Fight Night Friday gets rolling
Sixteen boxers - including several first-time pugilists - took to the ring at Centennial Hall on Friday for the first-ever Fight Night Friday event.
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Tim "Rocky" Garcia of Juneau and San Jose, Calif., scored a knockout in the first match of the evening. He defeated Frank Shorty of Juneau in a middleweight (146-174 pounds) bout.
In the evening's other middleweight matchup, Wayne "Fu" Smallwood of Juneau beat Shawn Beaird of Juneau and Sitka by unanimous decision.
Dennis "Ruckover" Riley beat Jack "The Jackhammer" Duckworth of Ketchikan on a technical knockout in the heavyweight (174-214 pounds) division. In the other heavyweight match, Anthony Lindoff of Juneau defeated Mel Martell of Wolf Point, Mont., by split decision.
Juneau's Cy Casidsid, boxing for the first time in a middleweight/ heavyweight match against Chuck "Ice Man" McCracken of Juneau, put up a valiant effort but fell to McCracken by unanimous decision.
In the evening's other bouts, Wilson Walz of Juneau defeated Harley Woods of Juneau by unanimous decision in a super heavyweight (215+ pounds) match; Juneau's Clint Davis defeated Dave "Old Dirty" Shaw, also of Juneau, on a fight stopped by the referee in the first of two heavyweight/super-heavyweight matches; and Russ "Dirt" Stevens of Juneau beat Justice "Cheeze" Cortese of Juneau by TKO in the second crossover bout.
Event organizers said they will be organizing bouts in Ketchikan next month, and are looking to hold another Fight Night Friday in Juneau sometime in December.