“Lethal” Lindsay Garbatt dominates Lucia Larcinese at Quinte Sports Center
July 23, 2008
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Staying true to her word that she was going to take the fight to her opponent right from the opening bell, Lindsay rocked Larcinese with several hard shots to the head and body in the opening moments of the first round.
Larcinese seemed to have no answer to the majority of Lindsay’s blows and grabbed the
The second round saw Lucia making tentative jabs that Garbatt blocked and dismissed, drawing her opponent in closer, to counter the slight reach advantage before landing another series of devastatingly accurate punches.
Lindsay blocked a series of hooks and uppercut attempts from Larcinese with relative ease, showing that she was not just aggressive but incredibly technically proficient.
As the bell sounded for the end of round two, both fighters continued to trade shots, prompting the official to separate the two, however as Garbatt walked to her corner, Larcinese stood center ring staring her down, the women exchanged some heated words and some more extra-curricular punches were thrown, before both were forced to their corners.
Lindsay took out her frustrations on Larcinese with another fierce barrage of punches in the opening of the third, this time Larcinese mustered up some offence but with little to no effect, other than to cause Garbatt to respond with a vicious bombardment of bodyshots.
After dominating the first 3 rounds, Lindsay commandeered the center ring at the start of the fourth, while Larcinese moved around the outside, still trying to find a chink in Garbatt’s impenetrable armor, but Garbatt connected with a devastating shot to the head, staggering Lucia backward and causing the official to step in and stop the fight awarding the win to Garbatt via TKO.
Speaking to Kocosports.com after the fight Garbatt said, “Larcinese came up to me at the end of the round and said she thought the decision was bullsh*t, but I told her, stoppage or not, you wouldn’t have won”
Lindsay’s trainer Don Nelson added, “40 to 36 was the best Larcinese could have done, she lost, and I don’t think her camp should be complaining about the stoppage, I feel Lindsay was robbed of a clean KO, because I felt like it was seconds away.”
When he was told that Larcinese was already talking rematch Nelson responded “There is nothing in a rematch for us, we’d rather fight someone higher up the rankings, Larcinese should go and get some more wins under her belt then come back and see us.”
In her gym at Motor City Boxing, they coined the nickname “Lethal Lindsay” but in
Other bouts on the card saw Brock Arthur victorious over Ray Kovinic via TKO (ref stoppage in round 1) in Arthur’s pro debut.
Tom Joseph vs. Justin Fountain was declared a draw.
Scott Paul defeated Aboualye Coulibaly in a unanimous decision.
Phil Boudreault got the decision over Tebot Brosch in a hard fought contest.
Harrison King-Mcbain went to a thrilling draw with Jorge Banos
Also in attendance was IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Steve Molitor, Lisa “Bad News” Brown & Belleville resident Shawn O’Sullivan, the Canadian boxing silver medalist.
All in all a fantastic night of action presented at the Quinte Sports Centre by Buxton Promotions in their inaugural event. Fight fans in
