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Rolando Romero dominates, stops Avery Sparrow in Round 7

Rolando Romero dominated and stopped Avery Sparrow in Round 7 on the Angelo Leo-Stephen Fulton card Saturday in Uncasville, Conn.

Rolando Romero left no doubts this time.

The lightweight contender, coming off a controversial victory, forced the corner of last-minute replacement Avery Sparrow to stop their one-sided bout 43 seconds into Round 7 on the Angelo Leo-Stephen Fulton card Saturday in Uncasville, Conn.

Romero (13-0, 11 KOs) defeated Jackson Marinez by a unanimous decision in August but many believed he was given a gift, suggesting that Marinez had outboxed and outworked him.

That perception angered Romero, who thought he deserved the victory and was determined to prove against Sparrow that he is an elite 135-pounder.

Mission accomplished.

Romero, known as as a power puncher, put Sparrow (10-3, 3 KOs) down with a left hook about 40 seconds into the fight.

It was all Romero from then on, as he showed his doubters that he knows how to box and work hard in the ring. He patiently imposed his will on Sparrow, jabbing, following with accurate power punches and slowly breaking him down.

Round 6 was unusual. Sparrow suddenly hit the canvas and grabbed his right knee, as if it was injured, but he continued to fight. Moments later he landed a low blow that referee Johnny Callas ruled was intentional, costing him two points.

Sparrow came out for Round 7 but, as he continued to take hard punches, his corner stopped the fight.

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Rolando Romero dominates, stops Avery Sparrow in Round 7

Rolando Romero dominated and stopped Avery Sparrow in Round 7 on the Angelo Leo-Stephen Fulton card Saturday in Uncasville, Conn.

Rolando Romero left no doubts this time.

The lightweight contender, coming off a controversial victory, forced the corner of last-minute replacement Avery Sparrow to stop their one-sided bout 43 seconds into Round 7 on the Angelo Leo-Stephen Fulton card Saturday in Uncasville, Conn.

Romero (13-0, 11 KOs) defeated Jackson Marinez by a unanimous decision in August but many believed he was given a gift, suggesting that Marinez had outboxed and outworked him.

That perception angered Romero, who thought he deserved the victory and was determined to prove against Sparrow that he is an elite 135-pounder.

Mission accomplished.

Romero, known as as a power puncher, put Sparrow (10-3, 3 KOs) down with a left hook about 40 seconds into the fight.

It was all Romero from then on, as he showed his doubters that he knows how to box and work hard in the ring. He patiently imposed his will on Sparrow, jabbing, following with accurate power punches and slowly breaking him down.

Round 6 was unusual. Sparrow suddenly hit the canvas and grabbed his right knee, as if it was injured, but he continued to fight. Moments later he landed a low blow that referee Johnny Callas ruled was intentional, costing him two points.

Sparrow came out for Round 7 but, as he continued to take hard punches, his corner stopped the fight.

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Abraham Nova outpoints Avery Sparrow on Moloney-Baez card

Abraham Nova outpointed Avery Sparrow on the Jason Moloney-Leonardo Baez card Thursday in Las Vegas.

Abraham Nova continued his march toward a title shot but he probably didn’t frighten any of the beltholders by his performance on Thursday night.

Nova had difficulty with the slick, quick Avery Sparrow, going long periods with little activity, but he did enough to win a unanimous decision in a 10-round junior welterweight fight on the Jason Moloney-Leonard Baez card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The scores were 99-91, 97-93 and 96-94.

Sparrow (10-2, 3 KOs) threw a lot of punches but the vast majority of them hit only air. Still, his output and effective movement proved to be a challenge for Nova, who threw punches aggressively only occasionally.

The best example of that came in Round 8, when Nova (19-0, 14 KOs) stunned Sparrow with a hard right and followed with a flurry that forced his opponent to hold on for dear life. Sparrow, Philadelphia tough, survived and went back to boxing carefully.

In the end, Nova apparently won for a simple reason: He landed more and harder punches in a tactical fight that probably was disappointing for fans expecting to see more from the Puerto Rican slugger.

In other preliminaries, Puerto Rican prospect Orlando Gonzalez (15-0, 10 KOs) put Luis Porozo (15-3, 8 KOs) of Ecuador down twice en route to a unanimous decision victory in an eight-round featherweight bout.

The fight between two technically proficient boxers was largely tactical. Gonzalez was more assertive but had trouble at times with Porozo’s speed and slick skills.

The knockdowns were the difference. In Round 2, the southpaw Gonzalez landed a short, hard left and a grazing left that put Porozo down. Then, in Round 7, a simple left to the body forced Porozo to take a knee.

The scores were 77-73, 77-73 and 76-74.

Also, Vlad Panin (8-1, 4 KOs) of Los Angeles rebounded from his first career setback to defeat Benjamin Whitaker (13-4, 3 KOs) San Antonio by a majority decision in a six-round welterweight bout. The scores were 58-56, 58-56 and 57-57.

Panin lost a unanimous decision to Moises Fuentes in a six-round bout in February.

And, in a scheduled six-round heavyweight fight, Kingsley Ibeh (4-1, 4 KOs) of Nigeria avenged an earlier split-decision loss to Waldo Cortes (5-3, 2 KOs) of Phoenix by stopping Cortes at 1:41 of Round 4.

The ending was strange. Cortes had his left arm draped around the neck of Ibeh, who, in that position, landed five uppercuts. He followed with two rights and a grazing left, which put Cortes down. He was able to get up but couldn’t continue.