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Popular local Christian Carto continued his comeback Saturday night
in the main event at the 2300 Arena. The seven-fight show was
promoted by Marshall Kauffman's Kings Promotions. The bout was
Carto's third since suffering his first professional defeat in 2019.
After two quick knockouts over the past year, Carto put in some
rounds against Hector Andres Sosa of Buenos Aires. The fight went
the full eight rounds and Carto won the unanimous decision of the
official judges by scores of 79-73, 78-74, and 77-75. Based on the
scores, it appears Carto had the edge and also got in some work against Sosa. The Argentine
landed his own shots, especially along the ropes, but Carto remained in control and
earned the victory. The referee was Eric Dali.
The win by Carto improved his record to 20-1, with 13 KOs. He
weighed 121 pounds, the highest of his career. So perhaps, he's
edging his was out of the bantamweight class and into junior
featherweight. Sosa, fighting in the USA for the first time, weighed
in the USA, Sosa, 120.75, lost for the second time in his career and
left 14-2, 8 KOs.
OBERLTON STILL UNDEFEATED
Light heavyweight Atif Oberlton extended his undefeated streak to
7-0 in the co-feature bout. Coming off the only fight he won by
decision, Oberlton started a new knockout streak against Christian
Thomas of Michigan. The scheduled six-rounder ended in round two
with Atif winning by TKO. The time was 2:24. Shawn Clark was the
referee. Oberlton, 7-0, 6 KOs, weighed 174.75.
Thomas, 177 pounds, lost for the first time and moves on with a
record of 11-1, 9 KOs.
ROBLES STOPS CONQUEST
Staten Island junior welterweight Kenny Robles scored a fourth-round
TKO of Philly's Jerome Conquest in a scheduled eight-round bout.
Robles, 141 pounds, scored the fourth knockout of his 10-2 career.
Conquest made through round four, but the fight was stopped before
the fifth. Southpaw Conquest, who lost for the third straight time, weighed
139.5 pounds. His record slid to 11-8, 1 KO. The referee was Eric
Dali.
WRIGHT WINS BY KNOCKOUT
Junior Wright of Evanston, IL scored a third-round knockout over
Colby Madison of Baltimore in a heavyweight bout scheduled for six
rounds. Wright dropped Madison along the ropes and referee Eric Dali
counted him out at 27 seconds of round three. Wright improved to
194-1, 16 KOs, while Madison fell to 10-4-2, 6 KOs. Wright weighed
219.5 pounds; Madison was 236.25 pounds.
GOMEZ STOPS ALBRIGHT
Mexican Roberto Gomez issued Philly's Quadir Albright the first
defeat of his professional career in their scheduled six-round
welterweight fight. The time of referee Shawn Clark's stoppage was
1:59. Gomez, 143.5 pounds, won the bout by knockout in
round five. He remains undefeated at 5-0, with all of his wins
coming by knockout. Albright, 144.75 pounds, now 6-1, 6 KOs, saw his
first winning streak come to an end.
HUTCHINSON DEFEATS JOHNSON
Reading welterweight Kashon Hutchinson, 148 pounds, scored a close
six-round decision over Philly's Rasheed Johnson. All three judges
scored the bout 58-56 (or 4-2 in rounds) in Hutchinson's favor.
Hutchinson improved to 10-5, 2 KOs. Johnson, also 148 pounds, slid
to 8-5, 3 KOs. The referee was Shawn Clark.
MARTIN WINS BY DECISION
Philadelphia junior middleweight James Martin won a six-round
unanimous decision over Colombian Alejandro Munera in the opening
fight of the evening. All three judges scored the bout a 60-54
shutout for Martin. The win pushed Martin's record to 9-3-1. Munera
lost for the fifth straight time and fell below .500 at 6-7-4, 5
KOs. Martin weighed 153.5 pounds; Munera was 149.75 pounds. The
referee was Eric Dali.
CASTILLO FEATURED IN EXHIBITION
In a three-round flyweight exhibition, Nesly Castillo squared off
with Jaclyn McTamney. Castillo was scheduled to make her professional
debut on the card, but her opponent fell out before fight night.
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