Maurice Louishomme & Mike Gavronkski go toe-to-toe in the main event

Halquist Productions presented their 100th Battle at the Boat on March 28th in front of a packed house inside the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma WA. This was truly an epic night, marking not only 100 professional boxing events at the casino over nearly 20 years, but also celebrating the rich history of boxing in the Pacific Northwest. To that end, a number of the region's great boxing dignitaries were on hand and brought into the ring to greet the crowd, including Kenny Ellis, Emmett Linton, Leo Randolph, Tom Mustin, Joe Hipp, and Johnny Bumphus.

Kenny "The Emerald City Assassin" Ellis
35-7-3, 24 KOs
2x WBA NABA Middleweight Champion
IBC International Light Middleweight Champion
IBC Intercontinental Light Middleweight Champion
WBO NABO Middleweight Champion


Emmett "Laser" Linton
33-6-2, 15 KOs
WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight Champion
World Boxing Union Super Welterweight Champion
IBA Super Welterweight Champion


Leo Randolph
17-2, 9 KO's
WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion
1976 Flyweight Olympic Gold Medalist


Tom Mustin
34 years as Head Coach of the Tacoma Boxing Club
Head Coach of the 2000 USA Olympics Boxing Team
Coached 8 amateur and 2 pro world Champions


Joe "The Boss" Hipp
43-7, 29 KOs
World Boxing Foundation Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion
NABF Heavyweight Champion
WBF World Heavyweight Champion


Johnny "Bump City" Bumphus
29-2, 20 KO's
WBA World Super Lightweight Champion
USBA Super Lightweight Champion
USBA Welterweight Champion
1979 Golden Gloves Champion

In the Battle at the Boat 100 main event, Tacoma's own Mike Gavronski squared off against Colorado Springs fighter Maurice Louishomme. From the opening bell, Gavronski was the aggressor, scoring with a knockdown in the 2nd round. While Louishomme answered with a knockdown of his own late in the round and often found his mark countering Gavronski, it was Gavronski's steady offensive pace and power that began to wear Louishomme down as the fight progressed, The end came at 2:55 of the seventh round with Gavronski garnering his 17th pro win by knockout.

In the semi-main event which was contested at 127 lbs, Renton WA's Marcello Gallardo spoiled Jeremy McCleary's unbeaten streak by stopping the popular Buckley WA fighter early in the 4th round. Gallardo moves to 5-1-2 with 2 KO's, while McCleary falls to 6-1.

In a featured welterweight bout, Toppenish WA's Marcelino Pineda knocked out veteran Paul Mpendo at 2:51 of the 3rd round to move to 5-1 as a pro.

Yakima's Andres Reyes remained undefeated as a pro at 3-0 by scoring a unanimous decision victory (39-37 x3) over Arlington WA's Ricardo Maldonado in a high-paced lightweight bout.

Vancouver WA's Jason Davis and Spokane's Daryl Gardner battled to a majority draw after 4 rounds in a hard-punching 153 lb contest.

In the opening bout of the night, Portland OR fighter Sean Gee won his pro boxing debut, outpointing Omar Avelar over 4 rounds with the judges seeing it 40-36, 40-36, 39-37 in Gee's favor.

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