Number-one ranked Super Bantamweight Rico Ramos scored a solid yet not spectacular ten round unanimous decision over two-time world title challenger Alex Valdez at Ballys in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Ramos was effective at times with the right hand but their were many lapses for Ramos who in recent fights had picked up momentum as he is graduating from prospect to contender.
With his experience, Valdez did the things that prospects get asked to see if they are ready for championship level opposition as he was more then competitive throughout the ten round affair.
The action picked up slightly over the last few rounds with Ramos handspeed being the difference in the bout .
Said Ramos, “After that head butt, I had to come back because I didn’t want it to dictate my fight.”
“It was tough. I didn’t think it would be this tough,” said Ramos. “There were a lot of head butts and holds but I’ve got no complaints.”
Despite dropping the decision, Valdez said after the bout, “I exposed that [Ramos] is still very green and protected.”
Don George came off his first professional loss in style as he annihilated previously undefeated knockout artist Cornelius White in one round of their scheduled eight round Super Middleweight bout.
George dropped White for the first time with a huge right hand. Clearly hurt, White continued to eat a huge flurry that was culminated by a big right hand that sent White to the canvas for a second time. George jumped on White and yet another twenty punch flurry sent White into the ropes and eventually down and thats when referee Randy Neumann stopped the fight just 2:02 into the fight.
George, 168 lbs of Chicago, IL is now 21-1-1 with eighteen knockouts. White, 167 1/2 lbs of Houston is now 16-1.
After the fight, an ecstatic George exclaimed, “I’m back. Some people are pretty upset out there because I was paid to lose. They thought I was an opponent.
“I feel great. I’ll fight for SHOWTIME again next week, if they want.”
In what was the most anticipated bout on the card Eddie Chambers made his first appearance since his his disappointing title challenge to Wladimir Klitschko last March as he took on Derric Rossy in a rematch of a bout that took place almost three years to the date.
The bout was mandated as part of an IBF elimination bout.
It was Rossy who looked to be more the active fighter early as he would throw short combinations that got his loud cheering section into the bout.
But after round three, it was Chambers who won majority of the rounds and by decisive margins as he used his still lighting quick handspeed to befuddle Rossy. The fight started getting repetitive and Rossy started bleeding from the nose in round four.
At the beginning of round six, Chambers landed a booming overhand right that sent Rossy to the canvas. Chambers had Rossy in trouble but for some odd reason Chambers momenterily took his foot off the gas pedal but landed another big right and left at the bell.
The punch of choice were rights that were piston-like that continuously found a landing spot on Rossy’s face.
Rossy would mount some offense here and there as he basically lived on the ropes for the entire fight as he tried to dodge the artillery that Chambers was firing off. The fruits of Chambers work showed up as a cut started steaming down the right of Rossy in round nine.
Chambers gave two more big efforts as he sent Rossy to the ropes with big rights in round ten and rocked him once more as Rossy was able to make it to the final bell.
Chambers, 208 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 120-107; 117-110 and 115-112 to raise his record 36-2. Rossy, 237 1/2 lbs from Medford, NY is now 25-3.
Former U.S. Olympian Ricardo Williams dropped veteran and former world title challenger John Brown two times in the final round of their scheduled six round Welterweight bout before the bout was mercifully stopped at 1:37 of that final round.
Williams battered Brown all over the ring for five rounds of the bout that was never competitive. Brown was cut over his right eye as early as round one and the bout did not get any better for the Atlantic City native.
Williams, 147 1/2 lbs of Cincinnati, OH is now 17-2 with ten knockouts. Brown, 146 lbs of Atlantic City is now 24-19-2.
Thomas LaManna needed just fifty-one seconds to take out Anthony Williams in a scheduled four round Jr. Middleweight bout.
LaManna and Williams came out winging shots that pleased the crowd until LaManna drilled Williams into the ropes and on the canvas. When Williams got to his feet referee Randy Nuemann stopped the bout.
LaManna, 155 1/2 lbs of Milville, NJ is 1-0. Williams, 153 1/2 lbs of Wilson, NC is 0-3
