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Week 7# USA EAST 4-2 vs. CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA 3-3
Sunday, May 19, 1992
The Spectrum; Philadelphia, PA; United States
HEAVY
Tim Witherspoon 37-3 (24) Pennsylvania
Adilson Rodriques 43-6-1 (34) Brazil
Witherspoon KO3 +4 USA EAST
A fairly entertaining and even fight through 2 rounds, ended dramatically in the 3rd, with “Terrible” Tim Witherspoon scoring 2 knockdowns. Brazi’s Rodriques was unable to rise from the 2nd knockdown before the referee tolled 10.
CRUISER
Seamus McDonagh 19-3-1 (14) h-New York
Marcelo Figueroa 24-6-2 (19) Argentina
McDonagh Wm4 +2 USA EAST
Argentina’s Marcelo Figueroa silenced the fairly large Seamus McDonagh contingent, that had made the trek from New York to cheer the poplar Irish fighter on, with a bomb that had McDonagh sitting on the canvas in the 1st round. The native of Ireland, but now calling New York home, was up before the referee could say “4”. For some reason Figueroa didn’t jump right on the still obviously hurt McDonagh in the 2nd. The comebacking McDonagh shook off enough of his ring rust in the 3rd and 4th rounds to outbox Figueroa and squeak out the majority decision win.
LIGHT HEAVY
Doug DeWitt 32-8-4 (19) New York
Dario Matteoni 28-6-2 (21) Argentina
Matteoni Wm4 +2 C/S AMERICA
SUPER MIDDLE
Tony Thornton 30-4-1 (22) New Jersey
Juan Carlos Giminez 38-6-3 (25) Paraguay
Dm4 +0 (Thornton-cut2)
MIDDLE
Roy Jones Jr. 17-0 (17) Florida
Carlos Cruzat 17-7 (13) Chile
Jones Jr. Wu4 +2 USA EAST
Rising contender and boxing phenom, Roy Jones Jr., took his time in the opening round vs. Chilean Carlos Cruzat, seeming to take measurements on how he would knock Cruzat out at a later point in time. Jones lack of output in the 2nd round had the crowd booing by rounds end. Cruzat was unable to catch up to the speedy Jones, or deal with his unorthodox movement. Round 3 was more of the same, as Jones displayed his dominance, but wasn’t going for the KO to the crowd’s dismay. Jones stepped up the offense in the 4th and heard some cheers from the Spectrum crowd. Surprisingly, considering how few punches were landed by Cruzat, Jones had some minor swelling around both of his eyes at the fights conclusion.
Jr. MIDDLE
Aaron Davis 34-1 (20) New York
Jorge Castro 68-3-3 (49) Argentina
Castro Wu4 +2 C/S AMERICA
Depsite having a 1 point deducted in the first for what was ruled an “Intentional “ headbutt and a 2nd point deducted in the 3rd round for “Rabbit Punching”, Jorge Castro manhandled Aaron Davis on route to a unanimous decision victory. Castro outlanded Davis by an average of 36 punches to 12 per round.
WELTER
Kevin Pompey 26-4-1 (12) New York
Engels Pedroza 35-3-1 (34) Venezuela
Pedroza TKO4 +3 S/C AMERICA
Believing he was losing on the scorecards and needed a KO to win, “The Troy Tiger”, Kevin Pompey, went for broke in the final round vs. Venezuela’s power punching KO artist, Engels Pedroza. With only 3 seconds remaining and Pompey out on his feet, after taking some brutal punches, the referee stopped the fight.
Jr. WELTER
Charles Murray 25-1 (17) New York
Juan M. Coggi 58-3-2 (31) Argentina
Dm4 +0
Murray fought an effective defensive fight, keeping the exchanges to a minimum, while countering Coggi’s missed punches with sharp one-twos. Coggi, who was starting to appear frustrated, finally got through in the 3rd, hurting Murray with a thudding uppercut. “The Natural” landed a violent right cross after a Coggi miss, early in the 4th round. However, Coggi was able to counter with hard a right of his own. The rest of the round was all Murray’s, as Coggi missed most of his punches and was met with the jab or right hand in return repeatedly.
LIGHT
Sharmba Mitchell 28-0 (14) Washington DC
Ricardo Silva 16-7-2 (5) Argentina
Mitchell Wu4 +2 USA EAST
Jr. LIGHT
Bernard Taylor 44-5-2 (21) b-North Carolina
Pedro Gutierrez 60-22-11 (23) Argentina
Taylor Wm4 +2 USA EAST
FEATHER
Tony Green 17-2-1 (13) Pennsylvania
Antonio Esparragoza 31-6-5 (29) Venezuela
Du4 +0
Jr. FEATHER
Daryl Pinckney 10-13-2 (8) Florida
Luis Mendoza 31-3-2 (18) Columbia
Pinckney BYE +4 USA EAST
Mendoza was not allowed to fight when he failed the prefight physical. He had a bad case of the flu and was vomiting. The C/S AMERCIA team was unable to locate a replacement on such short notice.
BANTAM
Bones Adams 23-0-1 (15) h-Florida
Ruben Condori 77-23-16 (24) Argentina
Adams Wu4 +2 USA EAST
An impressive win for the 17 year old Bones Adams. He went upstairs and downstairs with his punches and pretty much dominated a 116 fight veteran, who had 77 wins! The teenager locked up a spot in the Bantam Weight World Championship Tournament.
Jr. BANTAM
Luigi Camputaro 23-10 (8) h-Connecticut
Carlos Mercado 24-1-4 (18) Columbia
Camputaro Wu4 +2 USA EAST
FLY
Mark Johnson 8-3 (6) Washington DC
Hugo Soto 26-1-1 (16) Argentina
Johnson Ws4 +2 USA EAST
LIGHT FLY
Danny Nunez 23-2-1 (18) h-New York
Robinson Cuesta 23-2-1 (14) Panama
Dm4 +0
In a fight that appeared could be scored either way, the judges got it right with a majority draw.
STRAW
Kermin Guardia 11-3 (4) h-Florida
Carlos A. Rodriguez 16-6-2 (13) Venezuela
Guardia TKO2 +3 USA EAST
Kermin Guardia of Florida, originally from Columbia, was too fast, too smart, too powerful, and just too good for Carlos Rodriquez. The referee mercifully stepped in with Rodriguez taking a shellacking on the ropes.
USA EAST +25 10-3-4 (2) WINS
CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA +7
FIGHT of the NIGHT: Engels Pedroza TKO4 Kevin Pompey
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