Cappiello Promotions

Cappiello Promotions capped off another terrific year in boxing with an exciting six-bout card, which was held in front of a jam-packed crowd at The Roxy in Boston, Mass. "What a way to cap off the year," stated Promoter Rich Cappiello. "The place was absolutely packed, and the crowd was into every fight we had to offer. It was an excellent night, and we hope for many more in the upcoming year!"

David Banks W10 Elvin Ayala
Portland, Oregon's David Banks spent Thanksgiving day traveling cross-country to take on New Haven, Connecticut middleweight prospect Elvin Ayala in the main event at The Roxy in Boston, Massachusetts. Banks (12-1-1, 2 KOs) apparently saved a good deal of his "Turkey-Day" hunger for the ring, earning a split-decision victory over the previously unbeaten Ayala (16-1, 7 KOs). Following the bout, a somber Ayala simply stated "Tonight wasn't my night. But, hey, this is what I do. I'll be back, and hopefully he'll give me a rematch."

Castulo Gonzalez W 8 Priest Smalls
Local featherweight prospect Castulo Gonzalez returned to the ring for the first time since his February loss to current USBA junior featherweight champ Mike Oliver, and earned an unanimous decision victory over the much more experienced Priest "Tiger" Smalls (18-12-1, 6 KOs). Gonzalez (8-2, 3 KO's) managed to work his way inside on the tall and long armed Smalls, doing most of his work with his head buried in Smalls' chest. "Once I got inside, I just went to work. He threw a couple punches in there, and then he'd stop. I was working him to the body, and hurting him inside," stated Gonzalez. Gonzalez, who suffered a nasty gash just above his left eye at the end of the seventh round, prepared for his veteran opponent by sparring with Juan Diaz in California. Judges at ringside scored the bout 77-75, 77-75, and 79-73. None of which were satisfying to Smalls. "I beat him up," stated Smalls. "Go to his dressing room and look at him, then tell me who won the fight. He's all beat up. I won that fight."

Dat Nguyen TKO 2 Charles Jones
Buddy McGirt trained featherweight prospect, Dat Nguyen (6-0, 4 KOs) scored a second round technical-knockout victory over Georgia's Charles Jones (3-8, 2 KOs), in featherweight action. Nguyen dropped the much taller Jones with a big overhand right in the first round, and once again just over 2 minutes into the second. Jones, who appeared to be on unsteady legs for most of the bout, did manage to climb to his feet, however referee John Zablocki saved him from any further punishment, halting the bout at 2:26 of the second stanza.

Chris McInerney TKO 2 Vinnie Carita
The heavily anticipated bout between two local undefeated cruiserweights, Chris McInerney and Vinnie Carita, completely lived up to its billing, while it lasted. McInerney (7-0-1, 4 KOs) and Carita stood toe to toe in an all out slugfest, ujntil McInerney gained the upper hand with a tremendous straight right hand that dropped Carita in his tracks at the end of the first round. Carita, still somewhat wobbly, and McInerney went right back to war as soon as the bell tolled to begin round two. Once again McInerney began to land some devastating power punches with both hands, sending Carita reeling on several occasions. With referee John Zablocki taking a close look at Carita,McInerney scored another big right hand that opened a bad cut over the left eye of his Carita, forcing Zablocki to call up the ringside physician, Patti Yarmin. After taking a close look at the cut, Yarmin ruled that Carita(4-1, 4 KOs) was unable to continue any further.

Jose Colon W4 Montez Wilson
New Bedford, Massachusetts native Jose Colon made his presence felt in his professional debut, scoring a unanimous decision victory over New Jersey's Montez Wilson, in the evening's opening bout. Colon, a stellar amateur who has signed a promotional contract with Cappiello Promotions, dominated Wilson (0-7) from bell to bell. All three judges at ringside scored the bout 40-36 for Colon (1-0).

Results 10/28/06

Oliver Wins USBA Junior Featherweight Title!

Undefeated Hartford, CT native Mike "Machine" Oliver lived up to his nickname tonight, earning a unanimous decision victory over Cathederal City, California's Adam Carrera, at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. Oliver improved to 17-0, 7 KO's, while easily outpointing his game opponent, Carrera. Oliver's tremendous handspeed, coupled with his body attack and counterpunching, were simply to much for Carrera (18-2, 8 KO's) Oliver, entered the ring as a touted prospect, and left as a USBA chammp and a contender to be reckoned with in the junior featherweight division. Ringside judges tallied the bout 116-112, 120-108, and 118-110 respectively!

