Rosinsky triumphs at MSG

Will Rosinsky went down to a knee moments before the final decision was to be announced. And then the answer, the one that shocked the crowd and his worthy opponent, Mark Anene, came, affirming his game plan.
The judges had ruled in favor of Rosinsky in a taut struggle, 4-1, mainly because of the volume of punches he threw and landed, although the crowd favored the more powerful blows from Mark Anene, wildly cheering him as he climbed the ropes and shrugged. “He was laying harder punches, but I was laying more punches,” said Rosinsky, a junior at Queens College studying physical education, “and that’s what counts in the amateurs.”
Indeed, points are totaled by the amount of punches landed per round, and not the power that comes along with each blow.
The triumph allowed Rosinsky to repeat as the 178-pound open division champion in the 79th Daily News Golden Gloves at The Theater at Madison Square Garden Thursday evening. “I think I deserved the decision,” a relieved Rosinsky said afterward.
Rosinsky, 21, started strong, stunning Anene with a straight right hand in the opening round. In the second, he slipped while taking a punch but fortunately for the Ozone Park resident, it wasn’t ruled a knockdown.
As the fight continued, Anene, 23, who last fought in the 2002 Daily News Golden Gloves before temporarily shelving the sport to make time for college (he’s set to graduate from Long Island University in May), gained confidence. He followed up a solid left hook with an impressive combination early in the third round and seemed well on his way to sure victory. “Everybody thought I won,” Anene said.
Rosinsky unleashed a series of combinations late in the third, but Anene clearly won the fourth round, landing several left hooks including a big one late. “I gave it 100%,” said Anene, who won the 2000 Daily News Golden Gloves. “He’s a top-notch guy, so they’re going to protect the fighter. The Judges saw what they saw.”
Rosinsky, the No. 4 ranked amateur in the country who won the National Golden Gloves last summer, says he will wait to turn pro until he graduates next year.