Vinny Maddalone Kayoes The Bear
By: Robert Brizel- Ringside
Flushing, NY– According to internet sports commentator and publicist Marc Abrams, “Some cats like Vinny Maddalone have nine lives.” A thirty eight year old heavyweight, Vinny Maddalone, now 36-8, 27 knockouts, Flushing, Queens, New York, has enjoyed a consistent ring career with particular resilience. Maddalone’s career patterns has been to win a number of bouts, loses a bout, then wins a number of bouts again. “I run and I train, I do it for my fans!” noted Maddalone after his latest contest.
In the second boxing show to be held at the Genting Group’s Resorts New World Casino in Jamaica Queens, New York, Maddalone fought in the main event of an eight bout card co-promoted by Old World Boxing, new Legend Boxing and WON Promotions. Maddalone did not disappoint his hometown New York City crowd.
First, ring announcer Phil Tufano, who is also the Fire Department Captain of Brooklyn Engine 207, had the timekeeper ring the traditional ten count for a moment of silence in memory of the late champion Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho.
Then the main event began. Maddalone looked in top physical condition. His opponent, Byron ‘The Bear’ Polley, as one New York State Athletic Commission official at ringside put it “Looks like an overweight Butterbean, who tries to uses to his brute size and strength to push you around and manhandle you in the ring.” Polley, now 25-14-1, 11 knockouts, Saint Joseph, Missouri, tried execute his ‘manhandle the other guy’ game plan against Maddalone, but it did not work.
Polley, coming off a no-contest bout with 11-0 Richard Carmack in Kansas City this past September where Polley incurred a cut from an accidental head butt in the third round, did not have to worry about being cut this time. Maddalone immediately began throwing power shots in center ring while keeping Polley out of range. Polley desperately tried to counter with single jab shots and hold, but failed.
Maddalone dropped Polley in the first, second and third rounds with accurate and well timed power shots thrown in combinations. Polley lacked the talent to counter, and resorted to cheating by pinning Maddalone against the ropes, holding the ropes with his left hand, and trying to hit Maddalone with the right hand, but was caught using the illegal tactic by referee Shada Murdaugh. Polley tried but could not keep Maddalone on the ropes nor hold him in center ring, spelling ultimate doom.
A flurry of Maddalone power shots in combinations which would not stop dropped Polley’s guard, and for a brief moment, time for both fighters and the arena stood still. Polley, exhausted, battered, and beaten senseless, slumped backwards to the canvas when his legs went, knocked out, putting an end to one-sided slaughter at 1:11 of the third round, referee Murdaugh waving the end without a count as Polley was down and out. It was not one punch which did it, or even a knockout punch, just that Polley’s legs went when his body and heart could take no more punishment at the heavyweight ‘A’ level, where Maddalone’s skill and timing beat his brute size.
Polley’s bout was ultimately a bit better than some of the others, because at least Polley got up three times and still gave it a shot despite the mismatch.
Two of the undercard bouts were stinkers. Light heavyweight Abdellah Smith administered Rob Garris a brief but brutal beating for a round and a half. Garris, making his pro debut at age 47 after a extensive amateur career several decades earlier, was stopped at 1:08 of the second round. Dominican super bantamweight Juan ‘Baby’ Tito’ Dominguez won when Jhon Alberto Molina quit on his stool before the fifth round, claiming a punch to one of his thighs had triggered leg cramps, and was unwilling to continue, exited and limped to the dressing room, taking his ‘out’.
A four round lightweight bout on the undercard was exciting, however, as Brooklyn lightweight Angel Garcia barely pulled out a four round majority decision over Victor Galindo of Puerto Rico in a bout which could have gone either way. Galindo, in his second pro bout, still showed he has world class potential in the future.
Brooklyn junior middleweight prospect Frank Galarza got taken on a six round trip to hell, getting wrestled to the canvas several times by muscular Rigoberto Lopez of Vineland, New Jersey, who tried to win. Surprise! Lopez kept up a 12 round champion tempo and came forward with dangerous pressure and tried to cut off the ring by throwing body shots with both hands at Galarza on the ropes. Galarza, in top form, was able to fight his way out of it when this occurred and bring the bout back into the center of the ring, where he won five of the six rounds, but it was close.
Undercard Results
Neuky Santalises Win 4 Micah Branch, Lightweights
Abdellah Smith TKO 2 Rob Garris
Heather Hardy Win 4 Ivana Coleman, Female Super Bantamweights
Bryant Cruz (Debut) TKO 3 Jonathan Caban, Super Featherweights
Angel Garcia Win Majority Decision 4 Victor Galindo, Lightweights
Frank Galarza Win 6 Rigoberto Lopez, Junior Middleweights
Juan Dominguez TKO 5 Jhon Alberto Medina, Super Bantamweights
Luis Collazo, Dmitry Salita, Junior Jones, one-handed boxer Michael Costantino and promoter Joe DeGuardia of Star Boxing were among those in attendance.
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