Bianconi Out Clubs Zapata! Middleweights Marcus Bianconi of Houston, TX and Juan Zapata of Honduras fought an all out brawl resulting in a "Fight of the Year" candidate. Zapata came right out of the corner at the opening bell throwing for the hills, looking for a knockout. A lot of his punches whistled over the ducking and covering Bianconi's head, but the ones that did land, inflicted heavy damage. By the beginning of round two, the face of Bianconi was severely reddened and was sporting a small welt under his left eye. Zapata continued to swing with heavy hooks and uppercuts with as round two opened. Finally Zapata caught Bianconi with a left hook which sent him face forward to the canvas. Bianconi was game though weathered the storm as Zapata tired from all of the heavy wild punch output from the first two rounds. Late in the round Bianconi pinned Zapata in the corner with a four-punch combination. Both fighters tried to regain control of the ring in round three, but it was Bianconi who was now winning the exchanges. The muscular Zapata tried to muscle him to the ropes, but Bianconi was in the better shape at this point and spun out of the corner and continued on the attack. Bianconi's heavy hands finally forced Zapata to the corner. Once there, Bianconi drilled a left hook to the body and three successive rights up top and Zapata toppled face first to the canvas for the ten count. Zapata remained on the canvas for several minutes before he was taken from the ring on a stretcher and was transported to the hospital for further observation. "I was in the best shape of my life for tonight's fight," said Bianconi. "We got to the venue a little late, so I was a little nervous. My nerves got the best of me, but I put him out. I was the victorious and remain undefeated, so I am happy about that." Marcus Bianconi ups his record to 5-0, with 5 knockouts, while Juan Zapata falls to 1-3, with 1 knockout.     Other Results!   Three time Irish national amateur champion Steve Ormond (5-0, 1 KO) of Dublin, Ireland had trouble early, but was able to overcome the counter-punching southpaw Israel Suarez (1-2) en-route to a unanimous decision victory in a four-round lightweight contest. Suarez - from Puerto Rico - seemed to control the opening two rounds by counterpunching and stepping inside, winging shots from his southpaw stance. The fight changed in round three as Ormond, who is usually known for his heavy punch output, walked right through the counters and banged away at the body as Suarez spent more time on the ropes. Suarez was game though, but Ormond was just too aggressive and seemed to win the rest of the rounds. Each round almost matched the other as Ormond would stun Suarez as the rounds closed. All of the judges scored it for Ormond by scores of 58-56 (twice) and 60-54. "Big Baby" Grows Up! Brooklyn New York heavyweight Jerrell "Big Baby" Miller looked fantastic in his debut, scoring a first round stoppage over Darius Whitson of Winston Salem, NC. Miller - at 252 pounds - outweighed his opponent by forty seven pounds and it showed in his punching power as he clubbed the overmatched Whitson around the ring in the opening round. A big right hand in mid-round sent Whitson flailing to the ropes, which could have been ruled a knockdown as the ropes prevented him from going to the canvas. Another big right hand forced Whitson to clinch. Finally Miller began to close the show with a big right hand right on the chin as the bell sounded to finish the round. In Whitson's corner, he wasn't answering the ringside physician's questions, which forced referee Wayne Kelly to wave it off, resulting in a technical knockout at the three minute mark of the opening round. Whitson, who falls to 1-2, protested afterward saying that the bout shouldn't have been called off, but to no avail. Kinda Bashes Basora! Junior welterweight Issouf Kinda (4-0, 2 KOs) of Harlem, New York by way of Burkina Faso, dropped Puerto Rican Fernando Basora (8-5-1, 7 KOs) once in round two and then pummeled his way to a second round TKO in their scheduled six round contest. Kinda was in control right from the opening bell, boxing while avoiding the return shots of Basora. Just moments into the second round, Kinda dropped Basora with a well timed straight right on the button. Basora rose to his feet and went on the retreat, but Kinda knew he was hurt and pressed the attack. Kinda finally caught him against the ropes and unloaded twenty-five unanswered shots on the badly hurt Basora. Referee Steve Willis had seen enough and mercifully stepped in to call a halt to the carnage at fifty five seconds of the second round. Hart Back on the Rebound As the saying goes, "Somebody's 'O' had to go" in the four round super middleweight contest as Brian "Hitman" Hart (0-1) squared off against winless Ethiopian Fasikah Bezabah (0-1). The Irishman from Woodside Queens was the one who had his day, scoring a second round TKO over Bezabah. Hart appeared to have the quicker and better of the exchanges in the early going. Late in round two, he cornered Bezabah and sent him to the canvas with an overhand right. Bezabah rose to his feet and went on the retreat. It wouldn't help though as Hart caught him against the ropes and hurt him with a punishing four-punch combination. Referee Wayne Kelly had seen enough and stepped in to call a halt to the action at 2:06 of second round. Hamer Hammers Dickerson! Undefeated heavyweight prospect Tor Hamer (7-0, 6 KOs) of New York City scored a commanding first round knockout over Marcus Dickerson (4-2-1, 2 KOs) from San Diego, CA. Hamer just was too strong for Dickerson right from the opening bell, as he backed him around the ring with tight combinations. Dickerson tried to exchange with the heavy-handed Hamer but this opened him for counters. Hamer took advantage of the opening and connected with a left hook flush on the chin which planted Dickerson on his hands and knees for the ten count. Look for the power-punching Hamer to be back in action on August 26th at BB King's Blues Club in Times Square. Lewis Squeaks by Cunningham! In the opening bout, undefeated heavyweight Jacques "The Haitian Warrior" Lewis of Brentwood, NY captured a closely contested four round unanimous decision victory over New York, New York's Kimani Cunningham. The afternoon heat seemed to do little to stop the energy of the fighters as they threw sloppy but heavy exchanges throughout the opening two rounds. Cunningham initiated the exchanges and seemed to be getting the best of the counter-punching Lewis. However, it all changed in round three as "The Haitian Warrior" hurt Cunningham with a chopping right on the chin and put him to the canvas with a left to the ribs. Cunningham rose to his feet, but surprisingly, Lewis was slow to attack which let his opponent off the hook. The bout appeared to be even going into the round four. Cunningham again applied the pressure to Lewis, putting him against the ropes. Lewis fought well off the ropes with heavy counters. Each fighter had their moment with big blows landed in final round in the hope of swaying the judges. All of the judges saw it exactly the same at 38-37 in favor of Cunningham who moves to 2-0. Cunningham put on a terrific effort - who was the winner on the FightNews scorecard (38-37) - but unfortunately he falls to 0-2.