CES WINTER BRAWL
JANUARY 21ST 2023
MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
GREAT NIGHT OF LIVE ACTION FIGHTS!
CES BOXING NEVER FAILS TO DELIVER A GREAT SHOW. FROM THE FIRST FIGHT, TO THE MAIN EVENT WAS FULL OF EXCELLENT FIGHTERS AND GREAT TWISTS AND TURNS.
THIS IS HOW IT WENT DOWN….
MATTHEW CAMERON “MATTIE C”
PHOTO CREDIT: CAMERON PHOTOGRAPHY
FIGHT 1 CHAD LEONCELLO (BROCKTON MA) 1-0-1,1KO VS GABRIEL AGUILAR COSTA (SAU PAULO BRAZIL) 0-3-0 3 KO 4 ROUND HEAVYWEIGHT
IN A BATTLE OF TWO HEAVYWEIGHTS, THIS WOULD BE THE 2ND MEETING BETWEEN THESE FIGHTERS. IN THE FIRST ROUND WAS A MATTER OF FEELING EACH OTHER OUT WITH SOME GOOD PUNCHES BETWEEN BOTH FIGHTERS. AS THE FIGHT PROGRESSED, LEONCELLO CONTINUED TO SHOW HIS POWER WITH SHOTS TO THE BODY OF COSTA, AND GOOD CONNECTS TO THE HEAD WHICH IS SHOWN MOST OF THE FIGHT. COSTA MEANWHILE WAS DOING SOME OF HIS OWN WORK BY BACKING UP LEONCELLO AND THROWING GOOD COMBINATIONS OF HIS OWN AND PUSHING FORWARD ONCE THE FIGHT PROGRESSED. RESULT GABRIEL COSTA VIA SPLIT DECISION IMPROVING TO 1-3-0
FIGHT 2 STEVIE JANE COLEMAN (COLUMBIA CT) VS MICHAELE NOGUE (EGG HARBOR NJ) 2-2 4 ROUNDS LIGHTWEIGHT
HERE AT MOHEGAN SUN STEVIE JANE COLEMAN WAS CLEARLY THE HOMETOWN FAN AND CES FAVORITE COMING IN WITH EQUALLY TALENTED FIGHTER MICHAELE NOGUE. AND BOY DID THESE TWO NOT DISAPPOINT. THIS WAS NON STOP ACTION FROM ROUND 1 TILL THE FINAL BELL IN ROUND 4. WITH AN ARSENAL FROM BOTH FIGHTERS FULL OF BOTH BODY SHOTS AND TRADES ALL AROUND BACK AND FOURTH. THEY THREW EVERY PUNCH IN THE BOXING DICTIONARY. BUT IN THE END IT WAS STEVIE LANDING AND CONNECTING A BIT MORE THAN HER OPPONENT. VERY TOUGH AND GREAT FIGHT BY THESE TWO LADIES. WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT REMATCH. RESULT STEVIE JANE COLEMAN VIA SPLIT DECISION IMPROVING TO 4-1
FIGHT 3 JOSNIEL CASTRO (BOCA RATON FL) 9-0 7KO VS MITCH LOUIS-CHARLES (BOSTON,MA) 6-3-2 3KO 6 ROUNDS LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
JOSNIEL CASTRO CAME FROM FLORIDA WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 9-0 PERFECT RECORD, AGAINST A WELL KNOWN BOSTON FIGHTER MITCH LOUIS-CHARLES. IN THE FIRST FEW ROUNDS IT SEEMED CASTRO HAD GOOD STRATEGY AND GAMEPLAN AGAINST MITCH. THIS WAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL ROUND 4 WHEN THE PUNCH HEARD AROUND CONNECTICUT BY MITCH LANDED A RIGHT HAND THAT TOOK CASTRO STRAIGHT TO THE CANVAS AND WOULD NOT GET BACK UP. THIS PROVED THE UNDERESTIMATED PUNCHING POWER OF MITCH. IN THIS INSTANCE MR CHARLES GIVES CASTRO HIS FIRST DEFEAT OF HIS CAREER. RESULT MITCH LOUIS-CHARLES KO IN ROUND 4 IMPROVES TO 7-3-2 4KO
