Author: BOXEOMUNDIAL.COM
MARC ABRAMS
Date: 2/6/2010
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DO NOT KEEP FANS AWAY FROM WATCHING
ONE OF PHILLYS BEST CARDS IN YEARS
PHILADELPHIA — Despite warnings of two
plus feet of snow, it was standing room only at The Legendary Blue Horizon and
those fans who braved the elements were rewarded with one of the most action
filled boxing cards that was reminiscent of the days that made The Legendary
Blue Horizon the world’s number one boxing venue. This night was part of the
annual Valentine’s Day Special show promoted by Vernoca L. Michael and Blue
Horizon Boxing Inc. The American Red Cross was present and fans donated money to
help the relief efforts in the Earthquake ravaged country of Haiti.
In the main event, USBA Jr. Middleweight champion Derek
“Pooh” Ennis tuned up for a spring title defense by dropping Edwin Vazquez twice
in round five with a vicious body assault to score a knockout at 1:26 of that round in their scheduled
eight round non title clash. Ennis showed tremendous hand speed and clearly
worked the body behind a solid jab. Vazquez showed a lot of heart and
determination as he would not only mock Ennis but try to start some offense for
himself. In round five, Ennis dropped Vazquez with a blistering left to the body
and moments later he did the same thing to the other side of Vazquez’ body with
the right and the fight called off.
In one of the most anticipated undercard bouts, Former
World Junior Amateur champion Joey Dawejko of
Philadelphia needed just forty-seven
seconds to dispose of Ricardo Johnson. Dawejko landed a perfect counter right
hand that thrilled the crowd that was heavily supporting the nineteen year old
from the Tacony section of town. Dawejko is now 2-0.
Former U.S Olympic alternate, Eric “The Outlaw” drilled
out former world title challenger Roberto Bonilla at the end of round one of
their scheduled six round featherweight bout. Hunter dominated the action with
blazing handspeed until a left to the live put Bonilla down and out at end of
the first stanza.
In the fight of the night, Jackie Davis scored a four
round unanimous decision over Melisenda Perez in a ladies four round war. The
two traded shots and thrilled the crowd and the fighters received standing
ovations throughout the fight.
Swedish heavyweight Andreas Gustafson moved
to 4-0 with a stoppage over Levay King at the end of round two of their
scheduled four round bout. Ronald Cruz scored an impressive third round knockout
over the experienced Martinus Clay in a scheduled six round
bout.
FULL
RESULTS:
6
ROUNDS FEATHERWEIGHTS --- Eric Hunter (12-5, 5 KO’s) 125 lbs of Philadelphia
KO 1 (3:00) over Roberto Bonilla
(22-12) 124 lbs of Ciudad Sandino, NIC
8
Rounds JR MIDDLEWEIGHTS — Derek Ennis (20-2-1, 13 KO’s) 154 lbs of Philadelphia TKO 5 (1:26) over Edwin Vazquez (22-15-2) 150 lbs of
Santurce, PR
6
ROUNDS WELTERWEIGHT — Ronald Cruz (8-0, 5 KO’s) of
Bethlehem, PA KO 3 (1:57) over Martinus Clay (13-24-4) 148 ½ lbs of
Philadelphia
4
ROUNDS FEMALE WELTERWEIGHTS — Jackie Davis (4-0) 146 ½ lbs of
Philadelphia U DEC over Melisenda
Perez (6-2) 149 lbs of Kansas City,
MO…scores were40-36; 40-36 and
39-37
4
ROUNDS HEAVYWEIGHTS — Joey Dawejko (2-0, 1 KO) 224 ½ lbs of
Philadelphia KO 1 (:47) over Ricardo
Johnson (1-1) 235 lbs of Cincinnati,
OH
4 ROUNDS HEAVYWEIGHTS — Andreas Gustafson
(4-0, 2 KO’s) 236 lbs of Norrkoping,
Sweden KO (end of 2nd) over Levay
King (0-2) 231 ½ lbs of PA
4
ROUNDS JR WELTERWEIGHTS — Clement Bethea (1-0) 139 lbs of
Philadelphia, PA SPLT DEC over Henry Northan (0-2) 137 lbs
of Philadelphia…Scores were 39-37; 39-37 for Bethea; 39-37
for Northan
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