A straight right stunned Burton in the next round, though she proved resilient to control the action in the fifth. The Long Islander fought her way inside to land power shots in the second, but then Burton came back with her own in the third. Napoleon began applying pressure from the outset but Burton soon found a home for her straight right counter. There were plenty of shifts in momentum with each taking control at times while dishing out heavy artillery.
The evening concluded with a slugfest featuring female fighters Alicia Napoleon, 153½, of Lindenhurst, NY, and Latasha Burton, 162, of New Orleans, LA, facing off in a rematch scheduled for eight rounds. Queens, NY – On Friday night, DiBella Entertainment returned to Resorts World Casino New York City with another action-packed nine-bout card for the latest installment of its popular “Broadway Boxing” series, proudly sponsored by Nissan of Queens. FORMER WBA LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION RICHAR ABRIL RETURNS
