Via Ken Hissner: At Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, New York Saturday via ESPN+ Bob Arum (Top Rated) Presented in Main Event, former 2-time Olympic gold medalist and 3-time world champion Vasyl “Loma” Lomachenko won the final twelve rounds deciding the final three rounds against previously undefeated USBA & NABF lightweight champion Jaimaine “The Technician” Ortiz over 12 rounds.
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In the 3rd World Championship match in the Main Event, lightweight Vasyl “Loma” Lomachenko, 17-2 (11), #134.6, of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, UKR and Oxnard, CA, defeated the home team. USBA & NABF champion Jermaine “The Technician” Ortiz , 16-1-1 (8), #134, of Worcester, MASS, over 12 tough rounds.
In the first half, Lomachenko continued to press, but received a red mark under his right eye from Ortiz’s tackle. In the second half, a head collision only aggravated Lomachenko’s right eye injury.
In the third round, Lomachenko, in the middle of the round, hurt Ortiz with a short left chin. In the 4th round, Ortiz returned well, helping Lomachenko not be caught.
In the 5th round, Ortiz had swollen left eye after the combination from Lomachenko. In the sixth round, through the eighth, Ortiz had the advantage. In the ninth round, Lomachenko injured Ortiz, forcing him to hold out mid-round. In the final inning, one minute, Ortiz came back well.
In the 10th round, Lomachenko came back well, moving on to the championship round that he, not Ortiz, had overcome. In the 11th half, it was Lomachenko’s favor when he injured Ortiz in the middle of the half with a body shot. In the twelfth and final round, Lomachenko showed his experience by going twelve laps, while Ortiz never got past ten. Both boxers have their faces indicating it’s a fight.
Score 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111 with this writer 115-113. The referee is Charley Fitch.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist in Men’s Featherweight Robeisy Ramirez, 11-1 (7), #125.6, of Cuba and Gulfport, FL, stopped Jose Matias Romero, 26-3 (9), #127.4, of Cordoba , ARG, in 2nd place : 20th of the ninth out of 10 scheduled rounds.
In the first round, Ramirez defeated Romero with an uncountable 8. For four innings, Ramirez barely brought Romero back. In the fifth to seventh rounds, it was Ramirez who punched Romero too hard.
In the 9th half, Ramirez let Romero hurt and bleed when referee Danny Schiavone sent him away.
Featherweight Olympic silver medalist Duke Ragan, 8-0 (1), #128, of Cincinnati, OH, narrowly won over Luis “Popeye” Legron, 18-5-1 (11), #128, of San Juan, PR , more than 8 tough rounds.
In the first three rounds, Ragan had the advantage in a close fight. In the 4th round, Legron came back well with a good body attack. In the sixth round, Ragan’s mouth came from a combination of Legron that caused Ragan to injure his body.
In the seventh round, once again, Ragan’s voice died because he looked tired. In the eighth and final round, Legron held off Ragan, who had never gotten this far in a fight but made no attempt to fight back.
Score 77-75, 78-74 and 79-73 with this 76-76 writer.
The referee is Johnny Callas.
Super Welter Olympian Troy “Transformer” Isley, 8-0 (4), #159, of Alexandria, VA, beat Quincy “Chico” LaVallais, 14-4-1 (9), #157.4, of Panama City, FL, more than a difficult 8 innings.
In the first inning, Isley overcame LaVallais. In the second round, LaVallais goes to Isley’s body. In the third and fourth innings, both had near-torture moments because LaVallais was the aggressor. In the 5th round, LaVallis continued to move Isley back but was counterattacked.
In the sixth round, Isley landed with his hand right on LaVallais’ chin, only to then return with a series of punches at the last minute of the round. In the seventh round, Isley seemed to have beaten LaVallais. Midway through, Isley rocked LaVallais with a punch to the chin. There are no quitters in LaVallais who will keep returning to Isley’s body. In the final seconds, referee Arthur Mercante, Jr., warned Isley for his shoulder use.
In the eighth and final round, after a minute’s cross on Isley, LaVallais doubled LaVallais, but he recovered quickly. Isley dropped a double left hook to his chin and wondered what was holding LaVallais up. At the bell, a left and right from Isley on his chin while backing into a corner knocked LaVallais’ head back.
This writer’s scores are 79-73, 80-72, and 78-74, respectively.
Super Feather Haven, Brady, Jr., 8-0 (4), #131, of Albany, GA, beat Eric Mondragon, 8-1-1 (4), #130.6, of Maywood, CA, over 8 rounds .
In the first four rounds, each boxer had their moments. In the sixth inning, Brady took the place, taking a slight lead as the aggressor. In the final seconds of the seventh round, Brady landed a massive punch on Mondragon’s chin. In the eighth and final round, Brady chases after Mondragon, who is trying to survive. Suddenly with another thirty seconds Mondragon had shaken Brady with a left hook to the chin for him to grab and hang from the bell.
This writer also gave it a score of 78-74 and 79-73.
The referee is Shawn Clark.
Middle Nico Walsh Ali, 7-0 (5), #159, of Las Vegas, NV, beat Billy Wagner, 5-3 (1), 159, of Great Falls, MONT, over 6 rounds.
In the first round, Ali opened a cut above Wagner’s right eyebrow with a left hook in the final 30 seconds. In the second round, Ali sucked Wagner’s nose. At the end of the round, there was a head-to-head clash and Ali was named the worst while Wagner shot hard into the ring.
In the 4th round, Ali had a strong shot and had a bloody face from Wagner’s right eyebrow and nose. In the fifth round, Ali overtook Wagner, who never gave up. In the sixth and final round, Wagner was having his best round until the last seconds when Ali kicked him with a left chin.
Score 58-56 twice and 59-55 with this 58-56 writer.
The referee is Shawn Clark.
Heavyweight Olympic silver medalist, Richard Torrez, Jr., 4-0 (4), #229.4, of Tulare, CA, stopped Ahmed “Prince of Egypt” Hefney, 13-3 (5), # 218, of Alexandria, Egypt, and Brooklyn, NY, at 2:32 of the third of the six scheduled innings.
In the third inning, a body shot from Torrez knocked out Hefney, causing
Referee Arthur Mercante, Jr.
Welter Delante “Tiger” Johnson, 6-0 (4), #141.4, of Cleveland, OH, beat Southpaw Esteban Garcia, 15-2 (7), #139.2, of Brawley, CA, over 6 hard rounds.
In the first two innings, the taller Johnson used his shot against Garcia, who kept moving forward. In the final seconds of the third inning, Garcia landed left on the chin of Johnson, who had been backed into a corner. In the fourth round, Johnson used good top left and right cuts for Garcia’s chin.
In the fifth round, Garcia was at his best, holding Johnson for most of the time. In the sixth and final inning, Johnson dropped more than a dozen punches in half a round without returning. In the final thirty seconds, Garcia fights back, finishing strong.
The scores are both 60-54, with this writer 59-55.
Nampaw lightweight Abdullah Mason, 5-0 (4), #135.6, of Cleveland, OH, blocks Angel Barrera, 4-1 (0), #135, of Accambaro, Guanajuato, MEX and Chicago, IL, at 0 :21 of the fourth of the six scheduled rounds.
In the first inning, with one minute left, a Mason left butt sucked Barrera’s nose. In the third inning, a left from Mason’s chin knocked Barrera out as referee Johnny Callas counted eight points. Seconds later, another left on the chin knocked Barrera down with thirty seconds left to count 8 again.
In the third round, before the referee started, Callas spoke to the ring doctor. In the 20th minute, a mess from Mason forced referee Callas to take action.
