Early Results from Hollywood

In the first bout of the evening, undefeated heavyweight prospect Tor Hamer took on undisciplined journeyman Samuel Brown. Hamer came out firing the jab early on in the first. The Penn State alum has an educated fight game early on in his career, up on his toes and working behind the jab; he nullified any aggression that Brown offered. At the end of round one, pinned along the ropes, Brown was floored by a left hook and was lucky that the bell tolled to signal the end of the round. Second round started as the first ended, left hooks and overhand rights flowed freely from Hamer putting Brown to a knee. He beat the count of 8, but was soon backed into the ropes and dropped by a double jab. The referee stepped in and waved it off. Time of stoppage was 1:10 of rd 2, Hamer improves to 6-0 5Ko and got some much appreciated advice from Lennox Lewis at ringside; meanwhile Brown fell to 4-6-2. The in-house heavyweight, 2004 Olympian Wilmer Vasquez (8-0-1 Ko) might lack the boxing refinement that Tor Hamer possesses, but he makes up for it with some significant pop. Andrew Greeley (14-26-2 8Ko) looks like a stubby pudgy Danny Williams, and was brought in for “The Latin Hammer” to pound on. Completely forgetting a jab, Vasquez was getting caught by counter left hooks from the much smaller Greeley. With the crowd behind the out-of-town fighter, Andrew grew bolder and stronger and finished the round strong with a flurry while trapped in the corner. Realizing that Andrew wasn’t going to be bullied, Wilmer decided to go to the body in the 2nd, problem was he forgot to use the jab and nothing else really followed from either fighter. There was nothing much in the way of action over the 3rd and 4th rounds, Greeley countered with left hooks every time Vasquez threw a punch. Andrew was easily the more accurate puncher while Wilmer the more powerful, but the power was wasted. In the 5th, Greeley landed the most telling blow so far, a counter overhand right snapped Vasquez’ head back and the crowd woke back up, as did Vasquez. Sensing a close fight Vasquez came out firing jabs for the first time. Greeley was the busier and more accurate man in this listless affair. The best part of the fight was the ringcard girls; Vasquez got the majority decision nod by score of 57-57, 58-56, and 60-54. The crowd booed loudly at the result. Boxingscene had it 59-55 for Greeley

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Early on in their light middleweight contest Kermit “The Killer” Cintron peppered Alfredo “Perro” Angulo with jabs and pounded him with an array of bodyshots and uppercuts on the inside. To his credit Angulo dug his way inside and started to find a home for that right hand. As Alfredo looked to pressure Kermit, he was met with savage left hooks every time he looked for that straight right or a left hook of his own. A big counter right in the 4th hurt Angulo, but Cintron’s follow-up, while effective, didn’t put Alfredo to the mat. It seemed that Angulo was making headway in the 5th, and the possible Cintron meltdown had begun, but Kermit killed any hopes of that with the 6th and 7th rounds. There his left hand couldn’t miss Angulo’s face, no matter from what angle it was thrown. Just to keep it interesting, he added some straights rights to keep Alfredo thinking. Building off of a little success with the southpaw stance at the end of the 7th, Angulo started to rough Cintron up in the 8th and for the first time in the fight Alfredo landed more rights than Cintron. Clearly being outboxed early on, Angulo went into the championship rounds looking to see exactly how much of a killer instinct Cintron had. It might not have been the finish that Cintron wanted as Angulo hounded him all around the ring the final round, but he showed he wasn’t done yet as a top dog of the light middleweight division. Cintron walked away with a hard fought unanimous decision victory, with all three judges having it 116-112.

17y ago

ACHlLLES

I wonder if Andrew Greeley will challenge the results, since this affects his career big time since he basically beat a prospect and got cheated. Can he do anything about the results or is he just screwed?

17y ago

HeartAttack

In a ten round light heavyweight attraction former title contender DeAndrey Abron (15-5 10Ko) looks to get back in the win column against the surging Yusaf Mack (28-2 17Ko). Mack picked up this fight from where he left off against Chris Henry, busier, quicker, stronger, and more creative; Mack picked apart Abron early with combinations to the body and kept him at bay with a stiff jab. DeAndrey tried to use his reach advantage to dictate the distance, but Yusaf ducked under the cumbersome jab and stuck several hard rights to Abron’s ribs. Heading into the 4th the bodywork slowed Abron’s workrate and made him think twice about letting that jab go. It also changed his eye level and Mack started to land a greater number of right hands and counter left hooks to the head of the game Abron. Abron did the absolute worst thing. He landed a big left hand that got the crowd going and pissed Mack off at the same time. Yusaf started firing combinations with a fury that Abron could not handle. A huge right hand sent Abron down but he beat the count. Jumping on his hurt foe, Mack cornered him where Abron fought back, but a counter left hook on the chin of Abron sent him face first through the bottom rope and the fight was over. An impressive statement made by Yusaf Mack to the HBO crew on hand and to the light heavyweights around the world.

17y ago

HeartAttack

Wilmer Vasquez got a gift decision by the sounds of it... Lucky cock-sucker, how much of a gift was it? Does it sound like someone was paid off to give him the win? Or just bad judging?horrible judging dude. But we called it. He is a Warriors boxer. And florida judges ALWAYS give hometown decisions. The fight was crap, but Greeley deserved the win. No one had it closer than 58-56 for Greeley, let alone Vasquez winning

17y ago

ACHlLLES

Wilmer Vasquez got a gift decision by the sounds of it... Lucky cock-sucker, how much of a gift was it? Does it sound like someone was paid off to give him the win? Or just bad judging?

17y ago

HeartAttack

2008 Olympian Johnathan Gonzalez (3-0 3Ko) took very little time to pick apart his handpicked foe Laquel Fleming (1-3-2). The two welterweights stood nose to nose trading shots, Flemings to the gloves of Gonzalez, and “Mantequilla” to Fleming’s body. A counter right to the temple of Fleming sent him to the ropes, and the accuracy of Gonzalez had him out on his feet within a few moments. Nice looking first round knockout for the young Gonzalez.

17y ago