By Jimmy Ayash
Christopher Macchio sings a beautiful, tremendous and memorable Star Spangled Banner to set the stage for the main event.
Zab Judah in the blue trunks with white trim and also black & white Brooklyn Bridge socks. Cletus Seldin wearing purple trunks with white trim. The introductions are done and here we go. Main Event Time:
Round 1.
The Hammer coming out very strong and aggressive and Zab weathering the storm by moving around and focusing on defense. Zab trying to set traps for Seldin as Seldin lands the best punch of the round, a good right hand.
Round 2.
Both fighters landing their punches. Zab landing the left and Seldin landing the right hand. Good entertaining fight.
Round 3.
Good even round. With 10 seconds left, Seldin lands a big left hook that hurts Judah really bad and sends him wobbling into the corner.
Round 4.
Great round of action and both boxers land well. Seldin again getting the best of a tired Judah.
Round 5.
Big right hand sends Judah hurt to the corner again. Zab seems to have lost a lot of steam on his punches and is almost looking to just survive right now. Judah making one last stand for this fight and his career.
Round 6.
Another aggressive round for Seldin. Zab doing a good job avoiding punches and trying to get something going. Zab landed a good uppercut in the middle of the round.
Round 7.
Teddy Atlas loving the body work The Hammer is doing ( water in the basement) as he continues to suck the air out of Zab’s tires. Zab landed a good right hand that round.
Round 8.
Zab lands is a big right hand to start the round and then follows it up with a left to The Hammers body. Both guys doing excellent work to the body and also landing up top. This is turning into a war.
Round 9.
Left right combination by Seldin. Seldin has to be careful, Judah still has a lot of pop left. Seldin hitting a lot of air, sometimes missing wildly. Seldin also landed quite a bit of his combinations in the last minute of the round. Judah needs to do something as the referee is keeping a close eye on the 41-year-old.
Round 10.
Judah is almost completely gassed and can barely move his legs and he is still standing there trying to trade in the middle of the ring.
Seldin is walking through Zab’s punch and is relentless. Seldin what’s the Knockout.
Round 11.
Judah takes tremendous damage and does his best to fight back as the referee finally stops the fight in the 11th round.
Winner: Cletus Seldin- TKO 11 round
Other Action from The Turning Stone Resort:
Papot in white trunks with silver trim and McGirt And beautiful gold glitter trunks with red trim. Two southpaw’s here at the Turning Stone ready to go to war.
Very evening matched boxers as we are through 5 rounds now. James “Buddy” McGirt Junior fighting for the W and his all time great boxer/ father James “Buddy” McGirt who is at ringside and being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this weekend.
Papot lands two good lefts to open up the 6th round and has his best round of the fight landing some good leather.
Round 7. Very tough round for James “Buddy” McGirt as the Frenchman is taking control and setting the pace of the fight not only by being the aggressor, but by doing a ton of damage as well.
Round 8. Wow, two tough warriors going toe-to-toe. Very good pace to the fight, these two are letting the leather fly tonight and not holding back. They are in tremendous shape.
Round 9. WHAT A ROUND. Papot has a great first minute landing good combinations. Buddy comes back and lands some very heavy blows stunning the strong Papot a bit and winning the round. Round of the night so far, what a fight, what a night.
Round 10. Papot goes back to work, landing countless shots on McGirt. For the amount of punches McGirt has eaten it’s amazing that he’s still standing.
After 12 terrific rounds of action packed boxing, the crowd applauded the warriors performance.
Winner: A Split Draw
Very good first round as Williams did a pretty good job trying to stay in the middle of the ring. Italian Alfano being very aggressive and trying to set up William’s for the big right hand.
Alfano wins the first round.
Lots of good action. After 4 rounds, Williams starting to time Mario a bit and having a better showing. Both fighters taking damage especially Williams eyes, him left eye is cut and his right Cheekbone is severely swollen.
