By Rick Scharmberg at ringside

“Jolt’n” Joey Tiberi (15-2, 8 KOs) hammered out Marlon (2nd Chance) Lewis (6-9-2, 3 KOs) 45 seconds into the second round of the scheduled six round junior welterweight main event Friday night at the Nur Shrine Temple in New Castle, Delaware. In the co-feature, cruiserweights Lamont “The Problem Solver” Singletary and Ernest “The Corpus Christi Beast” Reyna were just getting heated up, when Reyna emerged from an exchange with a badly gashed left eye in the opening round of the scheduled six round bout, resulting in a “no contest”.

Sporting an improved jab and defense, Tiberi came right out firing two rights to the body of the taller, lankier Lewis, who sought to land his right hand behind a distracting left jab, which he carried low and extended. Lewis landed a sharp right in the opening seconds, and followed up with three pecking jabs. Tiberi shook it off and pounded the body in a clinch. By the end of the round, Tiberi was slipping Lewis’s jab, and getting inside to work the body. He landed a nice three-punch combination to the head and body near the end of the round.

Tiberi continued to get inside of Lewis’s jab early in round two. Lewis became hesitant to throw it because Tiberi worked around it to get inside to punish the body some more. A big right to the body followed with a clean left hook to the head sent Lewis down for referee Vic DeWysocki’s full count at :45 of round two.

“He was a rugged, experienced opponent, said Tiberi. “I started slow in my last couple of fights, so I worked on that. I worked on my defense so I wouldn’t get caught by shots I shouldn’t take, and I worked on my body work. He had a longer reach, so I had to get inside.”

Not only did Joey Tiberi Jr. win the main event in spectacular fashion, he co-promoted the show. Joey and his friend Todd Mulvena formed Night Night Promotions, and partnered with hall-of-fame promoter Diane Fischer’s Dee Lee Promotions, in what was their first-ever event.

Singletary – Reyna ruled a No Contest

Singletary (8-2, 5 KOs) opened the scheduled six round co-feature behind a measuring left jab, while Reyna (8-4, 4 KOs) kept his distance to feel him out. Singletary fired his jab to the body, while Reyna answered with his own right downstairs. Lamont threw a right uppercut to the body, and followed with a sharp right to the head. Reyna ventured inside, and was caught with a big left hook before getting into a heated exchange with Singletary in a neutral corner.

Reyna came out of it sporting a nasty cut around his left eye. As he walked to have the cut examined, Reyna pointed to his elbow to indicate what caused his cut. The foul was ruled accidental, and on the advice of the ringside physician, the bout was stopped at 2:45 of the first round.

Manzueta defeats Gladney in debut

Feliz Manzueta (1-0) was successful in his pro debut, winning a unanimous decision over tough Kareem Gladney (0-3) in a four round junior middleweight bout. Manzueta, a southpaw, sent an off-balance Gladney down for a short count seconds into the bout with a straight left. Gladney clutched and held Manzueta to clear his head and get out of the round, while Manzueta tried to finish him with a pair of rights and a three-punch combination at the bell.

Gladney came back to take a close second round with extensive work to Manzueta’s body. Manzueta loaded up on his straight left, and landed it, but only one punch at a time. Gladney tried to force the issue inside, where he would land a punch or two and then tie Manzueta up.

Gladney was warned by referee Dave Braswell for holding Manzueta’s head down in round three. Manzueta found a home for his straight left, and landed it enough to win the third round. Both fighters fought through exhaustion in a spirited final round, which saw Feliz Manzueta doing a little bit more that Gladney to take it.

The scoring was 40-35, and 39-36 (twice) in favor of the debuting Manzueta.

Williams KO 1 Budd

Reuel Williams (8-1, 3 KOs) met little resistance in making quick work of Corey Budd (8-23-1, 7 KOs), stopping him with a single left hook at 2:11 of the opening round of a scheduled four round cruiserweight bout.

Horne shocks Locklear in debut

Maurice “War Time” Horne (1-0, 1 KO) was eager to make his professional debut, and scored a quick first round TKO over Roger “Rain Man” Locklear (1-5) in a scheduled four round light heavyweight bout. Horne charged out of his corner in this battle of southpaws, and immediately fired off a four-punch combination. Locklear managed to land a nice counter right, which did little to slow Horne down.

Horne went right back on the attack, and backed Locklear against the ropes, where he landed no less that 10 unanswered shots to Locklear’s head. To his credit, Locklear tried to fight fire with fire, but was simply overwhelmed. Ref DeWysocki made a timely stoppage at 40 seconds of the opening round.

Crain – Gbolo: No Contest

Former state high school wrestling champ Michael “The Hammer” Crain hoped to make a successful pro debut against Joe Gbolo (3-2-2, 1 KO) in a four round junior middleweight bout. It was successful to a degree, but the win will have to come another time, as an accidental clash of heads opened a cut on Gbolo’s left eye, forcing referee Dave Braswell to stop the fight at 1:03 of the opening round on the advice of the ringside physician.

Cortes defeats Simms

In the opening bout, Edgar “Double Trouble” Cortes (4-4) took a four round unanimous decision over Malcolm “Show Off” Simms (0-2-1) in a hard-fought four round featherweight bout. There was good two-way action throughout, with both fighters fighting their hearts out, and with no one taking a backward step.

Simms took everything Cortes had to offer, and was in the fight all the way, but Cortes landed more and landed the harder shots in all four rounds. The three scores of 40-36 all favored Cortes.