In last Saturday’s “Brick City Fight Night Series” in Newark, New Jersey, Daniel Gonzalez took a unanimous decision over Michael Anderson in the main event, as previously reported.
In the co-main event, Khalid Twaiti dropped Emmanuel Rodriguez once en route to a unanimous decision in their 10-round bantamweight contest. Twaiti, 14-0 (5 KOs), from Brooklyn, New York, won by scores of 99-91 (twice) and 98-91, while Rodriguez, 15-3 (8 KOs), saw his two-fight win streak come to an end.
One of the night’s most explosive finishes came from Danny Gonzalez, 4-0 (4 KOs) of Iselin, New Jersey, who stopped Gabriel Gerena, 6-1 (5 KOs), from Piscataway, New Jersey, with a powerful left hook for a first-round stoppage.
Heavyweight Kristian Prenga, 16-1 (16 KOs) kept his perfect knockout record intact, stopping veteran Joey Dawejko, 28-13-4 (16 KOs) in the fifth round of a scheduled eight. The bout was halted when Dawejko complained of a left bicep injury after throwing a punch, leading the ringside doctor to call an end to the contest.
Anthony Johns, 9-1 (6 KOs), gave his hometown crowd a show, earning a majority decision over journeyman Edwin Reyes, 8-9-3 (5 KOs), in a six-round bout. The scores were 60-54 and 59-55 for Johns, while one judge had it 57-57.
In the night’s opening fight, junior middleweight prospect Jean Pierre Valencia, 2-0 (2 KOs), of Irvington, New Jersey, delivered a body-shot knockout, dropping Cody Jenkins, 0-4, for the count with a left hook to the liver in the first round.
"It was a night full of upsets, knockouts and young fighters taking risks,” said Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna, whose Rising Star Promotions put on the event in association with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and the Prudential Center. “That’s what boxing is all about.”
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