Fighting in his first main event, as well as his first scheduled 8-rounder, super middleweight Steve Sumpter (6-0, 6 KOs) needed rounds but opponent Manny “Shake Em’ Up” Woods (17-17-1, 6 KOs) didn’t cooperate as Sumpter took Woods’ soul with some masterful boxing and power punching. Woods went down twice in the second, once in the third, and referee Paul Casey ended the fight in the fourth with Sumpter pounding Woods on the ropes.
Hometown favorite Raphael Torres (1-0, 1 KO), fighting out of Framingham, destroyed cruiserweight Igor Pessoa (0-2) in the co-featured event. Torres damaged Pessoa with a strong right to the temple, putting him on the canvas, and Pessoa never really recovered. Seconds later, Torres connected with a right to the top of the head, Pessoa went down again, and counted out midway through the opening round.
Cruiserweight Scott “Bombz” Lampert (3-5, 2 KOs) spotted his opponent Drew “Hard Body” Nolan (0-5) 14 pounds, but their weight disparity didn’t matter as Lampert won a 4-round unanimous decision in an old-fashioned brawl.
Florida light heavyweight Carlos Arredondo (3-0, 3 KOs) pounded Michael Medeiros (0-2), who hit the deck from an overhand right that put Medeiros down in round one, and out for good in round two for a technical knockout.
Undefeated Gabriel “Menace” Morales (4-0, 2 KOs) certainly lived up to his nickname, throwing crisp combinations in bunches against Issac Haynes (0-2). Sixteen unanswered punches, mostly to the body, nearly ended the fight in the opening round, but Haynes survived, at least until the following round, in which Morales landed six head shots resulting in referee Casey jumping in to stop the fight.
Heavyweight hopeful Quintin Sumpter (5-0, 4 KOs) – Steve’s older brother – outclassed journeyman Tracey “The Titan” Johnson (4-11-6, 0 KOs), dropping Johnson with a right hook at the end of round one. Sumpter broke through Johnson’s high peekaboo-like defense and in the fourth round of this entertaining bout, Sumpter blasted Johnson with a powerful right that hurt Johnson and referee Marcel Varela immediately waved off the fight for a 2nd round TKO victory for the continually improving Sumpter.
Flying out his corner like he was shot out of a cannon, junior middleweight Luke Iannuccilli (2-0, 2 KOs) fired punches from all angles, trapping Robert Bricks (0-11) on the ropes right off the opening bell, unloading a barrage of sizzling, rapid-fire punches until Bricks moved. But Iannuccilli caught him on the ropes again, connecting with some badly intended punches, until Bricks took a knee. Referee Ryan halted the bout at the 56-second mark of round one when he didn’t like how Bricks responded for a technical knockout.
Junior middleweight Anthony “The Gentle Savage” Andreozzi (3-2, 1 KO) opened the doubleheader with a 4-round unanimous decision over veteran Rynell Griffin (8-53-2, 2 KOs) in a spirited fight between dueling southpaws.
OFFICIAL RESULTS -EVENING CARD
MAIN EVENT – WELTERWEIGHTS
Men’s Boxing Bout #1: Denzel Whitley (9-0. 6 KOs), Holyoke, MA
WDEC6 (59-54, 59-54, 59-54)
Maycon Oller Da Silva (1-5, 1 KO), Concord, NY by way of Brazil
Men’s Boxing Bout #2: CO-FEATURE – VACANT
MASSACHUSETTS WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Bryan Urday (2-1, 0 KOs), Brockton, MA
WDEC6 (59-55, 58-56, 58-56)
Nathan Balakin (3-1, 1 KO), Tyngsboro, MA
(Urday won the Mass. Welterweight title)
Men’s Boxing Bout #3: JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS
DeWayne Wisdom (8-61, 3 KOs), Indianapolis, IN
WTKO2 (2:05)
Rob Nolette (1-2, 1 KO), Providence, RI
Men’s Boxing Bout #4: WELTERWEIGHTS
Josniel Castro (9-0, 7 KOs), Boca Raton, FL
WTKO1 (1:08)
Bryan Goldsby (5-17, 0 KOs), Macon, GA
Men’s Boxing Bout #5: Julien Baptiste (4-2, 2 KOs), Woburn, MA
WDEC6 (60-54, 5856, 58-56)
Alfred Raymond (1-3, 0 KOs), Warwick, RI
Men’s Boxing Bout #6: Nicholas Molina (10-0, 4 KOs), Lowell, MA
WTKO2 (0:55)
Jose Aubel (8-11, 7 KOs), Monte Caseros, Corrientes, Argentina
Men’s Boxing Bout #7: David Ribeiro (10, 1 KO), Brockton, MA
WTKO2 (0:47)
Rakim Johnson (6-18-1, 5 KOs), Indianapolis, IN
MATINEE CARD
Men’s Boxing Bout #8: MAIN EVENT – SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Steve Sumpter (6-0, 6 KOs), Holyoke, MA
WTKO4 (0:33)
Manny Woods (17-17-1, 6 KOs), Saint Petersburg, FL
Men’s Boxing Bout #9: CO-FEATURE — CRUISERWEIGHTS
Raphael Torres (2-0, 2 KOs), Framingham, MA
WKO1 (1:43)
Igor Pessoa (0-3), Somerville, MA by way of Brazil
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Men’s Boxing Bout #10: Quintin Sumpter (5-0, 4 KOs), Holyoke, MA
WTKO4 (2:30)
Tracey Johnson (4-11-6 (0 KOs), Boston, MA
CRUISERWEIGHTS
Men’s Boxing Bout #11: Scott Lampert (3-5, 2 KOs), Dover Plains, NY
WDEC4 (40-46, 40-36, 39-37)
Drew Nolan (0-5), Franklin, NY
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Men’s Boxing Bout #12: Carlos Arredondo (3-0, 3 KOs), Margate, FL
WTKO2 (2:09)
Michael Medeiros (0-2), Woburn, MA by way of Brazil
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Men’s Boxing Bout #13: Anthony Andreozzi (3-2, 2 KO), Swansea, MA lbs.
WDEC4 (40-36, 40-36, 39-37)
Rynell Griffin (8-53-2, 2 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
Men’s Boxing Bout #14: Luke Iannuccilli (2-0, 2 KOs), Methuen, MA
WTKO1 (0:56)
Robert Bricks (0-11), Endicott, NY
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Gabriel Morales (4-0, 3 KOs), Lowell, MA
Isaac Haynes (0-2), Schenectady, NY