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Battle at the Boat 89 - November 3rd, 2012

Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma, Washington

Press Release from Halquist Productions



Demyanenko Highlights an Action Packed Card at the Emerald Queen Casino


Tacoma, WA (November 4th, 2011) - Only two weeks after coming off a unanimous decision victory in Oklahoma City against Roberto Valenzuela, Demyanenko jabbed and hooked his way to a nail biting split decision victory over Damian Frias.

Brian Halquist Productions' 89th Battle at the Boat resulted in an excellent night of fights that had the crowd buzzing all night long.

Two judges scored in favor of Demyanenko: (97-92) (95-94), while the other judge scored in favor of Frias: (96-93). The big moment in this fight was halfway in the 7th round when Demyanenko landed a left hook to the cheek of Frias that knocked him down. Frias was able to get back up after taking all 10 seconds to stabilize. When the round resumed, Demyanenko attacked Frias with a barrage of combos that put Frias on the ropes and in serious danger of another knockdown. Knowing the fight was close, Frias amped up his power in the 10th round and was centimeters from landing a devastating uppercut that possibly could have ended the fight, but the last minute attempt for a knockdown was avoided by Demyanenko.

Demyanenko keeps his record perfect as it improves to 22-0-0 with 12 Knockouts. Frias drops to 19-6-1; all losses coming via decision.

Portland, OR resident, Ray Lampkin continued his comeback to boxing after a 5 year layoff with a unanimous decision victory over Yakima, WA native Randell Corpuz in the semi-main event. Both fighters brought a huge fan base to the Emerald Queen Casino and they didn't disappoint.

Lampkin and Corpuz had plenty of pre-fight drama and it showed in the ring. Throughout all four rounds, both fighters were matching each other in tempo. Corpuz showed an excellent chin as he took a number of shots, but was not phased one bit. Corpuz landed his fair share of shots as well, but Lampkin refused to go down. In the 3rd round, Corpuz got a hold of Lampkin and tossed him through the ropes. The animosity only intensified after that as Lampkin was inviting Corpuz to land a free shot.

The judges scored the bout 40-36, 39-37, and 39-37, all in favor of Ray Lampkin as he improves his professional record to 2-0-0.

Battle at the Boat 89 had six debuts with the most impressive one being Daryl Gardner when he went up against Jon Jay Mount (1-0-0). Gardner came out swinging from the opening bell and put on a show for the full crowd in attendance. Gardner knocked Mount down early in the 1st round in which he was able to recover. Immediately after the round resumed Gardner attacked again and knocked him down, and did it for a third time after he got back up for the 2nd time. After the 3 knockdowns in 30 seconds, the fight was stopped and Gardner was awarded the TKO victory 1:28 into the 1st round.

The rest of the undercard featured high paced action. Landon Horseman had a good debut fight with a unanimous decision victory. After a knockout victory in his debut fight at Battle at the Boat 87, Marcelino Pineda continued where he left off with a TKO, 36 seconds into the 2nd round. Omar Avelar and Carlos Rodriguez also left with victories.

"Battle at the Boat 89 had a bit of everything. There were knockouts, great distant fights, and two world class fighters in the main event that had a very close fight. It was a great show to end our 17th season of fights. The northwest hasn't had this many quality kids turn pro in 10 years and we were able to debut a number of them including two kids who could have very bright futures in boxing. Last night's show showed the return of northwest boxing. It's going to be fun to see who rises to the top," Halquist said. "We now have so many kids to choose from and they all are willing to fight tough. That's great for the most person in the building and that's the guy who's buying the tickets!"


Halquist Productions returns to the Emerald Queen Casino on December 1st with a talent filled MMA card for CageSport XXII. Battle at the Boat 90 opens up the 2013 schedule with the event being held on January 5th.

"Battle at the Boat" remains as the most prominent boxing show in the Northwest, building a reputation over the last 23 years as one of the top brands of boxing on the west coast. Halquist Productions has promoted many world title bouts and their fight cards have been seen on ESPN, HBO and Showtime.


Get up to date information at: www.Halquistproductions.com


BATTLE AT THE BOAT 89 RESULTS
Main Event - 148 lbs (10 Rounds)
Vitaliy Demyanenko def Damian Frias by Split Decision (97-92, 95-94, 93-96)


Semi Main Event - 140 lbs (4 Rounds)
Ray Lampkin def Randell Corpuz by Unanimous Decision (40-36, 39-37, 39-37)


Undercard
145 lbs (4 Rounds)
Juan Carlos Rodriguez def Angel Diaz by TKO @ 2:34 Rd 1

133 lbs (4 Rounds)
Omar Avelar def Vidal Cruz by TKO @ 3:00 Rd 3


165 lbs (4 Rounds)
Darryl Gardner def Jon Jay Mount by KO @ 1:28 Rd 1


147 lbs (4 Rounds)
Marcelino Pineda def Dex Montenegro by TKO @ 0:36 Rd 2


144 lbs (4 Rounds)
Landon Horseman def Cory Vom Baur by Unanimous Decision (All judges 39-37)



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