WORCESTER, Mass. – World Boxing Council (WBC) U.S. Junior Middleweight Champion Josniel “TG” Castro (14-1, 8 KOs) turned in a dominating efficiency final Friday night time in opposition to beforehand undefeated Denzel “Double Impression” Whitley (14-1, 8 KOs) in the primary occasion on the “Worcester Championship Boxing” card, offered by Granite Chin Promotions (GCP), at DCU Occasion Middle in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Preventing out of Boca Raton, Florida, Castro made his first title protection memorable by out-boxing Whitley for a 10-round unanimous resolution (100-90, 99-91, 98-92). Castro’s crisp jab set-up his point-scoring combos and likewise prevented Whitley from gaining any momentum all through the conflict.
Whitley, of Holyoke (MA), is the NABF welterweight champion who moved up in weight to problem Puerto Rico-native Castro.
“I’m at a unique stage,” Castro stated after the combat in regards to the assertion he had made within the ring. “I’ve been working very exhausting. I simply fought right here (Worcester) in August, however my supervisor (Chuck Shearns) wished to make this combat, so we did. I labored on my jab and confirmed I may land it – up and down – within the combat. The perfect is but to return.”
Within the co-featured occasion, undefeated Kevin “Large Gulp” Nagle (10-0, 8 KOs) peppered a recreation Jake “No Love” Paradise (8-4, 8 KOs), the previous Massachusetts Cruiserweight Champion combating in entrance of a hometown crowd, who suffered an harm to his left knee within the first spherical. Nagle, of Scituate (MA), constantly trapped the motionless Paradise and linked with combos from varied angles to win a fourth-round technical knockout and seize the vacant WBC U.S. Silver Heavyweight title.
In style Worcester welterweight Dan “Grafton Hill’s Favourite Son” Docimo (1-0, 1 KO) thought he had notched his second victory when Jaequez Jones (0-3) went down within the opening spherical and couldn’t proceed. Nonetheless, the referee dominated that Docimo had pushed Jones, who hit his head on the mat and was too injured to proceed, leading to a “no contest”.
Haitian junior middleweight Edwine Humaine, Jr., combating out of Springfield (MA), improved to 10-0 (8 KOs) with a first-round knockout of Jimmy “The Quiet Storm” Williams (18-16-2, 6 KOs) with a brief body-shot that Williams was unable to get well from.
Hometown favourite Khiary “Too Sharp” Grey (19-7, 14 KOs) outclassed veteran middleweight Daniel “Daniel “The Hudson Valley Child” Sostre (13-27-2, 5 KOs) enroute to an explosive ending late within the sixth spherical. The fighters have been trash speaking all through the bout and Grey ultimately caught him with a strong proper that knocked out Sostre in a impartial nook.
Two-time New England Golden Gloves Champion Justin “The Bandit” Laporte (2-0,2 KOs), combating out of close by Millbury (MA), received a one-sided, four-round unanimous resolution over junior middleweight Rakim Johnson (7-24-1, 5 KOs) in an entertaining match from begin to end. Laporte scored two knockdowns in every of the second and third rounds, though he was buzzed a number of occasions himself. A left uppercut despatched the resilient Johnson down once more within the fourth and remaining spherical, however he by some means made it to his toes, and he was nonetheless standing on the finish of the combat. Laporte, a southpaw, is a U.S. Marine, licensed realtor and faculty scholar (Nichols Faculty).
One other two-time New England Golden Gloves Champion, Jhon “Dwave” Devers Rodriguez (2-0, 2 KOs), floored middleweight Tymar Miles (0-4) thrice in spherical one, all the results of an overhand proper, forcing the referee to wave off the combat after the third knockdown. Born in Puerto Rico, Rodriguez fights out of Worcester.
Within the opening bout of the night, 17-year-old Chicopee (MA) junior middleweight Adrian Valdez Reyes (2-0, 2 KOs) dropped Tracey Coppedge (0-5) twice within the opening spherical, the second time on the canvas earned Reyes the knockout victory as Coppedge was unable to beat the depend after a left dropped him.
“Worcester Championship Boxing” Official Outcomes:
MAIN EVENT – WBC U.S. JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Josniel Castro (14-1, 8 KOs), Champion, Boca Raton, FL
WDEC (100-90, 99-91, 98-92)
Denzel Whitley (14-1, 8 KOs), Challenger, Holyoke, MA
(Castro retained the WBC US junior middleweight title)
CO-FEATURE – VACANT WBC U.S. SILVER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Kevin Nagle (10-0, 8 KOs), Scituate, MA
WTKO4 (1 :45).
Jake Paradise (8-4, 8 KOs), Worcester, MA
(Nagle received the WBC US Silver heavyweight title)
MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Khiary Grey (19-7, 14 KOs), Worcester, MA
WKO6 (2:21)
Daniel Sostre (13-27-2, 5 KOs), San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jhon Devers Rodriguez (2-0, 2 KOs), Worcester, MA
WTKO1 (1:00)
Tymar Miles (0-4), Poughkeepsie, NY
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Edwine Humaine, Jr. (8-0, 9 KOs), Springfield, MA
WKO1 (3:00)
Jimmy Williams (18-16-2, 6 KOs), New Haven, CT
Justin Laporte (2-0, 1 KO), Millbury, MA
WDEC4 (40-32, 39-33, 39-33)
Rakim Johnson (7-24-1, 5 KOs), Indianapolis, IN
Adrian Valdez Reyes 2-0 (2 KOs), Chicopee, MA
WKO1 (1:09)
Tracey Coppedge (0-5), Wilson, NC
WELTERWEIGHTS
Dan Docimo (1-0, 1 KO), Worcester, MA
NC1 (0:28)
Jaequez Jones (0-4), Rocky Mount, NC
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