Aranoutis Wins a Close Unanimous Decision

By: Danny Serratelli

Thursday 25 June 2009
Schuetzen Park, North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
light welterweight Mike Arnaoutis 22 (10) – 3 (1) – 2 W Doel Carrasquillo 12 (10) – 12 (3) – 1 UD 10 10

Aranoutis did enough to win the fight primariliy with ring generalship. Carrasquillo, to his credit, came to knock Mighty Mike out. Doel threw hard punches from the first bell until the end. Mike out worked him, did a better job of using his legs and the ring, and sqeaked out the win in the end.

light heavyweight Bobby Rooney 10 (6) – 2 (0) – 1 W Brian Bernard 8 (4) – 5 (3) – 2 KO 1 8
~ time: 2:40 ~
Rooney always comes to fight and gives the fans their money’s worth. They were calling Scheutzen Park “The House McDermott built” but with Danny scratched off the card with an injury, it would be “The House that Rooney built” tonight. Rooney ended matters early with an impressive KO 2:40, 1.

light heavyweight Jason Escalera 6 (6) – 0 (0) – 0 W Joe Park 8 (6) – 5 (2) – 0 TKO 3 6
~ time: 1:15 ~
Escalera seemed to be using his jab more, and he appeared to be out working Joe Park every round. When Escalera got his man in trouble in the 3rd, he opened up and did a great job finishing and the ref haulted it at 1:15, round 6.

light middleweight Chris Murphy 3 (3) – 0 (0) – 0 W La-Take Williams 0 (0) – 1 (1) – 1 TKO 3 4
~ time: 2:13 ~
Chris Murphy stopped La-Take Williiams at 2:15 of round number 4.

cruiserweight Patrick Farrell 3 (2) – 0 (0) – 0 W Kenneth Farr 0 (0) – 3 (2) – 0 UD 4 4
Undefeated, crowd-pleasing Farrell was forced to go the full 4 rounds and he picked up a unanimous decision. Farrell always comes out and gives 110%. It was good for him to be forced to go the distance the first time as a professional, but Farrell tried for all 4 to get the guy out of there.

Promoter John Lynch used the the right combination of ticket sellers to pack the house and put on a good show.