Sharif Bogere scored a close unanimous decision over Ray Beltran in a ten round Lightweight bout at Buffalo Bills in Primm, Nevada
Bogere took most of the early rounds as he landed quick shots with both hands. The fight turned in both round’s three and four as numerous headbutts caused bad cuts on each guy.
Beltran suffered a cut over his left eye in round three and Bogere suffered the same fate in the next round.
With both guys dripping blood into their eyes, each man fought at times with reckless abandon.
Beltran made a stand in round’s six through eight he rocked Bogere with a right left combination in round seven and landed a thudding body punch in round eight that had Bogere holding and eventually falling in what could have been ruled a knockdown but referee Robert Byrd ruled a slip.
Bogere moved and boxed just enough to get to the finish line and win the decision by scored of 97-93; 96-94 and 96-94.
Bogere, 134 lbs of Kampala, Uganda is now 20-0. Beltran, 135 lbs of Los Mochis, Mexico is now 24-5.
Prized Heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell made short work of Evans Quinn be scoring a knockout in round one of a scheduled ten round bout.
The two fought evenly in the first moment until Mitchell landed a big overhand right that staggered Quinn and a follow up combination sent Quinn down to his knees and referee Joe Cortez counted ten at the 2:38 mark of round one.
Mitchell, 245 lbs of Brandywine, MD is now 22-0-1 with sixteen knockouts. Quinn, 217 lbs of Bluefields, Nicaragua is now 20-6-1.
After the fight, Mitchell commented, “He couldn’t handle my power. He couldn’t handle it.”
