Hubbard's Fidram first to win 5 bouts in K.O. Drugs meet

He was selected as the upper-class division's Most Promising Boxer.
By BOB ROTH
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
HUBBARD -- The K.O. Drugs high school boxing championship heavyweight title fight lived up to the hype Tuesday at the Hubbard High gymnasium.
Liberty's Mike Marvin, a three-time champion at smaller weights, took on Hubbard's Anthony Fidram (4-0 this year).
When it was over, there was no doubt about the decision as Fidram became the first boxer in 17 years of K.O. Drugs action to win five fights in a tournament.
Marvin entered the ring right from his Liberty commencement ceremony and came at Fidram in his mauling style, throwing punches from all angles.
But he taller boxer from Hubbard, after surviving several rushing attacks, showed the difference in the fight when twice in round one, he landed stinging rights to the Liberty brawler's head.
Round two was as good as it gets with Marvin swarming in and Fidram landing rights to counter the rushing aggressiveness.
Decisive round
Then came the decisive final round that had Marvin take a standing eight count. Seconds later a short right by Fidram sent Marvin to the canvas.
After the Liberty graduate got up, a Fidram right hook sent him down again just as the bell ended the bout.
Fidram was given the upper-class division's Most Promising Boxer award.
This fight was one of many outstanding bouts on a night that saw 26 champions crowned in the ring and three more by way of default and a walkover.
There were 20 decision victories in the 26 fights fought, nine in the underclass division.
Best of schools
Campbell Memorial, with a 4-2 mark, and Champion, which had a default winner in a 4-1 night, were the best of the high schools.
Lyndon Nelson, using one of the better left jabs in the ring, defeated James Naples of Champion to take the underclass welterweight crown.
The upper-class lightweight champion was Campbell's Kosta Tsagaris, 4 and 0 in the tournament. He used a two-fisted attack to the head and body to get a hard earned decision over Tom Peluso from Struthers.
Campbell's Jake Guriceo went to 4 and 0 when he stopped Hubbard's Larry Starr in round two to win the upper-class junior cruiserweight championship.
Jose Mateo went to 3 and 0 with a split decision victory over Campbell classmate and friend Anthony Ramun to win the upper-class super cruiserweight championship in what was one of the better slugfests of the night.
Without a doubt the best punch of the night belonged to Warren Harding's Marco Hall who actually knocked Western Reserve's Matt Cowher off his feet and out of the ring with a storied left hook to win the upper-class super lightweight championship.