Nizerek Stops Reyes in Main Event of Carlos Llinas CLIP Promotions Monroe Card
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
Monroe, Mi (April 2, 2022)–Promoter Carlos Llinas and CLIP Promotions presented a sold out 13 bout amateur and professional Pro-Am boxing card at The Opportunity Center (The Center) at Arthur Lesow Community Center, Monroe, Michigan, Friday night, April 1, 2022.
Nine amateur bouts of three rounds duration were featured, with all nine amateur bouts going the scheduled three-round distance, in one minute three-round bouts, and two-minute three-round bouts, with Michigan and Canadian competitors competing for trophy prizes
Area professional fighters, who all won in Monroe, are trained by Todd Riggs and Keith Vining of Kronk Gym. In the main event of the four-bout professional card, 2-0 super welterweight prospect Matthew Niziolek of Monroe, Michigan, a 2014 Ohio Golden Gloves champion, dropped 0-2, Derek Reyes of Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, twice in the first round, and stopped a bloody faced and battered Nizorek in the first round, when Nizorek indicated after getting off the canvas he had endured enough punishment to referee Frank Garza and gave up at 2:48 of the first round.
In the preliminary to the main event between two debuting cruiserweights, debuting cruiserweight Zachary Drummond of Monroe, Michigan, a 2014 Ohio Golden Gloves champion, dropped debuting Brandon Freeman, of Toledo, Ohio, twice in the first round. Freeman gave up in his corner after the first round, after hanging on for dear life in the first round just to survive, taking brutal punishment, and breathing heavily.
In the first of two undercard bouts, debuting middleweight Alexis Torres, a 2014 Ohio Golden Gloves champion, open the pro portion of the evening card with an electric second-round knockout 0-4 Richard Tucker of Toledo, Ohio, which drew the roar of the crowd. After a hard fought first round, in which Tucker shook off the best head shots thrown by Torres and responded with some good haymakers of his own, the bout ended abruptly in spectacular fashion. In a textbook ending reminiscent of Rocky Marciano versus Joe Louis, Torrez sent the unconscious Tucker through the ring ropes face first knocked out onto the scoring table of the judges, and the 400 person capacity Monroe local crowd went wild. Fortunately, the game but mismatched Tucker recovered well enough to be able to sit up on the table, though he apparently had no recollection of the bout’s spectacular and electric sudden dramatic ending. Tucker was immediately and thoroughly examined by the ringside doctor, and then taken by ringside EMTs by stretcher to an area hospital as a precautionary measure within minutes.
In the second of the four bouts on the pro undercard, it was heavyweight bombs away in vintage George Foreman style 2-0 heavyweight Vernon Webber, Clinton, Michigan, who dropped 1-4 southpaw Marcus Moulding of Owosso, Michigan, twice in the first round. Moulding opened the bout with some haymaker bombs, and it was briefly a wild slugfest, in the classic George Foreman versus Ron Lyle style. There was no defense here, raw like the local crowds like it, and it ended as violently as it began, when Webber knocked out Moulding on his back in a corner at 1:48 of the first round for the full ten count.
Overall, on the pro side, a magic night for the red corners, with a paycheck night for the blue corners. On the amateur side, nine of the scheduled eleven bouts went off, and they gave promoter Carlos Llinas and the local Monroe crowds their money’s world and then some. The professionals in the CLIP Promotions stable demonstrated, in the least, to promoter Carlos Llinas and Hall of Fame referee Frank Garza at ringside, they are worth better opposition a notch up in the immediate future, when Llinas moves them again.
Serious professionals with solid amateur careers, will, in the mold of the late Edwin Valero of Venezuela at the start of his career, not let mediocre opponents out of the first or second round, usually not on their feet. Niziolek, Drummond, Torres and Webber, with “The Eye of the Tiger” prospect hunger in their eyes, ready to pounce, looked like nasty pit bulls chewing on a rag doll, then spitting out the pieces to the crowd in a frenzy. With hungry fighters like this, a promoter either gets better opponents, or needs better insurance.
Amateur Boxing Card Results, First Part of the Monroe Evening Boxing Card
Fernando Melchior, Azteca Boxing Club, Pontiac, Michigan Win 3 Thomas Anison, Joe’s ALCC Boxing Club Monroe, Michigan, 85 Pound Amateurs, One Minute Rounds
Joan Jacintos-Texta, Azteca Boxing Club, Pontiac, Michigan Win 3 Brett Bray, Joe’s ALCC Boxing Club, Monroe, Michigan, 110 Pound Amateurs, One Minute Rounds
Josh Hernandez, Border City Boxing Club of Andre Gorges, Windsor, Canada, Win 3 Russ Smedley, Big Dogs Boxing Club, Port Huron, Michigan, 135 Pound Amateurs, One Minute Rounds
Ari Hunter, Joe’s ALCC Boxing Club, Monroe, Michigan, Win 3 Greg Smedley, Big Dogs Boxing Club, Port Huron, Michigan, 132 Pound Amateurs, One Minute Rounds
Leonard McDonald, Jabs Boxing Club, Birmingham, Michigan, Win 3 Nico Alonzi, Beast Mode Boxing Club, Waterford Township, Michigan, 141 Pound Amateurs, Two Minute Rounds
Jeffrey Venier, Joe’s ALCC Boxing Club, Monroe, Michigan Win 3 Lucas Falkner, Border City Boxing of Andre Gorges, Windsor, Canada, 112 Pound Amateurs, One Minute Rounds
Santino Dedbukaj, Jabs Boxing Club, Birmingham, Michigan, Win 3 Julian Noble, Big Dogs Boxing Club, Port Huron, Michigan, 132 Pound Amateurs, Two Minute Rounds
Jack Nantaid, Border City Boxing Club of Andre Gorges, Windsor, Canada, Win 3 Aaron Carter, Joe’s ALCC Boxing Club, Monroe, Michigan, 165 Pound Amateurs, Two Minute Rounds.
Carter knocked Nataid down in first round, and solidly won the first round thereafter. However, Nantaid turned southpaw in rounds two and three, rallied, and beat Carter from pillar to post in rounds two and three to win the decision. Amateur scoring by rounds. Based on his aggressively winning rounds two and three, Nantaid clearly won the bout. A brief roar from the crowd standing ovation moment at the beginning of the bout when Carter dropped Nantaid, who beat the count, onto his back with an overhand left just after the start of the bout in round one, in what was probably the most exciting moment of the night.
Undefeated Monroe cruiserweight prospect Derrick “Dmillz” Miller Jr. served as the crowd roving master of ceremonies for the Carlos Llinas action-packed evening, throwing tee-shirts to the crowd from the ring, conducting raffles for prizes, throughout the night. Former World Super Welterweight champion and World Middleweight champion Bronco McCart was in attendance at ringside.
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