World-ranked light heavyweight Richie “Popeye the Sailor Man” Rivera (26-2, 19 KOs) won a ten round unanimous over Devaun Lee (11-12-1, 6 KOs) in the main event in front of over 4,000 fans at Mohegan Sun Casino on Saturday night. Scores were 100-90, 97-93 and 97-93.
In a clash between undefeated super bantamweights, Travon Lawson (6-0, 3 KOs) edged out a controversial and minor upset split decision over Rajon Chance (8-1-1, 6 KOs). The scores were 78-73 Chance, 77-75 twice for Lawson.
Undercard Results:
Heavyweight Demek Edmonds (9-0, 7 KOs) won a split decision over Luis Miguel Valera (4-3-2, 1 KO).
Sharif Rahman (8-0, 3 KOs), the son of former heavyweight world champ Hasim Rahman, returned to the ring with a tough four-round decision win over Kijonti Davis (1-4, 1 KO) in a middleweight bout.
Undefeated lightweight Jacob Marrero (6-0, 5 KOs) stopped Ryan Venable (4-20, 0 KOs) in the second- round of their scheduled four-round bout.
NYC Fireman Louis Maietta (4-4-2, 1 KO) stopped Erick Alves (0-3) in the second round of a scheduled four-round super middleweight fight.
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Popeye must not have had his spinach if he couldn’t knock out a tomato can with 12 losses
Have to respectfully disagree with you on that one. Lee is far from a Tomato Can, though he is what he is, a tough as nails journeyman. The combined record of his opponents in his 12 loses was 138-16-4. He has only been stopped once and that was against Shane Mosley Jr. On the Other hand, Popeye’s wins and ko’s have come against fighters in Tijuana, the Dominican and places like Charlotte N.C. He too is what he is, a popular local fringe contender.
That was a good.
Tune up fight. For him.