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Atif Oberlton stopped Brent
Oren in round two of a scheduled six-round light heavyweight main
event bout in front of a large audience at the 2300 Arena, Saturday
night. The seven bout card was promoted by Marshal Kauffman's Kings
Promotions.
Oberlton was patient early as
he landed some power punches. At the end of round one, Oberlton
landed a hard left hand at the bell that was a precursor of things
to come in round two. In the second, Oberlton ramped up his offense
and dropped Oren twice. After the second knockdown, referee Shawn
Clark stopped the fight at 1:38. Oberlton, of Philadelphia, made his
hometown debut and the heralded prospect stretched his undefeated
record to 4-0, with four knockouts. Oren, of Harrisburg, PA, left
4-7, 1 KO.
ALBRIGHT WINS IN FIRST
In the co-feature bout, Quadir Albright needed just 29 seconds to
destroy William Hernandez in scheduled their six-round junior
welterweight bout. Albright landed some vicious shots that hurt
Hernandez, and after Quadir more hard punches hurt a defenseless
Hernandez, referee Eric Dali stopped the fight. The official time
was 0:29 of the first round. Philadelphia's Albright improved to
4-0, with four knockouts. Hernandez, of Kent, WA, fell to 7-2, 4
KOs.
BERNADIN STOPS TORRES
Lancaster's James Bernadin made quick work of Edgar Torres, stopping
him in just 76 seconds of their scheduled six-round welterweight
fight. In the opening seconds, Bernadin dropped Torres with a hard
left hand. When Torres rose, Bernadin was all over him and landed a
hard flurry of punches that compelled referee Shawn Clark to stop
the fight at the 76-second mark. Bernadin raised his record to
5-0-1, with three knockouts. Torres, of Woodbridge, VA, slid
to 8-3-1, 4 KOs.
BANTAMWEIGHTS DRAW
Bantamweights Jonathan Rodriguez and Roberto Pucheta battled to a
six-round draw in their preliminary contest. Each fighter won on one
official scorecard, 58-56. The third judge had the fight even,
57-57. Thus the fight was declared a split decision draw. Rodriguez,
of Bethlehem, PA, went home 9-1-1, 3 KOs, and Mexican journeyman
Pucheta left 10-20-3, 6 KOs.
JOHNSON WINS DECISION
Philadelphia's Rasheed Johnson won a four-round split decision over
Andres Abarca in a welterweight bout. Johnson took two cards by
39-37 tallies, while Abarca won the remaining card by a 39-37 score.
Johnson improved to 8-4, with 3 KOs, while Abarca, Kent, WA, slid to
2-6.
GONZALEZ STOPS GAINEY
Reading, PA junior lightweight Julian Gonzalez stopped Tyriek Gainey
in round one of their scheduled four-round bout. Gonzalez dropped
Gainey with a hard right hand. When the action resumed, Gonzalez
landed a flurry of punches that hurt Gainey along the ropes and
referee Eric Dali stopped the fight at 2:06. Gonzalez remained
undefeated, 5-0, 5 KOs, while Gainey, Patterson, NJ, remained
winless, 0-2.
YOUNG DEFEATS CLARKE
Devon Young, of Aiken, SC, extended his undefeated record with a
four-round unanimous decision over Jersey City southpaw Nicoy Clarke
in a heavyweight bout. Young pounded away at a game Clarke and won
by three scores of 40-36. Young went to 2-0, 1 KO, and Clarke fell
to 2-7.
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