Witherspoon Wins In Atlantic City

American Heavyweight Chazz “The Gentleman” Witherspoon came off his longest lay off and struggled through the first six rounds of his scheduled 10 round bout with Livin Castillo only to come out for round seven and score a thrilling knockout that headlined a great night a great night of boxing that was promoted by Mike Brestle’s Spartan Fight Promotions at the Trump Taj Mahal Grand Ballroom.

After a pretty even first round, Castillo began to land numerous long left hands to bot the body and head and it looked like Witherspoon was a bit befuddled.

Witherspoon came out in round seven and went for broke and succeeded as he landed a barrage of punches that sent Castillo to the Canvas. Castillo rose to his feet only to be battered all over the ring by an unrelenting flurry by Witherspoon and finally referee Earl Brown stopped the fight at 2:21 of round seven.

It was later found out that Castillo was leading 58-56; 58-56 and 59-55 on all three judges score cards

“It felt good to be back”, said Witherspoon, who was making his first ring appearance after an almost nine month layoff since a stoppage loss to world ranked Tony Thompson at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

“My plan was to box and get the ring rust off and then I took him out when my coach (trainer Wade Hinnant) told me it was time to get him out of there.

Witherspoon is now 27-2 with nineteen knockouts.

The co-feature saw Farah Ennis remain undefeated as he used a vicious body assault to take out late replacement Reggie Pena in round three of a scheduled eight round Super Middleweight bout.

In a battle of veterans, former world title challenger Walter Estrada scored a six round split decision over Jose Reyes.

Three local favorites remained undefeated as Isiah Seldon scored his first knockout when he took out Jason Johns in round one of a scheduled four round Super Middleweight bout.

Atlantic City Light Heavyweight Lavarn “Baby Bowe” Harvell dropped eighteen year old Nathan Bedwell three times en route to a four round unanimous decision.

Eugene Soto recovered from two first round knockdowns to gain a controversial majority decision over Maurice Williams in a four round Super Middleweight bout

Spartan Fight Promotions will be back this fall with another great night of boxing. Details to be announced shortly


FULL RESULTS

10 Rounds – Heavyweights—Chazz Witherspoon (27-2, 19 KO’s) 231 lbs of Philadelphia, PA TKO 7 (2:21) over Livin Castillo (16-9) 212 lbs of Atlantic City, NJ

8 Rounds—Super Middleweights—Farah Ennis (16-0, 10 KO’s) 173 lbs of Philadelphia, PA TKO 3 (1:56) over Reggie Pena (6-4) 178 lbs of Ocala, FL

6 Rounds—Lightweights—Walter Estrada (37-13-1) 134 lbs of Miami, FL SPL DEC (scores 58-55-; 57-56 & 56-57) over Jose Reyes (23-8) 138 lbs of Vineland, NJ

4 rounds—Light Heavyweights—Lavarn Harvell (6-0) 170 ½ lbs of Atlantic City, NJ U DEC (scores 40-33 on all cards) over Nathan Bedwell (2-4) 169 lbs of Jackson, TN

4 Rounds—Super Middleweight—Isiah Seldon (2-0, 1 KO)160 ½ lbs of Atlantic City, NJ TKO 1 (2:57) Jason Johns (0-3) 164 lbs of Danville, VA

4 Rounds—Super Middleweights—Eugene Soto (3-0) 163 ½ lbs of Atlantic City, NJ Maj DEC (scores were 38-37; 37-36 and 37-37) over Maurice Williams (1-6) 164 lbs of Camden, NJ

Photos by: Tom Briglia / PhotoGraphics Photography

August 28, 2010