By: Sean Crose
Boxing Insider’s The first promotional card, “New Beginnings,” will premiere tonight in midtown Manhattan at Sony Hall. The main event showcased the return of Heather “The Heat” Hardy as the former WBO 22-2 world featherweight champion faced the experienced Calista Silgado 20-15-3 in a 6-round lightweight bout schedule.
First, middleweight-trained Freddie Roach, with middleweight coach Petros Ananyan, 16-3-2 slipped between the ropes to beat Paulo Cesar Galdino 12-5 in a scheduled 8-round bout. First time seeing Ananyan trying to hit action. Galdino tried to dodge his man for the second, but ended up taking considerable damage. However, Galdino fought tight in the third inning.
Although Ananyan could not completely dominate fourth place, Ananyan still performed very well. Ananyan really knocked his man down in the fifth season. He continued to assault in the sixth inning, to the point where the referee wisely intervened and stopped the match.
