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01/28/2009 Archived Entry: "Slugfest 2009 Warms Capacity Crowd in Merrillville!"
Slugfest 2009 Warms Capacity Crowd in Merrillville!
Press Release
Photos by Tom Barnes
The NABC Lightweight champion "Merciless" Mary McGee (16-0, 10 KOs) (pictured on the right) entered the ring poised and focused wearing a t-shirt dedicated to the memory of Giselle Salandy. McGee had dedicated her "Slug Fest 2009" performance to the fallen World Champion Giselle Salandy who had recently passed away in a tragic accident at only 21 years of age.
With that commitment at hand McGee put on a fight that would have made Salandy proud, as McGee pounded Jessica Mohs for two rounds in the Co-Main Event, bringing the exuberant crowd to their feet time and time again before Mohs didn't answer the bell to start the 3rd round (0:01).
Ed "2 Fast 2 Furious" Ochoa (7-0, 7 KOs) (pictured on the right) left tire tracks all over his opponent Jess Salway, as the Hobart resident won by 2nd round TKO (1:33). After entering the ring with the chants of "Eddie, Eddie, Eddie" raining down from the crowd, Ochoa delivered some punishment in the 1st round as Salway was knocked down twice in the round and one more time in the second before finally being finished off by the unbeaten Ochoa.
Josh Crouch (3-0, 3 KOs) (pictured on the right) delivered some pain and pounced all over Jason Wilson, as the Schererville resident looked remarkable in his 1st round TKO (1:46) over Wilson.
In a card stealing type performance, "The Pitbull" Jimmy Perez Jr. (4-1, 1 KO) (pictured on the right) brawled it out with Nick Whiting, as the Hammond fighter left Whiting with a busted nose. Perez would earn a four-round decision with all the scorecards reading 39-36.
Orphius Waite (4-0, 3 KOs) (pictured on the right) made quick work of his previously unbeaten opponent Chance Western (1-1), as the Chicago product won by 1st round TKO (1:01) leaving Western in a world of hurt and wobbling in the corner before the referee called the fight.
Michigan City's young and rising star Marcus Thompkins (3-0) stayed unbeaten as he pounded his opponent Danny Schlienz (7-15, 4 KOs) for a four-round decision as all the scorecards read 40-36 in favor of Thompkins.
Angel Hernandez (11-2, 9 KOs) after a nearly a three-year layoff, didn't show any ring rust as he defeated Alan Moore by 1st round TKO (2:21).
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