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Michael Stewart and David Torres fought to a ten round majority draw in a Jr. Welterweight bout at Dover Downs in Dover Delaware.

In round three, Torres landed a heavy right hand that buckled Stewart. Torres came out strong in round four by landing a hard left and right at the outset of the round. Stewart came back by ducking under some punches and landing a big right. Torres rocked Stewart early in round five with a pair of hard left hooks. Stewart got through with a hard right of his own only to get nailed by a big left hook.

Stewart came out strong in round six by landing a pair of big right hands. In round seven, Stewart landed a nice right off the ropes only to get caught by a Torres right hand. In round nine, Torres landed a nice left to the head out of a break. He then started to work the body with a three punch combination. With both guys tired down the stretch, It was Torres who was a bit more active despite getting hit by a Stewart right at the bell.

Scores were 96-94 for Torres and 95-95 on two cards. Stewart, 140 lbs of New Castle, DE is now 46-7-3. Torres, 140 lbs of Othello, WA is now 21-2-2.

In a terrific back and forth slugfest, Mike Tiberi scored a razor thin unanimous decision over Eloy Suarez in a eight round Middleweight bout.

Tiberi did enough to win the early rounds with his jab and right hands behind it.

Suarez pushed the action in some of the rounds and started finding a home with his jab. In round eight he got through again but it wasnt enough as Tiberi won by 77-75 tallies on all cards.

Tiberi, 163 lbs of Smyrna, DE is now 16-1. Suarez, 163 lbs of San Antonio, TX is now 11-10-1.

Amir “Hardcore” Mansour scored his third straight explosive knockout since returning after nearly a nine year absence when he destroyed Alexis Mejias in round two of their scheduled eight round Heavyweight bout.

Mansour drilled Mejias with a straight left that stopped Mejias in his tracks before a booming left plummeted Mejias to the canvas where he lie motionless for several minutes.

Mejias had a neck brace applied but started moving and walked out under his own power.

The time was thirty-five seconds of round two for Mansour, 223 lbs of Penns Grove, NJ and is now 12-0 with nine knockouts. Mejias, 235 lbs of Paterson, NJ is now 11-7

Anthony Caputo Smith scored a second round stoppage over Shawn Kirk in a sxheduled six round Light heavyweight bout.

Smith dropped Kirk three times in round two all with body shots and the was waved at 2:16 of round two.

Smith, 181 1/2 lbs of Kennett Square, PA and is now 9-0 with seven knockouts. Kirk, 186 lbs lbs of Lexington, KY is now 4-9.

Ronica Jeffrey remained undefeated with a four round unanimous decision over Carla Torres in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

It was a competitive fight with Jeffrey getting the better of the exchanges.

Jeffrey, 126 lbs of Brooklyn won by scores of 40-36; 40-36 and 39-37 to go to 5-0. Torres, 128 lbs of Cleveland is now 1-1

In the opening bout, Dan Biddle rocked Kenneth Farr all over the ring in scoring a four round unanimous decision.

Biddle had Farr in trouble a few times but no knockdowns were scored.

Scores were 40-36; 40-35 and 40-34 for Biddle, 196 lbs of Hockessin, DE and is now 6-1. Farr, 199 lbs of Rocky Mount, NC is now 0-5

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