by JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com
BOXING AT THE HARD ROCK LAS VEGAS SATURDAY NIGHT.
AS LAS VEGAS SENIOR BOXING WRITER IT WAS GREAT TO COVER AN EVENT IN THE OLD STYLE TRADITIONALIST FORM FROM THE OLD DAYS.....PRESS CONFERENCE....MULTI BOUTS...FIRST CLASS VENUE...MEDIA FRIENDLY ADMINISTRATION.
SO RARE IS IT THAT THE THE FANS WELCOMED TO THE VENUE BY STAFF THAT CARES....THAT WAS THE DEAL HERE...MADE MY DAY....FELT GOOD BEFORE THE FIRST BELL.
WELTERWEIGHT SAMMY VASQUEZ 7-0...FIRST ROUND KO...BEST LOOKING FIGHTER ON THE CARD.
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT LUIS ARIA 4-0 FIRST ROUND KO AT 1.55
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT THOMAS WILLIAMS 13-0 3RD ROUND KO....LOOKS LIKE A COMER.
LIGHTWEIGHT JEFFREY FONTANEZ 11-0 UNANIMOUS DECISION IN 6 ROUNDS...AWFUL FIGHT
MIDDLEWEIGHT JORGE MELENDEZ TKO IN THE THIRD...13 SECONDS IN.
AMAZINGLY ALL 14 FIGHTERS ON THE CARD HAD WINNING RECORDS....IN THE OLD DAYS PROMOTERS HAD ALL THEIR FIGHTERS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE CARD SHEET...SAME THING THIS NIGHT...ALL GOLDEN BOY FIGHTERS ON THE LEFT SIDE....IRONICALLY ALL 7 WERE WINNERS.
GREAT TO SEE HALL OF FAME JIMMY LENNON JR AS THE RING ANNOUNCER..A TOUCH OF CLASS.
SHOWTIME TV DID NOT BRING ANY BETTER FIGHTS...CO MAIN HAD GARY RUSSELL 22-0 WITH A UNANIMOUS 10 ROUND DECISION OVER VYACHESLAV GUSEV 20-3....GUSEV FROM RUSSIA...HOPE HE DIDN'T MAKE THE TRIP JUST FOR THIS SHOWING..
MAIN EVENT NOT A BARN BURNER EITHER WITH BOTH FIGHTERS CLAIMING FOULS AND HEAD BUTTS AND BOTH WERE CORRECT....BIG TOUGH JOB FOR REFEREE RUSSELL MORA....JUDGES HAD IT 116-110....116-110 AND 115-111 FOR RICHAR ABRIL 18-3-1 OVER SHARIF BOGERE 23-1 IN AN ALLEGED LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE MATCH.
THE REASON WE GO TO THE FIGHTS IS HOPING FOR THE UNEXPECTED AND A COMPETITIVE SKILLED MATCH....NONE TO BE SEEN ON THIS NIGHT, BUT IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE AND HOPING.
JUST FOR FUN TRIVIA...THE LAST 15 ROUND FIGHT....?
TUCKER-DOUGLAS 1987 HEAVYWEIGHTS.
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