K.O. DRUGS BOXING Quick bouts, upsets spice up night's card

Liberty High's Mike Marvin suffered his first loss.
By BOB ROTH
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
HUBBARD -- A crowd of more than 500 was treated to 41 bouts at the Hubbard High gymnasium Wednesday night in the third session of the 16th K.O. Drugs High School Boxing Tournament.
Twelve contests were stopped by the referee, with six each in the underclass and upperclass divisions.
In an underclass cruiserweight fight, Mike Hoffman of Boardman came out with a two-fisted attack, stopping A.J. McGee from Niles at 21 seconds of the first round. In the only underclass heavyweight bout, Tyler Williams of Liberty executed a one-two combination, dropping Keystone's Thomas Yakemabic at 15 seconds.
Quickest
The quickest fight was provided by Jake Guriceo, an upperclass light-heavyweight from Campbell Memorial, who took three steps out of his corner and tagged George Swauger from Fitch with a solid right cross, sending him to the canvas. Referee Jack Loew immediately stopped the bout with only eight seconds elapsed.
A pair of upsets occurred late in the upperclass division. Ryan Gidaro from New Castle out-fought Liberty cruiserweight Mike Marvin to win a close decision. It was a first defeat in 10 tournament bouts for Marvin.
In an upper division heavyweight bout, John Mintus from Mathews hustled his way to a hard-fought decision over Hubbard's Dave Phillips, another tourney champion.
In other heavyweight bouts, Canfield's Billy DeColla (2-0) decisioned Jeff Budrovic of Campbell, and Poland's Mike Crnarich decisioned Anthony Fidram from Hubbard.
Hubbard middleweight Larry Starr, with incredibly quick hands, sent Fitch's Randy Blakeman to the canvas twice in the second round of their upperclass bout before the referee stopped the contest.
Boardman had six winners on the night. Nele Booth won a decision over Life Skills boxer DeAngelo McCoy, and Marc Schiavoni, with a two-fisted attack, stopped Sharpsville's Larry Herman in the second round.
Boardman's Kiez Smith continued to win with a junior middleweight decision over Chris Bradley from Warren JFK and super lightweight Cameron Cimino advanced to the semifinals with a win by default.
In the underclass division, Chaney's Mike Rosa decisioned Chuck DeColla from Canfield.
Middleweight Garrett Czarnecki, a 15-year-old freshman from Canfield, slugged out a decision over Frank Morris from Keystone.
The semifinals will be held next Wednesday at 7 p.m.