FIGHT 4 KENDRICK BALL JR. (WORCESTER MA) 19-1-2 12KO VS VICTOR HUGO EXNER (ARGENTINA) 9-12-1 3KO 6 ROUNDS WELTERWEIGHT
ANOTHER CES FAVORITE COMES INTO THIS FIGHT AGAINST A SURPRISINGLY GOOD FIGHTER VICTOR EXNER. THIS FIGHT WAS VERY INTERESTING, WHILE BALL WAS THROWING HARD AT EXNER, EXNER WOULD THROW SOME HEAVY SHOTS OF HIS OWN. A BIT OF EXNER WAS WILD IN THE SHOWBOAT DEPARTMENT, WHICH DID NOT PHASE BALL WHATSOEVER AND CONTINUED TO MOVE WELL AROUND THE RING. IN THIS FIGHT IT WAS MORE AROUND THE ROPES AND CORNERS, WITH ALOT OF CLOSE AND HEAVY PUNCHES TOWARD ONE ANOTHER. BOTH CAME TO FIGHT, AND BOTH CAN ABSOLUTELY TAKE A PUNCH. NOW THE RESULT YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO
* RESULT WAS A MAJORITY DRAW BRINGING KENDRICK BALL JR. TO 19-1-3 & VICTOR HUGO EXNER 9-12-2
FIGHT 5 MIKE KIMBREL PRO DEBUT (HARTFORD CT) VS ROBERT BANKS (BALDWIN NY) 4 ROUNDS SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT
BOY DID MIKE KEMBREL MAKE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN, LITERALLY HALF OF MOHEGAN SUN ARENA WAS TEAM KEMBREL AND HE MADE HIS FANS HAPPY. FROM THE START AGAINST ROBERT BANKS, KEMBREL DOMINATED FROM ROUNDS 1-4 WITH HIS QUICK SPEED AND AGILITY. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL ULTIMATELY THE REFEREE STOPPED IT MAKING KEMBREL GET HIS PRO DEBUT WIN BY TKO. THIS IS A MAN TO LOOK OUT FOR, WATCH OUT BECAUSE THIS KID FILLS ARENAS. RESULT KIMBREL TKO IN ROUND 4
PHOTO CREDIT: MIKE KIMBEL (@KIMBELMIKE) / TWITTER
FIGHT 6 KEVIN “KING KEV” WALSH (BROCKTON MA) 6-0 4 KO VS CHRISTIAN “TERROR” ORTERO (NEW YORK,NY) 4-2 2 KO 6 ROUNDS
FOR THE VACANT NEW ENGLAND JR LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
THIS WAS A FIGHT WORTH WITNESSING. KING KEV FROM “THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS” BROCKTON MA, TAKE ON A DOG OF A FIGHTER IN “TERROR” CHRISTIAN OTERO. THROUGHOUT THIS FIGHT WALSHS POWER WAS REALLY ON POINT, WHICH SHOWED IN HIS BIG HOOK TO KNOCK OTERO DOWN IN ROUND 1 BUT IMMEDIATELY OTERO GOT BACK UP, FROM THEN ON BOTH HAD GREAT EXCHANGES TO THE END. THOUGH OTERO WAS EXCELLENT IN HIS OWN WALSH JUST HAD THAT EDGE AND WAS VERY COMFORTABLE IN THE RING WHICH SHOWED. TRULY HATS OFF TO BOTH KING KEV & TERROR. RESULT KEVIN WALSH VIA MAJORITY DECISION AND THE NEW NEW ENGLAND JR. LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION IMPROVES TO 7-0
FIGHT 7 CHORDALE “THE GIFT” BOOKER (STAMFORD CT) 17-1 7 KO VS ANGEL HERNANDEZ (MC-ALLEN TX) 17-17-3 11 KO 8 ROUNDS LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
