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Sergiy Derevyanchenko gets in a good shot to the head of Tureano Johnson during Ivan Baranchyk (left) and Trey Lippe Morrison visit with fans during the profes-
their middleweight world title eliminator Friday, Aug. 25, in downtown Miami. sional boxing card that originated from downtown Miami Friday, Aug. 25.

Derevyanchenko jolts Johnson with 12th round TKO

Jim Ellis stunned Tureano Johnson Coleman Theatre. went into the fight as the title against Ring Magazine used brutal combination of
jellis@miaminewsrecord.com with a knockout 40 sec- “I am very happy … very second-ranked contender champ Canelo Alvarez on punches to the head, finally
onds into the 12th round happy,” Derevyanchenko behind Johnson, now gets Sept. 18 in Las Vegas. dropping Johnson.
MIAMI — There’s a of a nationally televised said. “This was a conse- a title shot against either Derevyanchenko, ranked Referee Gary Ritter
new No. 1 middleweight fight Friday, Aug. 25, that quential step.” current WBC/WBA/IBF/ top five in the WBC and jumped in and stopped the
contender. originated from down- Derevyanchenko (11-0 IBO champion Genady top 10 by most of boxing’s
Sergiy Derevyanchenko town Miami in front of the with nine knockouts), who Golovkin, who defends his other governing bodies, SEE JOLTS, B13

Centeno rocks Aleem in third round Jim Ellis

jellis@miaminewsrecord.com

MIAMI — Hugo
Centeno Jr. delivered one
of the most devastating
knockouts in current-era
Miami boxing history
Friday, Aug. 25.
Centeno used a loop-
ing left hook to drop GARY CROW / MNR
Immanuwel Aleem like Kenzie Morrison of the 4 State Franchise watches
the proverbial ton of Roberto White go down in the first round of their
bricks at 2:27 of the third heavyweight fight in downtown Miami Friday, Aug.
round of their FS1 Pre- 25. Kenzie Morrison and Robereto White fight.
mier Boxing Champions
middleweight fight from
Main Street Miami.
Centeno (26-1, 14
knockouts) worked
Morrison gets
another quick win
GARY CROW / MNR VIA PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS
Hugo Centeno Jr. rocks Immanuwel Aleem with a right during their middle-
Aleem with several jabs,
weight fight Friday, Aug. 25 from downtown Miami. Centeno knocked out and then finally got in a
Aleem in the third round. shot to the chin for the
knockout at 2:27 of the
third round.
“You throw your lever-
Conwell improves to 5-0
age to your lower left and Jim Ellis in front of the Coleman
spin it around,” said Cen- jellis@miaminewsrecord.com Theatre.
teno, who heaped praise “I wish it would had gone
on former lightweight MIAMI — Kenzie Mor- a little longer so I would
champ Shawn Porter, who rison’s fight against Roberto have had time to work on
helped with preparation White of Salisbury, North things a little bit,” Morrison
for Friday’s fight. Carolina, was over before said. “I was just getting
Porter was scheduled to he really had a chance to warmed up.”
fight on the Mayweather- get warmed up. Fellow 4 State Franchise
McGregor undercard but A powerful right to the member Charles Conwell
pulled out because of a temple enabled Morri- took a little longer, but had
death in the family. son to get his 11th career the same result: a TKO at
“We had three weeks of stoppage. the 32-second mark of the
sparring together,” Cen- This time it was at 1:15 second round against Rey-
teno said. “I didn’t think of the first round of a literal naldo Trujillo of Houston,
he was going to show up heavyweight street fight: Texas.
for sparring. He came the ring was set up in the
back the next day and said middle of Main Street SEE QUICK, B13
‘we’ve come this far and
GARY CROW / MNR VIA PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS I’ve got to help you finish
Hugo Centeno Jr. celebrates his third-round knockout win against Emmanu-
wel Aleem friday, Aug. 25, from downtown Miami. SEE ROCKS, B13

NEO volleyball team hosts Cottey College

Monty Franks of Nevada, Missouri. NEO travels to High- The Lady Norse open
franks.sportswriter@gmail.com After earning a 3-0 shut- lands, Kansas, (5-0) on the invitational at 1 p.m.
out last Thursday over the Friday, Sept. 1 and Satur- Friday against Highlands
MIAMI — Opening Independence (Kansas) day, Sept. 2 to compete in followed by a 5 p.m. match
play in District 1, the Community College Lady the Highlands Commu- against North Platte,
Northeastern Oklahoma Pirates, the Lady Norse are nity College Invitational Nebraska. NEO plays at
A&M College Lady Norse 1-1 on the young season. Tournament. Last year 11 a.m. Saturday against
volleyball squad remains The Cottey Comets are the Scotties finished Ellsworth, Iowa before
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in the Glen Wolfe Student 1-0 following a 3-2 vic- 24-14 after losing 3-0 to concluding the tourna- Charles Conwell gets a punch in during his junior
Activity Center at 6 p.m., tory Thursday, Aug. 24, Fort Scott, Kansas, in the ment at 3 p.m. against middleweight fight against Reynaldo Trujillo Friday,
Tuesday, Aug. 29, against over the Ottawa Univer- opening round of district Allen County Community Aug. 25. Conwell improved to 5-0 with a second-
the Cottey College Comets sity junior varsity. play. College of Iola, Kansas. round knockout.