DOVER, DEL–Amir Mansour remained perfect as he captured the Interim NABO North American title with a ten round beatdown of former contender Dominick Guinn at Dover Downs
The action started out blistering with bith guys trying to land power punches. Mansour got in four hard and quick left hooks on the ropes. A fracas broke out in the crowd in round one. Guinn landed a couple of nice body shots to finish out the opening frame. Round three saw a dominant Mansour lnd some vidious hooks off the body and head of Guinn. In round four, Mansour landed two hard straight lefts to face of Guinn and he quicy followed that up with some nice body work. Mansour landed some hard lefts and rights that slammed into tyhe head of Guinn but the visitor showed a graniye chin and proved why he hadn’t been stopped in his pro career.
Mansour continued to be the boss by landing some hard and quick combinations with both hands. Guinn then went in a defensive shell but still got hit with a lot of hard shots from Mansour. Mansour and Guinn had a furious exchange in the final moments of the bout for which each landed some heavy blows with Mansour getting the better of the action. Mansour did his best to entertain the throngs of his supporters and they went home happy but for the first time since his comeback, Mansour failed to get a stoppage.
Mansour, 223 lbs of Wilmington, Delaware won by scores of 100-90; 100-90 and 99-91 and is now 15-0. Guinn, 227 lbs of Houston, TX is now 33-8-1.
Edgar Santana scored an explosive fifth round stoppage over Omri Lowther to capture the NABA Jr. Welterweight title.
Santana dropped Lowther in round one from a straight right. Lowther started to back Santana up over the next few rounds by focusing on the body then coming upstairs.
The momentum was clearly in Lowther’s favoR WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE, SANTANA LANDED A CRUNSHING LEFT HOOK that sent Lowther to the canvas. Referee Gary Rosato let the fight go on for a brief moment later before stopping the bout at 1:43 of round five.
Santana, 140 lbs of New York is now 26-3 with seventeen knockouts. Lowther, 140 lbs of Toronto, Canada is now 14-4.
Anthony Caputo Smith dropped Steve Walker in round one from a straight right hand that froze him and followed up with a body shot and moments later got him out of there with a combination in the corner in their scheduled four round Light Heavyweight bout.
The time was 2:09 for Smith, 175 lbs of Kennett Square, PA and is now 11-0 with nine knockouts. Walker, 169 lbs of Hannibal, MO is now 25-28.
Ronica Jeffrey scored a six round unanimous decision over Ela Nunez to capture the NABF Super Featherweight title.
Jeffrey came out boxing and landed a hard right on the ropes at the end of round one. Nunez began moving forward trying to land a big power shot.
Jeffrey worked behind a (sometimes double and triple) jab and came behind it with the right. Jeffrey used the ring very nicely as she darted in and out and was always just a step out of the way of Nunez punch attempts. Nunez came at Jeffrey hard to start the final round. Jeffrey was on her horse to start the frame but then came forward and landed a nice three punch combination on the charging Nunez.
Jeffrey, 127 1/2 lbs of Brooklyn, won by scores of 60-54; 59-55 and 59-55 to remain perfect at 8-0. Nunez, 128 lbs of Johnstown, NY is now 9-10-1.
Local favorite Ryan Belasco scored a six round unanimous decision over Fernado Basora in a crowd pleaseing and bloody Lightweight bout.
In round one, Belasco scored a knock down when Basora walked into a jab. Round two saw some big exchanges that got got Basora into the fight. Round three was a back and forth wild three minutes. Basora dropped Belasco with a little right hand in the corner. That only seemed to energize Belasco as he came firing out and ripped off a combination that was ended by a big right hand that sent Basora to the canvas. Basora began to bleed bad from under his left eye but was able to make it out of the round.
Belasco landed a big right and uppercut that ended the fifth which caused Basora’s cut to become more prominent. Knowing that he was behind, Basora went for in the final round and like the previous five, there was some very crowd pleasing moments with both guys landing solid shots. Towards the end of the round, Basora started to bleed from the middle of his forehead.
Belasco, 136 lbs of Wilmington, DE won by scores of 59-54; 59-55 and 58-55 and is now 15-5-3. Basora, 136 lbs of Bronx, NY is now 8-7-1.
Dan Biddle scored a four round unanimous decision over Dan Shull in a Cruiserweight bout.
Both guys traded hard shots that entertained the crowd with Shull landing some surprisingly effective blows but it was Biddle being more active that propelled him to the win.
Scores, were 40-36; 39-37 and 39-37 for Biddle, 189 lbs of Hockessin, DE and is now 8-1. Shull, 189 lbs of Winchester, VA is now 2-13-1.
Omar Douglas remained perfect with a first round stoppage over Corey White in a scheduled four round Lightweight bout.
Douglas dropped White twice with body shots with White not being able to be at the count at 2:25 of round one.
Douglas, 132 lbs of Philadelphia is now 2-0 with one knockout. White, 133 lbs of Cincinnati, OH is now 1-3.
Lamont Singletary needed just sixty seconds to dispose of William Clint Green in a scheduled four round Cruiderweight bout.
Singletary landed a hard combination that was punctiated by a right hand that sent Green down for Gary Rosato’s ten count.
Singletary, 195 lbs of Dover, DE is now 2-0 with two knockouts. Green, 192 lbs of Hannibal, MO is now 1-3
