Jimmy Williams rebounds from kayo loss
and more from Hartford, CT
Twitter Recap
]By Alex Pierpaoli
Photos by Sean Laydon
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 with you LIVE tweeting from the Hartford Convention Center for
@CESBoxing's
@OfficialBadChad
versus Denis Grachev card
first
up, super welters, 153lbs, from Boston, MA, Maceo Crowder versus
153lbs, from Springfield, MA, Jalen Renaud
Jaylen
Renaud scored a knockdown in the first but it looked like Maceo
Crowder won that second round, catching Renaud's jabs and sloughing
off his power shots, countering in return.
Renaud
is the busier fighter here but Crowder may be landing smarter with
well-placed counters and great defense. Renaud landing flashier shots
for sure.
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| Jahvel Joseph of the Bronx, NY |
The
officials see it 40-35 x 3 in favor of Jalen Renaud. (This observer
saw Crowder winning the second and third for a total of 38-37 for
Renaud, FWIW.) Crowder fought like he was in a six rounder. More to
come from here...
Bout
2,
Leandro Silva of Sao Paolo, Brazil (via Boca Raton, FL) 176 lbs,
versus Jahvel Joseph 171lbs, of Bronx, NY. Joseph if making his pro
debut. 4rds, light heavies #Boxing
#DawsonGrachev
Joseph
the taller, longer, quicker fight through round 1. Landing slashing
shots from a distance.
Joseph
in control through two.
That's
the end of Joseph versus Silva. Joseph should pick up his first
unanimous decision in his first outing as a pro. He controlled the
fight from the start, pressed the action and never let up. Silva got
slammed with lots of clean shots that to his credit, never hurt him
40-36,
39-37 x 2 all in favor of the Bronx, NY's Jahvel Joseph.
Twenty-eight! is what his supporters keep shouting, not sure what it
means. #Boxing
#dawsonGrachev
Bout
3,
Steve Garagarza of Houston, Texas versus Nathan Martinez, 123lbs, of
hard-hittin' New Britain, CT 4 rounds, super bantams #DawsonGrachev
That
was a heated first round! no feeling-out period for these two, they
got right to slugging. Martinez landing heavier but Garagarza may
have landed more frequently. Martinez sunk several hard left hooks
into the midsection of Garagarza.
Lots
of toe-to-toe action in this one. Martinez looks to be landing harder
and more frequently but Garagarza is fighting his heart out despite
being outgunned.
Every
question Garagarza is asking of Martinez here, the New Britain-ite is
answering back and HARD!
Bantams
are beautiful! great exchanges here.
Wow,
big final round for Martinez. Looked as if he almost had Garagarza
down but no such luck. He bashed him all around the ring though.
Martinez will take this by UD. waiting on the scorecards...
40-36,
39-37 x 2 all in favor of Nathan Martinez of New Britain, CT #Boxing
*authors
note—missed the fighter introductions for this fight and confused
the 2 combatants, so everything said about Mitchell is actually meant
about Collier, and vice versa. My Apologies.
Bout
4
is up now, Sharad Collier, 133lbs of Hartford, CT versus Glenn
Mitchell, 131lbs, of Steubenville, OH, 4 rounds, lightweights
#DawsonGrachev
Wow,
two knockdowns in that first round, one for each fighter! Mitchell
down on what looked more like a slip but he rallied to hurt Collier
badly and put him down. Collier tackled Mitchell to try to avoid
being stopped. 10-8 round for Mitchell.
Glenn
Mitchell is 3-3 with 3 stoppages to his credit. It'd pretty clear
he's a heavy puncher. I thought
he won that second round as well
which gives Hartford's Collier a very deep hole to climb out of.
