The ascension of Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry in the world bantamweight ranks continued in TKO fashion on Saturday night at the Giftland Mall.
In the open-air setting at the Pattensen edifice, Dharry (20-5-1) delivered a whirlwind performance in the wind and the rain to force opponent, Felix Machado of Venezuela to quit on his stool.
From the opening bell of the headline bout of the ‘Hostile Territory’ card, ’The Bully’ stalked and battered the former IBF world super flyweight champion.
After the fourth round, Machado (26-14-1), decided he had enough punishment and stayed put rather than to come out for the fifth round as Dharry kept his unbeaten streak on home soil intact.
It had been a year since Machado last fought, and he did not show the stamina and conditioning that he had in the past. He tried his best to evade ‘The Bully’s’ punches but continued to get hit with some big shots.
In the 4th round, Machado tried to tie up Dharry to keep from getting hit, but the prize fighter continued to nail him with really hard shots with his short arms.
It was one of the best of Dharry’s 20 wins, a stoppage to go alongside 14 already gathered, and he can look with some confidence now to adding to his bank account and reputation in his adopted home of America, where reside the real targets of his ambition.
In Dharry’s immediate future however is a crack at the British Commonwealth title here on May 21.
On a terrific evening for Guyanese fighters, Dexter ‘De Kid’ Marques put on a boxing clinic on Machado’s countryman, Freddie Belino to win the super flyweight co-feature.
Marques used his superior speed and reach to hurt a game Belino several times in the fight. However, Marques who was shaking off some ring rust after a long layoff could not end the bout prematurely but went on to pound out a unanimous verdict.
Undercard
In arguably the most entertaining bout of the evening, lightweight prospect Quincy Gomes earned a split decision
victory versus Imran ‘Magic’ Khan in their six-round contest. Khan who was beating Gomes to the punch in the first two rounds, ran out of steam half way into the second fight of career. The shorter Gomes then smothered him on the inside and landed the lustier blows in the latter half of the fight to record his biggest win to date.
Welterweights, Anson Green and Revlon Lake along with bantamweight, Mandessa Moses were also in the winner’s row.
Green who replaced Cassius Matthews on just a few days’ notice, unanimously defeated Kishawn ‘Riddick’ Simon, flooring and bloodying the Berbician boxer to record his third victory in five fights.
In a ‘fight’ which the ring girls perhaps provided more entertainment than the boxers; Lake finally prevailed over Miguel Antoine of Barbados in a snoozer via split decision. Antoine had defeated Lake on two previous occasions.
Moses jabbed her way to a unanimous decision victory over debutant Ansilla Norville in their four rounder.
Saturday night’s card marked a welcomed return of this fistic sport following four months of inactivity. It was well organized and attended. Kudos to the coordinators.
