“Fight Night” at Club
Nokia “Golden” Again!
By: Jason Sardelis
September 26, 2009
(SEPT 26) On Thursday, September 24th, at
the Club Nokia, in Los Angeles, California, it was another night of well
matched entertaining pro boxing fueled by a red hot club atmosphere
struck gold again. Golden Boy Promotions “Fight Night” series at Club
Nokia was developed to attract and display boxing' young and upcoming
prospects in a club atmosphere allowing fans young and old to enjoy an
action packed evening of live boxing with all the amenities including a
full bar, fine cuisine, live DJ music with a wide variety of seating.
The very popular series attended by many
stars finished strong while growing in popularity with each and every
show and this show would be no different.
The evenings seven bout cards action started with former National Golden
Gloves and two-time U.S. Amateur Champion 19 year old super bantamweight
Ronny Rios, 7-0, 3Ko’s continuing his meteoric rise from an outstanding
amateur platform to make quick work of 31 year old veteran Manuel
“Diablito” Sarabia 16-30-9, 10Ko’s. After a brief feeling out period
Rios landed a hot straight right on the button dropping “Diablito” on
the seat of his pants, where he was counted out by referee Ray Corona at
38 seconds of round one.
The second bout matched Paramount, California’s 23 year old
featherweight Charles Huerta with 36 year old Mexican, Rodrigo Aranda,
8-11-2, 2Ko’s. Huerta looking to rebound from a surprise KO loss to
Derrick Wilson in his last outing (also at Club Nokia) started behind a
good jab progressively adding some combination punching to earn a
convincing 59-54, 58-55, 57-56 unanimous decision moving him to 12-1,
7Ko’s.
Lightweight action saw Philadelphia’s Karl Dargan remain undefeated 5-0,
2Ko’s beating Bridge City, Louisiana southpaw Renell Griffin. After
getting shocked with a heavy shot in the second round the Nazim
Richardson trained Dargan used some good lateral movement and effective
counter punching to keep the tough charging Griffin at bay and off
balance never allowing him time to set and punch. Dargan grabbing the
59-55, 59-55, 58-56 unanimous decision kept the slate clean while
dropping Griffin to 5-2-1, 1Ko.
Glendale, California lightweight Art Hovanessian also held onto his zero
dropping Sinaloa, Mexico’s Baudel “Mr. KO” Cardenas three times before
finishing him in the fifth round of their scheduled six rounder.
Cardenas a veteran of thirty seven fights could math the speed or work
rate of the 27 year old Armenian. After mixing it up to the body and
head Hovanessian dropped the veteran the first time in the fourth round
with a solid left hook upstairs. Staying on the attack Hovanessian broke
Cardenas down then dumped him again in the fifth with a stiff straight
right. The game Mexican got vertical just in time to find himself on the
receiving end of an unanswered Hovanessian volley dropping him again
forcing referee David Denkin to call it a night for Cardenas dropping
him to 18-19-2, 6Ko’s while the sharp Hovanessian moved to 9-0-1, 4Ko’s.
In a matchup of lightweight’s East LA’s Eric Godoy making his pro debut
used his size and reach while remaining the more technical fighter
delivering several big shots taking the fight out of a wild winging
Javier Solis. Solis was floored with a heavy right ending the opening
stanza but shook it off to open the second round on the attack landing
some clean shots of his own. Godoy remained calm and began to counter
scoring some big rights backing Solis to the ropes where he was pounded
until referee David Denkin had seen enough saving the still winless
Solis from any more punishment stopping it at 2:22 of the second round.
San Bernardino, California, lightweight Juan Sandoval started his pro
career in fine fashion blasting out a winging Victor Martinez with a
blistering left hook at 2:40 of the second round. Martinez remains
winless at 0-2 as Sandoval records his pro debut KO victory
In the main event Luis Ramos, Jr. in his third appearance at Club Nokia
recorded his thirteenth straight victory with no losses scoring a
lopsided shutout of Christian “Filoso” Favela 17-22-6, 10Ko’s.
Ramos, a southpaw meticulously picked apart a confused looking but
aggressive Favela sticking and moving behind a sticking right jab
opening the door for some two fisted combinations. Ramos landed a rock
hard right hook stopping Favela in his tracks bloodying and possibly
breaking “Filoso’s” nose paving the way to a clean six round dominating
60-54 times three performance.
This the final chapter of the successful four part series has run its
course with live broadcasting on Versus but the word is out Fox Sports
is interested. The series may have run its course but “fight nights” at
Club Nokia aren’t finished. Golden Boy Promotions boxing will return to
La’s hottest boxing venue October 10th with Huntington Park,
California’s always entertaining featherweight Israel ‘Magnifico”
Vazquez, 40-4, 31Ko’s taking on Barranquilla, Colombia’s tough Angel
Antonio Priolo, 30-7, 20Ko’s. Also scheduled at this time is Jersey
City, New Jersey’s undefeated welterweight Michael Torres, 13-0, 7Ko’s
facing off with Toledo, Ohio’s Martin Tucker, 6-4, 3Ko’s the complete
fight card is be announced soon.
