GARCIA ROMPS IN EASY NON-TITLE MATCH
Danny Garcia
San Francisco, CA– On a Showtime) card emanating from Brooklyn, NY, World champion Danny Garcia (29-0, 17 KOs) took out prohibitive underdog Rod Salka (19-2, 3 KOs) in round two. The World 140 lb. champ, fighting in a non-title tiff against a vastly over matched foe at 142, did what he was supposed to do, end things quickly.
DANNY DID NOT “CARRY” 50-1 FOE
After a feeling out round one, Garcia caught Salka with a left hook that rattled his cage badly. Displaying weird facial expressions and on unsteady pins, Danny went for it with an overhand right that knocked Salka down hard. Beating the count, Salka got up and Danny knew what to do. Throwing both punches to the body and head, Selka was again hurt and took a knee in order to get a reprieve from punishment.
MISMATCH LASTED AS LONG AS GARCIA LET IT
Garcia stalked his opponent around the ring and threw hard shots to the head and body. Many punches landed. Another right hand hurt Salka, a smart guy in and out of the ring, and he decided to take a knee to regroup. After a continued beating, a left hook sealed the deal as the ref stopped it after Salka went down that third time at 2:31 of round two.
PAPER CHAMP PETERSON PREVAILS & LOOKS GOOD!
strong>Lamont Peterson (33-2-1, 17 KOs) TKO 10 Edgar Santana (29-5, 20 KOs) (IBF 140 lb. title) In a fight that featured two-way give and take action, Lamont Peterson was the far better fighter as he beat on Santana until it was called at 2:48 of round ten. No knockdowns involved, but the ringside Dr. had seen enough.
CANCER SURVIVOR JACOBS MOVES ON
Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24 KOs) TKO 5 Jarrod Fletcher (18-1, 10 KOs) (160)
Jacobs came out and decked Fletcher with a left hook in round one. Jacobs was in charge until the stop at 2:58 round five. A second knockdown resulted in the stoppage. Jacobs wants WBO guy Peter Quillin.
NBC SPORTS AIRS LIVE “ARMED ROBBERY”
The scene was Sands Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA and the NBC Sports Network was going live Saturday it looked like an easy night for both Russian fighters Vasily Lepikhin (16-0, 9 KOs) and Vyacheslav Glazkov (18-0-1, 11 KOs). It certainly looked that way as Lepikhin was a winner over Robert Berridge (24-2-1, 20 KOs) with a TKO 5. A knockdown in two was followed by two more droppings in round five. The referee waved it off at 1:04.
DECISION SO BAD YOU COULD SMELL THROUGH TV SCREEN?
Thar’s the way most people felt after underdog heavyweight Derric Rossy (29-9, 14 KOs) lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov (17-0-1, 11 KOs) via Majority Decision 10. Rossy beat Glazkov in punches thrown 738 to 400, and landed 184 to the Russian’s 159 and still came up short. Scores read 95-95, 96-94 & 98-92 in a fight Rossy clearly won.
Pedro Fernandez