Light Heavyweight Gets back in title contention in All New York Showdown;
Rosinsky and Melson thrill rabid fan bases with victories
This past Saturday night in front of an over flow crowd at The Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, Light Heavyweight contender Elvir Muriqi scored an impressive ten round unanimous decision over Daniel Judah in a battle of New York fighters that highlighted an eight bout card that was promoted by Rob Diaz Havoc Boxing Promotions.
Muriqi was the better man as he attacked the body of the southpaw Judah. Judah
went down to the canvas on three separate occasions, claiming low blows but
Muriqi was never docked any points.
Muriqi, dubbed “The Kosovo Kid” won by shutout margins of 100-90 on two
cards and a third card read 99-90.
“It was an OK performance after a thirteen month layoff”, said Muriqi
“The more active I stay and if I get enough preparation time, I can beat any
Light Heavyweight in the world.”
The co-feature saw a battle of two undefeated Light Heavyweights from
Brooklyn as Will Rosinsky scored a eight round unanimous decision over Yasin
Rashid.
U.S. Army captain Boyd Melson had to get off the canvas in round one to
comeback to score a for round unanimous decision over Andrew Jones in
Melson’s long awaited pro debut.
Melson donated his entire purse to Stem Cell Research
*FULL RESULTS*
*10 rounds—Cruiserweights—Elvir Muriqi (38-5) 183 lbs of New York U DEC over
Daniel Judah (23-7-3) 189 lbs of Brooklyn, NY…scores 100-90; 100-90 & 99-90*
*8 Rounds—Light Heavyweights—Will Rosinsky (13-0)168 ½ lbs of Queens, NY U
DEC over Yasin Rashid (7-1) 168 ½ lbs of Brooklyn, NY…Scores were 80-72;
80-72 and 78-74*
*4 Rounds—Cruiserweights—Joel Castillo (6-0) 180 lbs of Brooklyn, NY DQ 1
(2:45) over Rayshawn Myers (3-5) 179 ½ lbs of Cleveland, OH*
*4 Rounds—Middleweights—Boyd Melson (1-0) 155 lbs of Brooklyn, NY U DEC over
Andrew Jones (0-2-1) 151 lbs of Buffalo, NY…scores were 38-37 on all cards*
*4 rounds—Cruiserweights—Stivins Bujac (3-0) 199 lbs of New York, NY U DEC
over Hamid Abdul Mateen (0-1)167 lbs of Brooklyn, NY..Scores were 40-34;
39-35 and 39-35*
*4 Rounds—Jr. Lightweights—Joshua Arocho (1-3, 1 KO) 126 ½ lbs of Vineland,
NJ TKO 4 (0:14) over Allan Phelan (0-1) 127 lbs of Queens, NY*
*6 Rounds—Jr. Lightweight—Emanuel Gonzalez (6-0, 6 KO’s) 128 lbs of Bronx,
NY TKO 2 2:02) over Juan Melendez (2-5-1) 130 lbs of Canovanas, PR*
*4 Rounds—Lightweights—Chazz McDowell (3-0) 133 lbs of Bronx, NY U DEC over
George Santiago (0-1) 133 lbs of Brooklyn, NY…Scores were 40-36 on all cards
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.
