By Alec Kohut (in association with Maxboxing.com)
At the renamed Asylum Arena in South Philly Friday night, three New Jersey based prospects remained undefeated scoring easy victories on the “Unfinished Business” fight card promoted by Andre Kut’s KEA Boxing.
Middleweight Patrick Majewski, 16-0-0 (11) and super featherweight Kamil Laszczyk, 3-0-0 (3) both scored first round knockouts, while welterweight Juan Rodriguez Jr. earned a four-round shutout unanimous decision to improve to 6-0-0 with 3 KO’s.
The Polish Majewski, now fighting out of Atlantic City earned his eleventh knockout over woefully overmatched Allen Medina of Denver, Colorado, now 8-19-0 (1). From the opening bell there was little doubt as to the outcome, and it didn’t take long. Early in the opening stanza Majewski landed flush with an overhand right that sent the Coloradoan back one step then to the canvas. Majewski then swarmed Medina and the only question that remained was how soon the mismatch would be stopped.
The Majewski faithful at hand at The Asylum didn’t have to wait long as referee Blair Talmadge called a halt to the bout at 1:14 of round one.
Other than Majewski tallying another victory, the fight was useless in that it did nothing to further develop the 31-year old Polish prospect, not did anything to move him closer to relevance in the middleweight division.
Kamil Laszcyzk also from Poland now fighting out of North Bergen rebounded from an early knockdown to remain unbeaten as he stopped Puerto Rican Javier Ramos in the opening round. Laszczyk entered the ring dry and paid the price as he was caught off balance by a Ramos right hand early and tasted the canvas for the first time in his brief pro career. Laszczyk quickly recovered and began pressuring the taller Ramos until left hook just under the ribs sent Ramos down and ended the bout at 1:48 of round one.
The loss dropped Ramos to 2-6-0 (0).
Union City’s Juan Rodriguez Jr. outclassed Andrew Jones of Buffalo to score an easy 40-36 shutout on all three judges cards. Rodriguez controlled the action from bell-to-bell demonstrating superior technical skills and hand speed. After starting patiently, the southpaw Rodriguez connected with a series of overhand lefts midway through the opening round that would set the tone for the remainder of the contest.
Despite a small cut on his nose near his right eye, Rodriquez’ domination of Jones continued through the second round as Jones began bleeding from the mouth as the round progressed. Nothing changed in the third and fourth rounds, as Rodriguez connected frequently with jabs and straight lefts until the announcement of a victor was a mere formality to all in attendance.
Although clearly a shutout for Rodriguez, his lack of power has to be a concern at this point. He landed numerous power shots on the winless Jones but was unable to really hurt him. Jones now stands at 0-5-1.
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