(Oct. 28, 2011) – An exciting night of fights concluded Friday night on the ShoBox: The New Generationbroadcast which took place at Bally’s Grand Ballroom in Atlantic City, N.J. In the main event of the evening, Brandon “Flawless” Gonzales (15-0-1, 10 KOs) fought his way to a majority decision over tough veteran Ossie “The Ghanaian Gladiator” Duran (26-9-2, 10 KOs) of Paterson, N.J. Both fighters held nothing back and swung for the fences in an action packed fight that had everyone in attendance roaring. Gonzales scored 77-75 on two judges score cards, while giving one up to Duran 78-74.
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| Brandon Gonzales Pulls Out Decision Victory |
“We expected an all out brawl coming in,” said Gonzales. “The ten month layoff didn’t make it any easier. Virgil (Hunter) said I had to step it up those last three rounds and thats exactly what I did. I listened to my corner and stayed composed and let my hands go first. I think it was a great victory tonight. I hired the best trainer in boxing in Virgil Hunter and I just stay composed and listen and you know, we pulled it out.”
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| Javier Molina Experiences First Loss In Epic 8 Round Battle |
In the eight-round welterweight co-feature, 2008 US Olympian Javier “El Intocable” Molina (9-0, 4 KOs) from Norwalk, California stepped in the ring with Artemio “King” Reyes (13-1, 11 KOs) of Colton, California. The two fighters put on an impressive performance that had the ballroom crowd on its feet. At the end of eight rounds, Artemio Reyes was on the winning end of a unanimous decision (77-75, 78-74, 78-74).
Reyes said of the fight, “It was a good fight man, we trained hard. We knew it was gonna be a long fight, you know, eight rounds. Molina is definitely an amateur stand out so we knew he’d last so we trained hard for all eight rounds. We trained hard, ridiculously hard. It was insane man, I didn’t stop punching the whole fight. I just want to thank my team, Capital Punishment.”
Molina also spoke of his first taste of defeat, saying “it was a tough fight but i just didn’t feel like my self tonight. No excuses he came to fight he was a tough fighter. I just didn’t fight my fight. The first few rounds I boxed him easy but after that I just didn’t feel my legs under me. I just need to learn from it and do better next time.”
Prior to the ShoBox telecast, there was a great undercard in store for the fans in attendance. In a battle for home-town bragging rights, two warriors from Philadelphia, Ramon Ellis and Jesse Crawford went toe-to-toe in a four round welterweight bout. In the final seconds of the second round, Ellis connected with a strong right that floored Jesse Crawford keeping him winless in his third fight. Ellis looked sharp, improving his record to 2-7, 1 KO.
The crowd was heavily favoring hometown heavyweight John Lennox of Carteret, NJ as he pummeled Winchester, Virgina’s Donnie Crawford for four rounds winning all rounds on every judges card. Lennox improves to 7-1, 3 KOs, while Crawford slips to 1-3-1, 1 KO.
In a another bout pitting two Philly natives against one another, Korey Sloane and Jason Siasquared off in a 4-round junior welterweight bout. Sia, who was looking for his first win in his third fight, fell behind on the cards and ultimately lost to Sloane who goes home with a 2-1 record won on the cards by majority decision (38-38, 39-37, 39-37).
Also making his pro debut, Anthony “Ghost” Allen of Philadelphia was unsuccessful in the first fight of his career against Jason Sosa from Camden, New Jersey. The referee in charge called a controversial knockdown in the second round and gave Allen a standing eight count, although it appeared his knee had never hit the mat. In the end the point deduction had no impact on the outcome as Sosa was ahead on all three cards (40-34, 39-35, 38-36). Sosa’s record improves to 4-1-1, 1 KO.
In the first bout of the evening Kevin “The Scarecrow” Womack Jr. from Baltimore MD scored a unanimous decision in his pro debut, evening his opponent Korey Pritchett’s record out at 1-1 in a 4-round super lightweight attraction.
