Gabriel Rosado already knows what it feels like to be on the wrong side of a close decision in an all-Philly match-up. With the USBA light middleweight title at stake, Rosado lost to Derek Ennis at the South Philly Arena this past July. Against Jamaal Davis, with the interim NABA title up for grabs Saturday in Atlantic City, Rosado made sure he would be the one with the belt at the end of the night.
In the twelve round of a close and very entertaining fight Rosado caught Davis with a straight right that staggered him badly. With Davis off balance, Rosado took the judges out of the equation by flooring Davis with a picturesque left hook that sent him reeling into the corner. Referee Lindsey Page's decision to halt the bout wasn't in question as Davis clearly didn't have his legs under him as he took several unanswered shots.
The time of the stoppage was 1:01 of the 12th round. Rosado improves his record to 16-5, 9 KO's. Davis falls to 12-8.
In the co-feature, Bethlehem,Pa junior welterweight Ronald Cruz (11-0, 9 KO's) knocked out Dillet Frederick (7-4-3 4 KO's) of Fort Myers, FL in devastating fashion. With a little over a minute to go in the 3rd of their scheduled eight round fight, Cruz unleashed a left hook that sent the Floridian crashing to the canvas. Sammy Viruet waived the fight off when Frederick rose as the count reached seven and intermediately fell back down.
Former Philadelphia high school football star Bryant Jennings (6-0 3 KO's) beat up on Chicago's Theron Johnson (5-4, 1 KO) over six rounds in the heavyweight division. The scores were 59-55 and 60-54 twice.
In a South Jersey/North Jersey match-up, Millville's Julio DeJesus (5-2-1 3 KO's) scored three knockdowns en route to a four round unanamous decision over Union City's Hector Collado (0-3-1) in a junior middleweight bout.
Middletown junior lightweight Tyrone Luckey (3-0 3 KO's) maintained his perfect record by stopping Philly's Gustavo Dailey (4-11,1 KO) in the third round of their fight scheduled for four. Luckey staggered his opponent with a well placed left hook, then jumped on him to force the referee stoppage.
Atlantic City's DeCarlo Perez (3-0-1 1, KO) just managed to get past Dontre King of Cambridge, Md, scoring a four round majority desicion.
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Great fight and great article, but the referee for the Rosado fight was Al Huggins very entertaining night.
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