Boxing results from Windham, New Hampshire

Unless it was a draw, Brandon was guaranteed a victory.

Welterweights Brandon Higgins and Brandon Berry brought a common first name and sizable fan bases to the Castleton Banquet and Conference Center on Friday.

Higgins, from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, stayed at close range and pressured Berry, of West Forks, Maine, for most of the fight to win a 10-round unanimous decision.

Martha Tremblay, Eddie Scuncio, and Robert Paolino all scored the fight 100-90 for Higgins, now 10-3 with five knockouts. Berry dropped to 25-7-2 with 18 knockouts.

Though he said it wasn’t his plan, the 29-year-old Higgins spent most of the fight right in front of Berry with Berry’s back on the ropes.

“I actually wanted to fight more mid-range,” said Highins, who was a high school wrestler on one of the top programs in Massachusetts as well as a three-time New England Golden Gloves champion. “I smother my punches and I did that at times tonight. He’s really tough and tried get get me gassed but I don’t gas.”

Berry created some space in the fourth and fifth round and was able to use his jab at times but Higgins’ pressure was a little too much.

“I kind of never got going,” said the 35-year-old Berry. “He was crisper and has good conditioning, but Brandon Higgins always has good conditioning.”

Dennis Ventura a heavyweight from Lynn, Massachusetts stopped Reynaldo Souza of Boston in the first round of a scheduled four. Ventura dropped Souza three times before referee Tom Clark stopped the fight at 1:48. 

Heavyweight Andri Novytskyi  of Ukraine stopped Elda Hernandez Gama of Mexico in the third round of a scheduled six. Novytskyi  (3-0, 2 kos) wore down Gama and dropped him twice in the third before Johnny Callas stopped the fight at 1:06. Gama dropped to 5-5.

Nicky Tejeda of Haverhill, Massachusetts stopped Paul Walters of Tampa in the first round of a scheduled four at welterweight. Tejeda dropped Walters three times before referee Tom Clark stopped the fight at 1:29.

Debuting heavyweight Matty Cronin of Medford, Massachusetts stopped Aquila Cote of Boston in the second round of a scheduled four. After a first-round where each fighter threw and landed some wild shots, Cronin caught Cote with a right hand after the first minute of the second, sending him to the canvas. Cote got up but was on shaky legs prompting Johnny Callas to stop the fight at 1:48.

Michael Alvarez of Bath, Maine won a four-round majority decision against Kyle Cusik of Fall River, Massachusetts at junior middleweight. Martha Tremblay and Eddie Scuncio scored it 39-37 for Alvarez 3-0, 2 KOs) and Robert Paolino scored it 38-38. Cusik dropped to 4-3 (1).

Leash Pike of Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, won a four-round unanimous decision against debuting Sandy Cheng of Philadelphia at super bantamweight. All three judges scored 40-36 for Pike, now 2-0-1.

Light heavyweight David Tubbs of Oxnard, California needed just two pinches and two knockdowns to stop Pedro Betas of Boston in the first round of a scheduled four.

Seconds after the opening bell Tubbs connected with a solid straight right hand to the head, putting Betas on the mat. Betas got up but quickly returned to the deck with a right to the ribs. Referee Tom Clark stopped the fight at 48 seconds.

Laquan Lewis of New York stopped Kreaton Crouse of Gloversville, New York, in the final round of a scheduled four at super lightweight. After Lewis landed a body shot that forced Crouse to take a knee referee Johnny Callas stopped the fight at 1:10.

At light heavyweight, Malik Jackson of Newark, New Jersey knocked out Michael Medeiros of Boston in the second round of a scheduled four. After three knockdowns, two in the second, referee Tom Clark waved off the fight without a count 54 seconds into the second round after a left hook put Medeiros on his back.

In a battle of debuting middleweights, Mario Christopher Ramirez of Simi Valley California won a four-round unanimous decision against Johnny Kim of Johnston, Rhode Island. Martha Tremblay and Robert Paolino scored it 40-36; Eddie Scuncio had it 39-37.