White Pulls out Split Decision; Eriksson fights to a draw in PA!

For Lee's Kyle White dug deep to pull out a gutsy four round split decision over Pete Yates, while Dover's Todd Eriksson fought to a disputed draw against Stephon Burgette last night in Chester, PA at Harrah's Casino.

According to Rick Scharmberg of Fightnews.com, White (3-0, 2 KOs) went right to work behind a fine jab, but was caught with a counter left hook that opened a nasty cut in the corner of his left eye midway through the round. Yates tried to end things with power shots but ended up spending a lot of energy, and hewalked back to his corner with blood coming from a cut to the back of his head. Still, the round was extremely close based on White’s early work.

Early in round two, a hard right from Yates dropped an off-balance White along the ropes. Yates once again tried to finish White with power shots, but his hands were dropping as White got himself back into it.

Yates landed a big left-right combination to open round three, but White used his superior boxing ability by staying behind his jab and firing his right to the body of Yates to easily take the round.

Both fighters were now bleeding from the nose in the final round, but White still had a lot left in the tank against the fading Yates. White tagged Yates with an assortment of shots to the head and body, and his superior conditioning earned him the fight.

The scores were 38-37 (twice) for White, and 39-37 in favor of Yates.





Erikson (2-5-2, 1 KO) tried to keep the fight on the inside while the muscular Burgette (0-0-1) sought to plaster himself to his opponent’s chest and maul on the inside.

Every round was close and difficult to score. Erikson had the edge in round one, but Burgette landed some uppercuts while on the inside in rounds two and three. Burgette lost his mouthpiece in both rounds, while Erikson appeared to tire in the third.

Round four was razor thin, as Erikson was punching in combination, and Burgette landed a big right along with two right uppercuts. Erikson might have had a slight edge here, but it was very close.

In the end, the scores read 39-37 for Burgette, 39-37 for Erikson, and even at 38-38.

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Kyle White Returns January 22 in PA!

Fort Lee Light Heavyweight and former Delaware linebacker Kyle White, 2-0 (2 KO's), will fight for the third time as a professional and shake off more than a year of inactivity when he returns Saturday at Harrah's Casino in Chester, PA. He will be opposed by Virginia's Pete Yates 1-1 (1 KO). White was a longtime sparring partner of two time world title challenger Bobby Gunn and has also worked with both former world champion Kendall Holt and light heavyweight contender Shaun George.

White and Yates will fight in a four round bout.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

GSFS would like to wish all of our readers and their families a happy and healthy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for so many great prospects throughout the state and outstanding venues such as the Prudential Center, Boardwalk Hall, Schuetzen Park, Bally's and Harrah's amongst others. We are also very thankful for Tomasz Adamek literally revitalizing boxing in the Garden State by bringing in 10,000 plus vans every time he returns to the Prudential Center, which by the way is one of the sport's hottest venues.

Most of all, we are thankful for all of the great feedback we have been receiving both on the internet, from fans at venues and fighters themselves.

Have a great Thanksgiving,

Team GSFS

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Ennis Makes a Thundering Statement; batters Lares in AC!

Emerging prospect Farah “Quiet Storm” Ennis picked up the vacant NABF Super Middleweight title after impressively stopping lionhearted Victor Lares Friday evening at Harrah’s Resort and Casino in Atlantic City.

From the opening bell, Ennis peppered his opponent with just about every punch he threw. Ennis had success to both the body and head, consistently tagging his Corpus Christi, TX based counterpart as if he were a novice sparring partner. The Philadelphia, PA based prospect managed to steer clear of a number of Lares’ slow and wild hooks, regularly making him pay for it. Lares, who displayed tremendous heart, was decked once in round four and twice in the sixth before Referee Eddie Cotton stopped the contest following a fourth knockdown in the seventh stanza.

Time of stoppage was 2:35.

“My whole game plan was to work his body because he had a hard head,” Ennis said of his gritty opponent as he spit out blood in the hallway of the arena. “Whoever wants (to try and take my title) can come after it!”

Ennis is now 17-0 with 11 KO’s. Lares falls to 16-6 with 4 KO’s and won the hearts of many with his toughness.

In the co-feature, heavyweight hopeful and St. Josephs University graduate Chazz “The Gentleman” Witherspoon forced game but overmatched Alexis Mejia’s to retire following one sided four rounds. Witherspoon connected at will with hard jabs and right hands, causing Mejia’s’ left eye to close. The Paulsboro native almost had Mejia’s out in the fourth, but a number of clinches towards the end of the round helped the latter stay on his feet for the time being. Mejia’s corner wisely threw in the towel before the fifth.

Witherspoon improves to 28-2 with 20 KO’s. Mejia, who has been stopped in four of his last five starts, heads home to Paterson at 11-6 (5 KO’s).

Light heavyweight Lavarn “Baby Bowe” Harvell of Atlantic City stopped late replacement, Khalil Farah at the end of the first round. Harvell beat Farah, from pillar to post in the first three minutes of the fight and scored a knockdown before Referee Samuel Viruet pulled the plug.

Harvell ups his professional ledger to 7-0 (3 KO’s). Farah, a Philadelphia native who likely took the fight to help balance out the funds while he attends Temple University, is 6-7 with 1 KO.

Philadelphia’s Keenan Smith improved to 3-0 and scored his first knockout after stopping debuting Anthony Royal of Newport News, VA. At the weigh-in, Smith and Royal exchanged some heated words, so this fight was hotly anticipated; only one man lived up to the pre fight hype. Smith dominated the battle of long and lean lightweights, breaking Royal’s will with a two fisted attack en route to knocking him out after consecutive right hands 1:20 into the fourth.

Good looking super middleweight prospect Joel De La Paz of Atlantic City scored a unanimous decision over Virgil Hill trained and GSFS' very own “Trouble” Troy Maxwell. De La Paz connected with a number of solid punches and busted open the face of Maxwell, who displayed the heart of a lion in a losing effort. Scores were 40-36 on all three cards.

De La Paz is 6-0 with 4 KO's. Maxwell, of Galloway, is 2-2.

Ishmael Garcia of Millville outboxed Corey Preston over four rounds en route to scoring a shut out decision in a junior middleweight contest. Garcia is 2-0. Preston of Cincinnati, OH remains winless at 0-2.

Junior lightweight Joey Tiberi demolished Tonio Parker in one minute and 54 seconds. Tiberi, a member of Delaware’s most famous boxing family, scored two knockdowns. The Newark native improves 2-0 with both of his victories coming via first round KO. Parker of Wilson, NC is 0-2.

The card was promoted by Spartan Fight Promotions.


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