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Results From The Shooting Star Casino
Photo's and Report By Jesse Kelley
March 23rd, 2010

21 year old Javontae Starks of Minneapolis, MN improved to (4-0, 4 KO's) on Saturday night at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, MN. Starks stopped game Alex Tousignant (1-3) of Milwaukee, WI at 2:21 of the first. A hard combination of head and body punches sent Tousignant to the canvas late in the opening round where he was unable to continue.
Tousignant had a confident swagger to him as he circled, moved and shouted at Starks in an attempt to confuse him early on. Tousignant forced Starks back to the ropes and began to throw punches from all angles in an unsuccessful attempt to catch Starks. The Minnesotan seemed to invite Tousignant in for more as he bobbed, weaved and shoulder shrugged the punches out of harms way with his back to the ropes.
Shortly after it was Starks that decided it was his turn as he forced Tousignant off with a hard countering shot to the jaw. It was all Starks from that point on. A hard body-head combination sent Tousignant down to a corner in the closing part of the round. Tousignant stumbled to his feet and referee Mark Nelson stopped the bout after Tousignant gave no sign he could continue.

"Thunder" Tim Taggart (4-2-2, 2 KO's) looked extremely sharp as he and Nick Whiting (2-13-1, 2 KO's) traded action shots for four rounds. Taggart was the victor in the end by scores of 39-37, 39-37, and 40-36.
Taggart, who was coming off of two close draw's in his last bouts, left his corner like a bullet at the bell with thudding combinations which caught Whiting off guard. Taggart seemed to have no plans of leaving the fight to the judges this time as the assault lasted for the better half of the first round. Whiting did his best to stay composed and was able to sneak hard sporadic shots in of his own until Taggart's pace slowed.
Taggart continued to land ram like combinations to the head and body early in round two. Again, Whiting hung tough while jabbing and moving until Taggart's punch output slowed. Taggart was on his game most of the fight which may have over shadowed the fact that Whiting gave his most solid performance of his career and showed again that he is much better then his record shows. The two battled it out until the final bell with the crowd behind every punch.

Jamal James of Minneapolis won his pro debut by breaking down Justin Danforth (6-16) with hard and accurate punches until the ring doctor would not allow Danforth to continue in the third.
James showed a wide arsenal of speedy, powerful punches as he hurt and rocked Danforth. However, At 36, the southpaw Danforth showed a big heart and a steel chin for remaining on his feet throughout the bout despite the punishment he received.
The end came after a brutal body punch on the tail end of a number of head shots hunched Danforth over before the referee could break up the action. The bout was stopped on the advice of the ring doctor soon after while Danforth pleaded for action to continue, with no luck, as blood streamed from above his left eye.

Zach Schumach's pressuring attack swayed the judges in his favor over Ryan Gronvold in a closely contested and exciting bout over four rounds.
Schumach caught Gronvold cold early with a right to the head that momentarily buckled his legs. Coming off a three year plus layoff, Gronvold recovered and began to find his rhythm particularly behind a halting jab as the bout progressed. Schumach remained the busier fighter despite dropping his punch output as the bout went on. Gronvold took advantage in round three, doing his best work with countering shots but it would not be enough. Schumach moves to (2-2) while Gronvold falls to (1-5). Scores read 40-36 and 39-37 twice.

Lucas St. Claire (2-1, 1 KO) stopped Lawrence Goodman (1-1) in the opening round. St. Claire and Goodman both came out swinging heavy hands. St. Claire landed a hard overhand shot to the head that stumbled Goodman. Just as referee Mark Nelson was stepping between the two, St. Claire landed a massive punch to the jaw that rocked Goodman back to his corner. The bout was stopped as Goodman, still looking dazed, protested the stoppage in the first round.

Charles Goodwin out bombed Romando Papsadora, stopping him in round two. The two heavyweight each had success as they slugged it out as the crowd cheered the seesaw street fight. Goodwin was the fresher of the two going into the second round and began to take over with hard head punches. After quite a bit of unanswered punishment, referee Mark Nelson waived the fight off. It was the pro debut of both fighters.

Tyler Hultin forced Jesse Lewis to fold in round three. The bout was switched to an exhibition at the weigh-ins when Lewis came in 12 pounds over the limit. Although way over the contracted weight, Lewis was surprisingly trim and ripped which didn't look good for Hultin at first glance. However, Hultin had complete control of the match from the start with most of the crowd in the hall there to support him. Hultin simply boxed and moved while the muscled Goodman swung at air and gassed out in the process. Lewis, who had a look of desperation on his face near the end of round two, never made the bell for round three, retiring on his stool.

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