Alex "The Brick City Bullet" Perez Shines in Defeating Kenny Abril in N. Bergen, NJ
Alex "The Brick City Bullet" Perez Shines in Defeating Kenny Abril in N. Bergen, NJ! By Ken Hissner at ringside, Doghouse Boxing (April 15, 2013) Doghouse Boxing
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Southpaw Alex “The Brick City Bullet” Perez, 17-1 (9), of Newark, NJ, won a lopsided decision over game and fellow southpaw Kenny Abril, 14-6 (7), of Rochester, NY, over 8 rounds Saturday night at Schuetzen Park, in North Bergen, NJ, on a Andre Kut KEA Boxing Promotions in association with Global Boxing Promotions show! Diana Rodriguez served as matchmaker.
The always dangerous and shorter Abril had his moments in the 4th round when he had Perez out on his feet and with a small cut on his right brow. Abril threw so many power punches trying to drop Perez he may have punched himself out in the round. Perez had dominated with his longer reach and boxing skills for the most part up until then. At the end of the second Abril landed a right hook to the head knocking Perez back a step but Perez came right back finishing with a flurry at the bell.
It was all Perez in the 5th when the two clashed heads. They both acknowledged it was an accident by touching gloves. The sportsmanship on the part of the two throughout was obvious. In the final round Abril was going all out for a knockout to win but Perez denied him landing more punches. Though Abril’s face was reddened halfway through there didn’t seem to be any cuts. For Perez it was back in the win column from his last fight and only defeat for the NABF title. “I came off a sick bed and should never have taken that last fight but it was good getting this win in,” said Perez. Ricardo Vera was the referee. Pierre Benoist scored it 79-73 (as did dhb), John McKaie 78-74 and Hilton Whitaker III 77-74 all for the winner Perez.
It was a joyous celebration as trainer Jose Rosario and sponsor Danny Serratelli joined Perez in the ring before a good crowd. Introduced at ringside earlier by ring announcer Henry Hascup were former WBA/IFB light heavyweight and WBA cruiserweight champ Bobby “Chappie” Czyz, former IBF light welter, WBC welter and IBC light middle champ Buddy McGirt, legendary matchmaker Don Elbaum, and heavyweight Joe Cusumano who was scheduled to fight on the show but opponent fell out at last moment.
Popular local favorite southpaw Juan “The Beast” Rodriguez, Jr., 11-0 (5), Union City, NJ, won over a switching Emmanuel Medina, 3-4-1 (3), of Quincy, MASS., when referee David Franciosi waved off Medina who couldn’t come out for the 4th round of a scheduled 6 in the light middleweight division. Rodriguez was continually driving a hard left to the right side of the rib cage of Medina which may have been the cause of his retirement. “I know my body shots were taking effect. I felt I eventually would knock him out,” said Rodriguez.
Patryk Szymanski, 6-0 (2), of Wroclaw, POL, found himself in a war with David Roman “the Riot” Curiel, 3-1-1, of Paterson, NJ, in a 6 round light middle match-up. After taking the first 2 close rounds Szymanski was deducted a point in the 3rd round for leaning on his opponent continually by referee Vera. Curiel scored a flash knockdown when both of his opponent’s gloves touched the canvas. It was a 10-7 round for Curiel to even the score going into the 4th round.
Both boxers were punching at the bell in the 4th round. At one point during the fight Szymanski almost threw Curiel through the ropes. He only got a warning for this. He boxed the last 3 rounds landing more accurate punches in a very close fight. All 3 judges had it 57-55 as did Doghouse Boxing.
Light Middleweight prospect Anthony Gangemi, 3-0 (3), of Mine Hill, NJ, stopped North Bergen’s Edson Soto, 1-1 (1), 0:47 of the 2nd round. A body shot in the 1st round by Gangemi brought about a standing count by referee Franciosi. A powerful right uppercut to the chest made Soto take a knee. Franciosi waved it off rightfully so. Gangemi is a former amateur sensation and one to watch in the future!
Another Polish boxer lightweight Michal Chudecki, 4-0-1 (2), of Poznan didn’t have the luck of the judges as he was held to a controversial draw by Christian Steele, 3-5-1, of Staunton, VA, over 6 rounds. The first 2 rounds were close with Steele finishing strong. Former Philadelphia boxer and now trainer Jimmy Shedrick must have had his boxer trying to “steal” the rounds and it worked for two of the officials.
The best round of the fight was the 6th and last when Chudecki went down and it was ruled a slip by referee Vera. There was entirely too much clinching in this one giving Vera a difficult bout. Both fighters went at it trying to pull out the victory with Steele gaining the edge. Whitaker seemed to have it right at 58-56 for Chudecki while both McKaie and Benoist had it 57-57.
In the opening bout of the night Nydia “Dha Phenomenal” Feliciano, 6-4-3 (0), of the Bronx, NY and Liz Sherman, 4-3 (2), out of Philadelphia (opened a gym in Princeton, NJ recently) had an entertaining 4 round bout in the featherweight division. The first 2 rounds were interesting but the speed of Feliciano took the last 2 rounds while landing more accurate punches to the head of Sherman. Referee Franciosi had an easy night with hardly a clinch in the fight. All 3 judges scored it 40-36 as did dhb for Feliciano.
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