Ringside by Pattee Mak
September 21, 2013 – Queens, New York – The Resorts World Casino held another exciting professional boxing card with 9 bouts total in front of a full packed house in attendance. The main event of scheduled 10 rounds was between Leon Moore from Brooklyn, New York, by way of Guyanna who weighed in at 121 pounds went up against another local fan favorite also from Brooklyn, New York, Rafael Vazquez. Vazquez also weighed in at 121. Both came into the ring looking tight and ready for action. Brooklyn against Brooklyn. In the beginning round Vasquez was looking good landed rights on Moore while he was in his leaning into Vasquez’s body instead of from the outside. During round 4, Moore landed a beautiful Left hook on Vazquez. Round 6 became an all out war immediately prior to the bell being rung. During round 7 the neutral corner ring post came apart which caused a delay for more than a few minutes. Moore had to be extremely happy since during the one minute rest period Moore appeared to be breathing very heavy. This break gave Moore enough of time for him to easily catch his breathe. Round 9 at 2 minutes, 27 seconds into the round Vazquez landed a devastated right upper cut then left hook that drove Moore to the canvas. The crowd was on their feet. I don’t believe there was one person sitting in their chair. Moore just laid on the canvas until the physician and the rest of the able bodies appeared in the ring. During the bout Moore appeared to have a welt under his left and right eye. Winner and champ Vazquez by KO and received his WBA Fedelatin junior featherweight title belt.
Vazquez increased his record to 9-1-0, 7 Ko’s and Moore decreased his record to 30-3-0, 24 Ko’s. I’m looking forward to seeing more of Vazquez in the future.
Co-Main Event: The USA NY State junior middleweight title was up for grabs. Local fan favorite and Brooklyn’s own Frank Galarza who also brought his cheering squad fought a ready opponent by the name of Rich Neves of New Hyde Park, New York. Both weighed in at 154. Walking Galaza to the ring was none other than rapper “GIZ”. The fans loved Galaza and cheered for him through out the bout. During round 3 Galarza unleashed his attach on Neves with combination punches that wobbled Neves more than once. Round 4 Neves got caught with a right hand. Ref Eddie Claudio gave him the count. The fight continued but it didn’t take to long before Galarza continued with multiple punches on Neves where Claudio stopped the bout at 1 minute, 44 seconds into the round. Winner Galarza by TKO and the NYS junior middleweight champ.
Frank Galarza increased his record to 11-0-1, 7 Ko’s and Rich Neves decreased his record to 6-1-1, 3 Ko’s.
Other bouts of the evening:
Junior Welterweights Amanda Serrano vs. Keri Hill. It only took 2 rounds for Serrano, the aggressor of the two, to dominate her opponent and have the referee call a halt to the action at 1 minute, 07 seconds into round 2. Winner Serrano by TKO.
Junior Lightweight Bryant “Pee Wee” Cruz vs. Jesus “Choo Choo” Bayron. Pee Wee just landed the cleaner punches while being the aggressor throughout the fight. Winner Cruz by UD. All three Judges scored the bout 60-54. Bayron also had cut on his face near his left eye.
Heavyweights Evan Nedd vs. Ytalo Perea. During round 3 Perea land a left then a right that brought Nedd to the canvas. Both ran out of gas after the 3rd round. All three judges scored the bout 39-36 all for Perea by UD.
Junior Lightweights Angel Garcia vs. Nuwan Jayakody. Garcia who walked to the ring accompanied by a rapper just outdid his opponent. All three judges scored the bout the same 40-36 for Garcia.
Cruiserweights Jonathan Rodriguez vs. Eric “Nightmare” George. During round 1, Rodriguez landed a nice right on George and stumbled him. Rodriguez right before the end of round 2 landed continual left and right hands which brought George to the count by the ref. immediately afterwards Rodriguez continued his attack on his prey. Ref called a halt to the bout in round 2, 1 minutes, 44 seconds. Winner Rodriguez by TKO.
Junior Middleweights Villi Bello vs. Anthony Birmingham. During round 2, Bello landed a beautiful overhand right on Birmingham who didn’t cover. During the rest of the round Bello continued with trying to land another overhand right for the knockdown but was unsuccessful. Bello who made has professional debut tonight fought a tough fight but in the end won by UD. Judges scored the bout 39-36; 39-36 and 38-37.
Lightweights Allan Phelan vs. Benjamin Burgos. Winner Phelan by TKO, 34 seconds into the 2nd round. Phelan backed Burgos up against the neutral corner and the ref stepped in to stop the bout.
The above event was promoted by New Legend Boxing, Old World Boxing and WON Promotions and was broadcasted by Marc Abrams on Pandafeed.tv. If you get a chance you may want to watch the main event all over again right to the devastating punch in round 9.
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.
