Junior middleweight Justin Figueroa proved too strong for Omar Rosales, knocking him out in four rounds at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. New Jersey on Saturday night
Figueroa, 25, started the fight in a bright mood. Scoring clean shots against the 34-year-old Rosales, Figueroa entered the third round by making Rosales miserable with left and right hooks that prevented his opponent from attacking.
In the fourth round, Figueroa 11-0 (8 KOs) made sure the fight came to an abrupt end after a dangerous combination sent Rosales 9-4-1 (5 KOs) to the canvas. and forced the referee to stop the match
Figueroa said he felt relaxed throughout the fight. Because he had prepared well.
“I was very calm in this fight because I had practiced for over a hundred rounds,” Figueroa said. “I have a crazy work ethic and I got here.”
In the co-main feature, 31-year-old Dominique Crowder of Baltimore stopped 33-year-old Duke Micah 24-3 (19 KO) of Ghana in one round after a straight right sent Micah down and he failed to beat the count. In their bantamweight bout, the sensational Crowder, 34-8 (10 KOs), said after the fight, “I put in a lot of hard work. But I don’t know how he feels. I’m just warming up.”
Wrestler Avious Griffin 16-0 (15 KO) destroyed Adrian Gutierrez 12-3-1 (6 KO) in three rounds with powerful rights that put his opponent down.
In other undercard fights, Bruce Seldon Jnr 4-0 (3 KO) recorded a four-round unanimous decision over Florida’s Julio Mendoza in a heavyweight bout and New York’s Donte Layne 5-0 (5 KO). KO) awesomely defeated Shaquille Cameron 7-4 (6 KO) from Alabama. Middleweight
Bernard Neequaye is a sports journalist specializing in boxing coverage. He wrote a boxing column called “From The Ringside” in his home country of Ghana for many years. He can be reached on X (formerly Twitter) at @BernardNeequaye, on LinkedIn at Bernard Neequaye and by email at bernardneequaye@gmail.com–
