By Ken Hissner: At the Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota Saturday over ShoBox Tom Brown, Sampson Lewkowicz and Leon Margules along with Premier Boxing Champions presented in the Main Event unbeaten WBA World Super Middleweight champion David Morrell, Jr. stopped No. 1 ranked unbeaten WBA International champion Aidos Yerbossynuly in the twelfth and final round.
In the Main Event WBA World Super Middleweight champ southpaw David Morrell, Jr., 8-0 (7), #166 ½, of Santa Clara, Cuba and Minneapolis, MN, stopped Aidos Yerbossynuly, 16-1 (11), #167 ¼, of Zharkent, KAZ, at 2:34 of the twelfth and final round.
In the first three rounds Morrell landed pin point punches against Yerbossynuly. In the fourth round a clash of heads caused a cut on the bridge of Yerbossynuly’s nose. Morrell’s hand and foot speed too much for Yerbossynuly.
In the fifth round Yerbossynuly midway landed half a dozen body shots with Morrell’s guard held high taking his first round. In the sixth round Yerbossynuly had Morrell against the ropes for a good part of the round. In the seventh and eighth rounds Morrell used an effective jab for the most part in taking these rounds.
In the ninth round Morrell came out using left uppercuts to the chin of Yerbossynuly. In the final seconds Morrell drove Yerbossynuly into the ropes with a lead left to the chin going to the canvas ruled a slip by Referee Tony Weeks.
In the tenth round with a minute remaining Morrell hurt Yerbossynuly with an overhand left to the chin making him clinch. In the eleventh round Morrell continued staying one step ahead of the plodding Yerbossynuly who never stops trying.
In the twelfth and final round after fifteen seconds a left from Morrell on the chin dropped Yerbossynuly for an 8-count from referee Weeks. In the final minute referee Weeks deducted a point from Yerbossynuly who had Morrell pinned against the ropes while holding the ropes not letting go until forced to. Seconds later Morrell landed a left on the chin followed by a right uppercut dropping Yerbossynuly partially under the ropes forcing referee Weeks to wave it off! Morrell helped Yerbossynuly to his corner showing good sportsmanship.
Former IBF and WBA Light Middle champ Jeison “Banana” Rosario, 23-4-1 (17), #160, of Santo Domingo, DR and Miami, FL, was knocked out by Brian “La Bala” Mendoza, 21-2 (15), #159 ¼, of Las Vegas, NV, at 0:35 of the fifth round of a scheduled 10 rounds.
In the second round both boxers exchanged left hooks with Mendoza’s to the body dropping Rosario for an 8-count from Referee Mark Calo-oy in the final minute of the round. In the fourth round Rosario started fast with Mendoza finishing stronger in the end of the round. In the fifth round a Mendoza right uppercut to the chin dropped Rosario who couldn’t get to his feet stumbling to the canvas in trying as the fight was waved off.
Middleweight Fiodor Czerkaszyn, 21-0 (13), #158 ¾, of Kharkiv, UKR, Warsaw, POL, and Ft. Lauderdale, FL, easily defeated “Nate the Great” Nathaniel Gallimore, 22-6-1 (17), #158 ½ of Kingston, Jamaica and Des Plaines, IL, over 10 rounds.
In the first three rounds Czerkaszyn used an effective jab and occasional uppercuts to the body to take all three rounds. In the fifth round Czerkaszyn midway landed a pair of rights to the chin of Gallimore. He worked the body with left hooks and a right to the chin in the final seconds.
In the sixth rounds final seconds Czerkaszyn rocked Gallimore with a left hook to the chin winning yet another round. In the seventh round Gallimore continued to do more talking than fighting. Czerkaszyn occasionally would switch to southpaw rarely throwing a punch.
In the eighth rounds first thirty seconds Czerkaszyn landed three rights to the chin without answer from Gallimore. Midway through the round he peppered Gallimore with half a dozen punches. Gallimore who refused to touch gloves during instructions seems reluctant to use his gloves overall.
In the ninth rounds halfway point a Gallimore right was countered by over a dozen return punches from Czerkaszyn. In the tenth and final round Czerkaszyn looked like he pitched a shutout overwhelming Gallimore. Referee was Gary Ritter.
Scores were 97-93, 99-91 and 100-90 as did this writer.
2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist and former IBF Interim Super Middle champ southpaw Andre “The Resurrected” Dirrell, 29-3 (18), of Lake Worth, FL, stopped Yunieski “The Monster” Gonzalez, 21-5 (17), of Pinar del Rio, Cuba and Miami, FL, at 1:30 of tenth and final round.
Former IBF and WBA Light Middle champ Julian “J Rock” Williams, 28-3-1 (16), of Philadelphia, PA, defeated Rolando “Peligro” Wenceslao Mansilla, 18-12-1 (8), of Parana, Entre Rios, ARG, over 8 rounds.
Scores 80-71 and 79-72 twice.
In a rematch Super Light Kent Cruz, 16-0-3 (10), of St. Louis, MO, drew again with southpaw Enriko “Gudan” Gogokhia, 13-0-2 (8), of Zugdidi, GEO, and Woodland Hills, CA, over 8 rounds.
Scores 76-76 twice and 78-74 for Gogokhia.
Ring Announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr.
