tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29359654299118142052024-03-05T01:31:20.121-08:00GAR1680 North Carolina Boxing Talk Blog - Pros, Amateurs, Men, Women BoxersCoverage of the boxing scene in North Carolina. * Become a member of this blog by clicking the “Join this site” button (under this message).GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-771554755443999012016-05-12T16:46:00.001-07:002016-05-12T16:46:30.715-07:00Pro Boxing Event in Charlotte, Saturday, May 21, 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Saturday, May 21, <strong>Tommy Hill Boxing</strong> will feature professional
boxing at the <em>Carole Hoefener Center</em> venue in Charlotte. Ten bouts are scheduled
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boxers of the Dyme Boxing & Fitness stable headed by Coach James Pressley.</span><br />
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Spidey Williams, who trains at Dyme, and Andre Baker for what is likely a final
and deciding third bout between the Charlotte and Lumberton, North Carolina
fighters. Baker won the first bout by majority decision back in 2011 and Spidey
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Others from Dyme on the card will be long-time local
favorites Lee Campbell, a super-middleweight with a record of 9-2 and
heavyweight Hassan Lee, originally of Philadelphia but now making his home in
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January 22, super-welterweight Jared Robinson, fighting out of Charlotte, will
be facing undefeated Bakhtiyar Eyubov (9-0) of Kazakhstan, the same country
that undisputed middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin is from. The bout
will take place at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Casino Del Sol
Resort</i> in Tucson, Arizona. Barring any schedule changes, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Showtime Network</i> will kick-off its boxing
telecast with the Robinson-Eyubov fight at 10:30PM.</span><br />
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including 4-time South Carolina Golden Gloves Champion, and currently holds the
USBO welterweight title, began his professional career with an unblemished
record of 14-0. He will enter the ring against Eyubov at 16-2-1.</span></div>
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23-0 fighter from Las Vegas, Haskell Rhodes, in a fight that took place in
Rhodes’ new hometown. Before that, he went the distance with Michael Perez of
New Jersey, who was 20-1-2, in a bout in Cincinnati. Jared lost the 10-round decision,
but he’s no stranger to accepting tough out-of-state fights against fighters
with excellent records, and no doubt will continue to do so.</span></div>
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much like Golovkin, he is heavy-handed in both hands. The Kazakhstan fighter
having scored 9 KO’s in all 9 of his fights, nearly all ending in 1 or 2
rounds, is proof of that. Jared will need to have his defensive skills at peak
for this bout.</span></div>
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when he’s right up on his opponent. Jared can counter that style by staying
outside and pecking away at Eyubov with solid jabs and quick combinations to
rack up points. Eyubov’s punch count drops when opponents keep him away, at or near
the center of the ring. He seems to be concentrating more on trying to cut the
ring off to get out of that situation. At all costs, Jared must avoid getting
trapped with his back to the ropes, because that is when Eyubov attacks and is
at his best. Also, Jared shouldn’t hesitate to clinch when Eyubov lowers his
head and bulls into him looking like Joe Frazier, something he will do to back
an opponent into the ropes. When the ref breaks it up, take him back to the
center of the ring. Eyubov’s game gets thrown off track when that happens.</span></div>
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the 3rd round. Jared and his corner may want to watch for Eyubov possibly fading
in later rounds, giving Jared an opportunity to land punches with more frequency.
