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NEWARK – Dwyke Flemmings Jr. quickly made up for lost time Saturday afternoon.
After having his pro debut delayed several times, the 18-year-old Paterson, New Jersey, native needed just one minute and 43 seconds to end his first professional fight on the non-televised portion of the Vito Mielnicki Jr.-Nicholas DeLomba undercard at Prudential Center. Flemmings floored Gethers twice before their scheduled four-round junior middleweight match was stopped.
Flemmings, a high school senior, first dropped Gethers with a right hand very early in the first round. Gethers got up, but he never really recovered before Flemmings dropped him again with a left hook.
Gethers got up a second time, only to have Flemmings unload a flurry of punches on him until their fight was stopped with Gethers still standing.
Jersey City’s Gethers (0-3), who fought for the first time in more than two years, lost by knockout for the second time in three pro bouts.
In the fight following Flemmings’ impressive victory, Robbie Rose ruined the pro debut of another New Jersey native.
Rose out-worked Vincent Gigante, of nearby North Arlington, to win their four-round welterweight bout by majority decision. Rose (1-1), of Richburg, South Carolina, won their back-and-forth fight by the same score, 39-37, on two cards, though the other judge scored the action even, 38-38.
Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.