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| Collier eyes Mitchell before slamming him with a right |
If
Glenn Mitchell was in a little better cardiovascular shape he might
have been done by now. He lands heavier every time he connects but
Collier has been able to use his legs enough to keep Mitchell chasing
and missing just enough to last.
that's it, Ref. Mike Ortega calls it off with Collier getting slammed with
power shots. Collier protests but he took lots of head-spinning
blasts and could not keep Mitchell off of him. Hard-punching,
head-thumping Glenn Mitchell improves to 4-3 (4)
Up
now, @JimmyQSWilliams
of New Haven, CT versus Jose Medina of Guadalajara, MX
Williams
landed a heavy left hook that stunned Medina and sent him back into
the ropes. Quiet Storm controlling the action with a busy jab and
stinging follow-up shots.
Medina
landed a shot of his own in the last ten seconds of the third that
got Williams attention. Medina is turning it up.
Jose
Medina won that fourth round. He's landed several good jabs and made
@JimmyQSWilliams pay
for missing with power shots.
Williams
came back with a big fifth round, staggering Medina with an overhand
right in the final ten seconds
big
round six! @JimmyQSWilliams
cracked Medina with a left hook that sent a wad of blood and spit out
of his mouth and down to the convention center floor.
58-56 for Medina, 58-56 for Williams and 57-57 even, this bout is a DRAW!
This
observer saw that bout 58-56, or 4-2 in rounds, in favor of
@JimmyQSWilliams
but 2 rounds were pretty close so I guess the draw isn't terrible.
#boxing
#DawsonGrachev
here
comes
the co-featured bout of the evening, 16-0 (10) @Cassius_Chaney
of New London, CT battles Santander Silgado of Arboletes, Columbia, 6
rounds, Heavies
BOOM!!!
goes the dynamite! @Cassius_Chaney
fired a monstrous right cross behind two pawing jabs that put
Santander Silgado down and out in round number one. The official time
was 1:03. Chaney improves to 17-0 (11)
that
was
just an excessively long National Anthem. It really seems like all
these goddamned singing contest shows have totally fucking ruined
singing. Not everyone is Aretha Franklin. Stop fucking over-singing.
It's really hard to stomach #gottachill
#jussayin
Here
comes the
Main Event! @OfficialBadChad,
175lbs, out of New Haven, CT versus Denis Grachev, 175lbs, out of
Chaykovsky, Russia #DawsonGrachev
#Boxing
Referee
is Mike Ortega
Dawson
is working with trainer Brian Clark of Ring One Boxing in New Haven.
That's a good sign as he was the first to develop Chad as a kid &
is probably best trainer in CT
Very
little landed in that first round. Dawson the busier, pawing at
Grachev with lots of southpaw jabs.
very
good second round for @OfficialBadChad
He thumped Grachev with straight lefts and pressed him throughout.
Grachev
went down sloppily after stepping on Dawson's foot. He seems to have
gathered himself. Oops, now Dawson is down from a trip as well.
@OfficialBadChad
still very quick of both hand and foot, even at 37 years old. Landing
speedy bolts. He's looking for a spot for a right uppercut but hasn't
quite found it yet. 4th round starting now…
That
was a dull fourth. Very little landed for either guy. But Dawson had
the edge in punches thrown and making Grachev miss.
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| Chad Dawson eyes a pressing forward Denis Grachev |
@OfficialBadChad
playing possum a bit in the fifth, letting Grachev swing at him while
on the ropes. Dawson countering with harder shots now. And he's
landed several uppercuts, but grazing shots.
Grachev
had Dawson momentarily stunned! They're slugging away. Dawson has
regained his composure by round's end but Grachev took that one.
@OfficialBadChad
stings Grachev repeatedly with single lefthand blasts in round seven.
One round to go…
This
one goes the distance. Dawson should pick up the workman-like
victory. Should be Unanimous.
Grachev
would be wise to open up with both hands here. He knows he can hurt
Dawson.
Judges
saw it 80-72 x 2 and 79-73 all in favor of the Elm City's
@OfficialBadChad
now 36-5 (19) and the new WBC/USNBC light heavyweight titleholder
#boxing
#DenisGrachev
"I'm
37 years old but I feel like I'm twenty-five." -@OfficialBadChad
That's
all from here, fight-fans! Thanks for following along! #DawsonGrachev
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