The bout is scheduled for 8 rounds.</span></div>
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York have high hopes of him accomplishing much of what his countryman Golovkin
has done, Eyubov is nowhere near as tested as that. Out of nine bouts, Eyubov
has fought an opponent with a winning record just once, 2-0 Cliff Newton, when
making his debut in 2012. Newton hasn’t fought since. Jared has a significant
advantage when it comes to being matched against higher caliber opponents
during his professional career, which began in 2009.</span></div>
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in his corner along with James Carr and Danny Smalls, all trainers from a gym
that has produced numerous successful amateur and professional fighters over
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well as North Carolina boxing fans, will not foresee Eyubov as the next Gennady
Golovkin. Instead, they will be looking for Jared Robinson to return home with
yet another win on his record, and a chance to take on other tough challengers…wherever
they may be.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #993399;"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;">2016</span></strong></span><br />
<br /><strong>SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 (DURHAM):</strong> One Hit Promotions pro boxing event. Durham Armory. 220 Foster St, Durham, NC. For more info, visit <a href="http://www.ittakesonehit.com/"><span style="color: #cc6611;">http://www.ittakesonehit.com</span></a><br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 (DURHAM):</strong> Amateur boxing event hosted by One Hit Promotions. Durham Armory. 220 Foster St, Durham, NC.<br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 (MARION): </strong>Walter Johnson Promotions pro boxing event.<br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 (GREENSBORO):</strong> Walter Johnson Promotions pro boxing event. Holiday Inn Airport. 6426 Burnt Poplar Rd, Greensboro, NC.<br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (WILMINGTON):</strong> NC Female Amateur Boxing Invitational<br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 (RALEIGH):</strong> Stop Running Promotions pro boxing event. J.S. Dorton Arena. 1025 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC.<br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27-28 (ROANOKE RAPIDS):</strong> Jasards Boxing Club amateur boxing event.<br /><br /><strong>FRIDAY, SATURDAY, MARCH 11-12 (CHARLOTTE):</strong> 2016 North Carolina State Golden Gloves amateur boxing event.<br /><br />*<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: #990000;">NORTH CAROLINA BOXERS OUT-OF-STATE</span></strong><br /><strong>FRIDAY, JANUARY 22:</strong> <strong>Jared Robinson</strong> (16-2-1; <strong>Charlotte</strong>, NC) vs. Bakhtiyar Eyubov (9-0; Aktjubinsk, Kazakhstan) at the Casino Del Sol Resort in Tucson, Arizona. <span style="color: red;">TV: Showtime</span>.<br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, JANUARY 30:</strong> <strong>James Winchester</strong> (17-11; <strong>Reidsville</strong>, NC) vs. Ramon Alvarez (22-4-2; Guadalajara, Mexico) at the <em>Centro De Convenciones</em> venue in Rosarito, Mexico.<br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, MARCH 5:</strong> <strong>Zed Mitchell</strong> (4-0; <strong>Arden</strong>, NC) vs. Reggie Miller (0-4; Philadelphia) at the Masonic Temple venue in Norfolk, Virginia.<br /><br /><strong>SATURDAY, MARCH 5:</strong> <strong>Roger Belch</strong> (3-0; <strong>Hobbsville</strong>, NC) vs. Alan Beeman (0-10; Rhode Island) at the Masonic Temple venue in Norfolk, Virginia.GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-40906002206161635702016-01-08T15:42:00.000-08:002016-02-01T20:57:43.091-08:00North Carolina Boxers to Watch in 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> North
Carolina still has quite a few up-and-coming professional fighters to keep an
eye on in the coming year. Some have already appeared on the big stage
nationally via premium TV networks in such places as Las Vegas and New York.
