Team USA defeats Team Ireland at Springfield, MA's
Mass Mutual Center
By
Alex Pierpaoli
Ringside
report here
As
is our tradition here, if we covered a fight live and tweeted details from
ringside we like to post a recap later for any of you anti-social media
types. Here is a chronological recounting of our live-tweets from
ringside, made slightly more grammatical and a little bit less hashtaggie.
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@FistThingsFirst is live and up in the sky at the Mass
Mutual Center Springfield , MA Ireland
we're in the middle of Bout number 1! Looks like Ireland
may take this first bout. In round 3 now.
very good third round for Amelia Moore of Alexandria ,
VA.
Amelia Moore picks up a split decision victory, 2 judges to
1, over Dublin 's Kellie Harrington
in this 1st women's 132llbs bout. 9 more fights scheduled tonight.
#USAvsIRLBoxing #Boxing
up next women's 152lbs, Oshae Jones of Toledo, OH
versus Grainne Walsh of Offaly, Ireland. And southpaw Jones scores a knockdown
in 1st 30 seconds with a solid right hook.
Jones really landing easily and often in the second half of
round one.
much closer second round. Walsh able to find instances to
land her own shots while Jones was throwing. Clash of styles here, Jones a
cool, countering southpaw and Walsh more of a front foot, pressing jabber.
Bout 3, Marc Castro of Fresno ,
CA US
versus George Bate of Ireland ,
119lbs, Bantams. #Boxing
George Bates is the name of the Irish fighter. Round one
belonged to Castro who is the first fighter to throw any punches to the body
tonight. He's a long, lean, speedy Bantam.
Castro looks to be in charge through two. These are
quick-handed fighters.
Bates finding Castro with the straight right hand in round
three.
Bout 4 underway here, Charlie Sheehy of Brisbane, CA
of the US versus Wayne Kelly of Laois, Ireland, Light Welters, 141lbs #Boxing
Another split decision and another victory for team USA .
Charlie Sheehy picks up the win.
Bout 5, Tiger Johnson of Cleveland ,
OH Antrim ,
Ireland
good first round for the Irish boxer. Ferguson
is an aggressive southpaw who put a lot of pressure on Johnson in round 1
The US
fighter just got a long break in the corner in order to fix a loose head guard.
Another split decision goes to the USA ,
Tiger Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio notches the victory. They aren't announcing any
scores so I'm not sure how close these split decisions are. I thought that one
should have gone to Ireland .
there's an intermission here right now featuring the musical
stylings of "Back in Black" an AC/DC cover band
