Main Street Gym Goes To Baltimore

"Joe, We went to Baltimore last night to compete and our kids did very well and
made Salisbury proud. Here is the run down.

Upton Boxing Gym, Baltimore Md

A contingent of fighter crossed the bay again last Saturday evening to test
themselves against the best that west has to offer. 5 Main St Gym boxer were
matched for the nights big event and they did not disappoint. Cory Moore 12 yr
old at 72lbs led the show off and again fought a well times and close match, but
in the end the decision went to Demetrius Young of Sugar Ray Leonard's Gym .

In Main Street's next bout one of the members of the gym continued to impress
as Andy Quinones won his 3rd straight bout is as many outings. The 18 year old
Quinones who recently joined the gym has proven himself as a hard worker that
takes instruction well. In the first round Quninones stuck to the game plan and
worked his jab until the openings came for the straight right. At one point
his opponent Glen Adams a hometown favorite of Upton Boxing, recieved a standing
8 count as the onslaught of punches proved too much for Adams to withstand.
Quinones won all three round in the unanimous decision.

Alex Guerrero , older brother of local rising star, Fernando Guerrero was
next up and considered the main event of the evening in a 4 round rematch of Sam
Fiatalgalia of Cub One Boxing. In the first outing Guerrero dominated
Fiatalgalia in a one sided bout that gave Guerrero the unanimous decision with
his opponent calling him out in a rematch for this event. The 6'3" Guerrero
fired his long jab which set up clean combination in the first and second. In
the Third Fiatalgalia drew Guerrero into a the ropes where the action went head
to head, punch for punch, until Guerrero connected with a clean right hook
sending Fiatlagalia to canvas and unable to regain his composure. The refferee
stopped the bout when Guerrero opponent was clearly still unable to resemble
and hint of a boxer ready to do battle. Guerrero and his coach Hal Chernoff are
talking now about the moving into the pro ranks. " I have told Alex all along
the when he started sticking to a game plan and listening better we would consider moving on, he has defiantly done that. This was a great fight for Alex and proves that the first bout was no fluke", I am very proud of him" said Coach Chernoff.

In the 4th bout of the evening 9 yr old Titus Murphy stepped through the ropes
and fought up as his opponent had 8 previous fights to Murphy's 1. But in what
was expected to be an easy win for hometown Lorenzo Simpson of Upton Boxing the
scrappy Murphy would not give in to Simpsons onslaught and instead fired back
with each exchange and keeping Simpson from overwhelming Murphy. and keeping the
bout close. But in the end Simpson had landed more punches than Murphy giving
Simpson the win and the crowd a reason to rise to there feet in a show of
appreciation for a bout well fought.

In Main Street's last bout of the night, 11 yr old Anthony Stuckey put on a
show in his debut 70lb division against Harrisburgs Efrain Correa. Stucket came
out strong and caught Correa solid with a right hand that send him sitting
squarely in the middle of the ring. Stuckey continued to use his natural
evasive skills and quickness to out gun and out hustle his debut opponent from
bell to bell. " He did an awesome job for a young guy to go out there and do
what he did and stay so clam was really an indicator to what could be in store
for Stuckey. I liked what saw in the gym and I really liked what I saw tonight.
He impressed a lot of people including me" said Coach Chernoff. This was good
night for us and all the kids did very well, even our losses were close and that
says a lot. We are not putting kids in there getting blown out. Every time we
step in ring ring we have a chance to win and it seems that the kids are just
working harder as time goes on. I think the new gym has them motivated and the idea of fighting in their home town when the gym is done has them pretty fired up. They want to show their friend and family what they can do, because sometimes it's hard for them to travel as much as we do then drive home at 2 or 3 in the morning."