Yuriorkis "El Ciclon de Guantanamo" Gamboa kept his featherweight title with a sensational fourth round knockout of Jorge Solis. Gamboa decked Solis a total of five times and finished the show with a blazing combination, forcing Referee David Fields to stop mercifully stop the bout at 1:31 of the fourth round.
Time of stoppage was 1:31 of round 4.
Gamboa, of Miami, FL by way of Cuba, is a perfect 20-0 with 16 KO's. Solis, a former interim titlist at 130 lbs, slips to 40-3-2 with 29 wins by way of knockout.
In the co-feature, Oxnard CA's Mikey Garica maintained his perfect record by knocking out previously unbeaten Matt Remillard of Manchester, CT. Garica was much busier throughout the fight, as he scored three knockdowns en route to a TKO at the conclusion of the tenth.
Garcia improves to 25-0 (21 KO's), as the once promising and gutsy Remillard falls to 23-1 with 13 KO's.
In a sensational action fight that did not have a dull moment, Teon "The Technician" Kennedy retained his USBA super bantamweight title via twelve round unanimous decision. Both men landed a massive amount of clean head shots in the early rounds, with Diaz working in lose quarters and Kennedy doing damage from the outside en route to scoring a flash knockdown in the third.
In the sixth,Kennedy scored a vicious knockdown and Diaz was seconds away from being stopped until he was saved by the bell. Diaz, a New Brunswick native, showed tremendous heart and battled back into the fight when the going got tough, but Kennedy's two aforementioned earned him a victory in a fight of the year candidate.
Scores were a far too wide 118-109, 117-109 and 115-111.
Kennedy, of Philadelphia, improves to 17-0-1 (7 KO's). Diaz loses for the first time and is now 15-1 with 9 knockouts.
Former Division 1 All-American and current NFL defensive back Tommy Zbikowski struggled to a four round unanimous decision victory over tougher than advertised Caleb Grummett. Zbikowski, who previously scored two first round knockouts, displayed excellent body work in the opening two rounds before showing signs of fatigue. Grummett pushed the fight in the third, but was deducted a point for repeated low blows. Both men were tired in the final round, with Grummett again controlling most of the action inside of the ring.
Scores were 39-36 twice and 38-37.
"This was definitely a wake up call for Tommy," said new trainer Emmanuel Steward. "(Grummett) was (biggr and stronger) than we all expected and this is the difference between football and boxing."
Zbikowski of Arlington Heights, MI, is now 3-0 with 2 KO's. Grummett, an MMA veteran, heads back home to Grand Rapids, MI with a 0-1-1 record.
Scores were 38-37 and 39-36 twice.
Fighting for the first time since enduring a serious jaw injury, Passaic's Glen Tapia scored an impressive six round unanimous decision over game Newark native Eberto Medina. After rocking Medina in the second, Tapia scored a knockdown on his off balance foe with a straight left in the very next stanza. In the fourth, Medina came on strong, pushing Tapia around the ring. Medina was the aggressor again in the fifth as he stalked Tapia, landing several clean combos. Tapia, sensing he ahead on the cards, kept his distance in the final round as he coasted to victory.
Scores were 60-52, 59-53 and 59-94.
"I realize I couldn't fight like that anymore," Tapia said of his decision to take his time more than usual. "This is something we worked on in camp and I kept my composure (throughout the bout)."
Tapia, a fan favorite and rapidly improving junior middleweight, improves 9-0 with 5 KO's. Medina falls to 5-6 with 1 KO.
Former top rated amateur and super bantamweight prospect Miguel Cartejena of Philadelphia, PA won a four round shut out decision over game Omar Gonzales. Cartajena was the far more skilled fighter of the two, but Gonzales hung in tough and finished the bout on his feet.
Cartejena is now 1-0. Gonzales returns to San Antonio, TX at 2-6.
In the opening bout of the evening at the Adrian Phillips Ballroom in AC, featherweight Camilo Perez stopped overmatched Desi Williams after the first round. Perez, 2-0, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, scored two knockdowns in the opening three minutes, forcing Williams' corner to halt the bout.
Williams returns to Durham, NC at 0-2.
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