Jarrett Hurd Goes The Distance To Capture Victory Over Francisco Santana!

(Photos by David Algranati)

In a ten-round co-feature bout former IBF/WBA/IBO Super Welterweight champion "Swift" Jarrett Hurd of Accokeek, MD defeated Francisco "Chia" Santana of Santa Barbara, CA by unanimous decision at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Francisco Santana came up from the 147 lb welterweight division to take on the much larger than normal 154 lb junior middleweight "Swift" Jarrett Hurd.

In this scheduled ten-round bout the size advantage of Hurd definitely showed. Hurd was able to easily touch Santana with his jab as he moved around the ring in the first and second rounds. In the third-round Hurd added the right cross after landing his jab and did much of the same in round four. It was in the fifth-round when Hurd started to add more power to his punches. Santana was taking a lot of Hurd's shots but it wasn't a wise thing to do. 

In the second half of the bout Hurd looked to put more combinations together and prove he was more of a boxer with a few added moments of the old Hurd's power shots. Santana made the huge mistake of trying to stand in front of Hurd. With Santana being so close to Hurd the crowd was looking for a knockout from the former champion. Santana stayed in the contest by coming forward even after taking so many of those hard shots from Hurd until the final seconds of the fight when Hurd dropped him to the canvas with a uppercut for an eight count. Hurd went on to win the bout by the scores of 97-92 and 99-90 twice.

Jarrett Hurd improves to (24-1, 16 KO's) while Francisco Santana falls to (25-8-1, 12 KO's).

JARRETT HURD

"We came out here and did what we wanted to do. The crowd didn't love it, but you gotta understand, I got the unanimous decision and I did what I wanted to do.”

“There was definitely no frustration. We didn’t want to go toe to toe and we didn’t want to make this a risky fight. 

 “We’ve moved on from the Julian Williams fight. We came out here, we had a long lay-off and we got the job done.”

 “We want the belts. We want the best. I’m not exactly sure what’s going to be the next move, but we want the belts.”

 FRANCISCO SANTANA

"In the last round I wanted to come forward and close it hard, but I got a little bit careless for a second. In boxing you have to stay focused for every second of every round. He caught me with a good shot. 

"I just wanted to keep coming forward and give it my all. I know I was frustrating him at times, but it was a tall task and I don't make any excuses."

Keeshawn Williams Dominates Gaku Takahashi In Brooklyn, New York!

(Photos by Davis Algranati)

In a eight-round contest at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, District Heights, MD welterweight Keeshawn Williams defeated Gaku Takahashi of Yubari, Japan by unanimous decision.


This was Williams first eight-rounder coming into this bout with the taller Takahashi, who looked to have a very awkward style while fighting as a southpaw. Williams couldn't find his range like he wanted as the first-round ended. Williams looked to use the method of counter punching, which seemed to work. Williams started to settle himself down to land some good right hands. Williams did a good job of taking his time to create openings to land clean shots from the use of his defense. Round four started off with both fighters on the ropes throwing heavy shots with Takahashi coming out with a bloody left eye. Takahashi bounced back to open round five with a good jab that landed on Williams. Williams still was in control of the bout as he continued land counter shots off of Takahashi mistakes. Williams raised his punch output in the final two round, but it was the right hand that landed the most to give Williams the clear victory over Takahashi. The judges scored the contest 79-73, 78-74 and 80-72 for Williams. 

Keeshawn Williams record improves to (7-0-1, 2 KO's) as the veteran Takahashi falls to (16-11-1, 8 KO's).

Lorenzo "TRUCK" Simpson Remains Undefeated With Win In New York!

(Photos by David Algranati)

In a six-round middleweight contest, Baltimore, MD's Lorenzo "TRUCK" Simpson won by unanimous decision over Antonio Hernandez of Kansas City at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.


Simpson did a great job of using his jab and some good bodywork with the left hand. Simpson's jab setup some his left hooks that landed to the head of Hernandez in the middle of this scheduled six-round contest. In round four Simpson moved in closer to capitalize on the body shots that seemed to bother Hernandez in the early rounds. Simpson looked very relaxed going into the fifth-round as he showed a little more movement. Hernandez was very game while he exchanged shots with Simpson and even landed a few good shots of his own to win round five.. Both fighters came out slugging in the final round. This clearly looks like the type of fight Simpson needed to have at this point of his career. Hernandez stood in strong and took everything Simpson had to offer as the contest ended. All the judges scored the bout for Simpson, 59-55.

Lorenzo Simpson remains undefeated with a record of (7-0, 4 KO's) while Hernandez falls to (2-11-1).

 

Rosario Gives Boxing Fans And Williams A Shocking Ending!

