ENNIS CAPTURES NABF SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE WITH SEVENTH ROUND STOPPAGE
OVER LARES TO HIGHLIGHT SPARTAN FIGHT PROMOTIONS BATTLE II
*Witherspoon plus five undefeated prospects score wins on the undercard*
ATLANTIC CITY (NOVEMBER 21, 2010)—*Farah “The Quiet Storm” Ennis started off Boxing’s biggest weekend in Atlantic City with a bang as he remained undefeated and captured the NABF Super Middleweight championship with a seven round beat down of Victor Lares that highlighted a big seven bout card dubbed BATTLE II at Harrah’s Resort & Casino that was promoted by Mike
Brestle’s Spartan Fight Promotions.
Ennis broke down the game Lares throughout the fight as he used shots to the
head and body that caused three knockdowns and a bloodied Lares as the bout
was stopped by referee Eddie Cotton at 2:34 of round seven.
The win moves Ennis to 17-0 with eleven knockouts and the stoppage was the
end of a perfect year for Ennis who went 6-0 with six knockouts in 2010.
In the co-feature, top Heavyweight contender Chazz Witherspoon took apart
Alexis Mejias as Mejias did not come out for the fifth round of their
scheduled ten round bout.
Witherspoon was very effective with his jab that caused swelling around the
eyes of Mejias and then started unleashing some hard rights that buckled
Mejias on several occasions.
In between round’s four and five, Mejias had seen enough and the fight was
stopped.
The undercard featured five undefeated prospects who kept their ledgers
clean as Light Heavyweight Lavarn Harvell, Lightweight Joey Tiberi and
Lightweight Keenan Smith scored stoppages while Super Middleweight Joel De
La Paz & Ismael Garcia cruised to decisions.
The show was broadcasted LIVE all over the world on www.gofightlive.tv and
can be purchased on-demand for just $9.99 by clicking:
http://www.gofightlive.tv/Events/Fight/Boxing/Battle_II__Farah_Ennis_vs_Victor_Lares/873
*FULL RESULTS*
*12 rounds—NABF Super Middleweight championship—Farah Ennis (17-0, 11 KO’s)
168 lbs of Philadelphia TKO 7 (2:34) over Victor Lares (15-5) 167 ½ lbs of
Corpus Christie, Texas*
*10 Rounds—Heavyweights—Chazz Witherspoon (28-2, 20 KO’s) 233 lbs of
Philadelphia, PA TKO END OF 4 over Alexis Mejias (11-6) 234 lbs of Paterson,
NJ*
*6 Rounds—Cruiserweights—Lavarn Harvell (7-0, 3 KO’s) 178 lbs of Atlantic
City, NJ (7-0, 3 KO’s) TKO END OF 1 over Khalil Farah (6-7) 197 ½ lbs of
Philadelphia, PA*
*4 Rounds—Super Middleweights—Joel De La Paz (6-0) 165 ½ lbs of Atlantic
City, NJ U DEC over Troy Maxwell (2-2) 165 ½ lbs Galloway, NJ…scores were
40-36; 40-36 and 40-35*
*4 Rounds—Middleweights—Ismael Garcia (2-0) 157 ½ of Vineland, NJ U DEC over
Corey Preston (0-2) 157 ½ lbs of Wilson, NC…scores were 40-36 on all cards*
*4 Rounds—Lightweights—Joey Tiberi (2-0, 2 KO’s) 132 ½ lbs of Newark, DE TKO
1 (1:54) over Tonia Parker (0-2) 132 ½ lbs of Wilson, NC*
*4 Rounds—Lightweights—Keenan Smith (3-0, 1 KO) 134 lbs of Philadelphia KO 4
(1:20) over Anthony Royal (0-1-1) 133 lbs of Cincinnati, OH*
*–Spartan Fight Promotions will be staging shows in January and February
with details to be announced soon*
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
