On Saturday, rising super lightweight contender “Marvelous” Mykquan Williams earned an impressive win against Tyrone Luckey at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
The East Hartford native was relentless in going after the unfortunate Luckey, using a body attack to break down his opponent leading to his corner throwing in the towel after the fifth round. Williams’ record improves to 17-0-1 (8 KOs) while New Jersey’s Luckey falls to 15-17-4.
The event was promoted by CES Boxing. Williams is managed by Jackie Kallen. He appeared as the co-feature match, and garnered his 8th KO – his first knockout victory since 2018. Luckey was a gamer, and fought hard, but Williams dominated and controlled throughout. He turned up the pressure in the fifth round where a visibly-fatigued Luckey had trouble warding off body blows. After returning to his corner, Luckey’s team threw in the towel before sending their fighter back out in the sixth.
In the the co-main event, Springfield, MA featherweight Josh Orta (9-0) eked out 57-57, 59-55, 58-56 decision over Bayamon, Puerto Rico’s Jayron Santiago (8-9-1), keeping his perfect record intact. The action was intense through just six rounds as both fighters took turns stinging the other, toe-to-toe. Orta opened a cut under Santiago’s left eye at the end of the fourth round that distracted Santiago’s style. It proved to be enough of a distraction to allow Orta to close out the scoring cards for the final two rounds. Judge Glen Feldman scored it even, but Robin Hayes (59-55) and Peter Hary (58-56) scored in favor of Orta.
Springfield welterweight Jalen Renaud (8-0) also remained unbeaten with a hard-fought 58-56, 59-54, 59-54 unanimous decision win over Philadelphia’s Evincii Dixon (10-29-2). Renaud boxed circles around Dixon for the first three rounds, working his left jab to set up the straight right while Dixon spent most of his time covering up and looking for an opportunity to counter. Midway through the fight, Renaud began working the body more consistently and withstood whatever late flurries Dixon had in the gas tank. The end result was a clean sweep that wasn’t as close as it appeared on the cards.
In the opening bout, Hartford bantamweight Angel Gonzalez (9-0) kept his perfect record intact with a decisive, yet competitive, 59-55, 60-54, 60-54 unanimous decision win over 46-fight veteran Ira Terry (27-20) of Memphis, Tennessee. Gonzalez controlled the pace of the fight and was the aggressor throughout, but Terry kept pressing forward, forcing Gonzalez to use his speed and footwork to stay out of harm’s way. Gonzalez did his best work during the intense, up-close exchanges, working the body effectively and mixing in short uppercuts to momentarily stop Terry’s progress. Gonzalez is now 9-0 and now 2-0 in his hometown, where he also won in September.
