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Boxing Results 2003
   

The Roxy
(Boston, MA)

 
Kevin McBride VS. Marcus Rhode
Kevin won, TKO in the 3rd round

Ian Gardner VS. Joshua Onyango
Ian won a unam. decision/ judges scored it: 77-75, 78-74, & 78-74

Mike Beverly VS. Harold Rodrigues
Mike Beverly won a split decision/ judges scored it: 40-35, 38-37, & 36-39

Mike Bernal VS. Alex Infante
Mike won a unam. decision/ judges scored it: 39-37, 39-37, & 40-35

Jose Ortega VS. Martin Moore
Jose won a unam. decision/ judges scored it: 39-37, 39-37, & 39-37

Billy Mofford VS. Dan Veskovic of Lowell
Billy won a TKO in the 2nd
 

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Brockton Fair Grounds
(Brockton, MA)

 
Kevin McBride KO1 Lenzie Morgan
Willie Gibbs KO7 Chance Leggett
Mike Culbert Wu8 Dave Hamilton
James Clancy Wu4 Willie Kemp
Billy Mofford Wu6 Danny Sheehan
Ian Gardner Wu8 Dave Hadden
Marcus Luck Wm4 Jimmy LeBlanc

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Wonderland Entertainment Complex
(Revere, MA)

 
John Trigg Wu8 Jimmy LeBlanc
Ian Gardner TKO8 Aundalen Sloan
Melvin Cumba TKO2 Elias Hernandez
Jeff Fraza TKO3 Quincy Pratt
Wayne Johnsen Wu4 Walter Coles
 

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The  Shaw's Convention Center
(Brockton, MA)
 

 
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Manfredo and Gardner win middleweight battles

       BROCKTON ---- Middleweight fighters Peter Manfredo Jr. and Ian Gardner took different routes but had the same results in the second Mohegan Sun Fight Night New England fight card sponsored by Cappiello Promotions on Saturday night at the Shaw's Center.

       Manfredo needed less than two rounds to knock out Ronnie Johnson to remained undefeated with a career mark of 17-0. Gardner, whose only career loss was to Manfredo Jr. 18 months ago improved to 11-1 with a sixth-round knockout of Michael McFail.

       Gardner started out strongly and looked as if he would, like Manfredo, knock out his opponent in the second round. However, McFail, to his credit hung tough and actually landed a few solid punches in the middle rounds before Gardner began the sixth round with a flurry of punches which ended the fight.

       "He started strongly, perhaps two strongly," said Goody Petronelli, Gardner's trainer. "I wanted to make sure he got his work in, I wanted him to get in as many rounds as possible. He did well and I thought the referee made a wise move stopping the fight because Ian would not have stopped punching until he did."

       Randolph's Billy Mofford and Taunton's Henry Rodrigues put on the most entertaining fight of the evening as the heavyweight battle went the distance with Mofford winning an unanimous decision. Rodrigues came out as the aggressor in this six-round battle as he was looking for the "home run" punch that would end this rematch early. Mofford, who won a four-round decision in the first meeting between these two teams, worked the body effectively through the middle rounds as Rodrigues began to lose steam on his punches. Rodrigues also had a point taken away in the fifth round as he would fall short on all three cards losing, 59-54, 60-53 and 58-56.

       Willie Gibbs was on the defensive in the first round of his middleweight fight with Benjamin Marquez but it was a different story in the second round as Gibbs improved to 13-0 with a combination that knocked out the 43-year old challenger. Eric Pinaretta of New Bedford improved to 1-1 when after a slow start, he rebounded to beat veteran Rick Zola. Pinaretta had to two solid shots to the jaw and a flurry of punches in the third to overcome a lackluster first round to beat Zola.

       The highly anticipated rematch between Brockton middleweight and former Massachusetts middleweight champion Mike Culbert and Dave Hamilton of Hanson was canceled by order of the ringside doctor.

       For further information, please call promoter Rich Cappiello at  508 587-3370.

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Matrix Entertainment Complex - The Roxy
(Boston, MA)

 
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McBride defends title

       BOSTON  ---- It was not the artistic success that Kevin McBride may have wanted but Monday night's victory over Brockton's Najee Shaheed enabled the heavyweight to do two things, defend his IBC American heavyweight title and look forward to the future knowing a step up in competition lies ahead.

       McBride was able to defend his title when Shaheed did not answer the bell at the start of round eight in the main event in the Mohegan Sun Fight Night Series produced by Cappiello Promotions of Brockton at the Roxy on Monday night.

       McBride was methodical at the beginning of the fight but began to show signs he was ready to take over the fight in the fourth round when he landed three solid blows. It was more of the same in the fifth round and McBride had Shaheed on the ropes at the end of the sixth round. Shaheed, who hurt his hand earlier in the fight knew if he was going to be successful, he needed to end the fight quickly. He began the seventh with three blows to McBride's face but the IBC champion was unfazed and McBride made a strong comeback, ending the round with a flurry of his own. It was at this point that Shaheed realized the fight had to be stopped.

       "I tried to work through (the injury) but he just kept coming at me," said Shaheed. "He was just a better fighter."

       McBride, although happy with the win, knows he waited too long before finding his groove.

       "I should have stepped it up quicker," said McBride who trains under the watchful eye of Good Petronelli. "I have to get quicker with my hands. Najee moved around a lot in the ring but in the end, he could run but he could not hide."

       McBride is hoping his first defense of his IBC Americas belt will lead to an upgrade in opponents. He is hoping to land in the top 20 heavyweights in any of the three divisions because of the win over Shaheed.

       "I want a crack at one of the big guys," said McBride. "I know I have to take it one step at a time but I want to fight someone who is an established boxer so I show people what I really have."

       The most controversial decision of the came in the battle for the Massachusetts Junior welterweight title, otherwise known as the battle of South Boston as Kevin Watts escaped with an eighth round knockout of fellow South Boston native Jimmy LeBlanc.

       The fight was stopped 16 seconds into the eighth round when Watts hit LeBlanc with a shot to the head that opened a cut over LeBlanc's right eye that could not be stitched. LeBlanc claimed the "shot" was actually a head butt but could not convince the referee. At the time, LeBlanc was ahead on two judges' scorecards 68-64 and was tied on the third, 66-66.

       Ian Gardner of Brockton was impressive in his third round knockout of Joe Lorenzi of Minnesota. Gardner improved to 9-1 after he sent Lorenzi to the canvas twice in the second round before ending the fight for good in the third round with a right to the midsection.

       William Gibbs of Brockton had a difficult time dealing with the lefthanded offerings of Dave Hadden for five rounds but his confusion disappeared in the sixth round as Gibbs hit Hadden with a right-left combination that ended the fight at 2:55 of the sixth round.

       Two other Brockton-area fighters were not as successful. Former Pembroke resident Eddie McAloney lost an unanimous six-round decision to Martin Moore of Ireland. McAloney was never in the contest in losing to Moore for the second time in his career.

       Brockton heavyweight Dan Veskovic was entertaining for the capacity crowd at the Roxy but was no match for James Clancy of Brookline via Ireland. Clancy won in a second round knockout.

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