Enrique Palau TKO 2 John Gottschling
Worcester, MA junior middleweight, Enrique Palau, maintained his undefeated record (6-0, 5 KO's) with a second round TKO victory over Bay City, MI's John Gottschling (10-13-1-1NC, 7 KO's). Palau dropped Gottschling once in the first and again at the 1:17 mark of the second, prompting referee Dick Flaherty to call a halt to the bout.

Edward Hemphill TKO 3 Joe McCreedy
Virginia journeyman Edward Hemphill (6-5-1, 3 KO's) scored a third round TKO victory over previously undefeated Lowell, Mass light heavyweight Joe McCreedy (5-1, 4 KO's). McCreedy controlled the action through the first two rounds, with the exception of a nicely placed left hook to the body by Hemphill as the round closed out. In the third Hemphill, the veteran, capitalized once again via the body attack, dropping McCreedy at 2:07 of the round. The undefeated McCreedy got back to his feet, only to be caught again, with the very same left hook placed to the body, at 2:40 of the same round. This time, McCreedy, spitting blood from his mouth, would not be able to get back to his feet. Referee Toni chiarantano stopped the action at 2:47 of the third round.

Chris McInerny UD 4 Rick Dufty
Undefeated Stoughton, Mass cruiserweight Chris McInerny (6-0-1, 5 KO's) scored an easy four-round unanimous decision victory over Bay City, MI's Rick Dufty (2-2, 2 KO'S). McInerny dominated Dufty throughout the bout, landing clean, hard, and often. In the second stanza McInerny stepped back and countered Dufty with a straight-right-hand, scoring a devastating knockdown. To Dufty's credit, he rose to his feet and fought valiantly to the final bell. Judges at ringside had the bout scored 40-35 twice, and 40-34.

Rodney Toney UD 10 Anthony Russell
Veteran Boston light-heavyweight earned a hard fought unanimous decision win over Canadian native Anthony Russell, in the evening's co-feature bout. Toney (29-4-4, 17 KO's) utilized a punch and grab style to smother and frustrate the younger Russell (14-2-1, 3 KO's). Though Toney's styledid cause him to suffer a cut over his own left eye early in the bout, he stuck to his game plan throughout, negating Russells hande speed. Judges at ringside scored the bout 98-92, 98-92, and 97-93.

Dat Nguyen TKO 3 Edwin Rosado
Undefeated featherweight prospect Dat "Dat Be Dat" Nguyen (5-0, 3 KO's) dominated Worcester, Massachusetts' Edwin Rosado for three rounds, thus making Rosado unable to answer the bell for the fourth stanza. Nguyen, a Hawaiin native and the protege of Buddy McGirt, utilized a devastating b ody attack that simply wore out Rosado (1-2, 1 KO). McGirt, recognized as one of the sports best trainers was pleased with his youbng pupil's performance. " Rosado was a very durable kid, and Dat needs fights like these to get his confidence level up. It was perfect on the job training tonight." Nguyen, a former Northern Michigan student credited his corner for his success . " I just listenedd to Buddy. He told me to keep going to his body. I get great levarage to the body, and I new I was hurting him there."

Angel Camacho TKO 1 Mike Walthier
Providence, RI super-middleweight Angel Camacho maintained his undefeated pro record with a first round TKO victory over Michigan's Mike Walthier. Camacho dropped Walthier twice in the first 2 minutes, and finished off Walthier with one more knockdown as the bell sounded to end round one. Referee Dan Schiavone stopped the action at 3:00 of round one.

Tony LaMonica TKO 1 Jose Crespo South
Boston's Tony "Tiger" LaMonica earned an easy first round TKO victory over pro-debuter Jose Crespo of Worcester, Mass. LaMonica landed a big right to the neck area of Crespo just under a minute into the fight. After incurring the punch from LaMonica, Crespo was unable to continue any further and was taken out of the ring, via stretcher, with a neck brace on.

Tony Grano TKO 3 Larry White Hartford
Connecticut's Tony Grano (6-0, 6 KO's) scored a third round TKO victory over Alabama's Larry White, in a slugfest between boxing's big men. The heavyweight undercard attraction was a toe-to-toe brawl until Tony dropped the larger of the two men just over 2-minutes into the third. After referee Dick Flaherty administered an eight-count, Grano pounced on the wobbly White, landing a barrage of heavy handed punches. Flaherty forced his way between the big punches, saving White
from any further punishment.

