Article by Pattee Mak.
On May 20, 2011, The Law Offices of Dean Cariglia, BHR Life Companies, Bay State Savings Bank, Hispano / Vocero along with Paxton Promotions presented live professional boxing at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts featuring Worcester’s hometown favorite and former 3x world champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera (40-6-0) vs. Connecticut’s own Luis Maysonet (32-12-0) in an 8 round main event fight.
The last time both fighters fought in the ring was back in 2008. Rivera’s last fight was 8-8-2008 and Maysonet’s last fight was on 9-6-2008. Since both fighters haven’t had a fight in so long, I was curious to see if they would be rusty or ready for the challenge.
During the first couple of rounds both Rivera and Maysonet seemed to be taking their time and starting off slow, patiently waiting for the right time to strike. By the 5th round both opponents was gaining momentum and landing more punches. In the end the judges scored the match in favor of Rivera.
Along with the main event the card consisted of the up and coming boxing champs at the amateur level and 6 additional 4 round professional fights of the evening.
Heavyweight – Alexis Santos (4-0-0) vs. Jeramiah Witherspoon (2-1-0). Santos won by TKO 2 minutes 39 seconds into round 1.
Heavyweight – Keith Bianchini (2-0-0) vs. Aneudy Rodriguez (0-1-0). Bianchini won due to the Rodriguez’s corner stopping the fight.
Cruiserweight – Chuck Shearns (2-1-0) vs. Scott Domenech (1-0-0). Domenech won by unanimous decision.
Heavyweight – Joe Siciliano (5-4-0) vs. Carossee Auponte (0-4-0). Sicilicano won by KO 1 minute 17 seconds into round 1.
Light Welterweight – Agustine Mauras (1-0-0) vs. Fred Mandrachia 0-2-0. Mauras won by TKO in Round 1.
Lightweight – Jose Velazquez (2-7-0) vs. Edwin Rosado (1-7-1). Velazquez won by unanimous decision.
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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.
