9-30-13 – Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY

NOTE: Info a little limited in bouts two and three- “issues” came up; including getting hooked into going to the Danny Gracia round table down the hall.

# 1  Slim So.Paw Jamel Herring, 135, Coram, NY   TKO-3 (at end)  white boy Justin Robbins, 136, Sgp’fld, IL. No KD’s, but JH in control.  Damaged right eye has doc calling it off.

#2  D’Mitrius Ballard, 167, Te mple Hills,MD   W-4U (all 40-36), slim Lekan Byfield, 164, Tarrytown, NY.   No KD’s, Closer than scores; DB actually clocked a few times, but stronger physically.

#3   Derrick Bivins, 122, Phila  Draw-4, Claude Staten Jr., 123, Brooklyn. Scores: 40-36 DB; 2 @ 38-38.  No KD’s.  Good action.

#4    Unbeaten southpaw Marcus Browne, 176, S.I., NY   vs  Lamont Williams, 175, Sacremento, CA. RESULT:    MB W-8U (79-72twice; 76-75)   No KD’s. MB made to look uncertain – punches from too far out. LW is as big as MB but is limited in attack – is however able to stymie MB. Action is a bit rough and tumble on the inside.  MB lost point in round three for rubbing glove in face of foe as the two tangled in close- he did it more than once.  Ref: David Fields.

Note #2: Put another one under the strange official scoring dept.: After six, two judges had MB up by 5 points; the other had LW up by one.

#5   Set for ten.  Michael Perez, 139, Newark, NJ   vs   Miguel Zuniga, 140, TJ, MX.  RESULT: MP W-10U (99-91 twce; 96-94)  NO KD’s. MP boxes well in keeping MZ at bay. Lands some nice combinations, but i thought it was coser to the 96-94 card. Scoring note: All three judges gave MP the first five rounds.

#7  Cut to a four – walkout bout.  Southpaw  Noel Echevarria, 127, W-S, N.C.    vs    Emmanuel Gonzalez, 129, The Bronx. RESULT: EG W4U (all 40-36).  No KD’s. Note: 12-0 beats 11-0. Good action, but NE not enough skills.

#6     Set for 8.  (Is he or is he not a W. Boy?) Sadam Ali, 147, Brooklyn   vs    White boy Jay Krupp, 146, Catskill, NY.  RESULT: SA W-8U (79-72, 78-71, 77-72 (me too). There was down time yes, but between, a few wild punchouts – both are wild but SA a little less so,  Knockdowns: SA down end of round one; JK in three and late round eight.