Bryant “B.Y.” Jennings and Jesse “Hollywood” Hart brought their Philadelphia faithful to Atlantic City on Saturday night as they headlined separate bouts in an exciting night of fights on ESPN.
Top Rank filled the undercard with up-and-coming talent including Shakur Stevenson, Christian Carto and Joseph Adorno.
Adorno (9-0, 9 KOs) made it nine for nine in his pro career, stopping Agustine Mauras at 1:39 of the opening round. Adorno has seven first-round knockouts in his young career.
“I’ve been working for five weeks. We had a great game plan,” Adorno said. “He’s gone the distance with tough fighters, and we knew it would be a tough fight. The hard work showed tonight.”
Philadelphia bantamweight prospect Christian Carto (16-0, 11 KOs) sent his large cheering section home happy, defeating Javier Gallo (25-16-1, 13 KOs) via unanimous decision in an eight-rounder by scores of 80-71, 80-72, and 79-73.
“I was looking for {the knockout}, but it didn’t come,” Carto said. “Next time, I need to set shots up instead of loading up on one big one.”
Atlantic City product Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (26-2-1, 9 KOs) earned a unanimous decision victory in an eight-round super welterweight bout against Matthew Strode. All three judges scored the bout 79-71.
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Oleksandr Teslenko (14-0, 11 KOs) scored a first-round knockdown en route to a six-round unanimous decision (60-53, 59-54, and 58-55) against Avery Gibson (9-9-4, 3 KOs).
Former 130-pound champion Jason Sosa (21-3-4, 15 KOs) got back in the win column with a unanimous decision against Reynaldo Blanco (14-5, 8 KOs) in an eight-rounder. Sosa knocked down Blanco twice in the eighth round and prevailed by scores of 78-70, 77-72, and 79-69.
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