Havoc at the Hilton

The Huntington Hilton put on a great fight card on September 26th in New York. This was due to the help of Bob Duffy (Ring Promotions), Frankie G promotions, and matchmaker Frank Mullen. The card had tons of New York prospects, as well as Pawel Wolak in his comeback fight after his first career setback.

In the main event junior middleweight Pawel Wolak (22-1, 15 KO’s) had way too much for Chad Greenleaf (10-11-1, 4 KO’s). Wolak looked his usual self with his high work rate, and even might have tightened up his defense a little since the Ishe Smith fight. Hard to tell with the opponent at hand, but Wolak delivered to the fans exactly what they sought out. The first round was a feel out round for the first half, until Wolak turned into the human buzz saw. Wolak had Greenleaf pinned on the ropes in the second round, landing at will. To the surprise of the fans, and probably Wolak to some degree, the ref let the fight go on. The end would come shortly after in the third round, with Wolak making Greenleaf take a knee on two occasions. On the second knee, the ref had saw enough, and waved off the contest.

In the co-main event, heavyweight Darrel “King David” Madison (11-1, 3 KO’s) won an entertaining UD over game Elfair McKnight (2-7-2). The fight started off at a slow pace, with McKnight being the aggressor early on in the first round. Once Madison felt out his opponent, he put on a boxing clinic for the next five rounds. Madison moved in and out well, keeping McKnight off balance with his movement and jab. Madison did elect to mix it up with McKnight at times, with both fighters landing big shots on each other. Towards the end of the fight, Madison looked to be in a position to finish off McKnight; however the bell sent it to the cards after 6 rounds. Two judges had the fight 60-54, while the third scored the bout 59-55. I myself had the fight 59-55. It was a good stay busy win for Madison and he looks to be back into the ring soon. He appears to be a hopeful US heavyweight thus far in his career.

In a light heavyweight bout, amateur standout Will Rosinsky (2-0, 2 KO’s) beat the soul out of Michael Ciccone (1-5). Rosinsky was mad at his opponent at the weigh in when he wouldn’t shake his hand and that showed in this fight. Rosinsky made quick work of his opponent, dropping him at the midway point of the first round. To the surprise of many, Ciccone made it to his feet, which turned out to be a brutal mistake. A few seconds later, Rosinsky landed a right hook from the depths of hell that put his opponent out cold. After the fight, the tables were turned on Ciccone when Rosinsky wouldn’t shake his hand. I was slightly disappointed from this decision from Rosinsky, but he was the star of the night. With his amateur experience and now two pro fights, I’d like to see the Rosinsky camp step it up just a tad from this level of opponents. Either way, he seems to have a bright future in the sport.

In an upset, welterweight Henry White Jr. (3-2-1, 2 KO’s) defeated Tommy Rainone (11-2, 3 KO’s) by a SD. I thought coming into this fight that White would pull the upset, which he did on the road. Rainone was his own worst enemy in the fight, just waiting too long to pull the trigger more often than not. In a tough four fight stretch which saw White on the road, and usually overmatched, it was nice to see him come out on the right end of a decision. I scored the fight 58-56 for White. With back to back losses now, Rainone must now be considered a good local club fighter with a following. I can’t see him turning out to be anything more, but he still has time on his side I suppose.

In other action on the card:
Cruiserweight Ahmed Samir (3-0) of Egypt defeated Andrew Hutchinson (2-9-2) via a unanimous decision. The scores from the judges were 39-37 twice and 40-36. Samir doesn’t look to have much power and needs to be moved along slowly.

Welterweight Chris Algieri (4-0, 3 KO’s) made quick work of Clarence Smith (0-2) getting a first round TKO. Even before the opening bell, it was easy to see that Smith was in way over his head in this matchup.

In a junior middleweight bout, Lambros Karaolides (1-0, 1 KO) made quick work over Rakeem Carter (0-5-3) getting a first round TKO. It was an impressive debut for Karaolides, making quick work of an opponent in his 8th career fight. The original opponent for Carter was former Golden Boy prospect Leon Green. Green had some problems with the eye portion of his medicals and couldn’t make the card. A prospect with high hopes at once, it appears Green’s career might come to a tragic halt.