Mansour takes out Price after 7

ATLANTIC CITY– Amir Mansour remained perfect with a stoppage after round seven of his scheduled 10 round bout with Kelvin Price.

It was a sloppy and rough fight as Mansour was boring in with power shots while Price humped in and tried to force clinches. In round three, Mansour started landing power shots that were more flush under the long reach of Price. In round four, Mansour cracked Price with a right hand. Mansour then drilled Price with a gard left that rocked Price all over the ring. Mansour hit a wobbled Price with eight flush shots and the only thing that kept him was holding on to Price. Price was having a decent round five until he walked into a booming left that sent him down to the canvas. Luckily for him it was at the end of the frame.

The power punching continued in round six when Mansour rattled a right hook off the head of Price. Price came back for a moment in round seven when he landed a solid right hand. Mansout then came and landed a huge right that sent Price to the deck for a 2nd time. Price barely made it out of the round but then called it a night in between rounds.

Mansour, 229 lbs of Wilmington, DE is now 20-0 with 15 knockouts. Price, 240 lbs of Pensacola, FL is now 14-2.

“It came down to who wanted it more,” Mansour said after the fight. “And there is no one with more desire than me. He was tough and we both wanted the same thing, but I’m going to keep coming until I get him out of there. That’s what I did.”

Lionell Thompson boxed his weigh to a ten round unanimous decision over Ryan Coyne in a bout.

Thompson landed well over the first two rounds. Thompson was efficient with the jab and followed up nicely with the right. Coyne tried to mount some offense but Thompson was very slick. Coyne was cut around his left eye from a punch. Coyne started to come and land some good blows in the fourth. In round five, Thompson rocked Coyne with a perfect right hand. That set off a barrage of about six hard punches to the head but Coyne was able to withstand that. Coyne was able to mount a nice flurry as round five closed.

Round six saw Thompson get back to . Thompson continued to box, potshot and move for which Coyne did not have much of an answer for.neath the long reach of Price.

Thompson, 173 1/2 lbs of Buffalo won by scores of 99-90 on all cards and is now 15-2. Coyne, 174 1/2 of St. Louis is now 21-2.

“I actually thought I might get the knockout,” Thompson said. “He was a lot tougher than I expected. He took a lot of huge body shots.”

Former two-time world champion Steve Cunningham was nearly flawless in pitching an eight round shutout of Manuel Quezada in their Heavyweight bout.

It was evident from the opening seconds that Cunningham was the class in this bout as he continuously pumped the jab in the face of Quezada. Cunningham then started mixing in hooks and right hands that drew blood from the nose of Quezada and then in round three hurt Quezada’s ribs. Cunningham continued to dominate and at several points in the bout he may have been a few punches away from ending things but Quezada toughed it out and made it to the final bell. Cunnigham, 208 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 80-72 on all cards and is now 26-6. Quezada, 230 lbs of Bakersfield, CA is now 29-8.

Former Cruiserweight contender put the 1st blemish on the ledger of with an explosive 6th round stoppage in the final scheduled second of their Heavyweight bout.

Rodriguez had a good 1st round but Wilson landed a hard left hook in round two. Wilson landed several more power shots that round. With blood coming from his left eye, Wilson ripped Rodriguez with four hard power shots that buckled Rodriguez. Wilson punctuated the round by landing a thudding left hook. Rodriguez got back in the fight in the fourth as he landed a couple of nice body shots. In round six, Rodriguez face was a crimson mask he got drilled with a big left hook and he was counted out at 2:59 of the 6th and final round.

Wilson, 239 lbs of Miami, FL is now 25-17-3 with 21 knockouts. Rodriguez, 254 1/2 lbs of El Paso, TX is now 36-1.

In a battle of pro debuting Middleweights, Trent Laidler and Vincent Floyd battled to a four round draw.

Laidler scored a knockdown with the 1st punch of the fight. Although Floyd fought hard many thought that Laidler got the better of the rest of the action.

Laidler won a bout 40-35; Floyd won a card 38-37 and a third card 38-38.

John Magda remained undefeated with a 6 round unanimous decision over Jess Noriega in a Super Middleweight bout.

Scores were 60-54 on two cards and 60-53 for Magda, 168 1.2 lbs of Ruthorford, NJ and is now 4-0. Noriega, 169 1/2 lbs of Lynchburg, VA is now 2-9.

In the scheduled 4-round walkout bout, Philadelphia heavyweight Aaron Leonard, 1-1-1, 1 KO, stopped Sicklerville, NJ’s Andrew Peurifoy, 0-1, at 1:50 of the first round.