By Larry Tornambe, at ringside in Philadelphia,
The undercard to the Raul Martinez vs. Victor Proa main event was highlighted by up and coming Michael Perez. He faced Tommy Garcia in a scheduled for 4 round jr. Lightweight lbout. Perez (131 lbs; 2-0) came from Newark, NJ with business on his mind. Garcia, now 2-3, did not understand Perez’s business plan. Perez came in behind the jab with three powerful left hooks took Garcia down and out at 2:40 of the first stanza.
Dennis Hasson is a super middleweight with plenty of local support. He improved to 5-0 on foot power during his 6 round bout with Ariel Espinal. Hasson used the ring to avoid standing in front of the plodding Espinal to capture the unanimous, shutout decision. Espinal is now even at 6-6-2.
Lightweight Victor Vasquez had s short night by knocking out Mario Galan. The end came at 1:33 of the 2nd round when the southpaw Vasquez flurried until Galan went down. Galan falls to 4-5-1 and Vasquez raises his record t 8-2.
Heavyweight Faruq Saleem listened to his corner’s instructions to methodically work behind the jab and not wait to punch. Most of the bout was one or two punches at a time, but the later the fight got, the more frequent the exchanges occurred. Perryman (223 lbs) was dropped in the 4th round of a 6-ruond bout. Saleem, 257 lbs, did enough to defeat Willie Perryman, who is much shorter than Saleem, by unanimous decision.
Peltz Boxing teams with King Promotions in Reading, Pennsylvania for a December 5th show. See Peltzboxing.com for more detail.
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