Friday Night Boxing Results

There was a bit of action around the globe last night, so without further delay we begin in Atlantic City where heavyweight Brian Minto turned back Danny Batchelder to post a ten round unanimous decision. Also on the Duva Boxing bill, British heavyweight hopeful Audley Harrison began his comeback, making short work of journeyman Andrew Greeley with a third round stoppage and popular New York area heavy Vinnie Madalone crushed the inexperienced Dan Whetzel in just two rounds.

In Fort Worth, Texas, heavyhanded Colombian middleweight Epifanio Mendoza was stopped in the sixth by the surging spoiler David Alfonso Lopez. Over the last three years, Mexican journeyman Lopez has taken the scalps of Fernando Zuniga, Danny Perez, Kirino Garcia, Lonnie Bradley and Jerson Ravelo while only coming up short against Zuniga in a rematch.

East London, South Africa saw Mpush Makami keep his domestic middleweight crown with a seventh round stoppage against overmatched novice Sandile Ngwenze. In Rome, Italy, Italian Light Welter Champ Michele DiRocco had to climb off the canvas in the fifth to hold European Union titlist Giorgio Marinelli to a ten round draw.

In Doncaster, England, Scott Lawton won the vacant English Lightweight title by stopping local hero Steffy “Supersonic” Bull in the eighth round.