By Ken Hissner: At Bally’s Event Center, Atlantic City, NJ Friday on ShoBox Paco Damian (Paco Presents) and Sampson Lewkowicz (Sampson Boxing) present in the main event Joseph “Blessed Hands” Adorno of Allentown, PA, won by decision split based on a questionable knockdown to Argentina’s Hugo “Nato” Roldan for the vacant IBF Latin super lightweight title over ten rounds.
In the Main Event Joseph “Blessed Hands” Adorno, 17-1-2 (14), #139 ½, of Allentown, PA, won a split decision over Hugo “Nato” Roldan, 21-1-1 (7), # 140, from Santiago, Argentina, in 10 rounds, for the vacant IBF Latino Super Lightweight title.
In the first round, Adorno landed a left hook to the chin, which was possibly his last, as Roldán continued to go from orthodox to southpaw in a gruff style moving back and forth around the ring while Adorno was reluctant to throw. a hit.
In the second round, referee Benjy Esteves warned Roldan for a head butt earlier in the round. Both fighters have a swelling on one of their cheeks. In the dying seconds at the end of the round, Roldán went down throwing and missing a left hand with referee Esteves ruling a knockdown.
In the third round, Adorno continued to look for a big punch as Roldan went in and out, throwing occasional punches. In the fourth round, Roldán cornered Adorno and forced him to land several right hands to the chin to get out of the corner. Later in the round, it was Roldan who landed several right hands to the chin of Adorno, who seemed to be confused by Roldan’s style.
Adorno kept his hands up, throwing very few punches until the final ten seconds landed a flurry of punches. Adorno’s trainer, Raul Rivas, would tell him between rounds to be more offensive (instead of walking around with his hands up, not throwing enough punches).
In the fifth round, Adorno’s swelling under his left eye worsens with Roldán’s rights. Adorno has done little since the so-called drop. Roldan launches into rivets mistreating Adorno, who seems confused.
In the sixth round, Adorno finally started to push forward, throwing punches until the closing seconds of the round when, during an exchange, Roldán scored well but not enough to take the round.
In the seventh round, Roldán is forcing the action as he lands lefts to the chin of Adorno, who is again too defensive. In the eighth round he began to use his jab and follow up with right hands as he should have throughout the fight. At the end of the round, Roldan suffered a cut on his left eyebrow.
In the ninth round, it went back and forth, with the fight on the line entering the tenth and final round. Roldan runs in and Adorno grabs him, for the most part looking exhausted. Roldán could have gotten the victory.
The scores were all 95-94 for Adorno and 95-94 by this writer for Roldan. Featherweight southpaw Bernard “La Maquiana” Torres, 16-1 (7), #125 ½, of PH and Grand, Norway, lost a split decision to Frency Fortunato, 14-1 (10), #126 ½, of Santo Domingo, RD and Ft. Lauderdale, FL, via 10-round knockdown.
In the first round, when making his US debut, Torres had trouble getting inside the much higher jab of Fortunato, who had more than 300 amateur fights. The latter’s trainer yelled “oh” at any punch he landed to the right, while referee Mary Glover should have shut him up, but she had no idea. In the third round, Torres finally started landing his right hook to Fortunato’s chin taking the round.
In the fourth round, with forty seconds remaining in the round, a Fortunato counterattack to Torres’ chin dropped him for a count of 8 from referee Glover. In the fifth and sixth rounds, Torres was able to get better inside Fortunato’s long range by winning both close rounds.
In the seventh round, Fortunato began to drop his hands to his sides with Torres leading with his landing left to Fortunato’s chin several times. In the eighth round, Fortunato began to display himself on the ropes by pretending to throw punches as Torres went on another round.
In the ninth round, Torres evened the score by getting inside Fortunato, who is backing off for most of the round. In the closing seconds, Fortunato went down to a half push from Torres.
In the tenth and final round, the fight was on the line. A minute into the round, Torres landed a solid lead off Fortunato’s chin, knocking him back a step.
In the final thirty seconds, Fortunato landed a right hand that gave Torres a bloody nose after losing most of the round and possibly the fight.
The scores were 95-94 for each and a questionable 97-92 for Fortunato and this writer’s 95-94 for Torres.
Welterweight Janelson Bocachica, 18-0-1 (11), #147, from Detroit, MI, defeated Roiman “El Flaco de Oro” Villa, 24-21 (24), #146, from Rosario, Venezuela, in 8 rounds, scoring the only knockdown.
In the first round of his US debut, Villa came straight at Bocachica, landing right hands to the chin and easily winning the round. In the second round, Bocachica landed an overhand right followed by a left to the chin, dropping Villa for a count of 8 from referee Harvey Dock.
Seconds later, Bocachica knocked down Villa’s mouth with a right hand. Seconds later, a Bocachica left hook knocked out Villa’s mouth, or spat it out. Either way, it cost Referee Dock a point.
In the third round, both were throwing bombs. In the last fifteen seconds, Bocachica rocked Villa with a right hand to the chin. In the fourth and fifth rounds, Bocachica had Villa in the corner, for the most part, taking both rounds close.
In the sixth round, both men had their moments, with Bocachica rocking Villa in the closing seconds with a right to the head as the latter walked away to his corner. In the seventh round, again, Villa’s mask came off.
He was holding too much throughout the fight; having battled so much weak opposition in Mexico, he was looking to survive or take a lucky break. In the eighth and final round, Bocachica landed right hands to the chin three times as both seemed exhausted by the end.
The scores were 78-73 and 79-72 twice, and 79-69 according to this writer. Heavyweight Norman Neely, 13-0 (8), #241, of Paterson, NJ, defeated Terrell “Pretty Boi Knockout” Jamal Woods, 28-53-9 (20), #245 ½, of Forest City, ARK , in six rounds.
The scores were 60-54 by all three judges.
Super Light Nicky Vitone, 9-1-1 (7), #144, of Pine Brook, NJ, stopped Tomas Ornelas, 4-4 (3), #146 ½, of Denver, CO, in the fifth of a 6 scheduled rounds
Featherweight southpaw Malik Nelson, 3-0 (3), #124 ½, of Perth Amboy, NJ, Ernest “Frost” Hall 4-2 (1), #123 ½, of Baltimore, MD, at 2: 07 of the third round of 4.
Super Welter Dwyke Flemings, Jr., 3-0 (3), #153 ½, of Paterson, NJ, stopped Ssuan Jones Chatman, 0-3 (0), #152, of Wilson, NC, at 0:20 of the first round of a 4.
Lightweight Miy Sean “Untouchable” Mason, 10-0 (7), #140, of Altamonte Springs, FL, defeated Dewayne “One Hitta Quita” Zeigler, 11-1-1 (5), #141 ½, of Montgomery, AL, for 6 rounds.
The scores were 57-56 and 59-54 twice.
