Smith Captures PA State Title Against Ferrante

This past Friday night at Harrahs in Chester Dhafir Smith boxed his to a ten round unanimous decision and in the process captured the Pennsylvania State Light Heavyweight title.

That fight was the main event of a card of bouts promoted by Joey Eye Boxing Promotions and David Feldman.

Smith used his guile and experience to time the hard charging Tony Ferrante and used a solid job to put another notch on his belt. Smith, who has fought everybody in the Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions and holds a win over former IBF Super Middleweight champion Jeff Lacy, won by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93.

In the six round Lightweight co-feature, Victor Vasquez got back in the win column with a unanimous decision over Paul Fernandez in a rematch.

Vasquez dropped Fernandez in the first and again in the fifth and cruised to victory by scores of 60-52 on all cards.

In another rematch, John Mercurio made it two for two against William Miranda as he became the first man to stop Miranda by scoring the TKO at fifty-nine seconds of the fourth and final scheduled round of their Heavyweight bout.

Brian Donahue and Taneal Goyco fought to a four round spirited draw featuring two Philadelphia based fighters.

Alex Barbosa got more than he bargained for but came away with a four round majority decision over Jonathan Ocassio in a Super Bantamweight bout.

In the opening bout, Tyrone Crawley Jr. remained undefeated with a four round unanimous decision over thirteen fight veteran Luis Antonio Lopez in a Welterweight bout.