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| A bloodied Rich Gingras pursues Peter Manfredo |
Words & Pictures By Alex Pierpaoli (Twitter.com/kofantasyboxing)
Peter Manfredo stops Rich Gingras in 8 heated
rounds of action at Twin River, results here
Bout 1, Ethan Pena of
Providence, RI, versus Antonio Marrero of Hartford, CT, Junior Middles, 4
rounds,
Marrero did bulk of the
work in rd 1, pressing matters, with Pena looking to find a good range and
angle on his foe; body shots by Marrero
very low blow by Pena
in the second, Marrero takes a well-deserved breather
Pena got the better of round 2, he drove Marrero back along the ropes, crowding him and punishing him to the body
Referee Johnny Callas takes a point from Ethan Pena for
another low blow in the third. cards could be 1-1-1 in rounds at this point.
good effort from Marrero but Pena poured
it on to win that 4th round & likely the fight.
Waiting on the official
decision here…
a little confusion in
the announcing of the scorecards but Pena wins a spilt decision. All cards were
38-37, 2 for Pena, 1 for Marrero
looks like the Nick Delomba vs. Carlos Hernandez fight was
scratched when Delomba was unable to
make agreed upon 145lbs
on the way to the ring is Kevin Harrison-Lombardi of Providence, to face debuting Mike Rodriguez, of Springfield, MA,
4 rds, Middles
Kevin Harrison controlling much of action in awkward,
flailing sort of effort due 2 very long-limbed
Rodriguez efforts 2 fight at distance
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| KJ Harrison-Lombardi presses the taller Mike Rodriguez |
Ref Joey Lupino takes a point from Rodriguez in the last
round for excessive holding
Kevin "KJ" Harrison-Lombardi comes away with a 4rd
UD win over debuting Mike Rodriguez by scores of 39-36 x 2 and 38-37
Heavies up next, Jesse Barboza of Hyannis,
MA, returning to the ring after 10 years
versus Arthur Saribekian, of Cranston,
RI,
a largely uneventful first, careful, controlled and effective boxing from Barboza
Barboza works Saribekian back into his own corner where
Barboza lands a big straight right hand that send Saribekian to the canvas;
TKO2
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| Jesse Barboza made short work of Arthur Saribekian ring return |
Ref. Johnny
Callas may have been a little overzealous in stopping the fight without a count
but Saribekian went down dramatically
TKO at 1:15 of round 2, the winner is Jesse "Bad
News" Barboza and he improves to 7-1-1 (5) while Saribekian falls to
23-5-1 (18)
Intermission is over, now the women are on their way to the
ring! 6 rounds, female lightweights, Dominga Olivo versus Jaime Clampitt
Strong first round for Clampitt, Olivo swinging with heavier
shots but it was Clampitt landing the more meaningful blows
Clampitt crowding Olivo and doing work in close with both
hands, digging short uppercuts into the mid-section of Olivo, all
inside-fighting
Clampitt doing all the damage here, scoring w/ short,
chopping rights & lefts, mostly to the body of Olivo, Clampitt looks to be
warming up
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| Olivo and Clampitt rumble in close |
Olivo connected
w/ a couple wide rights in the fourth but it's mostly Clampitt doing the
landing, she's jabbing more now, #boxing her way in
Olivo, of Brooklyn, is
really making an effort, whipping her punches at Clampitt, but it's the
Rhode-Islander in control here
Good final round for Dominga Olivo, several head-butts in
that final 6rd look to be raising a hellish knot on the forehead of Jaime
Clampitt
after 6 rds, official scorecards are 59-55, 58-56 &
58-56 all in favor of Jaime Clampitt who improves to 22-5-1 (7)
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| Jaime Clampitt scores a UD win |
Peter Manfredo
Jr. arrives to a deafening welcome; Gary The Tiger Balleto is here & this
card is dedicated to him;
10 rounds, super middles, Gingras versus Manfredo, here's the bell...
exciting first sees Gingras pressuring & dominating
until final minute when Manfredo
counters him with heavy round-stealing bolts
lots of good exchanges here w/ Manfredo
doing damage with left hooks to the head & body; Manfredo lands a hard left to the head at end of 2
The Manfredo left
hook is really reddening the face of
Gingras
the 3rd has brought this crowd to their feet, w/ Manfredo dominating until Gingras stuns him w/ a counter
& finishes w/ Manfredo covering
up
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| Peter Manfredo shoots a jab through the guard of Rich Gingras |
these guys are slugging away; huge body shot by Manfredo and Gingras seems to ignore it; now Gingras cut
around right eye
Manfredo looked shop-worn in his last outing vs Walter Wright, so
far 2night he looks sharp; fast pace, good exchanges here
Gingras looks to be in some trouble; Manfredo really opening up with power shots, Gingras now
cut around other eye; crowd loves it
seventh round coming up and Gingras needs
to make something happen here to blunt Manfredo's
surge in momentum
looks like a stoppage is in order; Gingras appears to be
fighting on auto-pilot, the doctor is in his corner. Manfredo really hammered
him
they're gonna let it continue…this is round 8
After a monstrous right that caught Gingras flush on the
face, Referee Joey Lupino steps in to stop the beating. Gingras staggered backwards
Gingras being attended
to now by his corner and the ringside physician. Manfredo
comes out of the ring to embrace Balleto at ringside
Gary The Tiger Balleto was left paralyzed after an accident earlier this year and Manfredo dedicated this fight tonight to him.
The official time was 1:33 of round number 8, with @PrideOfProv scoring
the TKO over a game but out-gunned @Fight2FitnessRI
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