Round 5. Italian Super Mario can smell the blood and has turned it up a notch. Mario landing quite a bit of leather and throwing a lot of hooks. Mario wants to leave no doubt in the judges minds on who is winning the rounds.
Round 7. Best round of the fight so far. Very tough round to score as Williams who is the natural boxer did some terrific work and landed some very good combinations. But Mario aggression and intensity is next level stuff and he Just keeps coming forward and throwing hooks from all angles.
Round 8. After an accident clash of heads which further cut Williams left eye, the action continued with Mario landing some good hooks. Williams was very game through the round and the entire fight.
Winner: Lavisas Williams wins by close UD
Wow – a bit of a surprise as the judges got to see 8 rounds of action. I thought that Mario did a lot more in the fight and most rounds. He also landed more and clearly did much more damage to Williams. Williams boxed well in spurts, but I don’t believe earned the win.
For boxers Donald “Lone Star Cobra” Curry, Julian “The Hawk” Jackson, James “Buddy” McGirt and Tony DeMarco; matchmaker / promoter Don Elbaum, referee / judge Guy Jutras, publicist Lee Samuelsand broadcaster Teddy Atlas All get a warm welcome from the fans at the Turning Stone as they get introduced and take their walk to the boxing ring. A beautifully well done little ceremony for them in the middle of all of the boxing action.
Also during the break, A host of boxing legends sign autographs and take pictures with fans including the great Sugar Shane Mosley who was absolutely mobbed with boxing fans surrounding him.
Round 3. Very good round of action with both fighters landing some vicious exchanges.
After four rounds of boxing we go to the score cards:
Winner by Split Decision Robert Duran Jr.
Duran improves to 3-0
After a couple of good even rounds, you can see Wendy’s speed shine. It got really ugly in the fourth round as Wendy seems to be teeing off on Johnson. Wendy lands a huge right hand that almost knocks Johnson’s teeth out of his mouth.
5th Round Johnson just about ready to go taking quite a bit of punishment as the referee gives him time for a low blow that he received.
Johnson Didn’t come to the Turning Stone to lay down for anybody as he is giving it his 100% all. After five action packed rounds Johnson is still standing tall going into the sixth and final round of this junior middleweight match. Wendy landed a huge left as the bell sounded ending the 5th round that buzzed Johnson.
Round 6. A good round for both to close out the fight. Both fighters actually barking at each other during the round in a good show of sportsmanship and respect. Wendy again buzzed Johnson with a left in the closing seconds of the fight. Great Action!!!
Wendy Toussaint improves his profession record to 10-0 earning a UD
Excellent first round by these cruisers as they both threw a lot of shots with mean Intentions written all over them. Abraham seemed to have a very good warm-up in his dressing room. He came out really ready to go.
Vanasse seemed a bit dry and Is a bit of a one trick pony leading with his right hand everytime.
The second round has a good America of action with Eric Caution Abraham getting the best of Vanasse. Abraham breathing very heavy though.
Wow what a 3rd Round; Abraham hurt the undefeated Vanasse with Multiple punches that sent Vanasse finally down to the canvas. Vanasse got up and Abraham went after him finally landing A vicious right hand that sent Vanasse down very hard and out.
Thankfully Vanasse is up on his feet now and is getting medical care. Can you Say KO of the Year.
Winner by KO Marquis Caution Abraham
For a fighter with a 7-10 record with only one knockout, Marquis The Hawk Hawthorne looked fresh and put on a heck of a performance taking SYLLA to his limit. Hawthorne proved to not only be a tough out, but has a very game right hook and terrific jab.
Boubacar Sylla did well fighting on the outside and used his height advantage well, but has to work on his defense as The Hawk tagged him all night. Sylla has a good right hook And a sneaky uppercut.
Tough fight to call with Hawthorne winning a couple of the middle rounds in this six round fight. Sylla did a better job of closing the show though. Hawthorne took Sylla to his limit.
Winner: Boubacar Sylla improves to 10-0 with a UD Win.
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