Former world title challenger and current WBA #4 middleweight Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (37-5-1, 16 KOs) scored a seventh round TKO against Nicolas Hernandez (27-8-3, 12 KOs) on Friday night in front of 4,651 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. LaManna was in command all the way. Sudden mercy stoppage by the referee at 2:37 of the seventh.
In the main event, PBC junior welterweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. (17-1, 12 KOs) brutally kayoed Salim Larbi (22-13-3, 8 KOs) in the first round. Vito hit Larbi with a vicious right hand that knocked Larbi out cold. Larbi needed oxygen and a stretcher.
43-year-old welterweight Michael Anderson (24-3-1, 18 KOs) scored a spectacular fifth round KO over 38-year-old Eudy Bernardo (25-7, 18 KOs). Anderson dropped Bernado twice in round five to end it. Time was 2:28.
Popular heavyweight Kristian Prenga (15-1, 15 KOs) scored a first round knockout against Christopher Arnold (5-4, 5 KOs). A right hand laid out Arnold at 2:27.
Welterweight Rickey Edwards (14-5, 3 KOs) scored a six round majority decision over Mike Lee (10-3, 5 KOs). Scores were 57-57, 59-55, 58-56. Edwards is now 2-0 against Lee as this was a rematch.
Unbeaten welterweight Paul Kroll (11-0-2, 7 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO against Weah Archibald (10-16, 5 KOs).
Cornflake can sell them tickets but he will always be a club fighter. Maybe the WBA gives him another undeserving title shot and he gets starched again. But nothing more then that.
Lamanna is the WBA #4. Their #1 and mandatory at the same weight is Michael Zerafa. Middleweight is trash, but it cannot possibly be THAT trash.
Look at this way, maybe one of these guys becomes a champ. It may be a down time for 160, but if you become a champ, you are still the champ no matter when it occurred. There are fighters amateur, club, second tier, really good that would love that distinction.
I hear you and their champion is an old Erislandy Lara who rarely ever fights but the only way Zerafa beats Lara is if he’s fallen off a cliff during his inactivity. As for Lamanna…. even if Lara has fallen off a cliff, hit the ground bounced a few times, Lamanna still isn’t beating him.
True. Lamanna already went down that road once. He ain’t getting a second shot plus, I think Lara would probably retire before fighting him again.
Vito had an easy fight!
At this point, when is Vito going to step up in competition?