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Weights from Manchester, NH [1]
FightNews September 17th, 2014
Chris Gilbert 147 vs. Steven Matthews 158
Mark DeLuca 163 vs. Gundrick King 165
Russell Lamour 167.5 vs. Dennis Ogboo 171
Brandon Berry 141.5 vs. Theo Desjardin 137
Venue: Verizon Wireless Center, Manchester, New Hampshire
Promoter: 13th annual Fight To Educate Pro-Am Boxing

REPORT

Maine’s Berry, Lamour remain unbeaten after boxing victories[2]
By Ernie Clark, BDN Staff Posted Sept. 19, 2014, at 11:16 a.m.	
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Undefeated junior welterweight Brandon “The Cannon” Berry 
of West Forks improved his record to 7-0 with a first-round stoppage of Theo Desjardin 
during the 13th annual Fight to Educate boxing show at the Verizon Wireless Arena on 
Thursday night.
Berry knocked down Desjardin (0-4) with a straight right hand, and while Desjardin got 
back to his feet before the 10-count, the North Attleboro, Massachusetts, product was 
wobbly on his legs and the referee stopped the bout at 2:18 of the opening round, 
awarding Berry a technical knockout victory.
What was scheduled as Berry’s first six-round bout was instead the fifth career 
knockout for the fighter, who trains out of Wyman’s Boxing Club in Stockton Springs. 
Berry is slated to fight next on Oct. 11 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston 
and then on Nov. 15 at the Portland Exposition Building.
Another Maine pro, undefeated super middleweight Russell “The Haitian Sensation” Lamour 
of Portland, improved to 10-0 with five knockouts when Dennis Ogboo (7-8, 6 KOs) of 
Lexington, Kentucky, was unable to answer the bell for the third round of their bout.
Vermont junior middleweight Chris Gilbert won the Fight to Educate’s eight-round main 
event, improving his record to 12-1 by scoring a narrow unanimous decision over 
previously undefeated Steve Matthews (4-1) of Greensboro, North Carolina.
In the co-feature, unbeaten Whitman, Massachusetts, super middleweight Mark “The Italian 
Bazooka” DeLuca (11-0) scored a technical knockout victory over Gundrick King (19-12) of 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at 2:39 of the third round. DeLuca, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who 
was a machine gunner in Afghanistan, had hammered King with a relentless body attack 
from the opening bell.
In amateur bouts, light flyweight Jen Amato of Keene, New Hampshire, won a three-round 
decision over Felecia O’Brien of Boston, Massachusetts; Manchester, New Hampshire, 
middleweight Ryan Clark won a three-round decision against Ricky Ford of Claremont, 
New Hampshire; and 92-pound Junior Olympian Angel Tricoch won a three-round decision 
over Wyatt Stearns of Monroe, Maine.

Fight To Educate Boxing Results[3]
By Bob Trieger | Published September 19, 2014 | 
Vermont junior middleweight Chis Gilbert (12-1, 9 KOs) edged previously undefeated Steven 
Matthews (4-1, 2 KOs) by way of an eight-round decision in tonight’s main event on the 
13th annual Fight To Educate Pro-Am show at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New 
Hampshire.
Matthews, fighting out of Greensboro (NC), held a decisive advantage early in the fight 
until Gilbert caught him with a powerful right that sent him to the canvas for the lone 
knockdown of the evening. Matthews barely beat the count and was saved by the bell. The 
two fighters went back and forth the remainder of the fight in which the single knockdown 
was the difference (76-75 on all three judges’ scorecards.
In the co-feature, Whitman (MA) super middleweight Mark “The Italian Bazooka” DeLuca 
(11-0, 8 KOs) scored a technical knockout victory, decking Gundrick “Sho-Gun” King (19-12, 
11 KOs) with a vicious body shot. Referee Dave Greenwood stopped the fight at 2:39 of the 
third round. DeLuca, who is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was a machine gunner in 
Afghanistan, had hammered King with a relentless body attack from the opening bell.
Fight To Educate, presented in part this year by Matrix Aerospace, is a unique charity 
event that combines a love of boxing with the vision of assisting children and seniors in 
need who without fundraisers like this could be ‘down for the count.’ During the past 12 
years, Fight To Educate has raised more than $750,000 in donations benefiting local New 
Hampshire non-profit organizations.
This year’s attending “Legends” were former world middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo 
(50-7-2, 21 KOs), world heavyweight title challengers Chuck “Bayonne Bleeder” Wepner 
(25-14-2, 17 KOs) and Earnie “The Acorn” Shavers (74-14-1, 68 KOs), and two-time World 
Boxing Association heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (44-9-1, 30 KOs)
Portland (ME) super middleweight Russell “The Haitian Sensation” Lamour (10-0, 5 KOs) kept 
his undefeated record intact when Dennis Ogboo (7-8, 6 KOs) was unable to answer the bell 
for the third round.
Popular junior welterweight Brandon “The Cannon” Berry (7-0, 5 KOs), fighting out of West 
Forks, Maine, remained unbeaten with a first round stoppage of Theo “The Unholy Terror” 
Desjardin (0-4), of North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Berry, who is the only fighter to 
appear in the Fight To Educate as an amateur and professional, dropped Desjardin with a 
straight right hand. He beat the count but the referee halted the fight when Desjardon 
stood on wobbly legs.
In the amateur matches, light flyweight Jen Amato, of Keene (NH), won a three-round 
decision over Felecia O’Brien, of Boston, in the amateur Fight of the Night. Amato was 
selected as Boxer of the Night. Manchester (NH) middleweight Ryan Clark won a three-round 
decision against Ricky Ford, of Claremont (NH), while 92-pound Junior Olympian Angel 
Tricoch won a three-round decision over Wyatt Stearns, of Monroe (ME).