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Jed Weinstein Presents hosted the fourth annual Box-NYC charity event at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. The star studded night was highlighted with live boxing televised on ESPN’s Wednesday Night Fights, fine-dining, a Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament, model and celebrity appearances as well as live and silent auctions. Over the past three years Jed Weinstein has donated $100,000 to The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation through Box-NYC.

Local favorite Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin improved to 18-0 (14) by getting the best of veteran Antwun Echols 31-8-4 (27) over ten rounds. Quillin dropped Echols in the first round and dominated the fight which could have been stopped at anytime during the last three or four rounds.

The domination of Echols and the fact that he is 0-3-3 in his last six fights not winning since 2004 will hopefully indicate to him that it may be time to retire. During the last few rounds of the fight Echols bravely showed his fighter’s spirit by refusing to go down after being on the receiving end of many unnecessary blows, but it was clear that he was out on his feet.

For the undefeated Quillin it was a showcase performance as he landed 287 of 582 total punches; a rate of 49%. The unanimous decision victory went to Quillin by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 98-91.

In the co-feature undefeated Heavyweight Chazz Witherspoon 23-0 (15) defeated Domonic Jenkins 13-8-1 (6) in a ten round unanimous decision by scores of 98-91, 97-93 and 96-93.

Jenkins did his best to make it a contest by landing some good shots in the early rounds but Witherspoon outworked Jenkins for most of the fight landing 360 of 757 total punches.

Witherspoon’s exceptional performance was not limited to inside the boxing ring as he exited the ring after the fight he gave his boxing gloves to a boy in a wheelchair who was sitting ringside for the charity event. Commentator Teddy Atlas later said during the ESPN broadcast that “Witherspoon is already a champion in the world of character.”

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UNDERCARDS:

Middleweights – 6 Rounds
Gabriel Rosado 8-2 (6) TKO3 Joshua Onyango 14-15 (11)

Light Middleweights – 4 Rounds
Tommy Rainone 11-0 (3) UD4 William Wilson 2-4 (1)

Featherweights – 4 Rounds
Joe Arroyo 1-1-1 UD4 Angel Luis Torres 0-3-2

Light Welterweights – 4 Rounds
Jose Peralta 1-0 UD4 Garri Bagdasarov 0-1-2

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