Border City Maddness Two weeks after our home show we were scheduled to have several of our fighters competing on the Border City event on Saturday, June 23rd.  Because of large group of fighters scheduled into the card we went down in two cars with my father, Master coach Adrian Teodorescu, leading the way.  Jonathan was scheduled to fight an American from the famous Kronk boxing club in Detroit as the co-main event with hometown hero, Andre Gorges, who had just lost to Jonathan on our show.  Also scheduled to fight was Ron Makovoz, Stephanie Gagliardi-Tedesco, Mark Colucci and Jeff Kappes.  Suffice it to say that what we expected didn’t happen as three of our fighters’ opponents didn’t show.  Congratulations to Stephanie for dropping down 8 lbs. before this fight in order to fight a girl who didn’t show up, and we had Laura Miller with us to see the fight in the hopes of fighting the same girl in the future.  Jeff and Mark also had opponents who didn’t show and were left out of the card, but thanks to them for making the trip out and keeping us entertained.  The only two of our boxers who ended up fighter were the most experienced ones:  Jonathan and Ron. Ron fought early in the show against Jessie Wilcox, the younger brother of Steven Wilcox who he had just defeated on our home show.  Jessie, like Steven, is a very long and lean fighter who relies on keeping his opponents away and hitting them from long range.  Unfortunately for Jessie, Ron was ready for this style and knew that Jessie couldn’t be too confident going into this fight.  Right from the starting bell Rony dominated the fight, he was quicker and more powerful than Jessie and every combination he threw seemed to hurt the taller fighter.  In the second and again in the third round Rony gave Jessie an 8-count on his way to a unanimous decision, and credit should go to Jessie for having survived the fight where it seemed that Rony would end it at any time.  Congratulations to Ron! The second-last fight of the evening featured our Jonathan Bochner taking on the top contender that Detroit had to offer in the 69 Kg category, Dominique Dolton of the Kronk boxing club, the club that was started by Emanuel Steward.  Dominique had the typical flashy American style that has been so prevalent in US boxing the past few years, and he had some power to add to his flash.  Jonathan is no stranger to American competition having only lost three times in his past 20 bouts against Americans, and he was ready for the flash and power that most of his past opponents have offered him then and was ready now.  The first round saw both fighters feeling each other out and Jonathan managed to make Dolton miss a few times and capitalized with quick and accurate combinations, but didn’t try to overwhelm his opponent as his boxing was very effective.  The second round had Dolton out for blood as he tried to hunt down Jonathan, but with little success as his haymakers weren’t connecting on target.  By the third round Jonathan was done worrying about haymakers as he rushed Dolton in his usual relentless style turning the fight into a toe to toe struggle between two very experienced fighters.  The fourth round, as usual, was Jonathan’s best as a slumping Dolton couldn’t effectively respond to the ceaseless attack that Jonathan was able to sustain right to the end.  Jonathan won a unanimous decision against a tough and skilled opponent to cap a successful run to Windsor for Atlas. Congratulations!