CHORDALE BOOKER TRULY SHOWS WHY HIS RESUME IS THE WAY IT IS. FOR 8 ROUNDS THE GIFT KEPT ON GIVING TO MR HERNANDEZ WITH A FORCE OF OFFENSE OFFENSE OFFENSE ALMOST MAYWEATHER-ESQUE. BASICALLY LEADING HIS WAY TO A WELL EXECUTED GAMEPLAN AND ULTIMATELY GETTING THE DUB IN THE END. RESULT CHORDALE BOOKER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION IMPROVING TO 18-1 AND WATCH OUT SHOWTIME OR TOP RANK
PHOTO CREDIT: @THEFIGHTPHOTOS
FIGHT 8 ALEJANDRO PAULINO (NEW LONDON CT) 11-0 9 KO VS RYIZEEMION FORD (ALLIANCE OH) 8-3 6 KO 6 ROUNDS LIGHTWEIGHT
ALEJANDRO PAULINO SHOWED HIS HOME STATE WHAT HE DOES BEST. FULL OF POWER IN HIS PUNCHES AND COMBOS, THIS LEAD TO A FURIOUS KNOCKDOWN AT THE END OF ROUND 4. AS THE FIFTH CAME IN A 1:15 AFTER AN ABSOLUTE PUNISHMENT BESET ON FORD, REF STEPS IN GAME OVER RESULT ALEJANDRO PAULINO BY TKO IMPROVES TO 12-0
FIGHT 9 JOHN GOTTI III (OYSTER BAY NY) 1-0 1 KO VS ALEX CITROSKE (COON RAPIDS MN) 1-1-1 1 KO 4 ROUNDS LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
JOHN GOTTI III BEFORE BOXING, IS KNOWN AS AN MMA FIGHTER WITH A 5-1 RECORD, BUT IN HIS 2ND PROFESSIONAL FIGHT HIS ALL AROUND SKILLS WERE ON HAND AT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. WITH A SEA OF TEAM GOTTI SHIRTS AND FANS ON HAND, ONLY MADE GOTTI BUILD FUEL IN THIS FIGHT. CITROWSKE JUST COULDNT FIND AN ANSWER FOR GOTTI AS HE WAS ON THE DEFENSE WITH HIM SINCE THE BEGINNING, WITH GOTTI PUNISHING HIM WITH 3 KNOCKDOWNS AND THE LAST ONE TO END THE FIGHT. RESULT JOHN GOTTI III VIA KO GOTTI IMPROVES TO 2-0
FIGHT 10 IRVIN GONZALEZ (WORCESTER MA) 15-3 11 KO VS DANNIS AGUERO ARIAS (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) 19-12 16 KO 8 ROUNDS
FOR WBC SILVER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
FOR THE LAST FIGHT OF THE NIGHT IT WAS ONE HELL OF A SHOCK FOR THE FANS OF MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. ARIAS CAME OUT VERY STRONG IN THE FIGHT, AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT, WITH IMPRESSIVE SKILL ON THE INSIDE, AND REALLY GIVING DAMAGE TO GONZALEZ. IT WAS IN THE FOURTH ROUND THAT THE POWERFUL OVERHAND RIGHT TO KNOCK GONZALES TO THE CANVAS. WHERE THE REF STOPPED THE FIGHT BEFORE GONZALEZ COULD GET BACK UP. AT 2:04 OF THE FOURTH ROUND DANNIS AGUERO ARIAS TOOK THE WBC SILVER FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE. RESULT DANNIS AGUERO ARRIAS WIN VS KO IMPROVES TO 20-12
PHOTO CREDIT: PHOTOJOUNALIST TAMMY MCMANAWAY BY TAMMY WILLIAMS