(Photos by Daniel Cork) 
Jeison Rosario won the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation super welterweight titles Saturday, stopping hometown hero Julian Williams in the fifth round at Temple University's Liacouras Center.

"I'm so emotional in this moment right now," Rosario said through an interpreter. When I lost my [first] fight I said I will never lose again until I become champion of the world and that's what happened tonight. I came prepared. I knew before the fight that I was going to win it. I knew it. It is no surprise for me," said Sampson Lewkowicz, Rosario's promoter. I said to everyone before the fight that we will win by KO before the sixth round and that is exactly what happened. Anytime [Williams] wants a rematch we will honor [his contractual rematch option]."

"I would have started doing training camps a little earlier if I had known these were going to be the results," Rosario said. "Thanks to Philadelphia and to Julian Williams. Without this opportunity I wouldn't be champion today."

Williams:

"I wasn't surprised he was so good. I told everybody he's a real fighter. I have to accept it. The cut blurred my vision a little bit, but it wasn't the reason why I lost. He was the better fighter tonight. We've got a rematch clause. I'll see him again soon. I'll be back."

James Early Drops Decision In Texas!

James Early out of Seat Pleasant, MD lost by six-round unanimous decision against James Wilkins of Staten Island, NY at the Alamodome in San Antonio on the Munguia/O'Sullivan undercard.

Scores were 60-54, 60-54, 58-56, all for Wilkins.

Details from photographer David Algranati.

Early's boxing ability and movement frustrated Wilkins in the first two rounds.  Wilkins kept the pressure on throughout, and outworked Early in the second half of the fight. 

Wilkins improved his record to (9-1, 6 KO's) while Early falls to (4-6).

(Photos by David Algranati)

Alejandra Jimenez Defeats Francon Crews-Dezurn To Capture WBC And WBO Titles!

(Photos by David Algranati)

Former heavyweight title holder Alejandra Jimenez moved down to super middleweight to win the WBC and WBO titles by split decision over Franchon Crews-Dezurn at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX.

The fight started fast, with Crews-Dezurn going right at Jimenez, but Jimenez proved capable of taking Franchon’s shots without a lot of real trouble. Crews-Dezurn appeared to look tired early from the aggressive start, but she fought with a ton of determination as she shook off obvious fatigue. Crews-Dezurn continued to throw at Jimenez, who kept coming forward the entire fight. Jimenez definitely had her moments as she landed plenty of hard shots on Crews-Dezurn, who also kept coming forward herself. Crews-Dezurn was the more heavy handed of the two, but Jimenez aggressively let her hands fly throughout each round until the finalbell sounded.

Jimenez did say after the fight that Crews-Dezurn hits hard.

It was a battle between Alejandra Jimenez and Franchon Crews-Dezurn as both fighters looked battered and bruised as the score cards were announced. Jimenez (13-0-1, 9 KO) won by the scores of 97-93 and 98-92 in her favor, with one card going to Crews-Dezurn (6-2, 2 KO), 97-93.

Gervonta Davis Stops Yuriorkis Gamboa In The 12th To Win WBA Lightweight Title!

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Baltimore, MD's Gervonta "Tank" Davis earns a hard fought twelfth-round TKO over Yuriorkis Gamboa at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA. 


Davis landed good shots to Gamboa's body early in the opening round. Davis lands a left and right combination to the body and head to send Gamboa to the canvas in the second-round. Gamboa complained about something that was going on with his foot. Gamboa recovered from the knockdown and battled through his foot issue to stay in the fight. 

Davis was winning rounds but it wasn't by his normal punch output the crowd was use to seeing. Gamboa kept coming forward in each round even after getting caught a number of times with big shots from Davis. Davis continued to land hard shots but the determined Gamboa stood upright. In the eighth-round Davis landed a hard left hook that dropped Gamboa for the second time in the fight to close the round. 

In the tenth-round it was a moment where Davis wasn't focused and Gamboa landed a three punch combination that got Davis's attention. 

In the eleventh-round Davis excited the crowd when made Gamboa stumble after landing a hard right-left combination. Davis attacked Gamboa in the beginning of the twelfth-round by landing multiple left hands, before dropping him with a left uppercut that caused referee Jack Reiss to stop the contest at 1:17. 

Davis was ahead by a huge margins on all three scorecards entering the 12th round. Judges Edward Kanner and Steve Weisfeld each had Davis in front 109-98 through 11 rounds, whereas judge Dave Moretti had Davis in front 109-97 at that point.

Gervonta "Tank" Davis wins his third title in three weight divisions while remaining undefeated at (23-0, 22 KO's). Yuriorkis Gamboa falls to (30-3, 18 KO's).