Ringside by Pattee Mak – September 24, 2014
Who doesn’t enjoy some competition between USA and Ireland? I was excited to see the competition from overseas. The John Boyle O’Reilly Club, 33 Progress Avenue, Springfield, MA 01104 held “Irish Night at the Fights”.
The card held 12 amateur bouts and the results are as follows:
Darwin Raina of Beast Elite Boxing vs. Richie Hogan of Peter Welch’s Boxing. Winner Raina by Decision.
Joseph Mejias of Mason Square Boxing vs. Tom Maughan of Avona Boxing, Dublin, Ireland. Winner by Split Decision Maughan. Judges scored the bout 29-28 – Mejias; 29-28 – Maughan 2x. Maughan nose was bloody.
Joneil Cotto of Beast Elite Boxing vs. Francis Hogan of Peter Welch’s Boxing. Winner Cotto by Decision.
Luis Rosario of Beast Elite Boxing vs. John Maughan of Westside Boxing, Dublin, Ireland. Winner Maughan by Decision.
William Foster of Boxing in Faith vs. George Bates of St. Mary’s Boxing, Dublin, Ireland. Winner by Split Decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28-Foster; 29-28 2x for Bates.
Matt Kligerman of Mt. Vernon Boxing Club vs. Davydas Bicevas of St. Saviours, Dublin, Ireland. Winner by Split Decision Kligerman. Judges scored the bout 29-28 Bicevas and 29-28 2x for Kligerman.
Tyler Stuart of Westover Boxing vs. Sean Creagh of Kilnamanagh Boxing, Dublin, Ireland. At 1:34 of round 2 Creagh scores a TKO.
Andy Gonzalez of Camp Get Right vs. Ryan Lyndsey of Dublin Docklands, Dublin, Ireland. Winner Lyndsey by Split Decision. Judges scored the bout 27-28 – Gonzalez; 27-30 – Lyndsey and 29-28 –Lyndsey.
Wilfredo Pagan of Uptown Boxing vs. Sean Hunt of Palmerstown Boxing, Dublin, Ireland. Hunt wins by Split Decision. Judges scored the bout 27-30 – Pagan; 27-29 – Hunt 29-28 – Hunt.
Miguel Teo of Bancroft Boxing vs. James John Clarke of Kilnamanagh, Dublin, Ireland. Teo wins by Split Decision. Judges scored the bout28-29 Teo; 29-28 – Clarke and 30-27 – Teo.
Adam Paolino of BP Boxing vs. Emmet Brennan of Corinthians Boxing, Dublin, Ireland. Winner Brennan by UD. Judges scored the bout 29-28 3x.
Kendrick Ball, Jr. of Camp Get Right vs. Georffrey Kavanagh of Corinthians Boxing, Dublin, Ireland. Winner Kavanagh by Split Decision. 27-30 – Kavanagh; 29-28 – Ball and 29-28-Kavanagh.
Some pro fighters were on hand. Too name a few: 5x world champ Vinny Paz, Benny “The Boss” Costantino, Zack “AK-47” Ramsey, Charles Foster, Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez and a few others.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
