In front of another standing room only crowd at The Paramount in Huntington, New York, hot junior welterweight prospect CLETUS “The Hebrew Hammer” SELDIN, stayed undefeated with a sensational seventh round stoppage of Nicaraguan veteranWilfredo Acuna.
The Seldin/Acuna clash headlined “ROCKIN FIGHTS 13″, another installment of the acclaimed and widely popular Long Island professional boxing series presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing.
Dropping Acuna in the opening stanza with a crunching right hand to the body Seldin took control of the action immediately. Although outgunned, Acuna fought bravely the entire fight forcing Seldin to work hard throughout the scheduled eight rounder. In the seventh, Seldin turned up the heat on Acuna and referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped the clash under a barrage of punches from the fan favorite. With the win Seldin improves to 13-0-0 (10KO’s), while Acuna moves to 14-14-0 (11KO’s).
With the win Byfield evened his record to 5-5-2 while Escalera’s went to 13-2-1 (12KO’s).
In a highly entertaining junior middleweight battle between undefeated prospects, Brooklyn’s Courtney Pennington andMarcus Beckford of Uniondale, New
York fought to a six round draw. With both fighters wanting to stay undefeated, each emptied their tank to the delight of the roaring crowd at The Paramount during the fast paced bout. With the decision Pennington’s record moved to 7-0-1 (4KO’s), while Beckford’s went to 1-0-3.
Light heavyweight prospects opened the “ROCKIN FIGHTS 13″event with Nyack, New York’s Max Tassy taking a four round decision over Marlon Farr of St. Louis, Missouri.
Although Tassy controlled the action with his fast combinations, Farr stayed on the attack, rocking Tassy on two separate occasions during the battle. Tassy earned his second professional win, now 2-0-0, while Farr fell to 3-5-0.
