Verdejo, Monaghan, Tapia, Zewski Win in New York
In the first fight of the evening on the undercard at Madison Square Garden, Ronald Ellis brought his record up to 7-0 with five knockouts with a workman-like unanimous decision against Steven Tyner, who dropped to 3-10-2 in a four-round bout at super middleweight. Both guys tossed bombs back and forth for most of the fight- either that or the microphone was particularly sensitive to every piece of noise in the ring. Ellis was the slicker and smoother fighter, even if Tyner did his best to keep up with Ellis and punch with him when the two got in close.
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