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Crawley and Garcia battle to a majority draw in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Penn. (August 13, 2018)-This past Friday night, *Tyrone
Crawley, Jr.* and *Ricardo Garcia* fought to an eight-round majority draw
before a capacity crowd at SugarHouse Casino in a junior welterweight bout.

The fantastic nine-bout show was promoted by King’s Promotions.

It seemed that Garcia was leading the action by landing combinations on the
ropes. Crawley tried to keep the fight at the center of the ring by trying
to lead with his left and flicking out the jab. Garcia dictated the action,
but the judges did not see it that way as two of the voters saw the fight
even at 76-76 and a 3rd judge had it 79-73 for Garcia.

Garcia, 140.7 lbs of Dominican Republic is 14-3-1. Crawley, Jr., 138.5 lbs
of Philadelphia, PA 7-1-1.

*Eric Moon* won an eight-round unanimous decision over Christopher Brooker
in a super middleweight bout.

Moon used quick combination that scored well over the second half of the
fight that swelled the left eye of Brooker.

Moon, 167.9 lbs of Marieta, GA won by scores of 78-74 and 77-75 twice to
raise his record to 8-1. Brooker, 169 lbs of Philadelphia is now 13-6.

*Poindexter Knight* remained undefeated by winning a six-round unanimous
decision over Gregory Averil Young in a welterweight bout.

Knight was in control of the bout and then in round five with a powerful
right hook. Knight landed several more hard shots, but was unable to finish
him,.

Knight, 149.9 lbs of Philadelphia won on all cards by 60-53 tallies, and is
now 5-0. Young, 147.4 lbs of Hoover, AL is 4-1.

*Joshafat Ortiz* stopped Javier Oquendo in round three of their scheduled
six-round super featherweight bout featuring undefeated fighters.

It was a fast paced bout until Ortiz decked Oquendo with a perfect right
hand. Oquendo was hurt, and Ortiz jumped on him, and after a hard flurry,
the bout was stopped at 2:06.

Ortiz, 128.6 lbs of Reading, PA is 5-0 with three knockouts. Oquendo, 128.8
lbs of Philadelphia is 3-1.

*Rasheed Johnson* won a six-round unanimous decision over Tony Morris in a
welterweight bout.

Morris was cut badly over his left eye in round three from a clash of
heads, while Johnson was also cut but not as much.

Johnson, 145.5 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 60-54 on all cards, and
is now 4-2. Morris, 149.4 lbs of Jacksonville, FL is 4-2-1.

2016 U.S. Olympic Trials champion *Paul Kroll* made a successful pro debut
by stopping DeAngelo Alcorn in the 1st round of their scheduled four-round
welterweight bout.

Kroll scored one knockdown from a hard overhand right, and the bout was
stopped at 2:33.

Kroll, 151.5 lbs of Philadelphia is 1-0 with 1 knockout. Alcorn, 150.8 lbs
of Searcy, AR is 0-2.

*Rasheen Brown* looked sharp in his pro debut by winning a four-round
unanimous decision over Bryann Perez in a super bantamweight bout.

Brown, 122.9 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 40-36 twice, and 39-37,
and is now 1-0. Perez, 127.1 lbs from Dallas, TX is 2-11.

In a nice back and forth brawl, *Nicoy Clarke* won a majority decision over
Jose Nunez in a heavyweight bout that was filled with action.

The fought hard on the inside throughout the bout, but Clarke landed the
harder punches.

In round two, Nunez began to bleed from his nose.

Clarke, 209.4 lbs of Jersey City, NJ won by scores of 40-36, 39-37 and
38-38, and is now 2-1. Nunez, 216.2 lbs of Reading, PA was making his pro
debut.

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