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Unbeaten Philly heavyweight Darmani Rock (17-0, 12 KOs) had an easy night of it on Saturday night at the Met Philly when Maurenzo “T-Diddy” Smith (21-12-4, 14 KOs) surprisingly retired in the corner at the end of the second round. The co-feature of the eight bout card promoted by Hard Hitting Promotions in association with Live Nation saw Lightweight Jeremy “King” Cuevas (12-1, 9 KOs0 bounce back from the first loss of his career in impressive fashion, scoring a dominant fourth round stoppage of Rondale Hubbert (13-10-2, 8 KOs).
It was to be another big night in the rise of highly touted and unbeaten Philly heavyweight Darmani Rock. His opponent in the eight-round main event was thirty-seven fight veteran Maurenzo “T-Diddy” Smith. He had faced some of the bigger names in the heavyweight including world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr., Tor Hamer, Adam Kownacki and Chris Arreola and looked to be a nice test for the undefeated Philadelphian.
Rock looked a little wary early and jabbed throughout the opening round. Smith tried just stay away and survive while offering little offense Rock finally started banging single heavy right hands in the second round. Smith looked terrified of the power and was hoping to outlast the advancing Philadelphian. When Smith was trapped against the ropes, he swung wildly and almost fell through the ropes and out of the ring after he missed. Rock seemed confident and was slowly upping the pace, mixing in single right hands to both the head and body. The heavy shots early must have done their damage as Maurenzo Smith went to the corner and refused to continue. Referee Eric Dali was forced to call the fight at three minutes of round two.
Hubbert continued to counter in the corners in round two, but Jeremy’s right hands were finding their mark. Hubbert was sitting on the ropes when Cuevas blasted him with a big overhand left late in the round. Hubbert tried to laugh off eight straight shots as he bobbed and weaved in the corner. Cuevas would have none of it and immediately hit him with a big overhand right that stopped the smiling. Early In round three. Cuevas unleashed two big shots and followed it up with a left up top that forced Hubbert to turn away and drop to his knees. Hubbert rose to his feet but was returned to the canvas with another overhand right. Hubbert tried to recover, but was sent to the canvas for the third time. Hubbert again rose to his feet, but the bell sounded before any more damage could be done. Hubbert was slick and tried to find distance in the fourth round. Jeremy Cuevas kept on him with well -timed flurries. The accumulation of punches had done their damage and Hubbert was backing up with his mouth open. Cuevas forced him into the corner and banged body shots as Hubbert covered. Cuevas unloaded and caught him with a vicious left hook on the nose. Hubbert dropped to a knee in serious pain. Referee Benji Estevez mercifully called a halt to bout at the 1:46 mark, for the TKO victory.
Rosa continued the attack in
round two. Flores was throwing back, but was taking big shots and
would not let up. Referee Eric Dali had seen enough stopped the
contest at 1:10 of round two. The stoppage may have been a bit early
much to the dismay of the crowd, but Flores was just outclassed, and
it saved him from taking any further damage. Tapia continued to set the pace in round two with stinging combos. He finally rocked Santos with a left hand and then followed up with a heavy three punch combo. Santos looked hurt as he clinched to avoid any further damage. Tapia immediately trapped him in the corner and snapped a left hook underneath the ribcage, which crumpled Santos to his hands and knees writhing in pain. Referee Benjy Estevez Jr. reached the ten count at 1:56 of the second round, giving Christian Tapia the crowd-pleasing knockout victory.
Golden hit on the break early in the third, which elicited a stern warning from Eric Dali. Both fighters exchanged wild flurries, but it was the well conditioned Sinakin who was wearing down Golden with the heavy shots and it showed. The Jewish Bulldog would not let off the gas and backed a dead tired Golden to the ropes. Sinakin snapped a deadly one two combination to the chin of Golden who started to step in potholes. Referee Eric Dali quickly stepped in and waved off the contest off at the 2:14 mark of the 3rd round. Sinakin was excited afterward on his continued improvement, “I am getting better, but I know that I need to be even better to impress my fan base that keeps growing with each fight.”
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