By PERRY SCAVELLA
NG Sports Reporter
Super heavyweight amateur boxer Raymond Rolle pounded Super heavyweight amateur boxer Deangelo Johnson to win the main event in the third round by decision in the first ever South Beach Amateur Boxing non-title competition held on Saturday night at the South Beach Police Station.
A well-rounded audience was present at the event, which was the Ray Minus Sr. Champion Amateur Boxing Club's (CABC) final match for the year. Both the boxers, who hailed from the CABC, weighted in at 200 pounds.
As the match began it was definitely a 'clash of the titans' as both men ended the first round almost evenly matched.
However fatigue started to affect 18-year-old Johnson, who stands at 5 feet 9 inches, as 24-year-old Rolle, who stands at 5 feet 8 inches, jabbed and punched Johnson about his body continuously during the second round. Johnson was barely retaliating.
In the third round, Rolle's ferocious left and right hooks to the face and jabs to the mid-section resulted in Johnson being barely able to stand up against such an onslaught.
At this time Johnson's fatigue could now be seen clearly as he continuously tried to rest his body on Rolle to slow down the fight. As the bell rang to end the match Rolle won on decision.
"I was pretty nervous going in. I haven't seen him fight or anything but after the first round I had feel him out good, and then I felt comfortable that I could have beat him," said Rolle, who also won the most improved boxer for the night. "All I was worrying about was keeping my stamina up and knew that if I lasted three rounds I would win the fight."
Meanwhile lightweight amateur boxer David Wallace shook up and stopped lightweight amateur boxer Alexander Jolly one minute and 45 seconds into the third round for the win.
Standing at 5 feet 7 inches, at 135 pounds, Wallace's hard, stunning punches knocked down Jolly, who stands at 5 feet 9 nine inches, twice in the third round and once in the second round.
Jolly did manage to land some punches on Rolle but his punches were not strong enough to hit Wallace off his
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