Kings Promotions returned to the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, PA, Saturday night with a nine bout card. It was Marshall Kauffman’s sixth show at the casino in 2016 for Kings while GH3 Promotions and Sampson Boxing also took part in the promotion.
In the Main Event for the vacant WBC Latino welterweight title David Emanuel “El Parota” Peralta, 26-3-1 (14), of Cordaba, ARG, suffered a mild split decision upset loss to Berlin “The Rock” Abreu, 14-1-1 (11), from PR living in DR, over 10 rounds.
In the opening round Abreu was very impressive in going after Peralta having him hurt badly with an over hand right to the neck at the bell. In the second round Abreu had Peralta in trouble on several occasions. Just prior to the bell Peralta was out on his feet from an Abreu right to the chin. In the third round Abreu continued getting the better of Peralta except for a short flurry from Peralta prior to the bell. In the fourth round Peralta countered well showing his skills in this round better than the first 3 rounds.
In the fifth round Peralta countered Abreu whose face was showing swelling under the eyes. Pealta drove Abreu into the ropes saving him from going down. The ringside referee signaled knockdown but referee Rosato didn’t rule it as one. It was a big round for Peralta. In the sixth round Abreu came back driving Peralta around the ring being countered on occasion. In the seventh round a 4 punch combination to the body of Peralta from Abreu had Peralta moving away all over the ring trying to avoid Abreu’s punches, In the seventh round Abreu seemed to again take this round with over hand rights to the head.
In the eighth round Peralta countered well through the entire round but showed swelling under his left eye from over hand rights by Abreu. In the ninth round Abreu put a lot of pressure on Peralta rocking him with a left hook to the chin. Peralta came right back with half a dozen punches without return. In the tenth and final round it was all Abreu rocking Peralta who on too few occasions countered with right uppercuts to the chin but spent most of the round trying to avoid the ever aggressive Abreu who got in many hard shots to the head.
Judge Kevin Morgan had it 97-93 for Peralta while judge McKaie had it 97-93 as did this writer for Abreu. Judge Mike Somma had it 96-94 for the winner Abreu.
In the Co-feature former IBF and WBO world welterweight champion Kermit “El Asesino” Cintron, 39-5-2 (30), of PR living in Reading, PA, continued his comeback streak stopping Rosemberg Gomez, 19-6-1 (15), Managua, NIC, who wouldn’t come out of his corner after 3 rounds. Cintron looked his best since coming back.
In the opening round Cintron showed flashes of when he was champion landing as many as 4 punches at a time. His accuracy was very impressive. In the second round while taking more punches than throwing Gomez pounded on his own chest as Cintron responded well. In the second round Gomez would have his moments but Cintron landed close to a dozen punches without return going to both the head and body. There was no quit in Gomez. Cintron hurt Gomez with a left hook to the chin and Gomez was going down but wrestled Cintron to the canvas. Cintron seemed to have hurt his left elbow in the fall. In the fourth round Gomez refused to come out of the corner and the fans went wild as a jubilant Cintron stood up on the corners of the ropes to the cheers of the crowd. Referee called it a halt when Gomez didn’t come out of the corner.
“I’m willing to fight anyone and I’m looking for a title fight in the future,” said Cintron.
Super middleweight Ronald “Flatline” Ellis, 13-0-1 (10), of Lynn, MASS, defeated southpaw Oscar “Monstro” Riojas, 10-7-1 (3), of Monterry, MEX, over 8 spirited rounds.
In the opening round Ellis used a lead right to connect several times to the chin of Riojas. Both landed right hands at the same time having Riojas taking it worse for the wear. In the second round Ellis switched to southpaw for a short time. Going back to orthodox Ellis had Riojas in trouble. In the third round Ellis had Riojas hurt several times mostly with counter right hands to the chin. In the fourth round Ellis continued to counter over Riojas’s jab with a right to the chin.
In the fifth round Riojas got in his best punch of the fight for him catching Ellis with a solid left to the chin. Riojas had done some showboating while hanging in there. In the sixth round Ellis seemed to come out looking to end it but Riojas had no part of it. He would catch Ellis coming forward with counter left hands to the chin of Ellis. In the seventh round Ellis landed a solid left hook to the head of Riojas. The mouth of Riojas is showing blood that he has spit out on several occasions. In the eighth and final round Riojas was brought in as an “opponent” held his ground while Ellis didn’t live up to his record. Referee Rosato had little to do in this very cleanly fought fight.
Judges Friscia and Somma had it 80-72 while Morgan and this writer had it 79-73.
Super welterweight southpaw Erik “Abnormal” Spring, 8-1-2 (1), of Reading, PA, seemed unfortunate to only get a draw in a close fight with Grayson “The Baby Face Assassin” Blake, 6-4-1 (2), of State College, PA, over 6 rounds of action.
