BROOKLYN–2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali scored a got off the deck once and scored two knockdowns of his own to scor an eight round unanimous decision over tough Jay Krupp in front of 3,059 patrons at the Barclay Center
In round one, both landed several power shots with Ali rocking Krupp. Just before the bell, Krupp landed a hard left hook that put the hometown “World” kid on his back. Krupp continued to press and landed a couple of more lefts in the second frame while Ali was efficient with the jab.
In round three, Ali landed a perfectly timed right hand that rocked Krupp and the follow up crushing left hook sent him to the canvas. Ali drilled Krupp for the rest of the round but Krupp was able to get out of the frame. Krupp steadied himself and landed a couple good shot in round four but it was probably not enough to take the freame. Round five saw Ali come out and land a nice right hand. Later in the round Krupp jumped in and landed a couple of left hooks. In round seven, Krupp hung tough and landed some good shots in some furious exchanges.
In the eighth and final round, Ali sealed the deal when in a big exchange, he caught Krupp with a hard right hand that sent Krupp to the canvas for a second time.
Ali, 146.6 lbs of Brooklyn won by scores of 79-72, 78-71 and 77-72 and remains perfect at 17-0. Krupp, 146.4 lbs of Catskill, NY is now 17-6.
Michael Perez pounded out a ten round unanimous decision over Miguel Zuniga in a Lightweight bout.
Perez controlled the action early as he used his speed and movement. In round four, there was good two-way action before Zuniga landed a nice left hook.
In round six, Zuniga landed a big shot that drove Perez back. Zuniga worked well in the corner while Perez did well tp unch out in round seven. Round eight saw Zuniga land a clipping right and a cut formed around the left eye of Perez. The two traded some good power shots to start round nine with Perez getting the better of the action. Later in the round, Perez rocked Zuniga with several shots to the head. Zuniga tried to press forward to start the final round and landed a hard straight right to the face.
Perez, 139.2 lbs of Newark, NJ won by scores of 99-91, 96-94 and 96-94 and is now 19-1-2. Zuniga, 139.6 lbs of San Diego is now 13-3.
2012 U.S. Olympian Marcus Browne went the distance for the first time and won a eight round unani,ous decision over Lamont Williams in a Light Heavyweight bout.
Browne dominated and landed many hard straight lefts that Williams took and on occasion fired back and landed of his own.
Browne, 175.8 lbs of Staten Island, NY won by scores of 79-72, 79-72 and 76-75 and is now 7-0. Williams, 175.2 lbs of Gardens, CA is now 5-2-1.
“It was a good learning expierience going the distance for the first time. He was a lot sturdier”, said Browne
Claude Staten Jr. and Derrick Bivins fought to a four round majority draw in a Featherweight bout.
Scores were 40-36 for Bivins while two cards read even at 38-38.
Bivins, 121.6 lbs of Philadelphia is 1-1-2. Staten, 123 lbs of Brooklyn is 1-0-1.
D’Mitrius Ballard remained undefeated by pounding out a four round unanimous decision over Lekan Byfield in a Super Middleweight bout.
Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Ballard, 167 lbs of Temple Hills, MD and is now 3-0. Byfield, 163.8 lbs of Terrytown, NY is now 3-6-2.
In the opening bout of the night, Jamel Herring scored a stoppage before round four of a scheduled six round Super Lightweight bout over Justin Robbins.
In a battle of undefeated Super Featherweights,
Herring, 135 lbs of Coarm, NY is now 5-0 with 3 knockouts. Robbins, 136.2 lbs of Springfield, IL is now 2-4.
