Ford beats Robinson at the Armory

Photos by Raquel Gonzalez, clips by Jeff Miller

Greg Robinson and Power Productions were back at the National Guard Armory on Friday night and pleased the crowd with a solid 7 fight card. The main event featured Ivan "Mighty" Robinson who returned to the ring after 2 years and was taking on Darien Ford in what hoped to be the first step towards a final ring at a big money fight. Robinson showed a little rust early and Ford took full advantage by putting the pressure on Mighty and consistantly beating him to the punch. Robinson picked up the pace in the second half of the fight started to get the better of some good exchanges that took place in the center of the ring. In the end the fight went to the cards and they read 56 - 56 & 58 - 56 for Ford and another judge seeing it 60 - 54 for Robinson giving the majority decision win to Ford who improves to 11 - 18 - 1.

In the co-feature, Luis Alberto Santiago and Richard Hall fought to a draw in a contest that saw some good spots of two way action. Santiago played the role of boxer to Hall being the puncher and the majority of the contest was fought in the inside with Hall digging to the ribs while Santiago tried to fend him off with two and three punch combos. It went to the cards and one judge saw it 58 - 56 for Santiago while the other 2 saw it even at 57 - 57.



Local favorite Victor Vasquez pushed himself back into the win column with an emphatic 2nd round knockout over Alex Matos. After a decent 1st round, Vasquez exploded in the second and floored Matos with a left hook to the jaw late in the round. Matos beat the count but was ripe for the picking and Vaquez waste no time jumping back down his throat landing a barrage of punches which left referee Blair Tomaledge no choice but to call a halt to the contet.

With the win, Vasquez improve to 3 - 1 3ko's



The females were in action and NY's Cindy Serrano came to Philly and received 6 rounds of hard work from Lakeyshia Williams in a fight that had the fans on their feet for the majority of the contest. Neither lady backed down in the one and Serrano would the three punch combos and Williams banged inside and usually ended her combos with a hook to the ear. The fight went the distance and ended with a standing ovation. The judges scored the fight 60 - 54 x 2 and 58 - 56 in favor of Williams. I thought it was much closer and very possible that Williams won the fight.



Tommy "Big Poppa" Spiller was on the bill and people were calling for the smelling salts before the opening bell sounded due to Spillers rep for beating opponentes around the ring. Derrick Buchannan was having none of that on this night and brought the fight to the young knockout artist. Buchannan held for the most part to neutralize Spiller and avoid being knocked out. The fight went to the cards and they went 40 - 36, 39 - 37 x2 for Spiller and even at 38 - 38 which raised Spillers record to 4 - 0 3ko's



Tough Light Heavy Tim Johnson also got back into the winning side of the ledger as he banged around an unpolished yet still pretty tough customer in Garrard 'Hardwork' Williams. Johnson was consistantly able to get past the long southpaw reach of Williams, banging to the ribs or side stepping and lunging in with hard rights to the head. Williams took a good punch and always came back for more. Williams best work came early in the final round, tapping to the body and throwing the straight left hands upstairs. Johnson pulled away late in the round, bullying his way inside and throwing hard right hands at his taller foe. It went to the cards and all three read 40 - 36 in favor of Tim Johnson who improves to 2 - 1 with 1ko.



Junior welterweight Tyric " Too Sweet" Robinson had a surprisingly hard time with Justin Danforth who showed he wasn't only in town for a paycheck. Robinson was much quicker and landed some very good, clean shots but Danforth continued to come forward and doing his best work with Robinson pinned against the ropes and corner letting off combinations. Robinson used his skills to avoid major trouble and smartly boxed as Danforth looked to break it down into a fight. It went to the cards and they read 59 - 55 twice and 57 - 57 one to give Tyric Robinson the win via Majority Draw. With the win, Tyric Robinson improves to 5 - 1 - 1 with 2ko's

Farah Khalil's return to the ring against Jay Washington was cut short due to an accidental headbut which caused nasty gash over Khalil's eye in the second round. Billy Briscoe had it under control but the ringside physician deemed it too deep to continue.

Middleweight prospect Latif Mundy banged out a majority decision win against Maurice Williams with a great opener as both men went toe to toe throughout. The cards read 39 - 37 x 2 and even at 38 - 38. With the win, Mundy improves to 5 - 0 with 1ko.




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