Greg Vendetti got the W and Murphys Boxing declared victory too, after the Mass. based outfit did the first boxing event at a new casino open to New England area patrons.
On Friday night, Vendetti…
..rose to 22-3-1, and won the vacant IBA 154 pound crown, when he scored the UD12 over 17-3-1 Michael Anderson at Encore Boston Harbor, in Everett, Mass.
Murphy’s executive Sean Sullivan offered his take on the scraps, which screened on UFC Fight Pass: “What a night! Sold out beautiful new venue. Encore Boston Harbor…
… 2300 people. Greg won a dominant 12 round unanimous decision over Michael Anderson. 120-108 twice 120-106. He looked like he could have gone another 12 rounds easy. Kid’s stamina is second to none. Co- main event, our fighter Luis Arcon Diaz is now 8-0 8KOs, he stopped Mario Lozano, now 18-4-1 with a third round highlight real KO! Todd Angilly, the official national anthem singer of the Boston Bruins sang the national anthem before the main event and had the place rocking! The atmosphere was electric!”
For the record, Murphys Boxing returns to Encore Boston Harbor on August 23rd.
Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson.
The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999.
Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.