Marshall Kauffman’s Kings Promotions debuted at the Sands Saturday night with a ten bout card. In the Main Event welterweight Jamal “Shango” James, 17-0 (9), of Minneapolis, MN, easily defeated Michael “The Blue-Collar Boxer” Balas, 10-7 (7), of Honolulu, HI, over 10 rounds.

The much taller James stopped Balasi in his tracks with a short right on the chin dropping him in the first. In the second James dominated with his jab though Balasi did get in one combo. In the third the lanky James landed three punch combinations, three lead rights while Balasi got a couple of counters in. In the fourth James followed the jabs with rights to the chin of Balasi who couldn’t get away from the jab. In the fifth James landed a five punch combination. In the sixth it was Balasi landing a four punch combination. Balasi never stopped trying though James continued to outland him. In the seventh after taking a pair of jabs Balasi knocked the head of James back with a counter left. In the eighth and final round James continued boxing well as Balasi showed the worse for wear with a swollen face but had the heart of a lion.

Super middleweight Caleb “Sweet Hands” Plant, 8-0 (7), of Ashland City, TN, knocked out Juan Carlos Rojas, 10-11-1 (8) at 1:03 of the fourth round in a scheduled 6.

Plant completely dominated Rojas in the first round landing well and slipping punches. In the second round Plant rocked Rojas with a left hook to the chin. In the second Plant completely had Rojas frustrated causing Rojas to use dirty tactics when he tied up Plant including hitting him low. Plant hurt Rojas several times. A solid left hook knocked out the mouthpiece of Rojas. In the fourth Plant caught Rojas coming in and knocked him down with a left hook to the chin. Rojas tried to beat the count of referee Rosato but didn’t.

Welterweight classy southpaw Alex “Chi-Heat” Martin, 8-0 (5), of Harvey, IL, Jeremiah “Bounty Hunter” Wiggins, 10-4-1 (5), of Newport News, VA, 6 rounds Former National Amateur champion Martin boxed circles around Wiggins the first three rounds frustrating the latter. In the fourth Martin landed three straight lefts to the head of Wiggins. Martin moved around the ring like he owned it rarely getting hit in dominating the round.

In the fifth Martin landed three jabs and rocked Wiggins with a straight left to the chin. Martin out positioned Wiggins to freely land punches. Wiggins was hitting air! In the sixth and final round Martin cut Wiggins under the right eye. Martin put on one classy exhibition over six rounds.

Mc Nair had it 59-55 while Greer and Morgan had it 60-54 as did DHB.

Super lightweight southpaw Christian Molina, 4-1 (3), of Allentown, PA, lost to Justin Johnson, 7-8 (0), of Pittsburgh, PA, over 6 well fought rounds.

Molina forced the action out of an awkward style while the light hitting Johnson gave Molina a boxing lesson in most of the rounds. Molina suffered a bloody nose.

Judge’s had it 59-55 and two 58-56’s as did DHB for Johnson. Rosato was the referee.

Lightweight Ismael Serrano, 3-1 (1), of Bethlehem, PA, stopped Robert Ramos, 1-4-1 (1), of Allentown, PA, at 0:53 of the third round.

Close first round with Ramos landing left hooks and Serrano straight rights. In the second round Serrano rocked Ramos with a right to the chin. In the third round a Serrano straight right to the chin dropped Ramos. Referee Desmond Moore, 1-0 (1) of Bethlehem, PA, Mike stopped Heffilfinger 0-1 (0), of Harrisburg, PA, scoring 3 knockdowns at 1:53 of the first round forcing referee Esteves, Jr. to call a halt.

Middleweight Kyrone “Shut It Down” Davis 8-0 (4), of Wilmington, DE, stopped Jose Alberto “Flaco” Leal, 9-8-1 (4), of Guadajalajara, MX at 2:13 of the first round.

Former National amateur champion Davis landed a double left hook dropping Leal. Davis jumped on Leal dropping him two more times with right hands causing referee Esteves to wave it off in the first round.

Light heavyweight southpaw Carlos Gongora, 2-0 (2) of Booklyn, a two-time Ecuador Olympian, knocked out Alvaro Enriquez, 12-15-2 (4), Tlaxcala, MEX, at 1:48 of the first round. It was obvious this was going to be a short one as the much taller Gongora chased Enriquez until a left knocked Enriquez out at 1:54 of the first round. Referee Rosato counted him out!

Super bantamweight Chris Colbert, 2-0 (2), of Brooklyn stopped Benjamin Burgos, 2-12-1 (1), of Mt. Pocono, PA, at 1:48 of the fourth and final round with referee Esteves, Jr. calling it a halt.

It was one sided with Colbert switching back and forth from orthodox to southpaw. The only knockdown was in the third when Colbert forced Burgos to take a knee.

In the opening bout featherweight Antonio Dubose, 7-0-1 (2), of Philly, and Jesus Lule, 7-12- 2 (1), of Ft Myers, FL, battled to a 4 round draw that had the crowd on their feet the entire fight!

Referee Rosato had an easy bout with hardly a clinch as both warriors slugged it out from the opening fell. Lule had a mouse outside his left eye in the second round. It wasn’t until the fourth and final round that both fighters backs touched the ropes and only for an instance. What may have been a knockdown scored by Lule was ruled a slip by referee Rosato.

At the end all three judges and DHB had it 38-38 a draw! Lightweight Ismael Serrano, 2-1 (1), of Bethlehem, PA, Robert Ramos, 1-3-1 (1), of Allentown, PA 4 rounds Light heavyweight Carlos Gongora, 1-0 (1), of Brooklyn, NY, Alvaro “Pantera” Enriquez, 12-14-2 (4), of MX 4 rounds.

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