Results from Rochester

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Results From Rochester, MN!
October 5th, 2008

**Fighter Recaps and photos to follow!**

Power-punching heavyweight Raphael Butler (33-6, 26 KO's) delivered what his hometown fans have come to expect Saturday night as he battered Travis Fulton (14-22, 14 KO's), stopping him in round number two. I was not able to make it to the fights because of a close friends wedding but our friend Deb O'Connor was at the fights to recap for the MinnesotaBoxing.com readers. O'Connor stated that Butler put Fulton on his seat in the first and second round before finally earning the tko win. The official time of the stoppage was 2:04.

In other action, Mike Howell (1-1, 1 KO) overcame an early deficit to score a tide turning knockout of Rayvon Wilson (0-3-1) in the opening round.

6'5 Russian bomber Yevgeniy Shishporenok (5-0, 5 KO's) dispatched Wisconsin's Hyacinthus Turnipseed (0-4) with ease in the opening round. Turnipseed was a late replacement for Harold Johnson.

Malcolm Cowans, who is rumored to be training out of the Uppercut gym, had a successful pro debut as he topped 44 year old Bobby Butters (14-33-1, 6 KO's) in a bizarre bout.
Action was slow for the first two rounds according to O'Connor but things picked up in the third. Butters, who was a familiar face in the Saint Paul area throughout the 90's was deducted a point for continuously refusing to listen to the referee's instructions. Butters showed his growing frustration as he continued to fight while being given a standing eight count following a Cowans knockdown. Cowans would go on to win by Disqualification. Butters last fought in 2001.

Ronnie Peterson Jr. (1-0, 1 KO) stopped Bobby Conners (0-9) by fourth round TKO. Conners is known for his excessive holding and unwillingness to fight in his bouts around the Midwest so it is no surprise that the action was slow to begin with. Peterson began to open up according to Deb O'Connor in the later rounds leading to the stoppage. Conners may be remembered when he lost to Jorge Teron on the undercard to Vanda-Campas in Minneapolis in 2005.