And others just might have the potential to be there soon. Listed below are our
best, so if they are coming to your hometown in NC, it’s surely money well
spent to go see them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">The fighters
listed here had at least one fight in 2015, have 5 or more wins on their record,
have won at least one of their last 3 fights, have more wins than losses and,
of course, reside and train in North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Eli Addison (11-4)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. In 2006, in a losing effort, Eli
went the distance with highly regarded world champion Timothy Bradley and has
maintained a fairly good record since then. Eli originates from Winston-Salem, but
in recent years has made his home in Charlotte and trains out of Dyme Boxing
& Fitness. (Eli's bout with Bradley was prior to Bradley winning championship).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Vernon Alston (8-6-1)</strong>. Also known as "Antoine Alston", he fights out of Durham.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Lee Campbell (9-2)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. Lee is a super-middleweight based in
Charlotte. He has appeared on nationally televised bouts during his career,
which began with a record of 7-0 before his first loss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Christian Dominguez (7-2)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. Fights out of Winston-Salem. An
exciting and promising young fighter. Christian has lost just once since 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Carlette Ewell (16-8-1)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. They don’t come much more exciting
than Carlette. She will pack the house anywhere she goes. Fighting out of
Winston-Salem, Carlette has held several world titles as heavyweight champion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Jamar Freeman (13-5-2)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. One of few fighters out of Wilson,
North Carolina with wins on his record, Jamar has traveled out of state and
fought for titles on several occasions. Though losing his last two fights,
watch for Jamar to make a comeback.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Jonathan Haggler (24-4)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. Jonathan has been around a while,
fighting since the year 2000. With a layoff between 2011 and 2015, he came back
to score a one-round KO in Greensboro, NC late last year. Yet another
Winston-Salem native, he has fought in multiple cities around the country over
the years and for heavyweight titles overseas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>Logan Holler (6-0</strong>). Originally from Columbia, South Carolina, Logan now fights out of Charlotte and trains at Dyme Boxing & Fitness under the tutelage of Coach James Pressley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Richard Miller (5-0)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. He remains undefeated in a career
just starting in 2014. It will be interesting to see if the streak continues. Richard
is from Winston-Salem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Quinton Rankin (7-2)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. A definite main event fighter,
Quinton (known to friends as “Q”) has a fighting style that brings crowds to
their feet in excitement. Q’s only two loses occurred out of state and were
perhaps controversial decisions based on poor refereeing or judging in the
opponent’s hometown. Since then, Q has won his last 6 fights. Q fights out of
Charlotte.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>Ebony Rivera (5-0)</strong>. Fighting out of Fayetteville, Ebony remains undefeated after achieving her 5th straight win on January 16, 2016 against Mexican fighter Mayela Perez in a bout that took place in Eagle Pass, Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jared Robinson (16-2-1)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Undoubtedly one of North Carolina’s
best, Jared has held titles in</span> both amateur and professional careers. Jared is
yet another of Dyme Boxing & Fitness’ main event fighters under the
coaching of legendary trainer James Pressley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Lamar Russ (15-2)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. Fighting out of Fayetteville, NC,
Lamar began his career with an undefeated record of 14-0 when he took on highly
ranked Matthew Macklin in a televised Atlantic City bout. Lamar lost that
bout, but took Macklin the 10-round distance and left him severely bruised.
Lamar has also served as a sparring partner for world champion Gennady
Golovkin. Lamar’s last fight was in 2014, but was added to this list based on
exceptional accomplishments over the years and we can only hope he’ll be back
in the ring soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Matthew Strode (22-2)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. A super-lightweight from Greensboro,
Matthew had a 9-year layoff when returning to fight and win twice in 2015,
including a win over an undefeated opponent in a South Carolina venue. In 2004,
Matthew won the Continental Boxing Association welterweight title.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Joshua Tufte (19-1)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. Currently holding several
heavyweight titles, Josh is quite possibly the biggest drawer of fans to boxing
events in North Carolina when he’s on the card. With just a single loss
occurring out of state, it’s just a matter of time before Josh becomes well
known on the national stage of boxing. He fights out of Kernersville, NC. Josh
has also served as a sparring partner for world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Pablo Velez (5-0-1)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. Pablo is a super-middleweight
fighting out of New Brunswick, NC. He fought four times in 2013 and twice in
2015, remaining undefeated with a draw on his record.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Marselle Walker (6-0)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. Marselle is a super-middleweight
from Charlotte. He began his career in 2014 and since then has remained quite
