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Monday, January 7, 2013

Pinell Scores Comeback TKO, Earns First Pro Win

By Ryan Maquiñana
Norcalboxing.net

Pinell (right) showed his resiliency in a second-round stoppage of Gardner. (Ernie Sabbo)

San Francisco-based southpaw Ricardo Pinell (1-0-1, 1 KO) rose from the canvas in round one and stopped Daryl Gardner (1-1, 1 KO) in the second round Saturday night at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington.

Pinell, 159.5, a two-time San Francisco Golden Gloves champion, notched his first victory as a pro against Gardner, 160.  Official time was 2:34.

Ryan Maquiñana was the boxing producer for NBCOlympics.com during London 2012 and writes a weekly column for CSNBayArea.com.  He is a full member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and the Ratings Panel for Ring Magazine. E-mail him at rmaquinana@gmail.com, check out his blog at Norcalboxing.net, or follow him on Twitter: @RMaq28.

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