Friday, February 18, 2011

Guerrero Successfully Defends NABF Title!

Fernando Guerrero of Salisbury made a successful defense of his NABF Middleweight title with a 10-round unanimous decision over Derrick "Superman" Findley in front of a packed house at the Wicomico Civic Center.

Guerrero scored no knockdowns but dominated Findley throughout the contest. Judges Gary Camponeschi and John Gradowski scored the bout 99-91, while Don Risher saw a shutout for Guerrero, 100-90.

Guerrero is now 21-0, 16 KO's while Findley falls with 17-5, 11 KO's.

Guerrero's brother, Alex, also remained undefeated (5-0-1, two KO's) with a four-round unanimous decision over Reyshawn Myers (3-6, two KO's.

There was a major upset on the card as veteran Doel Carrasquillo of Lancaster, PA stopped previously undefeated Denis "Momma's Boy" Douglin of Marlboro, NJ in the third round. Carrasquillo (15-17-1, 13 KO's) was knocked down in the first round but came back to stop Douglin (12-1, eight KO's). Carrasquillo has fought a number of times in the Beltway area and has given tough battles to Beltway Boxers like Emmanuel Taylor and Tim Coleman.

In other bouts on the card, Cleveland, OH's "Showtime" Shawn Porter (18-0, 13 KO's)defended his NABF Welterweight title with a 10-round unanimous decision over Anges Adjaho of Buffalo, NY (25-5, 14 KO's) Undefeated Winter Haven, FL welterweight Joseph Elegele (11-0, nine KO's) stopped Keuntray Henson of Albuquerque, NM (3-3)in the second round.

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