Former Massachusetts cruiserweight champion, Tim "The Hammer Flamos (18-2-1, 7 KO's) returned to the ring for the first time in over three years to earn a six round unanimous decision over Hillsborough, NC's "Hollywood" Eric Starr (14-27-3, 4 KO's) in the evening's main event. Though there were no knockdowns, Starr was deducted a point for holding in the third round, and warned for rough-house tactics, to include tackling Flamos to the canvas in the second. Judges at ringside had the bout scored 59-54, 60-58, and 60-53.

In the co-feature bout, the normally action-packed Massachusetts's cruiserweight prospect Chris McInerney (5-0-1, 3 KO's) also faced an opponent who opted to grab more than punch, in Mike Bonislawski (18-22-2, 4 KO's). McInerny, to his credit, maintained his composure and out worked the journeyman, to include a fifth round straight right hand knockdown, when he wasn't trying to fight out of his oft-occurring clinches. Referee John Zablocki was forced to deduct two points from Bonislawski for holding, one in the third, and another in the sixth. Judges had the bout tallied at 60-55, 58-55, and 59-52 for McInerny.

Vietnamese born featherweight Dat Nguyen (4-0, 2 KO), via Maui, Hawaii, highlighted the undercard with a fourth round stoppage of Detroit pro-debuter Rasool Shakoor (0-1). Nguyen, who is trained by one of boxing's best, Buddy McGirt, in Vero Beach, FL. used his aggressive, straight forward, power punching style (did I miss anything there?) and simply wore down the very game Shakoor. After three rounds of non-stop stalking of Shakoor, Nguyen's body attack finally took its toll. Roughly one minute into the fourth stanza Nguyen dropped his opponent with a devastating left hook to the body. After referee Eddie Fitzgerald administered an eight-count, Nguyen went in for the kill, landing another tremendous left handed body shot. As Fitzgerald began the second eight-count of the round, Shakoor shook his head, referencing his inability to go on any further. Time of the stoppage was 1:46 of round four.

Rhode Island super-middleweight Angel Camacho upped his professional record to (2-0, 2 KO's), with a second round TKO victory over Boston's Lagene Richardson (0-4). Camacho dropped Richardson once in the first round, via a very stiff left jab. In the second, Camacho once again dropped Richardson with a powerful left hand, and though Richardson managed to beat the eight-count, his legs were not really beneath him, and referee John Zablocki halted the bout at 1:38 of the second round.

Boston cruiserweight Carlos Lovato (2-2, 2 KO's) and Toronto pro debuter Frank White (1-0, 1 KO) engaged in one of the most outstanding slug fests one could imagine. (Think Hagler - Hearns meets Rocky). Both fighters landed power shot after power shot as the two went toe to toe for just under four rounds. Amazingly, there was not a single knock down in the fight, as both men simply refused to go to the canvas. White, however, began to gain the upper hand, somewhat, with less than a minute left in the bout. Though both fighters were dead tired, they miraculously continued to flail away!

Finally, with less than :30 seconds remaining in the fourth and final round, White landed a tremendous right hand / left hook combination that forced referee Zablocki to jump in and stop the action. Amazingly, Lovato was still on his feet, and eager to continue! Following the bout, Zablocki stated " That was the type of fight that I didn't want to stop prematurely, but I definitely didn't want to step in too late, either. That fight was unbelievable!" Time of the stoppage was 2:38.

Boston lightweight Tony Lamonica (2-0) introduced Ohio's Anthony Whigham (0-5) to the canvas twice in the first round, and referee Zablocki halted the bout while administering the second eight-count to the still staggered Whigham. Time of the stoppage was 2:45 of the first round. Robert Irizarry (1-2) earned his first professional win, albeit via disqualification, over Jon Stven Parker (0-2) in cruiserweight action. Irizarry scored a knockdown in the bout, and after Parker's rough-house tactics ceased to stop, referee Eddie Fitzgerald mercifully stopped the action at 1:12 of round number four.

