By Victor Salazar

Brooklyn, New York - Prichard Colon (14-0, 12 KO’s) defeated Michael Finney (12-4-1, 10 KO’s. Before the fight Colon was hoping for a quick ending in the Jacobs-Mora fight because he wanted an opportunity to be on ESPN as the swing bout. Finney for his own accord always puts up an honest effort.

Colon grabbed his opportunity landing a lead right hand and ran with it as a 4 punch combination put Finney on the ground and Finney could not answer the bell.

Colon notches his 12th knockout and 15th victory in exciting fashion stopping Finney, who has only been stopped once in his career.

In a bout between undefeated light heavyweights, Brooklyn’s own Travis Peterkin (15-0-1) drew with Lenin Castillo (12-0,-1) . Peterkin the home fighter lost 2 points in the bout, for hitting on the break and for a low blow, which many ringside thought would play large in the decision. In what was an ugly fight that many ringside didn’t have a clear winner, the decision proved as much as the bout was declared a majority draw,75-75 75-75, and 76-74 for Peterkin.

Hometown featherweight contender Rafael Vasquez (16-1, 13 KOs) crushed Mario Macias (26-17, 13 KOs) in one round. A right hand dropped the Mexican veteran, who seemed unsteady on his feet upon rising and the referee waved off the fight.

Heavyweight prospect Adam Kownacki (11-0, 1KOs) drilled Maurenzo Smith (12-10-3, 9 KOs) with a one-punch knockout in the second round.

Brooklyn favorite Heather ‘The Heat’ Hardy (14-0, 3 KO’s) defeated Renata Domsodi (12-7, 5 KO’s) by 7th round knockout. The two met in April at the Barclays Center but Domsodi suffered a cut by a clash of heads and the bout was ruled a no contest. Hardy left nothing to be debated in this one as she was the more aggressive fighter throwing and landing more punches. Hardy peppered Domsodi’s face which was bright red in the middle rounds of their 8 round bout and it was all stopped in the 7th.

Philadelphia’s Thomas Velasquez (1-0, 1 KO) defeated Gabriel Braxton (2-10, 1 KO) from Georgia via vicious 4th round knockout. Velazquez 1st round of his pro debut was a full out attack, landing lead right hands and applying pressure right from the opening bell. The right hands proved to be successful as Velasquez used it efficiently upstairs and downstairs. Braxton had a burst in the 3rd round but Velasquez recovered and turned into the aggressor to end the round. In the 4th round, Velasquez landed a big right hand that knocked Braxton out cold at 1:26 of the 4th round.

In the opening bout of the Garcia-Malignaggi PBC on ESPN Boxing card, Jr. Lightweight Titus Williams (1-0) from Elmont, New York won his pro debut against Ohio’s Micah Branch (2-15-1) via unanimous decision. Much of the early crowd were Williams supporters and with every jab left hand that landed was met with cheers. Branch came on strong in the 4th and final round but Williams matched him punch for punch. The scores were 40-36 from all three judges.