Demetrius Andrade & Hank Lundy score kayo victories at Mohegan Sun
Results from Ringside
Junior Middleweight Demetrius Andrade returned to action tonight at Mohegan Sun with an exciting two round demolition of Buenos Aires, Argentina's Dario Pucheta. Andrade's return after a 16 month lay-off was the main event of a
five bout professional boxing card promoted by Jimmy Burchfield's Classic Entertainment and Sports, in association with Star Boxing and Banner Promotions. In the chief supporting bout lightweight Hammerin' Hank Lundy of Philadelphia, PA, bounced back from a disputed July loss with a swarming, head-thumping technical knockout of Carlos Velasquez in five rounds. Also, regional favorites Josh Crespo of New Haven, CT and undefeated prospect Khiary Gray of Worcester, MA, also picked up wins.
Demetrius Andrade, 153 1/2lbs, boxed aggressively in the opening frame against the heavily muscled
Dario Pucheta, 152 1/2lbs. With only about thirty seconds gone in the first Boo Boo force-fed the Argentine a straight left that put him right on the seat of his pants. It was the first of three knockdowns Andrade scored in putting Pucheta away and securing the vacant WBO International