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Garcia Stomps Salka; Peterson Keeps IBF Strap Against Santana; Jacobs Is The New WBA middleweight champ


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NEW YORK -- In the main event Danny Garcia (29-0, 16KOs) destroyed little Rod Salka now 19-4, 3KOs within 2 rounds. Salka did his best to try and box the faster, bigger, and stronger Garcia in round one. It would only be a matter of time and as expected the Predator, Garcia, was able to catch up to his elusive little rabbit, Salka. Garcia scored two knockdowns. Each time Salka elected to beat the count and continue. The Third knockdown was just too much as Salka's corner had already thrown the towel to concede the fight at 2:31 of the second round. Salka did not appear as though he would beat the count for the third knockdown. After the fight Garcia accepted Peterson's challenge in the post fight interview.

The fight between Peterson and Santana was competitive for three rounds which judging by the cheers of the pro-Santana crowd gave them hope that the New York bred Santana could pull off the upset. In the opening round Santana stalks Peterson and is the aggressor. Peterson plays it safe by sticking his jab out in front and using plenty of movement. Close first round that goes to Santana. In round 2 Santanna begins to close the gap but, Peterson begins to take chances by throwing more punches. It's a close round that Peterson wins. In the third round Peterson continues to uses good movement and jab. Misses many shots due to Santana good defense. The third round is even, according to Philboxing.com. Perhaps sensing Sanatana was no threat, Peterson elected to go toe-toe with Santana and surprisingly got the best of him from round 4-10. By the 10th round is was target practice for Peterson. There would be no come from behind punch that would give Santana the victory and title. After a barrage of punches and multiple misses by Santana, his corner had seen enough. Santana's corner concededthe fight at 2:48 of the 10th round. Peterson improves to 33-2-1,17KOs. Santana falls to 29-5, 20KOs. Peterson issued a challenge to Garcia to unify their titles.

It took Daniel Jacobs 5 rounds to figure out Jarrod Fletcher for him to win the vacant WBA middleweight title. 1st round jacobs picks his spots nicely and scores 2 knockdowns that should of ended the fight but the Australian refused to quit. Fletcher managed to show a lot of heart to finish the round. Less action in round 2 but Jacobs continued to stalk his opponent. Fletcher continued to show signs of life and establishes a good jab to work his way back into the fight in round three. Perhaps realizing this, Jacobs step his game up and continued wearing Fletcher down. Jacobs sealed the deal by with a barrage of punches that cause the corner to concede the fight. The stoppage was 2:58 of the 5th round. Brooklyn now has two world middleweight Champions. The newly crowned Jacobs (WBA) and Peter Quillin (WBO). Jacobs called out Quillin for unification fight and bragging rights for brooklyn. Jacob's pro record now stands at 28-1, 25KO's, while Jarrod Fletcher drops to 18-2, 10 KO's.

In Other Fights

Sadam Ali fought Jeremy Bryan for the minor WBO-Inter-Continental welterweight title. In a fight where both fighters had their moments it would be Ali who would prevail. Both fighters felt the power of the other and had been stunned almost to the point of each being knocked out. Ali ran away with the fight scoring a questionable knockdown of Bryan in the 9th round. Ali won a split decision victory. Two judges had it 96-93 twice for Ali, While the other had it the same for Bryan. Ali improves to perfect 20-0, 12KOs, while Bryan drops to 17-4, 7KOs.

In a 6 round super lightweight bout, Zachary Ochoa remained undefeated by gaining an unpopular 6 round decsion victory over a game Luis Cervantes. The crowd expressed their displeasure by booing the decision. 2 judges had it 59-52, while one had it 60-54. Philboxing had the fight 4-2 in favor of the game Cervantes. Ochua is now 8-0, 4KOs, while Cervantes drops to 7-8-3, 2K0's.

In a junior welterweight bout, Anthony Peterson (34-1, 22KOs), the brother of Lamont Peterson, kept his hopes alive for a title shot by impressively knocking out Edgar Riovalle (37-19-2, 26 KOs) in 2:41 of the the first round.

In a light heavyweight bout Marcus Browne continues to march towards title contention by stopping Paul Vasquez in 28 seconds of the first round. Browne inproves to 12-0, 8 K0s, while Vasquez drops to 10-6-1, 3KOs.

Ater a 6-round junior middleweight bout, Prichard Colon now stands at 11-0, 10KOs after earning a decision victory over Lenwood Dozier who now drops to 9-7-1, 4KOs.

In the first bout of the night it only took Demetrius Ballard 2:35 to dispatch dispatch Barry Trotter in a supermiddleweight bout. Ballard improves 6-0, 5KOs, while Trotter drops to 2-2, 1KOs.

Contact Writer: RLuvsboxing@aol.com



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