BROOKLYN, NY–David Lemieux scored a 10th round stoppage over Gabriel Rosado in a Middleweight bout at Barclays Center.
Both came out trying to land power punches early. In round two, Lemieuz landed several hooks on the ropes. Lemieux dropped Rosado with hard left to the face in the face. Rosado was luck to survive the round as he took an onslaugh of punches which caused a swelling around the left eye. Round four was a candidate for round of the year as the both took turns hurting and buckling each other with hard shots.
Round six was a big one for a Lemieux as he came out landing bombs and even buckled Rosado in the corner. Round nine saw Lemieux come out and blast a hard right off the side of Rosado’s head. At the end of the round, Rosado made a comeback as he landed rights that drove Lemieux into the ropes. Just as the tide was beginning to turn, the Canadian buckled Rosado at the bell with a hard left hook. Lemieux began to batter a game Rosado, who now had blood from his eye and nose kept fighting until the fight was stopped at
Lemieux, 160 lbs of Montreal is now 33-2 with 21 knockouts. Rosado, 159.8 lbs of Philadelphia is now 21-9.
“I responded to the test well, my preparation has been a lot different.,” said Lemieux. “I know he wanted to take me into deep waters but we have been practicing on explosiveness from the first part of the fight all the way to the end.”
“I wanted to show everyone what I could do. He was better than I thought but I thought we had a great fight and I hope everyone enjoyed it,” said Lemieux. “I feel like I’m as good as anybody in the division and I’m willing to fight anybody. I want to win a world title.”
“He’s a good fighter. In the second round he punched me in my eye and after it puffed up I couldn’t see anything. I kept seeing three of him. It’s just my luck,” said Rosado. “I know I should have started the fight better, if I had taken control earlier I know it would have been different. But I know he’s a good fighter and I take nothing away from him.”
Centeno dropped De La Rosa in round one from a straight right
“My timing was perfect. I’ve been practicing, we’ve been practicing turning into the southpaw stance and on my left hand,” said Centeno Jr. “It worked perfectly. It landed beautifully. I had used it once before and I hadn’t hurt anybody with it but tonight I did. The one punch knockout is a great feeling.
Thomas Dulorme scored a 10-round split decision over Hank Lundy in a Jr, Welterweight bout.
Dulorme dropped Lundy in round one with hard overhand right. Dulorme landed several more hard shots in the next few rounds. Lundy landed a flush overhand right in round four. Late in the round, Dulorme came back to land a perfect straight right that he followed up with a left on the ropes.
Lundy came out firing in round six as he rammed continuous power shots off the head of Dulorme. Lundy continued forward and continued to throw at a now tired looking Dulorme. Lundy went for the stoppage in the 10th as he back Dulorme up and landed some power hooks but it was not enough as Dulorme won by scores of 97-92m 96-93 while Lundy took a card 96-93.
The punch stats were basically even as Dulorme connected on 152-447 while Lundy was 151-451
Dulorme, 139 lbs of Carolina, PR is now 22-1. Lundy, 140 lbs of Philadelphia is 25-4-1.
“I knew this was going to be a tough fight because Lundy is a very determined fighter,” said Dulorme. “But I was in great shape and Robert Garcia, my trainer, gave me great advice in the corner. I wasn’t going to let anything get in the way of me winning this fight. My promoter Gary Shaw, whom I’m very thankful to, told me that there are some big fights lined up for me in 2015. I’m very excited about my future and I want to thank Gary Shaw and HBO for this opportunity. This win was for me people back in Puerto Rico.”
“At this level there are no easy fights and Dulorme showed he has what it takes to become a champion.” said Gary Shaw. “He had to really dig deep to come out on top and that’s what champions do. I applaud Dulorme for his performance and I’ll be looking to get him into another big fight in 2015, where I believe he will become a world champion. Evenly matched fights is what makes boxing great and I want to thank HBO for giving the fans a great match.
Eddie Gomez scored a 10-round unanimous decision over James Winchester in a Super Welterweight bout.
It was an entertaining bout that saw Gomez dominate through a lot of illegal tactics from Winchester that saw him lose a point for holding.
All three judges scored 100-88 in favor Gomez, 149.4 lbs of Bronx, NY and is now 17-1. Winchester, 150.8 lbs of Reidville, NC is now 16-11.
Local favorite Zachary Ochoa scored 2 knockdowns en route to a six round unanimous decision over Jose Miguel Castro in a Super Lightweight bout.
Ochoa scored knockdowns in the first two rounds from booming overhand rights
Ochoa, 141 lbs of Brooklyn, NY won by scores of 60-52 on all cards and is now 9-0. Castro, 138.4 lbs of Carolina, PR is now 4-2.
John Karl Sosa scored a 8-round unanimous over Jason Thompson in a Welterweight bout.
Scores were 80-72 and 79-73 twice for Sosa, 144.6 lbs of Caguas, PR is now 12-0. Thompson, 144.8 lbs of Brooklyn and is now 5-9-4.
D’Mitrius Ballard scored a 3rd round stoppage over Tylon Burris in a scheduled 6-round Light Heavyweight bout.
Ballard scored a knockdown in round two with a hard right that sent Burris down into the ropes. Ballard landed a low blow in round three for which Burris spent several minuted on the canvas. Moments later, Ballard landed several hard right hands and had Burris in trouble on the ropes. Later in the round Ballard landed a hard left hook that sent Burris down and the fight was over at 2:57 of round three.
Ballard, 170.6 lbs of Washington, DC is now 8-0 with 7 knockouts. Burris, 170.4 lbs of Hartford, CT is now 4-3.
The opening bout saw Lamont Roach Jr. score an entertaining 4-round unanimous decision over Alexander Charneco in a battle of undefeated Lightweights.
The two came out landing hard power shots on each other in the opening frame. Roach was credited with a knockdown in round one after a furious exchange he got in a right that sent Charneco to his knees. Roach took control in round two with the right hand. Roach fired back and scored with his straight left. It was more of the same great action in round three. Roach continued to land body shots and he evenly distributed them between the body and head. In round four, Roach continued to land power shots and back Charneco on the ropes.
Roach Jr., 132.8 lbs of Washington, DC won by scores of 40-34 & 40-35 twice and is now 5-0. Charneco, 134 lbs of Aguada, PR is now 2-1.
