New York, NY - Earlier
tonight before a near capacity crowd at the Roseland Ballroom in New
York City, DiBella Entertainment presented the latest installment of its Broadway Boxing series with an action-packed seven-bout card.
The evening, sponsored by Manfredi Auto Group, and Newlio.com, was
promoted in association with Everlast to support Breast Cancer Awareness
month.
Headlining
the card was Long Beach, New York's undefeated light heavyweight "Irish"
Seanie Monaghan. This was the third straight headlining bout for
Monaghan, who, like always, brought his army of fans over from Long
Island with him. On this night, Monaghan squared off against Rayco
"War" Saunders in a 10-round light heavyweight title bout, for Monaghan's WBC Continental America's belt.
Saunders
went the distance with some of the top light heavyweights in the world,
including most recently DBE's world-rated Isaac Chilemba, so Monaghan
knew going in that Saunders would be a strong test.
Monaghan
pressed the action from the start, combining constant pressure and
improved boxing ability, throwing nice combinations to both the body and
head. He also demonstrated improved defensive skills, as he easily
slipped punches on the inside and used a piston-like jab to set up his
power shots.
After 10 rounds, scorecards read 99-91 twice, and 98-92, all in favor of "Irish" Seanie Monaghan, who improved to 16-0 (10 KOs).
REDKACH ANNIHILATES BROSCH
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| Promoter Lou DiBella w/ Ivan Redkach |
DBE's
red-hot junior welterweight prospect Ivan Redkach showed why boxing
insiders continue to rave about him as he annihilated Tebor Brosch,
stopping him at 2:07 of the very first round. The Ukrainian-native
Redkach, now living and training in Los Angeles, immediately had Brosch
in trouble as he began firing blistering shots with both hands. Midway
through the round, a huge straight left hand from the southpaw Redkach
sent Brosch reeling back into the ropes. Redkach jumped all over his
opponent, scoring with hellacious shots from both hands. With Brosch on
the ropes on unsteady legs, the referee mercifully called a halt to the
contest. With the win, Redkach improves to 12-0, 11KO's, with 10 of
them coming in four rounds or less.
"TITO" BRACERO DOMINATES CRUZ
Gabriel "Tito" Bracero used his superior boxing ability and ring generalship to win
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| Gabriel Bracero (R) vs. Eric Cruz |
a dominant eight-round unanimous decision over Puerto Rico's Eric Cruz. Bracero
controlled the action throughout against the much heavier Cruz. Cruz
showed up seven pounds overweight at the weigh-in, but it didn't seem to
deter Bracero, who boxed beautifully. Braceo won by scores of 80-72
twice, and 79-73 on the third card. With the win, Bracero improved to
20-1 and after the bout he and promoter Lou DiBella were adamant about
challenging current WBC Champion Danny Garcia. Garcia defended his
title last Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn over ring legend
Erik Morales. The fan-favorite Bracero is a Brooklyn-native and a bout
against Garcia would certainly be a huge draw at the brand new Barclays
Center.
DBE PROSPECTS STAY UNDEFEATED
Delen
"Sniper" Parsley improved to a perfect 9-0 with a six-round unanimous
decision over Ibahiem King. King pressed the action, with Parsley
content on working behind his jab and picking his shots from the
outside. King was tough but, in the end, Parsley was just too sharp and
accurate, winning by scores of 59-55 twice and 58-56.
Fighting in
his first bout under the DBE banner, Brooklyn's Travis Peterkin
dominated fellow Brooklynite Hamid Abdul-Mateen over four rounds in
their light heavyweight matchup. The 2010 New York Golden Gloves
Champion Peterkin came out and immediately began stalking his opponent,
landing thunderous body shots with both hands. Peterkin displayed his
speed and showed good combination punching throughout the four-round
bout, ultimately winning by scores of 40-36 twice with the third judge
scoring the bout 39-37.
OTHER RESULTS
Making the fourth consecutive appearance on a
Broadway Boxing card, Floriano "L'Italiano" Pagliara squared off against Jeremy
McLaurin in an eight-round junior lightweight matchup. A native of
Italy, but now living and training in Brooklyn, NY, Pagliara dominated
the bout, winning by scores of 80-72 twice, with the third judge scoring
it 78-74. With the win, Pagliara improved to 14-4-2, 6KO's.
In a female
featherweight bout, Heather Hardy and Unique Harris gave the near
capacity crowd plenty to cheer about as they went to war, exchanging
toe-to-toe for the majority of their four-round bout. Hardy, who hails
from Brooklyn, NY, and made her pro debut on the last
Broadway Boxing card in August, once again had a strong contingent of fans on hand to
watch her win another impressive decision by scores of 40-36, 39-37,
39-37.
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