“Battle at the Fairgrounds II” results from Pittsburgh

Matt “Candy Little one” Conway stops Jonathan Perez in 4,
Captures IBA Intercontinental Junior Light-weight title & proposes marriage in ring to girlfriend after struggle

“Battle on the Fairgrounds II” outcomes from Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (June 5, 2021) – Pittsburgh favourite Matt “Candy Little one” Conway knocked out veteran Colombian knockout artist Jonathan “Popeye” Perez in final evening’s “Battle of the Fairgrounds II” most important occasion to seize the vacant Worldwide Boxing Affiliation (IBA) junior light-weight title at Washington County Fairgrounds in Washington, Pennsylvania.

After the second installment of the favored “Battle of the Fairgrounds” collection, introduced by Gionta Administration, Conway (19-2, 8 KOs) proposed to his girlfriend (Melissa Norton) within the ring, and he was a winner then as properly.

“We had an important occasion final evening that I couldn’t be happier with,” promoter Derek Gionta commented. “Everybody carried out properly, and we can be again within the Pittsburgh space September 18th with some thrilling new additions to our roster.

“I’ve stated many occasions and I’ll say it once more, Pennsylvania is among the finest states within the nation for boxing. Our intention is to proceed placing on aggressive match up for the followers.”

Quantity puncher Conway, who vacated his IBA Intercontinental light-weight champion to struggle Perez (38-27, 30 KOs), the previous Colombian Tremendous Bantamweight Champion, got here out able to struggle Perez and after a short feeling-out course of, Conway utilized intense stress throwing punches in bunches to Perez’ head and physique. Perez was unable to reply the bell after 4 grueling rounds.

Corridor of Fame referee Steve Smoger was the IBA supervisor at ringside.

“I needed him out by the sixth spherical, and I reached my objective,” a cheerful Conway stated after the struggle. “I believed I did a fairly good job. I used to be a little bit tentative, hesitant at first, as a result of I wasn’t positive of his energy. However then I bought extra snug, digging the physique, and breaking him down. Once I began feeling my groove. I began touchdown my massive pictures. Subsequent up is the IBA World title, hopefully, in January. I would like that subsequent!”

Pittsburgh’s crowd-pleasing tremendous middleweight “Fairly” Richie Cantolina (7-0-1, 3 KOs) exploded out of the nook and totally dominated upset-minded Darryl “Dream King” Bunting (4-10-2, 2 KOs) within the co-featured occasion. The favored Cantolina, a former mixed-martial-arts fighter (12-8 as an beginner), exploded early within the opening spherical, decking his opponent, after which completed off Bunting when he dropped him later within the first spherical.

Ohio tremendous featherweight Ryizeemmion “Humble Beast” Ford (5-1, 3 KOs) cruised to 4-round unanimous determination over late alternative Ryan Venerable (2-5). Ford’s constant jabbing stored Venerable at a distance, finally trapping ed Venerable on the ropes and unloading a barrage of punches to the top and physique. Ford scored a knockdown within the fourth spherical, however Venerable survived to go the space.

Puerto Rican-native Joel De La Paz (10-1-1, 6 KOs), preventing out of Atlantic Metropolis (NJ), and Cleveland challenger Latiss Norman (4-6-1, 2 KOs) fought to a considerably disputed 6-round attract a extremely aggressive, technical struggle. Kinds make fights and Norman switched effectively between orthodox and southpaw stances, whereas De La Paz walked down his opponent and landed the extra impactful punches. De La Paz, whose 3-fight win streak was snapped, opened a lower over Norman’s swollen left eye.

The Battle of the Night time was an entertaining 4-round match between Pittsburgh’s Deon “The Blood Hound” Goodlow (2-3,) and Ivan “The Hurricane” Hernandez (2-5-1, 2 KOs). Goodlow received a 4-round majority determination in a match contested at a 152-pound catchweight. Goodlow picked his spots, efficiently setting all the pieces up together with his jabs, however Hernandez got here on sturdy in direction of the tip of the struggle.

Ohio tremendous featherweight Shawn Rall (0-5) registered his first victory as a professional with a first-round stoppage of North Carolina’s Brandon Grimett (0-3). Rall took speedy management, making use of stress to stagger and drop his opponent.

Full outcomes beneath:
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OFFICIAL RESULTS

MAIN EVENT – VACANT IBA INTERNCONTINENTAL JR. LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Matt Conway (19-2, 8 KOs), Pittsburgh, PA
WTKO4 (3:00)
Jonathan Perez (38-27, 30 KOs), Barranquilla, Colombia
(Conway received IBA Intercontinental Junior Light-weight title)

CO-FEATURE – SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Richie Cantolina (7-0-1, 3 KOs), Pittsburgh, PA
WTKO1 (0:44)
Darryl Bunting (4-10-2, 2 KOs), Asbury Park, NJ

152-POUND CATCHWEIGHT
Joel De La Paz (10-1-1, 6 KOs), Atlantic Metropolis, NJ
D6 (58-56, 56-58, 57-57)
Latiss Norman (4-6-1, 2 KOs), Dunkirk, NY

LIGHTWEIGHTS
Deon Goodlow (2-3, 1 KO), Pittsburgh, PA
WDEC4 (39-37, 39-37, 38-38)
Ivan Hernandez (2-4-1, 2 KOs), Dunkirk, NY

JUNIOR FEATERWEIGHTS
Shawn Rall (1-4, 1 KO), Bedford, OH
WTKO1 (0:51)
Brandon Grimett (0-3), Greensboro, NC

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