Undefeated prospect Dennzel “Double Impression” Whitley (14-0, 8 KOs) remained undefeated, profitable final Saturday night time’s “Pandemonium at The Palladium 3” most important occasion with a second-round stoppage of late substitute Joe Wilson, Jr. (3-7, 0 KOs).
“Pandemonium on the Palladium 3,” offered by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP), was streamed on www.BXNGTV.com dwell from the famed Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Whitley dropped Wilson on the finish of spherical one with a nifty one-two, however he managed to rise to beat the depend. Wilson might have survived but it surely was solely briefly, as Whitley unloaded an ideal left hook that despatched Wilson to the canvas. Referee Gene Del Bianco instantly stopped the battle with out counting.
The 25-year-old Whitley, preventing out of Holyoke (MA), is the reigning Junior North American Boxing Federation (NABF), Massachusetts and United States Boxing Federation (USBF) welterweight champion.
The Sumpter brothers, preventing out of Pittsfield (MA), fought on the identical card for the primary time in 21 months. IBA Americas Tremendous Middleweight Champion Steve “The Savage” Sumpter (9-0-1, 7 KOs) fought Antonio Louis “Tony The Beast” Hernandez (7-18-3, 4 KOs) to an eight-round majority attract a non-title battle. Sumpter appeared to be loading up for one huge punch through the first few rounds, however within the sixth spherical, southpaw Sumpter let his fingers go, connecting on a number of events. Figuring out the battle was shut, Sumpter got here out within the eighth spherical on the assault, belting Hernandez with some punishing punches, however he didn’t maintain the strain, forcing the motion solely in spurts.
Sumpter’s older brother, heavyweight Quintin Sumpter (7-2, 4 KOs), out-punched a recreation, colourful Zach Calmus (1-1), of Gloucester (MA), in a bombs-away encounter for a four-round unanimous resolution. Sumpter dropped the awkward Calmus with a left hook to the highest of the pinnacle solely seconds previous to the top of fourth and closing spherical.
Springfield (MA) tremendous featherweight Carlos “El Gallo” Gonzalez (11-0, 10 KOs), the brand new Massachusetts Champion, stored his undefeated report intact with one other dominant efficiency, blasting Aldimar Silva (22-25, 14 KOs) from the opening bell till the top. Gonzalez damage Silva with a shot after which jumped throughout him, battering him in a impartial nook with 10-unanswered punches, the final forcing Silva to take a knee. Referee Gene Del Bianco counted to eight, however he didn’t like what he noticed within the eyes of the previous Brazilian Tremendous Bantamweight Champion and stopped the battle. Gonzalez has stopped all however certainly one of his 11 opponents as a professional fighter.
One among New England’s elite fighters, World Boxing Affiliation’s (WBA) No. 14 rated tremendous featherweight William “The Silent Murderer” Foster, III (16-1, 10 KOs), a 2-time New England Golden Gloves Champion and reigning WBA Fedecentro Champion, confronted Lucas “El Pibe” Mignoni (14-6, 4 Kos), of Argentina. Preventing out of New Haven (CT), Foster dropped Mignoni with a vicious left hook to the physique that dropped the Argentinian to his knees, and he was unable to beat the referee Del Bianco’s depend.
The latest member of the CGP steady, Dorchester (MA) light-weight Jonathan de Pina (13-2, 6 KOs), knocked out Michael “Titan” Taylor (1-7) within the second spherical. De Pina, the 2018 New England Golden Gloves Champion, unloaded within the second after a feeling-out first spherical, trapping Taylor in a impartial nook and pounding him till referee Paul Casey waved off the battle.
Southpaw Jetter Burgos (8-1, 6 KOs), preventing out of the Bronx, outclassed tremendous welterweight Linwood “Mr. Composure” Dozier (10-36-3, 5 KOs) within the opening battle of the night, mixing in a gentle food regimen of crisp mixtures and highly effective physique pictures en path to a six-round unanimous resolution.
