The HBO telecast kicks off live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, when junior welterweight sluggers Thomas Dulorme and Hank Lundy square off in a 10 round bout.
Preceding the evening’s main event, Hugo Centeno Jr. takes on James De La Rosa in a 10 round middleweight bout.
The main event of the evening, a 12-round middleweight attraction, features David Lemieux against Gabriel Rosado.
(Photo credit: CES photo by Will Paul) By Jim Dower: This Saturday night, #2 WBA, #4 IBF, #4 WBC, #5 WBO light welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (21-1, 14 KOs) will be taking a risky fight against #6 IBF Hank Lundy (25-3-1, 12 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round bout on the Gabriel Rosado vs. David Lemieux card on HBO from the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Dulorme, 24, is taking his stiffest test since his fight against Karim Mayfield earlier this year in March. Dulorme won that fight by a 10 round decision, but it was a really tough fight for him.
By Chris Williams: With the Chris Algieri vs. Manny Pacquiao fight still not having been made as of yet for November 22nd, #2 WBA, #3 WBC, #4 IBF, #8 WBO light welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (21-1, 14 KOs) is throwing his own hat in the ring as a potential candidate for the Pacquiao fight.
Dulorme is coming off of a big win over Karim Mayfield in his last fight last March, and he’s younger at 24 then the 30-year-old Algieri, and a bigger puncher than him.
(Photo Credit: Larry Levanti/Main Events) By George Goddiess: When victories in the ring begin to come too easy for a rising fighter it becomes important that a test is provided along the road to the next stage. For Sergey Kovalev 2013 was a walk over year as he had four fights, four wins, all by knockout and all in the fourth or earlier. Kovalev finished the year as the new WBO titleholder positioned as a top two if not top three light heavyweight and poised to collide with the king pin of the division Adonis Stevenson.
Outside of Stevenson and fellow titleholder and legend Bernard Hopkins it was becoming difficult to name a fighter who could survive more than a few rounds with the powerful Kovalev. When Cedric Agnew of Chicago, Illinois was announced as Kovalev’s second title defense the major reaction was who? Heading into the fight the feeling was that Kovalev would win by stoppage and that Agnew did not offer all that much.
By Jim Dower: The had hitting Thomas Dulorme (21-1, 14 KO’s) defeated Karim Mayfield (18-1-1 11 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night to capture the vacant NABF light welterweight title at The Ballroom, Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. The final judges scores were 98-92, 97-94, and 96-93. Dulorme staggered Mayfield twice in the 1st round with big hooks to the head.
Mayfield was able to immediately recover and make it difficult for Dulorme by putting pressure on him, However, Dulorme was able to use constant clinching in each round to nullify the attacks from the shorter Mayfield, and this enabled him to cruise to a 10 round decision.
NEW JERSEY (February 25, 2014) – Gary Shaw Production’s super-lightweight contender and Puerto Rican star, Thomas Dulorme (20-1, 14 KOs), who’s ranked WBA # 3, IBF # 5, WBC # 6, and WBO # 14, will battle WBO # 6 and WBC # 11 rated contender, Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield (18-0-1, 11 KOs) battle for the NABF Super-Lightweight title. The 10-round bout will take place at the Boardwalk Hall (The Ballroom) in Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 29 on the undercard of Sergey Kovalev (23-0-1, 21 KOs) vs. Cedric Agnew (26-0, 13 KOs). The event will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark® beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
By Dan Ambrose: Having miserably failed when he attempted to step it up a class at welterweight in his 7th round knockout loss to Luis Carlos Abregu last October, Puerto Rican Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KO’s) will be looking to slowly ease his way into the light welterweight division to see if he can find better success at that weight class.
According to Fightnews.com, the 22-year-old Dulorme plans on fighting his next fight at 143 pounds in February to see how he feels at the lower weight, and then if he doesn’t okay he’ll move all the way down to 140 to campaign as a light welterweight.
By Dan Ambrose: #3 WBA welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KO’s) looked lost out there and confused in getting blown out by #10 WBC Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 28 KO’s) by a 7th round TKO defeat at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York. This was supposed to have been a winnable fight for the highly hyped 22-year-old Dulorme.
After all, Abregu had already been beaten soundly by Tim Bradley two years prior and had struggled to beat 2nd tier fighters like Richard Gutierrez and David Estrada. Abregu had been knocked down in a win over Gutierrez, who was past his best years. Dulorme should have been able to take care of the 28-year-old Abregu if he was really all that some boxing fans had thought he was.
(Photo By Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing) By Dan Ambrose: In something of a minor upset, the tough Argentinian Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 30 KO’s) showed that he also good power in stopping Puerto Rican knockout artist Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KO’s) in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.
Abregu found a home for his powerful right hands early and was able to knock Dulorme down in the 3rd round. From there the fight, which was being dominated previous to that by Dulorme, was much different with Abregu putting the pressure on the experienced 22-year-old. In the 7th, Abegu hurt Dulorme with a series of punches and then knocked him down with a hard combination. Although Dulorme beat the count corner wisely threw in the towel.
(Photo By Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing) By Jim Dower: #3 WBA welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (16-0, 12 KO’s) will be stepping up in class tonight in a scheduled 10 round bout against the hard hitting 28-year-old Argentinian Luis Carlos Abregu (33-1, 27 KO’s) at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.
This is a big test for the knockout artist Dulorme because Abregu is a considerable step up from the types of fighters that he’s been facing during his four year pro career. The best that Dulorme has fought thus far are guys like Charlie Jose Navarro, Aris Ambriz and DeMarcus Corley. Dulorme didn’t look all that great against Corley and was hit hard on a number of occasions in winning a lopsided 10 round decision.