In the first round Blake tried to keep it inside by Spring being the slightly taller of the two used his longer reach as a southpaw and was able to keep Blake in check for most of the round. In the second round Grayson landed a good lead right to the chin of Spring and followed up with a left uppercut to the chin of Spring. In the last minute of the round Blake kept Spring on the ropes landing a good amount of punches to have Spring covering up. In the third round Blake worked inside well but at the 10 second warning Spring rocked Blake with a right hook and left to the head.
In the fourth round a right hook by Spring landed on the chin of Blake having the fans cheering him on. Spring seemed to be getting stronger as the fight progressed while the not so active Blake had his mouth wide open looking for air. At the bell Spring landed four unanswered punches having Blake on the ropes. In the fifth round Blake caught Spring coming forward with a combination to the head getting Springs attention. Spring came back shortly later landed a solid right hook knocking Blake’s head back. In the sixth and final round both fighters gave the fans something to cheer about as they were going at it at the bell in the best round of the fight.
All 3 judges McNair, Somma and Frisca had it 57-57 while this writer had it 58-56 for Spring. The referee was Dali.
Heavyweight Derrick “The Shaolin Fist” Rossy, 31-12 (15), of Medford, NY, stopped Richard “Silverback” Carmack, 15-10-1 (12), of Kansas City, MO, at 1:48 of the second round.
In the first round Rossy easily out boxed and out punched Carmack who came into the ring over 300 pounds and didn’t seem fit. In the second round Rossy had Carmack in a neutral corner pounding on both body and head until a right hand dropped Carmack who didn’t try to beat the count of referee Rosato.
Cameron “KO King” Mansfield, 4-0-1 (2), of Burlington, NC, easily defeated Antoywan “Ice Man” Aikens, 10-3-1 (1), of Atlantic City, NJ, over 6 rounds.
In the first round the shorter Mansfield took it to Aikens who tried boxing him to prevent the on rushes but Mansfield took the round. In the second round Mansfield hurt Aikens with a right to the chin and followed with another dropping Aikens. Upon rising Aikens fought back enough to finish the round. In the third round Aikens did much better in a close round but Mansfield was the stronger of the two.
In the fourth round Mansfield hurt Aikens on several occasions with short rights to the chin. In the fifth round Aikens tried tying up and leaning on Mansfield to tire him but Mansfield would have nothing to do with it. He would land short rights while his left was being held by Aikens. In the sixth and final round Aiken knowing he needs a knockout tried loading up while Mansfield was still able to get the better of Aikens. Referee Dali had an easy one.
“I felt good and wasn’t surprised when he went down. My last fight was for 8 rounds so going 6 wasn’t a problem,” said Mansfield.
Judges Morgan and McKaie had it 58-55 while Somma had it 59-54. This writer had it 60-53.
In a swing bout prior to the main event super featherweight Abraham Nova, 4-0 (3), of PR living in Albany, NY, stopped Joshua Santos, 2-2-1 (2), of San Juan, PR, at 2:02 of the second round.
In the first round Nova dropped Santos with a right hand. He got up not looking like he should continue but referee Rosato allowed him to continue. Santos threw a wild right hand falling to the canvas and the referee checked with the other referee at ringside and called it a knockdown. In the second round Santos suddenly came alive and drove Nova into a corner. Nova came back and landed a solid left to the chin and out went the mouthpiece of Santos as he went to the canvas. Referee Rosato wisely waved it off. Nova looked like a good prospect with this showing as his fans went wild with his victory.
Super welterweight southpaw Chordale “The Gift” Booker, 4-0 (2), of Brooklyn, NY, won a spirited 4 rounder over Dawond “The Real Deal” Pickney, 1-3-1 (0), of Hot Springs, AR.
In the opening round Booker seemed to have an edge but late substitute Pickney nailed Booker with a right hand to the chin in the neutral corner buckling Booker’s knees. In the second round Booker knew he was in a fight but kept coming forward. It was a close round though Booker a highly decorated amateur seemed to have an edge. In the third round Booker rocked Pickney with a combination to the head hurting Pickney who went back to the corner on shaky legs. In the fourth and final round a lead left by Booker to the chin of Pickney rocked him. Just prior to the bell a right hook by Booker to the chin of Pickney had him wobbling back to his corner.
Judges Frisca had it 40-36 while McNair and Somma and this writer had it 39-37.
In the opening bout lightweight Jesus Perez, 1-0 (1), of Reading, PA, stopped southpaw Antonio Allen, 0-5 (0), of Philadelphia, at 2:38 of the third round.
In the first two rounds Perez the much shorter of the two was doing his best to get in the knockout punch as the southpaw Allen would hold him at bay for the most part. In the second round Perez landed a solid right to the chin. In the third round the local Perez was pounding Allen at will in a neutral corner when Allen looked to the referee Eric Dali who immediately halted the match. Working the corner of Perez was Sensei Daniel Guerrido a Reading trainer who has worked for years in developing young talent.