Results From Mohegan Sun Casino
Saturday, June 17
Elvin Ayala MD 10 Larry Marks
Mike Oliver TKO 7 Terry Lantz
Chris McInerny UD 4 John Rainwater
Angel Camacho TKO 1 Phillip Lars
Carlos Lovato TKO 2 DeMarcus Clark
Joe McCreedy NC 1 Jeffrey Osborne

Cappiello Promotions presented another exciting night of boxing from the 10,000 seat state-of-the-art Mohegan Sun Arena, in Uncasville, CT. The action that took place in the very same ring that hosted the first bout of the epic Micky Ward - Arturo Gatti trilogy, will be aired on Fox Sports New England on Saturday July 1 from 8-10 PM EST. Ayala MD 10 Marks
In the evening's main event Elvin Ayala (15-0, 6 KO's) looked as good as he has ever looked in his professional career, earning a decision victory over former world title challenger, Larry Marks. In what was expected to be the biggest challenge of his career, Ayala passed with flying colors, displaying a very balanced offensive attack mixed with an elusive defense, and undoubtedly upped his marketing value in the middleweight division.

Throughout the evening, Ayala would fire off combinations to the body and head of Marks, before crouching low and slipping away unscathed. The offensive onslaught forced a nasty gash over the left eye of the veteranMarks (28-7, 16 KO's) in the fourth. With Ayala's affective aggressiveness, the cut continued to be a problem for Marks through most of the fight. Judges at ringside had the bout scored 98-92 and 97-93 for Ayala, while one judge surprisingly scored the bout a draw (95-95).

Oliver TKO 7 Lantz
In the evenings co-feature bout, undefeated Hartford, CT featherweight prospect Mike Oliver maintained his unblemished record with an eighth round TKO over Florida's upset –minded Terry Lantz.
Oliver, displaying why he is nicknamed "The Machine" dominated the action with both vicious head and body attacks. Oliver (13-0, 7 KO's) had won all seven rounds on the judges scorecards, before stopping Lantz at 1:37 of the 8th. Oliver, a stellar amateur who was a participant in the 2000 Olympic Trials is trained by former light heavyweight title challenger John “IceMan" Scully. Since hooking up with Scully prior to his last bout, Oliver has seemed to really sit down on his punches and worn down both opponents before stopping them in the latter rounds. Lantz (10-6, 6 KO's) came into the bout fresh off an upset win over Allen Litzau.

Undercard Results
McInerny UD 4 Rainwater
Massachusetts cruiserweight prospect Chris McInerny (4-0-1, 3 KO's) scored a unanimous decision victory over veteran journeyman John Rainwater (10-13, 3 KO's). McInerny controlled the action from the beginning, landing some nice lead left hooks, and big right hands. Having not fought since his 2005 ESPN televised slugfest with Anterio Vines, McInerny paced himself in this one, until letting loose with several big flurries in the fourth and final round, during which Rainwater suffered a good size cut above his left brow. All four judges at ringside scored the bout 40-36.

Camacho TKO 1 Larrs
Providence, RI middleweight Angel Camacho began his professional career with a bang. Camacho landed devastating power punches, in knocking down Shreveport, LA's Phillip Lars twice in the first round. After Lars(0-1) was administered his second standing eight-count, Camacho (1-0, 1 KO) jumped on him once again, and after landing another barrage of straight right, left hook combinations, the referee stepped in and halted the action at 1:28 of the first round.

Lovato TKO 2 Clark
Fellow Providence, RI native Carlos Lovato survived a bullish first round assault from Shreveport, LA's DeMarcus Clark, before stopping Clark at 1:12 of the second round of a scheduled four round cruiserweight attraction. Lovato (1-1, 1 KO) seemed a little overwhelmed by Clark's initial onslaught, and suffered a large welt during the first round action. Following instructions from his corner, Lovato came out and backed up (1-1, 1 KO) to begin the second round, a tactic Clark was obviously not accustomed to. The game plan paid dividends, as Lovato pounded his foe to the canvas and forced the referee to stop the bout. McCreedy NC 1 Osborne

A four-round light heavyweight bout between undefeated Massachusetts prospect Joe McCreedy (5-0 1 NC, 4 KO's) and Illinois' Jeffrey Osborne (2-1-1, 1 NC, 1 KO) ended pr maturely, when McCreedy suffered a cut above his right eye. The cut, ruled the result of an accidental head-butt, forced the referee (upon the advice of the ringside physical) to stop the bout. Although it was very early in the bout, the undefeated McCreedy had just begun to land some big punches, and was winning the first round at the time of the stoppage (1:59).