Redkach and Ion Dan Win on DiBella Undercard

By Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media Correspondent

*All photos Copyright Robert Brizel, Real Combat Media, All Rights Reserved

New York, NY– Two rising prospects both won their bouts on the undercard of a ten bout card at Roseland Ballroom on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, promoted by DiBella Entertainment. Both prospects could go far for Lou DiBella, though their solid performances were on distinctly different roads.

In a southpaw versus southpaw bout seven of the ten bout card, Romanian southpaw junior middleweight prospect Ionut Dan Ion, now fighting out of Montreal, Canada, went to 30-2, 17 kayos, with a fifth round knockout of Dominican southpaw Franklin Gonzalez, 15-12, 10 knockouts, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Gonzalez, a New York City area trial horse, has had inconsistent performances but sometimes tries hard to win.

Dan Ion fought a careful but masterful bout, patiently looking for straight jab and jab combination opportunities but slowly but surely cut off the ring break Gonzalez down. By the fourth round, Dan Ion’s punches were raining down on Gonzalez’ parade, and Gonzalez was in serious trouble. Dan Ion jabbed out of range of Gonzalez, who got tired from his wild misses aside from a few lucky counters here and thee. Gonzalez finally went down after Dan Ion landed some big shots, and although Gonzalez beat the count near the end of the fourth, he staggered back to his corner.

Dan Ion, sensing the kill, zoomed out of his corner at the start of the fifth round and finished Gonzalez in his own corner at 11 seconds of the fifth round. Nice end.

Dan Ion, with two close 12 round decision losses in World Boxing Council Silver Welterweight title bouts, would make a great fight at 154 against Alfredo Angulo.

In bout eight of the ten bout card, Ukrainian southpaw lightweight prospect Ivan Redkach of Los Angeles, California, won an eight round unanimous decision in hell over game Dominican fighter Eduardo Valdez of Brooklyn. Redkach, now 13-0, 11 knockouts, ran into trouble right away with New York State Lightweight champion Valdez, now 11-9-2, 6 knockouts, when Valdez showed the ability to take Redkach’s best shot and punish him back with brutal counter shots at the same time. Redkach, who had knocked out every opponent he faced (along with one disqualification win) suddenly had an opponent in front of him who wouldn’t go and could fight back!

Valdez took his chance, and the reason was obvious. If by chance Valdez could beat Redkach, maybe Lou DiBella would sign him. Valdez was handed the opportunity to take Redkach deep when Redkach began to run when he got hit in return, and got Redkach hurt. The scoring in this bout was way off-two rounds for Valdez on two scorecards, and only one round on another. True, Redkach won the bout and got the decision. Valdez appeared to win the third, the fifth and the seventh rounds.

Redkach was throwing effective jabs mixed with body hooks which had evil intent. Trouble was, Valdez came forward landing counter power shots with evil intent whenever Redkach threw. Redkach was the busier fighter overall by the punch count, but Valdez was effective enough to tattoo Redkach’s face and bruise it badly in return. Valdez, who has a mean look with a Bennie Briscoe looking bald head, appeared slightly shorter than Redkach, but managed to get in side and do damage, and wasn’t afraid to get hit because he knew he could tag Redkach in heated exchanges. This was a mean vicious fight, and a fantastic matchup by matchmaker Joe Quiambo, his best of the night. Fights like this one give boxing a good name. The crowd got its money’s worth. Redkach got a win and a memory not soon forgotten.

Valdez has a most deceiving professional record. Of his nine losses, seven of his opponents were unbeaten, and their records combine for an astounding 57-2-1. The are many lightweights out there who would never take a fighter like this. perhaps Valdez won most of these fights but did not get the decision over the promoter’s fighter. That’s boxing. Put Valdez in with a pretender with a padded record, and the bout won’t last long. Redkach got in quality work, and the crowd got a great fight.

Anytime a hungry fighter enters the ring, the promoter’s fighter could get taken to town. The Roseland Ballroom is no exception, and has claimed many a promoter’s fighter as another victim on occasion. This particular evening was no exception. Brooklyn welterweight prospect Mikkel LesPierre, in his second pro fight, got decked twice in the second round by debuting Cornelius Whitlock of Hanover, Maryland, and had to settle for a four round draw due to Whitlock’s 10-7 round.

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