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the winner of this fight will be next inline for the winner of banks\firtha. banks is defending the NABF title vs firtha on klitschko\chisora undercard. it's funny that banks only defends the NABF title in europe. brian minto is a pretty big draw in his hometown. i've watched a few of his fights & he sure has a good following & makes decent money fighting & promoting at home.
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great 3 round fight! tony grano tko 3...he rocked minto with a huge right which put him down. minto got up swinging but got rocked again but this time for good. minto mwas in the best shape of his career at 218lbs...it took marco huck 9 rds & arreola 4 rds to beat minto...grano gets the winner of banks\firtha.he is the NABF #1 contender now. -
minto got in great shape & signed a promotional deal with don king...wonder how long that relationship will last now? minto vs kertson manswell would be a good C+ level matchup of don king fighters...Comment
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this was a great fight while it lasted...minto got caught bigtime!Comment
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—This Past Saturday night at The beautiful Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Tony “TNT” Grano (19-2-1, 15 KO’s) threw his name in the Heavyweight title mix with a thrilling third round stoppage over Brian Minto (35-5) in an NABF Elimination bout.
It was Minto who controlled the action over the first two rounds and he even landed a right over the top that sent Grano to the canvas but that punch was ruled a slip.
In rounds three, Grano landed a chopping right hand that sent Minto to the canvas. When Minto got to his feet he was clearly shaken up but he was clearly on rubbery legs. Minto showed tremendous heart as instead of holding he stood and fought Grano toe to toe. That proved to be his undoing as Grano landed another hard right that deposited Minto on the floor and the fight was stopped immediately.
With the win, Grano puts himself in position to take on winner of the Jonathon Banks – Nikolai Firtha bout for the NABF title and a high ranking by the WBC.
In the co-feature, once beaten cruiserweight contender Eric Fields (20-1) put on an impressive boxing display with an eight round unanimous decision over Derrick Brown (13-7-3)
Fields worked behind a good jab and mixed in lead right hands to to keep Brown off balance and cruised to his ninth consecutive victory since his only professional defeat.
With one shocking right hand, Ela Nunez (11-11-1, 3 KO’s) scored a knockout victory over Jackie Trivilino (8-4-2)in round two of their scheduled six round Woman’s bout.
Ryan McKenzie (10-0, 9 KO’s) kept his perfect streak alive as he went to 9-0 with an impressive American debut and a second round stoppage over Richard Starnino (9-7-2) in a Light Heavyweight bout.
Local favorites Brian Clookey (4-0-1) and Derrick Evans (3-0) remained undefeated with victories over Ariel Espina(8-20-3)l and Bakari (0-3) respectively.
In the Evans – Bakari bout, it was controversy from the beginning as the two fighters jawed, held and even got in some illegal punches before Bakari was disqualified in the third round.
Impressive prospect Travis Peterkin made it 4-0 with his first distance victory over the rough Steven Tyner (2-3-1) in a four round Light Heavyweight bout.Comment
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