Middleweight DeGrandis Outpunches Montgomery

Middleweight Joey DeGrandis uses the nickname “Smooth” in the ring. He is not. He is a rough, brawling cyclone. That, of course, is a nickname that would not fit on his trunks.

The nickname “Winner” would work, though.

DeGrandis, a two-time New England Golden Gloves champion now fighting for the Ten Goose Boxing Club in Van Nuys, improved to 13-2 Tuesday night with a unanimous, eight-round decision over talented Tony Montgomery in a slugfest at the Country Club in Reseda.

Montgomery, a native of Detroit now living in Woodland Hills, is 24-6 and has been in against some of the best fighters in the world, including current World Boxing Council super welterweight champ Terry Norris and former champion Donald Curry.

Against DeGrandis, he was outworked and outpunched.

DeGrandis dominated the early rounds with an aggressive style that had Montgomery backpedaling. When Montgomery decided to stand and fight in the middle and late rounds, he fared just as badly as the swarming DeGrandis landed dozens of heavy, accurate rights.

There were no knockdowns, but DeGrandis rocked Montgomery in the sixth, seventh and eight rounds with sweeping rights.

Both fighters weighed 163.

In a scheduled eight-round light heavyweight bout, Ramzi Hassan of Campo, Calif., stopped Greg Gorrell of Wichita, Kan., at 1 minute 4 seconds of the fourth round.

Hassan, 180, landed punches at will from the opening round but did not appear to hurt Gorrell, 179. In the fourth round, Hassan landed two clean punches and Gorrell turned his back to Hassan. Referee Vince Delgado halted the bout seconds later despite the protests of Gorrell.

Hassan is 34-6 with 11 knockouts. Gorrell, who weighed 206 pounds when he fought heavyweight Jimmy Ellis at the Country Club in 1990, is 26-15-2.

In a lightweight bout matching fighters who have never scored a knockout, Larry Loy of Van Nuys earned a unanimous, six-round decision over Russell Mosley of San Diego. Loy is 10-2-1. Mosley is 5-7-1. All of their bouts have ended in decisions. Both weighed 132.