BRYANT “PEEWEE” CRUZ VICTORIOUS ON BROADWAY BOXING

While Martin Cardona, 129.4 lbs., of Tucson, AZ, attempted to box and move, Cruz, 131 lbs., effortlessly cut the ring off, often countering his adversary’s jab with quick overhand rights. Cruz took advantage whenever he had Cardona trapped against the ropes, digging shots to the midsection. The powerful left hook of Cruz was on display as well and it was clear that Cardona was breaking down. Feeling that their charge was sustaining too much punishment, Cardona’s corner elected not to send him out for the fifth frame, resulting in a TKO victory for Cruz. With the impressive victory, Cruz improved to 15-0 (8 KOs), while Cardona fell to 19-6 (14 KOs).

For as long as the bout lasted, Brooklyn southpaw Shawn “Killa” Cameron, 153.4 lbs., stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Francisco Reza, 153.6 lbs., of Torreon, Mexico, banging away in combination. In round one, Reza landed a short right hook to drop an off-balance Cameron for a flash knockdown. Cameron, however, was not hurt and quickly arose to rock Reza in the red corner with a right hook. The Brooklynite continued to press forward as the bout progressed, remaining very accurate with a large volume of power punches. A barrage of shots in round five felled Reza in a heap, prompting referee Harvey Dock to stop the action at the 1:55 mark. Cameron’s record improved to 10-0 (5 KOs), while Reza has now hit .500 with a record of 14-14 (11 KOs).

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Junior middleweight prospect Patrick Day, 153.6 lbs., of Freeport, NY, dominated the sturdy Lenwood Dozier, 151 lbs., of Washington, D.C., over eight exciting rounds. Day’s jab was on point allowing for straight-right followup shots. He soon closed the distance and began to slow Dozier down with a focused attack to the body over the course of the action. As the bout progressed, Dozier’s punch output dwindled, with the exception of round six when he fought in a more spirited manner. Day continued to overpower Dozier with an impressive offensive arsenal in the closing frames to earn three scorecards of 80-72 for a unanimous decision victory, upping his record to 11-1-1 (6 KOs). Dozier’s record is now 9-8-1 (4 KOs).

Alicia “The Empress” Napoleon, 155 lbs., of Lindenhurst, NY, burst out of her corner at the opening bell throwing bombs, repeatedly landing compact straight rights to the chin of Natalie King, 157.2 lbs., of Tampa, FL, until her foe was forced into a shell unable to return fire, forcing a stoppage just 19 seconds into the bout. Napoleon is now 3-0 (3 KOs), while King remains winless at 0-4.

Brooklyn southpaw brawler Mikkel LesPierre, 142.8 lbs., pinned Detroit’s Larry Ventus, 139.6 lbs., against the ropes for much of the opening round, peppering him with flurries. Ventus was dropped to the seat of his pants in round two from a combination. In the third round, Ventus elected to box and create distance, but LesPierre quickly caught up to him, knocking him down another two times to end the bout by TKO at the 1:13 mark. LesPierre is now 9-0-1 (4 KOs), while Ventus fell to 6-9-1 (3 KOs).

LesPierre was credited with a knockdown in round two from a left. Lespierre sent Ventus to the canvas in round three from a right to the body. LesPierre ended thing when he sent Ventus down for a 3rd and final time from a left hook and the fight was stopped at

Sergiy Lipinetc remained undefeated with a 3rd round stoppage over Kendal Mena in a scheduled 8 round Jr. Welterweight bout.

In round two, Lipinetc dropped Mena with a hard right. Lpiinetc dropped Mena hard with the same shot a round later and the fight was stopped.

Lipinetc, 141.8 lbs of Moscow, RUS is 7-0 with 6 knockouts. Mena, 141.6 lbs of Sa Cristobal, DR is 20-2.

Peter Dobson scored a 3rd round stoppage over William Walters in a scheduled 6-round Welterweight bout.

Dobson dominated and landed a big left hook and the bout was stopped at 1:33 of round three.

Dobson, 147.8 lbs of Bronx, NY is 5-0 with 4 knockouts. Walters, 147.6 lbs of Sacramento, CA is 2-8.

Steve Woodall remained undefeated by pounding out a 6-round majority decision over Devaun Lee in a Super Middleweight bout.

Woodall, 161.6 lbs of Miami won by scores of 58-56 twice and 57-57 and is now 8-0-1. Lee, 161.6 lbs of Queens, NY is 4-2.

Dauren Yeleussinov won a 6-round unanimous decision over Henry Beckford in Super Middleweight bout.

Yeleussinov, 162.6 lbs of Brooklyn, NY won by scores of 60-54 on all cards is now 3-0. Beckford, 163 lbs of Uniondale, NY is 2-3.

Maxito Sanvill and Danny Rosenberger battled to a spirited draw in a 4-round Welterweight bout.

Sanvil controlled the first two rounds while Rosenberger came on in round’s three and four.

Scores were 39-37 Sanvill and 38-38 twice.

Sanvil, 145.4 lbs of New York is 2-0-1. Rosenberger, 145.4 lbs of St. Petersburg, FL is 0-0-2.

Ivan Baranchyk scored a 3rd round stoppage over Alfred Hall in a scheduled 6-round Welterweight bout.

In round three, Baranchyk landed a body shot that sent hall to the canvas for referee David Fields 10-count at 41 seconds of round three.

Baranchyk, 142.2 lbs of Brooklyn, NY is now 8-0 with 7 knockouts. Hall, 144 lbs of Jackson, MI is now 4-11-2.