Danny O’Connor, a 2008 US Olympic team alternate, out-pointed James Hope of Rock Hill, S.C. in a six-round junior welterweight fight.
Wayne Lima, Clark Sammartino and Don Trella all scored the fight 60-54 for O’Connor, who is now 10-0 (3 KO s).
“Everything I worked on in the gym came out tonight,” said O’Connor. “I worked on giving him some angles and I followed my game plan for the whole fight.”
Hope (4-3, 4 KO s) came forward for the whole fight and landed a hard overhand right near the end of the round, but the southpaw from Framingham, Mass. avoided most shots with head movement and consistently landed hard right hooks to the body and uppercuts. By the third round Hope was bleeding from the nose.
“It was my jab,” said O’Connor. “I may not have a real hard jab, but if I land it often enough, it will happen.”
Former four-time women’s world champion Jaime Clampitt of Warwick, R.I. came back from a 20-month layoff to win a six-round unanimous decision over Rachel Clark of Fayetteville, N.C. at junior welterweight. All three judges scored it 60-54.
Clampitt (20-4-1, 7 KO s) pressured Clark throughout the fight, landing quick combinations to the body and several hard uppercuts.
This was Clampitt’s first fight since March 14, 2008. Earlier this year, she gave birth to her daughter, Neyla, who is now 9 months old.
Clark dropped to 4-3-1 (3 KO s).
Vladine Biosse of Providence, R.I. stopped Jeffrey Osbourne of Davenport, Iowa in the first round of a scheduled four. Danny Schiavone stepped in and stopped the fight at 1:25. Biosse is now 5-0 (4 KO s); Osbourne is 8-15-2 (3 KO s).
Joe Smith, Jr. of Long Island, N.Y. stopped debuting Brandon McGowen of Eden, N.C. 45 seconds into the first round of a scheduled four-round light heavyweight fight. Smith dropped McGowen with a right hand. McGowen got up, but referee Joe Lupino stopped the fight. Smith, a former New York Golden Gloves champion, is now 2-0, with two KOs.
Heavyweight Rashad Minor of Worcester, Mass. stopped Lance Gauch of Hannibal, Mo at 2:47 of the second round of a scheduled four. Minor, who weighed 294 pounds, is now 3-1 (3 KO s); Gauch, who weighed 259, dropped to 1-2 (1 KO ).
Super middleweight Maceo Crowder of Boston stopped Duane King of Reidsville, N.C. at 1:48 of the third round of a scheduled four. It was the pro debut for both fighters. Crowder is the brother of 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius Andrade.
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