crowd at the 2300 Arena.
The eight-bout card was promoted by RDR Promotions.
Robinson was very sharp with his punches as he continuously
banged shots off the head of Ortiz. Ortiz was able to get in
some flush punches of his own. Robinson had a big round
three as he had Ortiz in trouble several times. The corner
of Ortiz had seen enough and bowed their charge out of the
fight.
Robinson of Philadelphia is 25-3-2 with 13 knockouts. Ortiz
of Mexico is 37-29.
Muhsin Cason remained undefeated with a 5th round stoppage
over Steven Lyons in a scheduled six-round cruiserweight
fight.
Cason got off to a slow start, but started to turn the fight
around in the fourth frame. In round five, Cason landed a
left-right and another hard left that put Lyons down for the
count at 2:58.
Cason of Philadelphia via Las Vegas is 10-0 with seven
knockouts. Lyons is 5-8-2.
Oscar Barajas won a six-round majority decision over Jerome
Conquest in a lightweight fight.
Barajas of Mexico won by scores of 58-56 twice and 57-57 to
raise his record to 17-8-1. Conquest of Philadelphia is
11-7.
Dominique Mayfield won a four-round unanimous decision over
Darryl Clark in a heavyweight bout.
Mayfield scored a knockdown in round two and won by scores
of 40-35 on all cards.
Mayfield of Philadelphia is 1-1. Clark of Houston is 1-2.
RDR Promotions fighter, Joel Caudle stopped previously
undefeated Robert Sabbagh after round four of their
heavyweight fight.
Caudle was aggressive and was landing some hard shots until
Sabbagh pulled the plug on the fight at the end of round
four.
Caudle is 9-6-2 with six knockouts. Sabbagh of Brooklyn, NY
is 3-1.
Good looking prospect and RDR Promotions fighter, Isaiah
Johnson destroyed Dieumerci Nzau in 72 seconds of their
junior welterweight fight.
Johnson viciously dropped Nzau with a hard left cross. He
finished off Nzau with a hard combination that forced a
stoppage.
Johnson is now 4-0 with four knockouts. Nzau is 11-16.
Edwin Cortes made it two straight over Jerrod Miner in a
four-round bantamweight contest.
Cortes, 115.5 lbs of Millville, NJ won by 40-36 scores on
all cards to go to 2-0. Miner, 119.2 lbs of Philadelphia is
2-14-2.
Jabril Noble stopped Joseph Santana in round one of a
scheduled four-round lightweight bout.
In round one, Noble hurt Santana several times before
dropping Santana with a left hook, and the fight was stopped
at 2:01.
Noble, 134.2 lbs of Philadelphia is 3-0 with three
knockouts. Santana, 139 lbs of Providence, RI is 0-5.
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