Undercard Results from Lincoln, Rhode Island

A Light Heavyweight bout marked the professional debut of Boston’s Maceo Crowder (1-0, 1 KO) and Reidsville, North Carolina’s Duane King (0-1). The first round began with King as the busier of the two fighters, but the intermittent shots of Crowder landed more accurately. At the end of the round, a left-right combination put King down on the canvas, but he was able to rebound from it. Crowder began the second round with increased confidence, connecting a few solid punches that prompted clinches from King. The action concluded at 1:48 of the third round, with Crowder having found a comfortable home for his right hand. Crowder was awarded a TKO victory.

A Heavyweight bout between Rashad Minor (3-1, 3 KO) of Worcester, Massachusetts and Lance Gauch (1-2, 1 KO) of Hannibal, Missouri lasted two rounds. In the first, Minor landed a good left hook and it was clear that Gauch was somewhat overwhelmed by his aggression. He slowed his own punch output in reaction. In the second and final round, Gauch began more actively, burrowing into Minor and flailing wild, blind shots that rarely landed. Minor responded with a right that knocked Gauch out at the 2:47 mark.

The briefest fight of the night belonged to 2008’s New York Golden Gloves Champion, Joe “The Irish Bomber” Smith, Jr. (2-0, 2 KO). His opponent was Eden, North Carolina’s Brandon McGowen (0-1), who was making his professional debut. The one and only round began with McGowen over eager to get his shots off. In doing so, he made himself unbalanced and unwieldy, leaving himself vulnerable to counters. Smith put him down at the :45 mark, winning via TKO.

It was a short night for Super Middleweights Vladine Biosse (5-0, 4 KO) of Providence, Rhode Island and Jeffrey Osbourne (8-15-2, 3 KO) of Davenport, Iowa. Biosse connected with a few solid punches early on. Osbourne was trying his best to manage him when he got caught in a flurry by Biosse. Osbourne neglected to actively answer Biosse’s attack for a couple of seconds and the referee stopped the bout. Osbourne was disappointed with the stoppage, insisting that he could have fought on.