Friday Night Fights December 03 2004

Event was held at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
Review by Dave McKee of ringsidereport.com

Sumya Anani Shines in supporting role to Calloway Blowout

By Dave McKee (At Ringside)

WBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Rob “All American Prizefighter” Calloway faced relative unknown Jeff Pegues December 3^rd at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. Calloway’s belt was not at risk, though Alvin “Quickster” Brown and Angelo Torres did debate ownership of the Vacant WBF Americas Featherweight title and Sumya Anani risked her WIBA Light Welterweight belt against tough former Golden Gloves champion Stephanie Jaramillo.

Shortly after the opening bell Calloway greeted the overmatched Pegues with a powerful overhand right followed by a stiff left upper cut. The remainder of the round saw Calloway charitably allowing Pegues to fire off a few jabs while maintaining firm control of the fight. In the second round Calloway’s samaritanship ended with an overhand right that stunned Pegues. A right and left hook combination dropped Pegues, who bravely rose at nine. Calloway then practiced his uppercuts, landing a right and a left to finish Mr. Pegues off at 2:37 of round two.

In a much more evenly matched bout, former IBA and NABC Featherweight champ Alvin “Quickster” Brown met journeyman Angelo Torres to fight for the Vacant WBF Americas Featherweight Title.

Brown found Torres’ body early with a left, but seemed cold the remainder of round one as Torres simply out punched him. Torres woke the Quickster up with two sharp left hands in the second round, and was rewarded a couple of uppercut combos to the body in a round that saw Alvin announce his presence in the ring.

Round three was relatively quiet, with Torres again more productive and Brown fighting flat footed for the last minute and half. Alvin unveiled his jab to great effect in the fourth until Torres moved him against the ropes and fired off a left hook loaded with buckshot against his head. In the fifth round, in a sequence that foreshadowing the remainder of the night, Brown had the edge in the first half of the round, painting Torres with leather through the first half only to tire and succumb to another left hook to the head later in the round.

Torres worked Brown’s chest with uppercuts in the sixth, and the Quickster seemed to be mired in quicksand as his energy levels visibly drained. Torres was strong and fresh in the seventh, shooting Brown’s punches out of the air with his gloves and pounding him with a strong counter left. Brown rallied in the eighth, striking Torres with a strong left uppercut followed by a flurry of activity. Unfortunately this left him drained once more, and he again proved susceptible to the counter left.

The fight continued in this manner until the twelfth round. With Torres in the corner Brown slipped in a low blow past the sight of the referee. Torres was visibly shaken and fought out of the corner with great difficulty. He fought through this with tremendous composure and took over the fight to close strong.

Angelo Torres became a champion by way of split decision. The judges scored the bought 116-113 & 116-112 for Torres with the third judged dissenting with a score of 115-113 for Brown. RSR scored the bout 116-112 for Torres.

In the most impressive extended display of the night WIBA Light Welterweight champion Sumya Anani accepted the challenge of Stephanie Jaramillo. Jaramillo, a former Golden Gloves champion, proved to be an exceptionally tough lady, but she was simply not up to the challenge of defeating Sumya Anani, who shares with Laila Ali the distinction of being the only women to defeat Christy Martin in the past decade.

Anani began the fight at a virtual standstill, landing nothing significant in the first round. Jaramillo slipped in a few taps to steal the round. In the second round Anani poured on the aggression. Jaramillo’s primary tactic was the clench, and she was rewarded with punishment to the ribs and kidneys. In the third round Jaramillo measured Anani’s attack more effectively, landing a number of counter rights. Anani, however, responded with combinations to Jaramillo’s attic.

The fight turned on a shot to Jaramillo’s nose in the fourth. She began to bleed heavily, and it was evident her nose was broken. The remainder of the fight saw Anani targeting the broken nose, sending blood spraying down Jaramillo’s face. The latter kept her gloves glued to her cheeks and slipped into a purely defensive posture.

Jaramillo was sent to the canvas by a cruel shot to her shattered nose in the ninth, and her fortunes worsened in the tenth when the referee deducted a point for holding.

Sumya took an easy unanimous decision over the gutsy, but overmatched Jaramillo with scores of 100-88, 99-89, and 100-88. RSR scored the bout 99-88.

This event marked Blue Corner Promotions’ first outing. Blue Corner impressed with it’s debut on the Kansas City fight scene. The crowd was pleased to see a number of Kansas City Chiefs, including Priest Holmes and Dante Hall, at ringside.

Other Results:

Rashaun Bland TKO Aaron Drake

Travis Hartman TKO Aaron Boldridge

Sharon Gaines UD Camille Casson

Christian Nava UD Shannon Freeman

Promoter of Record: Blue Corner Promotions

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