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ESPN/Friday Night Fights in Saratoga!
Most of the 1,600 fans in the sell-out crowd agreed that the fight
of the night was the first bout after the cameras went off between
local lightweight prospect Mike Faragon (4-0) and tough gatekeeper
Francisco Palacios (3-4-4, 1 KO). The two warriors banged for
six rounds with the largely partisan crowd cheering
In other bouts, heavyweight Nagy Aguilera (9-0, 6 KOs) won a close decision over Saratoga's own veteran Gary Wilcox (21-4, 7 KOs) in the eight-round, televised co-feature and Julio Garcia (2-1, 1 KO) narrowly defeated Borngod Washington (0-4) in a crowd pleasing four-rounder just before intermission. In two local rivalries, Markus Williams (2-0, 1 KO) defeated fellow Albany native Donyell Dukes (0-4) in the opening bout of the card and Schenectady's Brian Miller (2-0-3) and Bryan Abraham (0-0-1) fought to a draw in the final bout of the night.
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Shocking TKO 7 Slugfest at
Brian Vera (16-1, 10 KOs), who's fighting style made him a fan
favorite on The Contender III last year, dealt Irish Olympian
and middleweight prospect Andy Lee (15-1, 12 KOs) his first loss by
shocking TKO in the seventh round of the 10-round main event before
3,600 fans at Mohegan Sun on Friday, March 21st. The ESPN2/Friday
Night Fights-televised war started as expected with Lee using
superior speed and boxing skills to keep Vera off-balance with his
southpaw right jab and land numerous power shots, knocking the Texan
down in the first.
Fightwireimages.com - Andy Lee vs Brian Vera
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Vera-Lee Photo Gallery!
Shock result as Vera hands Lee first defeat
Brian Vera Wrecks Andy Lee’s US Showcase Last Round of Lee-Vera fight courtesy of #1Pound4Pound Willingham, Horn Win by
KO; Jordan, Kelly Take
Wayland Willingham (13-0, 8 KOs) and Chris Horn (3-0, 2 KOs) won
impressively by KO in feature fights Nov. 9th at the Washington
Avenue Armory in Albany. Russell Jordan (14-4, 9 KOs) beat
Alphonso SSG David Foxen, who was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan, led a US Army color guard and was recognized in the ring along with his mother, Kathy, who has three children serving in the military. Photos by Jeff Foley here. Steve Samoyedney's here. And UAlbany student, Barry Sloan's, here.
Ringside Boxing Report: Wayland Willingham vs. Damon Antoine
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Prospect
and famous boxing son James "Buddy" McGirt, Jr. (19-1, 9 KOs)
returned to the ring following his first loss with an impressive
10-round unanimous decision over number eight-ranked middleweight
and former champion Ray Joval (37-5 16 KOs) in the televised main
event of our annual "Night of Future Champions" card Friday, July
25th at the Saratoga Springs City Center.
Faragon's
dominating display of boxing skills and respecting the relentless
pressure and heart of Palacios. Faragon earned a unanimous
decision to remain undefeated.
Vera
displayed incredible stamina and chin to weather Lee's assault and
continue applying pressure. He eventually wore Lee down and --
though the Irish fighter continued to throw punches -- forced
referee Tony Chiarantano to stop an early candidate for Fight of the
Year at 2:10 of the seventh frame. Trainer Emanuel Steward has
already hinted a rematch is in the works. Aaron Pryor, Jr.
(9-0, 6 KOs) survived a few rocky moments to beat relentless
Alphonso Wlliams (10-4, 8 KOs) in the eight-round co-feature,
topping a competitive undercard that saw local favorites Matt
Remillard (13-0, 7 KOs) and Brian Macy (3-0, 1 KO) win tough
four-round decisions.
Williams (10-3, 8 KOs) and Alo Kelly (3-0-1, 1 KO) beat William
Santiago (5-4, 2 KOs) by unanimous decision in other feature bouts.
Francisco Palacios (1-2-4, 1 KO) and Harvey Murray (2-0-2, 1 KO)
earned a second draw in their rematch and Guillermo Sanchez (1-0)
won his pro debut over Thomas McCuiston (1-2) in the opening bout of
the night.
Pugnacious Promotions and DiBella Entertainment's
"Night of Future
Champions," July 27th at the Saratoga Springs City Center, showcased
two of boxing rising stars - undefeated welterweight and former
Olympian Andre Berto and undefeated heavyweight Chazz Witherspoon -
against hardcore veterans who came to fight. The hard-fought feature
bouts were televised live by ESPN2 Friday Night Fights.
Highly-touted Berto (19-0, 17 KOs) survived a sixth round knockdown
to win a very tough ten round unanimous decision over former world
title challenger Cosme Rivera (30-10, 21 KOs) in the main event
while fellow prospect Witherspoon (19-0, 13 KOs) continued his
steady rise up the heavyweight ladder with an impressive ninth round
stoppage of the battle-tested Talmadge Griffis (24-7-3, 21 KOs) in
the co-feature.
Missy Fiorentino
(16-1, 6 KOs) won the NABF Super Featherweight title in a slugfest
with Cindy Serrano (14-1-1, 7 KOs), undefeated welterweight prospect
Wayland Willingham overcame a rough start to KO Oscar Gonzalez
(9-8-1, 3 KOs ) in the fourth and hometown favorite
heavyweight Shannon Miller (15-3, 9 KOs) returned to the
ring at home, winning by second round KO over Tyrone Roberts (11-4,
9 KOs) in feature bouts July 7th at Joe Bruno Stadium.
Wayland Willingham
(11-0, 6 KOs) remained undefeated with a eight-round unanimous
decision win over tough as nails Carlos Molina (8-3, 4 KOs) in the co-feature.
Wayland dominated the early rounds with fluid movement and fast
combinations, knocking Molina down in the third. Molina's
pressure and body work gave him some middle rounds, but Wayland came
back strong in the seventh. Scores were unanimous at 77-74.
Thanks to all of you who joined us at Madison Square Garden to support Shannon
Miller in his challenge for the NYS Heavyweight title November 11th on the undercard of the Klitschko-Brock world heavyweight championship. Shannon gave current champ Derric Rossy a tough challenge and lost a hard-fought 10-round unanimous decision. As usual, Shannon showed tremendous toughness and heart against an opponent who was bigger -- 6-3 and 245 lbs to Shannon's 6-0 and 227 -- and younger, at 26 years old. 
Pugnacious Promotions returned pro boxing to the Twin Tiers with a
Troy
heavyweight Shannon Miller (14-1, 8 KOs)
Professional
boxing returned to the Mecca of world-class thoroughbred racing when
local rising star Shannon Miller (11-1, 6 KOs) met popular
heavyweight contender Vinny Maddalone (25-2, 18 KOs, Flushing, NY) in
the headline bout of the 