By: Sean Crose
The 15-0 Avious Griffin took on the 12-2-1 Adrian Gutierrez in a scheduled welterweight 8 rounder Saturday night in Atlantic City. The first two rounds were exciting as both men had their moments. A single, powerful straight right ended up putting Gutierrez down and out in the third. “I give me like a B- because he touched me. He wasn’t supposed to touch me,” Griffin said afterward. And his victorious strategy? “Take my time, work behind the jab,” he said. “I was just being patient.”
Next up the 17-0 Dominique Crowder took on the 24-2 Duke Micah in a scheduled 8 rounder in the bantamweight division. The far taller Crowder employed his height advantage in the first. A straight right that landed on Micah’s glove, which subsequently and strangely sent Micah down and out. It was a very odd ending to a very brief fight. “I threw it hard but …