Rosado rolls over Medina, Jennings says bye-bye to Smith in the 2nd round Newark!
Gabriel Rosado decisions Jose Medina in Newark! photo by Luke Walter
Boxing returned to the home of the Devil – The Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on December 9th, 2010. While the event was focused on Polish ticket seller Tomasz Adamek who was competing in the main event, there were a few local Philly fighters doing their thing in the lead-up’s to the featured attraction.
The evening’s matchmaker J. Russell Peltz threw “King” Gabriel Rosado (15-5, 8ko’s) a bone – giving local Jr. Middleweight a tune up bout against Massachusetts based tough guy Jose Medina (12-9, 5ko’s) on the under card. Rosado came into this bout fresh off a razor thin 12 round majority decision loss to USBA champion Derek “Pooh”Ennis in a match that is sure to go down into the history books as the 2010 Philly Fight of the Year.
During this fight in Newark, the 154 lber from the Badlands section of North Philadelphia was effective over the 8 round duration, using his time wisely and fine tuning certain aspects of his game though it certainly looked at time that he could take Medina out.
Overall it was a good showing for Rosado who put together some crisp combinations throughout the evening, scoring a knockdown in round 3 and having a few other close calls before taking his foot off the gas a bit. He seemed to follow trainer Billie Briscoe’s orders for sequences code named “The Mickey”, “The Mayweather” and something that sounded like “The Danny Bonaducci”. Medina was game and did take some big shots throughout the fight.
Word around the ring is that Rosado has an open date in Atlantic City early next year with offers on the table to Harry Yorgey and Jamaal “Da Truth” Davis. Many believe that Davis is the leading choice to take the fight. More to come soon…
Hard hitting North Philly Heavyweight Bryant “Bye-Bye” Jennings (5-0, 3ko’s) blasted out his opponent in round 2 of a scheduled 4 rounder. Smith didn’t have a prayer in this one.
There were some good fights in front of a gate that is estimated to be around 3,500. Patrick Majewski scored a big time 8th round KO to cap off a two way war. Sadam Ali was given a nice test by Manuel Guzman. Tarvis Simms handled Willis Lockett like no one else has.
In the evenings main event, Polish Heavyweight Tomasz Adamek stopped Vinny Maddalone in the 5th round. Maddalone was throwing some heavy-handed meatballs but Adamek’s hand speed was too much to handle.
