Verona, NY (April 18, 2015)–Lamont Roach Jr. pounded out a six-round unanimous decision over Jose Miguel Castro in a lightweight bout.
Roach landed some hard combinations throughout the bout but Castro hung tough and was able to make it the distance.
Roach (7-0, 3 KO’s) of Washington, D.C. won by scores of 60-54 on cards. Castro of Carolina, Puerto Rico falls to 4-3.
Eddie “E-Boy” Gomez (18-1, 11 KOs) of The Bronx, New York started the night with a technical knockout victory over Jonathan Batista (14-6, 7 KOs) of San Pedro de Marcos, Dominican Republic, when Batista could not answer the bell to start round six in their scheduled 10-round super welterweight bout.
“I feel good, I’m satisfied with the win, but I wanted to show more,” said Eddie Gomez. “I was just getting warmed up, showing my boxing and foot work skills to prove I was ready for the 12-round championship fights.”
Sidney McCow scored a first round technical knockout over Paulo Souza in a scheduled four round welterweight.
McCow (3-2, 2 KO’s) of New York, NY pummeled Souza until the bout was stopped at 2:55 of round one.
Souza of Somerville, Massachusetts is now 0-8.
