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2014-11-15 Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Washington, US

• Mike Gavronski W UD Gerardo Ibarra
• Cameron Sevilla Rivera L KO Aubrey Morrow
• David Robinson W MD Daryl Gardner
• Benjamin Vinson W TKO Jeff Hatton
• Marcelino Pineda L UD Will Hughes
• Adam Querido W TKO Mickey White

REPORT

Gavronski defeats Ibarra at the Boat[1]
By Shamus Young at ringside; FightNews November 16th, 2014
Super Middleweight Mike Gavronski earned a ten round unanimous decision over Gerardo Ibarra Saturday
night at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. It was a close fight that was difficult to score
because of the contrast in styles. Gavronski consistently moved his hands but many of the punches
were slapping or chopping blows without much power. Ibarra landed the more meaningful punches
throughout the fight, but at a much slower rate than his opponent. The judges favored Gavronski’s
high work rate for a unanimous decision of 96-93 and 97-94 twice. Fightnews had it 95-95. With the
win, Gavronski’s record is 15-1-1, and Ibarra’s 14-1-0.
In the six round Semi-Main Event, Aubrey Morrow (7-1-2) handed local favorite Cameron Sevilla-Rivera
(5-1) his first defeat via third round KO. Sevilla-Rivera is slick with fast hands and was able to box
his way to winning the first round. In the second round, Sevilla-Rivera tasted Morrow’s power in the
form of an overhand right to the temple, and hit the canvas. Sevilla-Rivera bounced back up and was
able to stun Morrow later in the round. Sevilla-Rivera started out the third strongly, but another
overhand right from Morrow soon put Sevilla-Rivera down. Sevilla-Rivera popped right up, but a barrage
of punches from Morrow on the ropes sent him back down again. Referee Louis Jackvony ruled it a slip
or push. Morrow quickly sealed the deal with a body shot that kept
Sevilla-Rivera down for the count. The time of the stoppage was 2:24, and the match was held at a
catchweight of 162 pounds.
New matchmaker Andy Nance put on quite an undercard, the highlight of which was a four round
barnburner between Marcelino Pineda (4-1) and Will Hughes (4-1) at a catchweight of 144. Each round
featured constant action and wide swings in momentum. Pineda fought in a squared up slugger stance,
and clearly had an edge in power. Hughes was more of a traditional boxer with good accuracy, but he
eschewed jabs for power punches.
Pineda exploded out of the gate and clearly won the first round. By the fourth round, Pineda had run out of
steam and Hughes was in a good rhythm, so Hughes clearly took that round. The middle rounds were razor thin.
In the second, Pineda thoroughly dominated the first half of the round and had Hughes so stunned that it
looked to be a short night. Right in the middle of the round, Hughes came to life and managed to stun Pineda
repeatedly. In the third round, Pineda started strong but seemed to tire at the one minute mark. Hughes took
over, but Pineda stormed back in the last 30 seconds to land a three punch combo that sent Hughes’ mouthpiece
sailing into the crowd. Hughes landed more punches in the middle rounds, but Pineda’s were more powerful.
The judges favored Hughes by scores of 39-37 thrice. Fightnews favored Pineda 39-37. There was talk of a
rematch at ringside and that would certainly be welcome.
Super Middleweight David Robinson improved to 2-0 with a majority decision over Daryl Gardner (2-4) over four
rounds. Robinson had a huge height and reach advantage which he sought to maximize with a steady stream of jabs.
In the first round, Robinson moved backwards and pawed at the air in front of Gardner’s face with the jab, which
let Gardner lunge in with power shots and take the round. The first two minutes of the second round played out
the same, then Robinson found the footwork to create the distance that he wanted. The jab became snappy,
confident. The momentum shifted and Gardner found himself caught at the end of the jab or walking into power
punches. Robinson went on to win the third and fourth rounds while Gardner became more desperate and awkward
about lunging in to try to land. The fight hinged on how one scored the second round, with its mid-round shift.
Two judges gave Robinson the victory 39-37. One judge and Fightnews scored it a draw.
Heavyweights Adam Querido and Mickey White made their pro debuts in a bout scheduled for four rounds. Querido
is a tall fighter with a long reach and thudding jab. White is more of a brawler, with a decent up-jab. The two
fighters tested each other lightly in a slow first round. In the second, White stopped jabbing while Querido bet
it all on the jab. Querido favored a jab-cross-jab combo that would end with White’s head snapping back hard.
By the end of the second, White’s nose was bleeding heavily. In the middle of the third round, White hit a wall
of exhaustion. After a jab to the face, White complained to referee Terrance Moody of a thumb to the eye. The
fight was halted while the doctor examined White, who was holding onto the ropes gasping for air. There was
another brief timeout when White’s behavior caused confusion, perhaps about his mouthpiece. When the fight
resumed, Querido followed a jab with a right to the body that sent White down. White beat the count, but was
holding onto the ropes hyperventilating when the ref asked him if he could continue. The fight was waved off at
the time of 2:52 of the third.
The opening match was another slugfest, between junior welterweights Benny Vinson (1-1) and Jeff Hatton (0-2).
Neither man cared much for defense nor taking breaks between barrages of punches. Vinson was slightly more
accurate with his punches. Hatton’s seemed to carry more sting. Vinson’s accuracy carried the first. Hatton
came on strong to start the second and comfortably won the round, but by the end of the round, he was gassed.
To start the third round, Vinson stunned Hatton and Hatton covered up. For over a minute, Vinson kept Hatton
along the ropes landing at will. Hatton should have taken a knee to clear his head, but kept trying to rally
back, only to get stunned again. Louis Jackvony rightly waved the fight off without a knockdown at 1:31 of
the third. The card was the 98th installment of Brian Halquist Productions’ Battle at the Boat series.