Ivan Calderon retained the WBO and recognized Jr. Flyweight championship with a unanimous decision over Jesus Iribe at the Theater at Madison Square Garden
In round two, Iribe landed a big right hand that put the champion on the seat of his pants that stunned the onlookers at ringside. The fight eased into a flow of Iribe being the cat and the diminutive Calderon playing the roll as the hard to find mouse.
The traded off rounds with Calderon countering very well in spots and Iribe trying to land the one big punch that would change the flow into his favor. In round nine, Calderon had his best round of the night as he landed some solid combinations and made Iribe miss badly on several occasions which prompted the 2,150 in attendance to start “O Lay” chants.
Iribe found it extremely difficult to land anything down the stretch as Calderon was ducking and moving on every attempt Iribe made to land any significant offense while being countered enough for Calderon to win the rounds.
Calderon basically took the latter half of the fight with his defensive and finally in round twelve he felt enough at ease as he had frustrated Iribe to the point where Calderon danced around the ring with his arms raised for the balance of the last minute of the contest.
Calderon, 106 lbs of Guaynabo, PR won by scores of 118-109, 118-109 and 116-111 and is now 34-0-1. Iribe, 106 lbs of Culican, Mexico is now 17-7-4.
In a very entertaining four round bout, Takashi Okada scored a big upset when he scored a unanimous decision over former Puerto Rican Olympian McWilliams Arroyo.
The two fought a spirited brawl as each was rocked on numerous occasions. The difference of the fight came in round two when Okada landed a little right while the fighters feet were entangled but referee David Fields correctly ruled a knockdown as Arroyo was stunned when he got to his feet.
Scores were 39-36, 38-37 and 38-37 for Okada, 113 lbs of Sagamihara, Japan and is now 2-0-1. Arroyo, who along with his twin brother McJoe are highly touted prospects is now 2-1.
Gabriel Bracero scored a six round unanimous decision over Julius Edmonds in a Jr. Welterweight bout.
Although Edmonds tried to press the action he was picked off on most of his attempts to make the fight an inside tussle.
Scores were 60-54 on all cards for Bracero, 141 1/4 lbs of Brooklyn, NY and is now 10-0. Edmonds, 139 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia is now 7-7.
Carlito Gonzalez scored a first round stoppage over U.S. Army Representative Steven Badgley in a scheduled four round Light Heavyweight bout.
Gonzalez was hurt early on after he fell to the canvas after hurting his right leg. The only seemed to fuel Gonzalez as he dropped Badgley twice before referee Gary Rosato stopped the bout at 1:55 of round one.
Gonzalez, 172 1/2 lbs of Yonkers, NY is 1-2. Badgley, 172 lbs of Wattertown, NY was making his pro debut.
Badgley will be leaving for Afghanistan for a tour of duty in the next few days.
Will Rosinsky remained undefeated by battering Angel David Gonzlaez over three round of their scheduled six round Light Heavyweight bout.
Each round was the same as Rosinsky landing hard thudding shots on Gonzalez who tried gamely to fight back but was overmatched. The first round was particularly one-sided as Rosinsky landed several hard uppercuts and combinations and the onslaught was on.
Gonzalez failed to come out for round four so the fight went into the books as a stoppage at the end of round three for Rosinsky.
Rosinsky 178 1/2 lbs of Queens, NY is now 12-0 with seven knockouts. Gonzalez, 178 1/2 lbs of Guaynabo, PR is now 6-8-2.
Glen Tapia opened the show and remained undefeated with a second round stoppage over Nick Runningbear in a scheduled six round Jr. Middleweight bout.
Tapia dropped Runningbear early in round two from a hard left hook. Tapia kept the pressure on until he landed a series of unanswered blows that forced referee Gary Rosato to stop the bout at 1:36 of round two.
Tapia, 150 lbs of Passaic, NJ is now 7-0 with five knockouts. Runningbear 153 lbs of Bismarck, ND is now 4-3.
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