Nine-time United States (U.S.) National champion and four-time National Golden Gloves titleholder Morelle “Big Blessed” McCane qualified for the Paris (France) 2024 Olympics (in the welterweight division) in December 2023 when she finished second at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
Unbeaten WBO world minimum champion Oscar Collazo defeated Gerardo Zapata in dominating fashion en route to a twelve-round unanimous decision in which he won nearly all the rounds on the judges’ three scorecards (119-109, 119-109, and 117-110) in this one-sided main event.
Massachusetts super middleweight champion Bernard Joseph defeated Anthony “The Gentle Savage” Andreozzi via a five-round unanimous decision on the judges’ three scorecards (50-45, 48-47, and 48-47) and won the first-ever “Granite Chin Box Off” super middleweight final in the main event.
Highly decorated amateur standout Nisa “La Madrina” Rodriguez made her long-awaited professional debut at the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Theater in front of her hometown fans, winning every round on the judges’ three scorecards except for one en route to a four-round unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, and 39-37) over Jozette Cotton (0-3-1), on March 15th.
Undefeated NABF and USA Massachusetts junior welterweight champion Denzel “Double Impact” Whitley obtained a second-round technical knockout over Joe Wilson Jr.
Raymond Ford scored a dramatic twelfth-round technical knockout over Otabek Kholmatov to claim the vacant WBA world featherweight title in the main event.
Undefeated, hard-hitting heavyweight Kevin “Big Gulp” Nagle beat Alfredo “Concho” Trevino via a second-round technical knockout. Referee Marcel Varela stopped the one-sided bout at thirty-six seconds after Trevino was dropped for the third time from a three-punch combination (left-right hook and then a straight right to the head).
Veteran New England boxing publicist Bob Trieger, who personally worked with nine world champions during their respective title reigns, published his first book, New England’s Greatest Boxers, which is a comprehensive, in-depth list of the greatest New England boxers of all time in order from one to 25.
Undefeated super middleweight prospect Steve “The Savage” Sumpter dominated unbeaten James “Pitbull” Perkins en route to an eight-round majority decision, winning every round on two of the judges’ scorecards (judge Laurie Purcell had it 76-76, but she was overruled by judges Tom Clark and Stephen Clark who both had it 80-72), in the main event.
Undefeated super middleweight prospect Steve “The Savage” Sumpter (8-0, 7 KOs) will fight unbeaten James “Pitbull” Perkins (12-0-1, 9 KOs) in a scheduled eight-round bout tomorrow, Saturday, August 19th, in the main event, for the vacant IBA Americas super middleweight belt.