Fight Night 5-17-02
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Promoters Jim Browning and Richard Lord
Benefiting the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Richard Lord in association with Browning Boxing put together an exciting and entertaining card for Austin boxing fans on Friday night. Each bout featured one of Lord's fighters. He has said he always tries to book competitive opponents as was certainly the case here.
The Main Event featured Austin's Johnny Casas vs. Nelson Alexander of Ft. Worth, TX in a scheduled 8 round Super Lightweight match. From the beginning Casas used his powerful left hook to work the right cheek of Alexander. By the end of 7 rounds, an ugly cut had developed on Alexander's right cheek and his right eye was swollen shut. Dr. Jerry Baugh ruled Alexander unable to continue and Casas was declared winner by TKO. Results of other bouts on the card are:
Delia Gonzalez of El Paso defeated Jay Vega of Austin by unanimous decision in a very competitive 6 round flyweight bout.
Jason JJ Watters of Austin KO'd Ronald Cobbs of Waxahachie, TX one minute into the 2nd round of a scheduled 6 round light heavyweight bout.
Ilia Tcharikov of Austin defeated Jorge Garcia of Alice, TX when Garcia threw in the towel after 2 rounds of a scheduled 4 round super middleweight bout.
Gloria Ramirez of El Paso defeated Linda Tenberg of Austin by a split decision in a hard fought 4 round super bantumweight bout that could have gone either way.
In rarely featured exhibition boxing, Austin's own flyweight Anissa Zamarron took on Isabel Manyseng and Maribel Zurita, both of San Antonio, in 2 consecutive 2-round bouts. Compared to last year, Zurita is a much improved boxer, and she gave Zamarron all she could handle.
For National coverage of Women's Boxing go to www.womenboxing.com
Ring Girls with Singer Beth Richard and Ring Announcer Bob Fonseca
Music was furnished by C'EST LA VIE BAND
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