IBF junior lightweight champion Argenis “La Tormenta” Mendez (22-1-1, 11 KOs) retained his title with a twelve round draw against Arash Usmanee (20-1-1, 10 KOs) on Friday night at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y., in the debut of Mike Tyson as a professional boxing promoter. Usemanee pressed the action against the sharp-shooting Mendez, but mostly got the worst of it. Scores were 115-113 Usemanee, 114-114, 114-114.
In a good action clash for the WBA interim featherweight title, Jesus Cuellar (23-1, 18 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated featherweight Claudio “The Matrix” Marrero (14-1, 11 KOs). The fighters went at it toe-to-toe from the get-go. Cuellar was the aggressor. He was credited with a knockdown in round six and had a big round nine. Marrero rocked Cuellar in round seven. Scores were 115-112, 114-113, 116-111.
Ed “The Lion” Paredes of Hollywood, Florida scored a unanimous 10-round decision over Noe “Platanito” Bolanos of Mexico. The two battled at close quarters but the sharper punches were landed by the WBA and WBC #3 rated welterweight Paredes. The Lion raises his record to 34-3-1, 22 KOs while Bolanos slides to 24-9-1, 16 KOs with identical 99-91 scores by all three judges.
#14 WBA Jr. lightweight Alexei Collado (17-0, 15 KOs) stopped late sub Guillermo Sanchez (13-10-1, 5 KOs) in the fifth round of a scheduled ten. Collado out hustled Sanchez in each round and forced the referee to call a halt at 2:25.
Heavyweight Dorsett Barnwell of Newport News, VA had an easy go against 42-year old-Marlon Hayes of Newark, NJ. Barnwell was finally able to put Hayes away at 2:14 of round three in a scheduled six. The undefeated Barnwell now has five knockouts to go with his ten wins while Hayes drops 23-13.
Undefeated Antoine Douglass of Burke, VA made easy work of over weight and over matched Edgar Perez of Chicago. Douglass won by shutout unanimous decision after six copycat rounds. Douglass improves to 9-0 while Perez drops below 500 at 5-6.
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