By: The Legendary” Jack Obermeyer
March 2. Lions Den, Middletown, CT. New Town #364/3,329 life
Promoter – Hard Hittin’/Jacqui Cartelli (wife of boxer Doug Cartelli) MM – Dan Sheehan Running time – 7:41 to 10:37 (Of course it could have ended earlier, but a ton of intermission BS dragged things out as the announced 15 minute intermission turned out to be 30) Did this trip alone – 200 miles each way. Stopped at Super Duper Weenie in Fairfield, CT. – Exit 24 off Interstate 95 – world’s greatest hot dog. Hoping to get to O’Rourke’s Diner (a classic!!!) in downtown in the A,M. after I leave my free (!!!!) room at local Super 8.
MORE BS before the featured bout. I just wanna cry.
Feature bout was DANNY AQUINO, 122, Meriden, CT.
vs COY EVANS, 122 1/4, Philadelphia. This is an eight for the – hold your breath – the UNBC super-bantamweight title – help me, I just had a heart attack.Brsitling affair; CE down in first, they trade hooks in rd, 2. As rounds go on, DA punches are sharp and hurting CE. RESULT: DA wins by TKO at 2:32 (?) sound was gubbled )of 6th. Ref Mike Ortega apparantly didn’t like the look on CE face.
Southpaw EDWIN SOTO, 145, P.R./New Haven vs switch-hitting BRYAN
ABRAHAM, 144, Schynect. NY. It was a fast-paced close one, each boxer
suffered a knockdown – ES in 2; BA in 5, RESULT: ES W-8U – 77-73
twice; 78-72, Me 76-74 for ES
JOSE RIVERA, 118, Santa Luchia, MX. vs southpaw NATE
GREEN, 118, New Haven. RESULT: NG W-4U 40-36 twice; 39-37. No KD’s. NG
was too shifty for the trying but limited Mexican.
CHARLES FOSTER, 170, W. Haven, CT. vs JEREMIE PARKS, 171 3/4,
Clinton, MO
A match of two southpaws set for 4. RESULT: The taller CF was too shy
agst a BUM in round one; opens up in second – ref stops “fight’ – no
KD’s. Time of TKO win for CF is 2:00 of round two.
Southpaw OSCAR BONILLA, 134, Bridgeport, CT. vs GABRIEL DIAZ, 136
1/2, Jersey City/Phila.
RESULT: A majority draw: two cards at 38-38; third at 39-37 for Diaz.
This was a good action, no KD bout. The quicker
OB was cancelled out by the pluggishness of GD