Hall Of Fame Fight
Night at Turning Stoneby:
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e Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY was again host to the
International Boxing Hall of Fame "Fight Night", one of the many
activities taking place during the annual Induction Weekend in
nearby Canastota. Besides a capacity crowd of over 1300, many
former and current champs of the boxing world were in
attendance. Legends such as Carmen Basilio, Jake LaMotta and
Marvin Hagler joined current champs Antonio Tarver, Winky Wright
and Cory Spinks in thrilling the crowd with their presence. In
the first bout of the evening, Mike Marrone of Vero Beach, FL
KO'd Rodney Collins of Buffalo, NY 2 mins. and 30 secs. into the
first round. With legendary trainer Lou Duva in his corner,
Marrone sent Collins to the canvas with a hard left. Although a
bit unsteady, Collins made the eight count, but was immediately
hit with combos, causing the ref to stop the bout. Marrone
improves his record to 2-0, with Collins dropping to 2-9.< d><
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e evening's second bout pitted Philadelphia's Jason Burrell
(2-2-3) against Deandre McCole of Akron, OH (3-8-1). The rather
uneventful four round light heavyweight bout ended in a majority
draw. Judges scored it 39-37 McCole, 38-38, 38-38. In the
co-feature event, heavyweight Shannon Miller of Troy, NY
defeated Harold Rodriguez of Ft. Myers, FL due to
disqualification early in the fourth round. After repeatedly
being warned about low blows and having two points deducted in
round three, another low blow six seconds into the fourth,
prompted ref Dick Pakozdi to disqualify Rodriguez, who drops to
4-8. Miller remains undefeated at 10-0.< d>< r> |
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| In the night's main event, lightweight
contender Victoriano Sosa of the Dominican Republic, looking to
come back from a TKO loss in February to Miguel Cotto, took on
late replacement Marteze Logan of Covington, TN. The first few
rounds of the bout showed neither fighter in real control of the
action, but by round five, Sosa gradually took control, as
Logan's pace slowed. Sosa went on to claim victory in a ten
round unanimous decision, with the judges scoring it 99-90,
96-94, 97-93. Sosa improves his record to 38-4-2 and Logan's
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