Results from Verona, NY
By Boxing Bob Newman at ringside
2020 Tokyo Olympian Troy “The Transformer” Isley took on “The Contender” alum Marcos Hernandez in a scheduled 8 round middleweight clash. R Isley goes to Ound after round, Isley pounded away on Hernandez, who proved tough as titanium. Referee Mark Nelson began to take a hard look around round 5, as Hernandez began to look a little worse for wear. Finally, in round 7, a wild overhand right dropped Hernandez hard, rolling on the floor. He beat the count, but referee Nelson had seen enough. Time was 1:30 of the seventh. Isley moves to 12-0, 5 KOs, while Hernandez should call it a day at 16-7-2, 3 KOs.
Rising bantamweight prospect Floyd “Cash Flow” Diaz took on Puerto Rico’s Edwin Rodriguez in a scheduled 8 rounder. It was a tit-for-tat battle as each gave as good as they got, with Diaz doing just a bit more in each round. By round four, Diaz had blood pouring from his nose, courtesy of a hard Rodriguez jab. The pattern of give-and-take continued for all eight rounds, both fighters having earned the respect of the other by the final bell. Scores were as follows: 80-72, 78-74 and 79-73, all for Diaz, now 11-0, 3 KOs. The hard luck Rodriguez falls to 12-8-2, 5 KOs.
In a battle of undefeated Jr. Welters, Rohan Polanco (Dominican Republic) and Tarik Zaina (Morocco) put their sterling records on the line in a scheduled 8 rounder. It was a cot & mouse affair right from the outset as Zaina boxed nicely against Polanco’s straight ahead juggernaut approach. From the second round on, Polanco sported a bloody nose from repeated Zaina jabs. Zaina for his part, weathered two hard shots, one in the 2nd and one in the 5th. Prophetically, the house lights went out in the 7th, prompting referee Benjy Esteves to call time. When the lights came on, Polanco came alive and dropped Zaina with two lefts near Zaina’s corner. Zaina boxed out of trouble and even did well in the eighth until 25 seconds remained when he went down hard, looking as if he wouldn’t beat the count. But beat it he did, surviving a vicious onslaught to end the fight on his .feet. THe judges credited Polanco for his aggression with a 78-72 and 79-71 x 2 score all for Polanco, now 12-0, 7 KOs. Zaina loses his first at 13-1-1, 8 KOs.
Nico Ali Walsh looked to bounce back from his lone professional loss against Charles Stanford, Cincinnati, OH, in a scheduled 6 round middleweight clash. Right from the get-go, Ali Walsh was intent on attacking the body with jabs, crosses and hooks.Standford opted to be a vocal counter puncher, yelling, “HAH” with every punch thrown. At the bell ending the fourth, Stanford went down from missing his own left hook wildly, correctly ruled a slip by ref Mark Nelson.Stanford had his best round in the sixth, landing some telling blows on Ali Walsh, who couldn’t corner his foe long enough capitalize on the body work. In the end, the judges saw it 59-55 and 60-54 x 2 all for Ali Walsh, now 10-1, 5 KOs, Stanford falls to 7-6, 4 KOs.
Heavyweight Brandon Moore of Lakeland, FL, hammered Hellaman Olguiin, Salt Lake City, UT from pillar to post over eight monotonous, sloppy rounds, but could not put the big man down. Scores were 80-72 across the board for Moore, who improves to 14-0, 8 KOs, while Olguin falls to 9-7-1, 4 KOs.
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