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	By ERIC BENEVIDES; The Woonsocket Call October 14, 2012[http://www.woonsocketcall.com/node/6464]		By ERIC BENEVIDES; The Woonsocket Call October 14, 2012[http://www.woonsocketcall.com/node/6464]
			== REPORT ==
			Gardner takes split decision victory at Twin River
			BY ERIC BENEVIDES ebenevides@pawtuckettimes.com pawtuckettimes October 22, 2012[http://www.woonsocketcall.com/node/6523]
			LINCOLN – Pawtucket’s Thomas “The Souljah” Falowo and Woonsocket’s Joe
			Gardner did their respective hometowns proud on Thursday night and were among
			the big winners on Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports’ “Closing
			Statement” show at the Twin River Event Center.
			Falowo picked up his second knockout victory in three months with a fifth-round
			TKO of Michael Walchuk of Ontario, Canada, a bout that saw the Manfredo’s Gym
			middleweight dominate his opponent from start to finish and deliver one of the best
			efforts of his young two-year career.
			Gardner, meanwhile, needed to overcome a late second-round knockdown to claim
			a split decision victory over Philip Burnette of Myrtle Beach, S.C. A strong showing
			in the final two rounds helped the Woonsocket Boxing Club middleweight win the bout
			by scores of 56-59, 57-56, and 58-55.
			The news, however, wasn’t as good for Pawtucket junior lightweight Toka Kahn-Clary,
			who saw his bout with Jamell Tyson of Rochester, N.Y. stopped late in the second
			round due to an unintentional headbutt by Tyson that resulted in each fighter
			receiving a nasty gash over one of their eyes. The fight resulted in a no contest.
			Falowo, who was spectacular in his fourth-round stoppage of Rahman Yusubov back on
			July 19 at Twin River, seemed to be a step better in his performance against Walchuk
			(9-6, 2 KOs), who also delivered his share of shots, but none that seemed to affect
			Falowo.
			Falowo (8-1, 6 KOs) overcame a four-round headbutt by Walchuk (9-6, 2 KOs) that left
			a small cut about Walchuk’s left ear by quickly putting him away in the fifth. A
			barrage of punches drove Walchuk backwards into the ropes, and 40 seconds into the
			round, referee Ricky Gonzalez decided enough was enough for Walchuk and put an end
			to the fight.
			“This is what we trained for,” said Falowo. “There were a lot of things that I worked
			on that I felt like I did in the ring. I still know I can do a lot better, but I’m
			very happy with how I fought and how everything worked out tonight.”
			Gardner improved his record to 9-5 with his performance, which saw him clearly win
			the first, third, and last two rounds despite absorbing a left from Burnette (2-6)
			that sent him to the canvas in the final seconds of the second round.
			“We were hitting each other at the same time,” noted Gardner. “I was turning to my
			left and I hit him with a hook, but he hit me a split second sooner, and I was only
			standing on one foot because I was pivoting. He flashed me down, but I spun right
			back up and I was up on the one count.”
			But Gardner was in control for most of the fight and landed the majority of the
			punches. He delivered his share of body shots that seemed to affect Burnette, and he
			landed a left uppercut early to Burnette’s mouth early in the bout that ended up
			drawing a lot of blood in the final two rounds.
			“I definitely needed (this win),” said Gardner, who won for the first time since
			defeating Pawtucket’s Rameil Shelton in March. “He’s a lot tougher than his record.
			I was hoping to be a little smoother, but he was awkward, hard to fight, and he
			threw a lot of swiping punches. I couldn’t really get my combinations off because
			of the way he was fighting.”
			Kahn-Clary (2-0, 2 KOs) looked to be well on his way to his third pro victory in the
			last four months in his bout with Tyson (3-8-2), as the Manfredo’s Gym southpaw
			punished Tyson with straight lefts for most of the opening round and was in control
			of the second before Tyson’s headbutt left its bloody mark over Kahn-Clary’s right eye.
			Tyson was also bleeding profusely from above his left eye, and both fighters were sent
			to a nearby hospital for stitches.
			“It’s unfortunate,” added Falowo. “He had a nice little cut, but not too much damage,
			so he’ll be back really soon. But Toka looked really good. He had him hurt in the first
			round twice, and you could see Toka starting to land his shots really nice.”
			Another fighter with ties to the Pawtucket area, South Attleboro’s Richard Gingras, was
			also a big winner on the undercard, as the light heavyweight and owner/head trainer of
			the Fight2Fitness health club on Blackstone Avenue in Pawtucket landed a second-round
			TKO of Dennis Ogboo of Lexington, Ky.
			Gingras, who fought on The Contender IV reality TV series, improved to 11-3 with his
			seventh career knockout. He ruled Ogboo (7-6, 6 KOs) in the second round and landed a
			hard left that sent him to the canvas with 52 seconds to go in the round, forcing
			Ogboo’s corner to wave the towel at referee Joey Lupino and halt the fight with 30
			seconds left.
			The only other local boxer on the card, East Providence welterweight Dinis “Sweetbread”
			Paiva Jr., suffered an unanimous-decision loss to former three-time New England Golden
			Gloves champion Jon Smith of Cranston in their pro debuts.
			Paiva, who lost the four-round fight by scores of 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37, is best known
			for his exploits as a mixed martial arts fighter, where he sports a 2-3 record and had
			won his last fight on Aug. 3 at Twin River with a second-round submission victory.
			In the main event, which featured a pair of Hartford junior lightweights fighting for
			the New England championship, Joseph “Chip” Perez was a majority-decision winner over
			Chazz McDowell, as Perez (10-1, 3 KOs) nipped McDowell (6-3,1 KO) by scores of 76-76,
			77-75, and 78-74.
			Manfredo’s Gym female bantamweight Shelito Vincent of Providence excelled in the co-
			feature and raised her record to 5-0 by registering her second unanimous-decision victory
			over Ivana Coleman of Slidell, La. (0-2) in three months by consecutive 40-36 scores.
			Providence super middleweight Alex Amparo also made good again in his rematch with Nick
			Lavin of Shelton, Conn. Last year, Amparo (5-0, 3 KOs) was a majority-decision winner
			over Lavin (2-4, 2 KOs), but this time, Amparo scored a TKO victory 53 seconds into the
			fourth round.

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