With a wonderful crowd and atmosphere, the folks at Brick City Fight Night and the ongoing Boxing events brought the thrill of the fights to the Prudential Center on Friday, April 10.
Thanks to the folks at Rising Star Promotions, the sport of boxing in Newark was center stage when it had come time for putting a spotlight on some of the stars of boxing and a ton of upcoming guys to watch for that is for sure.
The Friday night boxing action started with a Battle of the Badges as first responders entered to the ring to showcase their talents as athletes.
Those that got to see the Battle of the Badges had themselves a great showcase to watch, as the guys that entered into the bouts displayed some tremendous boxing ability.
Then it was time for the main card of the Brick City Fight Night and what was the best part of the night was how into the action the fans were.
Staring with the Majority Draw decision between Alex De Jesus and Gregory Lee, once the judges made that announcement those that were in attendance let the judges hear dismay because for sure many had felt that there could have been a decision there.
Then Tackie Annan and Ofacio Falco put on a war, but after the final bell rang the judges deemed that a no decision. That was one that got the fans to express themselves in dismay again especially Ofacio was able to get Tackie to the mat on several occasions.
With the third card of the night Elijah Gonzalez had himself a tough test against Danny Murray. Gonzalez got the first Knockout of the night to get himself to a 4-0 record with 4 KO.
Gonzalez hailing from Brooklyn, NY maybe a guy to watch for in the world of Boxing as he was able to show some great strategy against a guy like Murray having an 8-11 record.
Then it was time to see Newark-native Keith Colon face Luis Almendarez and that was one that was a nailbiter.
Colon getting himself to be a guy to watch for with his bouts with Top Rank Boxing, returned to the venue (the Prudential Center) where he made his debut. Going into the Fight, Colon had himself a 9-0, 9KO record and wanting to put on a show in front of the hometown crowd.
There was a ton of back and forth between Colon and Almendarez, but it was the Newark-based figher getting a KO to get himself to an impressive 10-0, 10 KO record.
After that Colon was one of the folks brought to interact with the media covering the fight night and after talking with them took the time to take pictures with fans creating memories to last a lifetime as fans were thrilled to meet one of the stars of the fight night.
Fans got to witness a great war between Erick Kedar Gainous and Alejandro Ibarra, as Gainous was able to get his 6th KO.
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One of the other upcoming stars in the world of Boxing in Emmanuel Chance then went to the ring and with Shakur Stevenson on the commentary for that fight, watching the upcoming star and showing his support as well.
Chance from East Orange New Jersey got into a flurry of a fight with Angel Munoz, as they both were leaving it all in the ring. Much respect to Munoz and this is one of the fights as it was so entertaining that even though that Chance got the Decision Victory if they may ever have a part two, but for sure that was one of the best fights of the night with how competitive and action-packed things were.
Things got bloody with the William Foster and Joshafat Ortin bout and that was one that got heated. As the fight between the two progressed there was an incidental head butt and both got cut open, Foster decided that he would fight another day and right after that decision was made was when fans got to see something really fascinating.
The coaches on both sides of the ring got into a heated argument with the decision of Foster, and what was kind of strange was Foster was doing well but one could not blame him for wanting to fight another day.
Am unsure if somehow or the other if they can do a Foster/Ortiz second edition because for sure it was fascinating to see how the two matched against each other and they were putting on a heck of a battle.
After the undercard it was time for the CoMain and Main events and those were both fascinating bouts as they featured a ton of strategy and finesse.
In the CoMain it was Francisco Daniel Veron defeating Raul Garcia and Hebert Conceição keeping his composure and eventually gaining a victory against Johan Garcia.
The Hebert Conceição battle is one that is going to have boxing fans talking, because Gonzalez was able to get Herbert to the mat.
Conceição though got up, kept his composure and showed why he was someone that was able to be successful in the Olympics and now has aspirations for a major title shot thanks to the victory.
The folks at Rising Star Promotion is going to be next in action on May 2 in a card that is to be announced, and the folks at the Prudential Center announced on April 8 that they are going to have “Crossroads in Brick City” boxing card on June 6.
“Crossroads in Brick City’ ran by Rodney Rice’s RDR Promotion is going to be the first time the company has run in Newark and is going to feature Albanian heavyweight Kristian Prenga.
Also featured on that fight night is going to be Michael “Slick” Anderson and Nimal Farmer.
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