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Originally Posted by Thunder
LOL, good call! Official media release said 0:13, though boxrec has 0:16!
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I actually went out to Foxwoods last night. I got home from work at about 5:45 and on a whim decided to take the hour+ ride to see the card. I got there about 7:10 and her fight was already over. Most of her travelling entourage even missed the fight. I was sitting near a few and they were mentioning that the fight went off exactly at 7:00 and was over before anyone sat down.
As for the rest of the card, all of the CES fighters won as expected except transplanted Irish JMW Gerry Grealish who lost a majority decision 4-rounder. He had quite a few screaming fans who were very upset that he lost, but he was outfought in the bout and did not deserve to win.
The judges surely made up for that good decision by handing Manfredo a unanimous 97-93 win. I don't know what fight they were watching but Manfredo looked very uninterested for 8 of the 10 rounds and got hit with every right hook thrown by David Banks (who incidentally is the guy who handed New Haven's own Elvin Ayala his only 2 losses). Banks was busier the entire fight and landed the more significant punches. Manfredo had 2 good rounds late, but I really thought he lost the fight. Maybe the judges were affected by the crowd's cheering each time Manfredo landed a punch and ignored the fact that the left side of his face was banged up pretty bad from the constant shots landed by Banks.
The women's championship bout between Jamie Clampitt and Jane Couch was ok, but find that the more polished/skilled women's fighters are less entertaining than the ones between raw/unskilled women who just flail away at each other until one of them is knocked out.
Both Adelita Irizarry and LHW Jarrod Tillinghast came out after their bouts to sit up with their fans in the "cheap seats" for the duration of the card. For the record, Tillinghast KO'd opponent Santiago Hillario in the first round. Hillario was taken from the ring on a stretcher complete with neck collar an taken to a local hospital.
Of course, Vinny Paz was on hand to climb into the ring, wave and collect his appearance fee.
Also on hand, Jeff "Left Eye" Lacy, Matt "Too Smooth" Godfrey, Matt Remillard wearing a cast on his left hand (receiving a cartoonist's painting of himself as a reward for last year's Fight of the Year - where he was injured), Gary Balleto & wife (who received a cartoonist's painting for winning the Mrs. Rhode Island paegent), Joey Spina and "Iron" Mike Pusateri. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad was there in the corner of one fighter. There were a few others on-hand but I can't remember.
A fairly good night of boxing out at Foxwoods last night.