Edwin Rodriguez remained undefeated as he stopped James McGirt Jr. in round nine of a scheduled ten round Super Middleweight bout at the Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota.
Rodriguez had little problems as he imposed his will very early in the fight as he came out aggressively and started backing McGirt Jr. up from the opening frame. McGirt did show short spurts of countering some of Rodriguez’ misses as Rodriguez would load up and be a bit off balance.
Rodriguez dominance began to take prominence in round eight as he pounded McGirt against the ropes throughoutthe whole round. McGirt’s father/trainer, former world champion James “Buddy” McGirt threatened to stop the fight in between the eighth and ninth frame but the younger McGirt asked for and received one more opportunity to tiltthe fight in his direction.
That would not be the case as Rodriguez pounded McGirt on the ropes some more until referee Mark Nelson stopped the bout at 1:57 of round nine.
Rodriguez, 166.2 lbs of Worcester, MA is now 17-0 with thirteen knockouts. McGirt Jr., 167.8 lbs of Vero Beach, FL is now 22-2-1-1.
Aaron Pryor Jr. extracted some sort of revenge as he beat up Dyah Davis over eight rounds to score a dominationg unanimous decision.
Pryor Jr. Continued to exploit his 80 inch reach by landing some hard one-two combinations that were flush against the head and face of Davis. Pryor Jr. hurt Davis on several occasions and seemed to be one or two punches away from having Davis in serious trouble a few times throughout the bout. Pryor Jr.’s work was evident in round six as Davis began to bleed from the mouth and around the right. The outcome was never in doubt as Pryor Jr. cruised to the unanimous decision by scores of 79-73; 79-73 and 78-74
It was Davis’ dad, Howard Davis Jr. that kept legendary former Jr. Welterweight champion Aaron Pryor off the 1976 U.S. Olympic team.
Pryor Jr., 167 1/4 lbd of Cincinnati, OH is now 15-2. Davis, 168.6 lbs of Boca Raton, FL is now 18-2.
Marcus Johnson remained undefeated by stopping Kevin Engel after round three of a scheduled eight round Super Middleweight bout.
In the first two rounds, Johnson got the better of the action that was highlighted by some nice body shots. Johnson dropped Engel early in round three with a big right hand. Johnson was all over Engel by landing a flurry of punches which was culminated by a big body shot which precipitated referee Mark Nelson to administer a standing wight count. Johnson landed a few more big shots but Engel seemed to be steadied before Nelson stopped the bout in the corner after round three.
Johnson, 172 lbs of Houston, TX is now 20-0 with fifteen knockouts. Engel, 167.8 lbs of St. Louis, MO is now 18-4.
