Initial Results Verona, NY » January 14, 2023

Boxing at ringside Bob Newman

In a highly skilled and highly tactical fight, junior lightweights Abraham “Super” Nova and Adam “Bluenose” Lopez lived up to predictions that they might bring a fight of the night. After the tactical round, the fourth heated up with a late-round toe-to-toe swap. In fifth, a beautiful left-right combination sank Lopez hard on his back. As Nova cut the ring and tried to follow up on his advantage, he told a retreating Lopez, “Today is my birthday… I had to get this win.” I heard the (It’s actually Nova’s 29th birthday). Nova allegedly suffered another knockdown in the sixth as Lopez tried to hold on after being raked along the ropes and tripped over the canvas when he was unable to keep hold of the backpedaling Nova. . Lopez managed to collect himself in the seventh and actually appeared to have taken the eighth, breaking Nova’s head in some beautiful combinations at the end of the round.

Nova jumped on his bike in the ninth and was able to hold off a charging Lopez with a jab. The tenth and final round was far from the movie. Both men teeed off each other seemingly non-stop for two of the three minutes that the round lasted. It was amazing that no one went down, but Nova closed out the round and the fight by staggering Lopez with the final blow of the fight. With only 14 days left for him in 2023, it will take him some time to get through this year’s rounds. The final score was his 97-91 and his 98-90 in his two innings. raised to Unlucky Lopez he falls 16-4, KO.

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Jr. lightweight prospect Haven Brady, Jr. had a tougher job than expected at Ruben Cervera in Colombia. While Brady was trying to score a shot, Cervera landed several shots of his own, bloodying Brady’s lower lip by the end of the second. It’s now a single-shot game, with Brady voicing each blow. Seconds before the end of the fifth, Cervera stunned Brady by nailing him with his right overhand. Cervera attempted to follow up and one of his blows landed after the bell, prompting a caution from referee Benji Estevez Jr. Control the ring and direct the action until the final bell. The final tally is: 78-74, 79-73, 80-72, all for Brady Jr. He moves to 9-0, 4 KOs. Cervera he slides to 13-4, 11 KOs.

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Hometown beloved Bryce Mills fought in front of hometown fans for the first time in his young career, putting in a solid, workmanlike performance against the tough Margarito Hernandez. Mills showed great skill, footwork and angles in systematically controlling Hernandez over six rounds. At the end of the second, referee Charlie Fitch called a doctor to check for bleeding from Hernandez’s left ear. It turned out to be a cut just inside the ear, not an internal hemorrhage from the eardrum. Mills was unable to stop or drop Hernandez and took a few shots off the gritty Washingtonian. In the end, all three judges ruled Mills 11-1 on him, 60-54 on him to a 4KO. 500 with his 3-4-1.

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Up-and-coming welterweight knockout artist Brian Norman Jr. attempted to blitz Rodrigo Coria in the opening round with little success. Coria appeared at his feet about a few seconds later and the bottom strand of the rope in the neutral corner held him up, but when Coria fought back, referee Mark Nelson let the matter continue. Norman Jr. looked tired and paced himself through the rest of the rounds, letting Coria off the hook. The pace slowed noticeably in the second and Norman picked things up a bit more in the third, but Coria got Norman back on the ropes with good bodywork. controlled the fourth.

In the fifth round, both men did a good job, each taking turns controlling the action part. In the seventh, Coria buckled Norman’s knee and teetered along the ropes. Norman was able to escape and survive the round, but the crowd is now heaving! Seconds into the round, Norman put Coria in a neutral corner and himself was clipped and buckled again. He soon met cleanly, bringing Coria to his knees and the crowd to their feet. It wasn’t over as Coria fought back and stunned Norman again along the ropes. The scores were him 79-72 and he was 77-74 in his two innings, Norman Jr. moved him to 23-0, 19 KOs, but brave Coria made him 10-5, 2 KOs. fell into

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In the second fight of the night, featherweight prospect Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington took control of Juan Antonio Lopez in six pedestrian rounds to sweep all three judges’ scorecards 60-54 Did. Lopez talked as much as he threw punches and tried to psyche Carrington, a highly publicized prospect. Neither fighter was injured en route. “Shu Shu” moves to 6-0, 3 KOs, but Lopez falls to 17-13-1, 7 KOs.

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In a rare undefeated fight for beginners, Dante Benjamin Jr. faced Emmanuel Austin in a scheduled six-round light heavyweight opener. After a half-round feel to each other, Benjamin shook Austin with combinations that eventually dropped him near his own corner. A follow-up barrage upset Austin and referee Mark Nelson was forced to stop the issue at 2:50 in the opening stanza. Benjamin Jr. is currently 5-0, 3 KOs, but Austin has his first loss with his 6-1, 6 KOs.