active, reeling off 6 straight wins during a one-year period.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">John Williams (15-4-1)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. We know him as “Spidey”. He has
established a good record and fought for titles. Spidey thrilled North Carolina
boxing fans on a night he traveled to New York and defeated a highly regarded
19-1 fighter in June of 2014. A member of the Dyme Boxing & Fitness stable
in Charlotte, if you are fortunate to have Spidey in your town on fight night,
you won’t want to miss it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">James Winchester (17-11)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. With fights in New York, Las Vegas,
California, and other states, battle-tested James “Shotgun” Winchester has had
his ups and downs, yet remains active in the ring and his community, offering
his guidance to underprivileged kids by showing them how things are done in the
gym.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Stanley Wright (5-0)</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">. Fighting out of Charlotte, Stanley
has reeled off five straight wins in 15 months. Wright, who trains at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stanley's Pro Boxing Gym</i> in Charlotte, is
also a Mecklenburg County Sheriff Deputy.</span><br />
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-21006957806583409332016-01-06T22:10:00.001-08:002016-01-07T11:04:53.070-08:00A Look Back at 2015 Boxing in North Carolina – By the Numbers<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This past year, boxing promoters featured a total of 20
professional boxing events around our state, up from 14 events the previous
year. The term “around” may be used loosely, however, as events were held in
just 9 cities.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Charlotte (4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Durham (2)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Fayetteville (1)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Goldsboro (2)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Greensboro (4)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">High Point (1)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Raleigh (2)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reidsville (1)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Winston-Salem (3)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Theory has it that the majority of attendees at local events are family and friends of fighters scheduled in a bout that evening.
This is confirmed by the fact that fighters, quite often, are contracted with a
commitment to also turn salesman and sell a certain number of tickets to the
event. Hey, these are, after all, “club fights”. And while
most venues are typically loaded to capacity by the time the first bell sounds,
we can’t expect to see average boxing fans in general storming through the gates
every time their town features an event, especially when the fan doesn’t see
the name Floyd Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez, Manny Pacquiao, or Gennady Golovkin
listed on the program sheet of scheduled bouts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Having attended venues in Miami and New York City, for example,
a comparison (though possibly unfair, given the nature of much larger
populations) indicates considerable differences with regard to boxing events
there and here in North Carolina. In larger cities, the average boxing fan does
in fact appear at club fights whether or not they are familiar with any of the
boxers on the card, for the mere enjoyment of watching two unknowns beating each
other’s brains out. And unlike the oddity sometimes seen in North Carolina boxing
venues, whereby the size of the crowd gradually diminishes throughout the
evening (as the fighter that various groups came to see is done fighting), the same number
of big-city fans arriving at the start of an event, for the most part, are still there when the
final bell rings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Such comparisons may raise the question: are we doing
something wrong…or different?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Florida and New York boxing promoters can afford a larger
budget and pay fighters higher salaries when its club fights can draw several
thousand patrons. North Carolina promoters don’t always have that luxury. But
surely there are flaws in how our boxing events are promoted, and it may help
to increase the boxing fan base in our regions if certain changes are made.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The very first matter to consider is this: we must begin to
take the sport of boxing much more seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All fighters contracted for a bout should be verified as having
earned the right to establish himself or herself as a professional
prizefighter. This means the boxer has previously competed in the sport, has had a fairly successful
amateur career, and has devoted a good amount of hours to rigorous gym training
under the guidance of professional trainers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Taking someone off the streets in Wilson, North Carolina
and offering him $100 to get in the ring so he can pad the record of his
opponent is not, I repeat, NOT taking the sport seriously enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Out of 20 professional boxing events in North Carolina in
2015 (137 bouts), there were 38 bouts with a “boxer” from Wilson. The combined
win-loss record of all Wilson fighters appearing during the year is currently <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">0-79</b>. That’s not a mistype. Not one had a single win on his record
entering the ring. And it remained that way when exiting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If promoters insist on using untrained, unskilled boxers
from Wilson, at least match them up against each other. That would be more
productive, as it nearly guarantees a win for a Wilson fighter, and fans won’t
have such an easy time predicting who will lose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And possibly get a good fight
to boot out of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-79261456665640138672014-11-17T15:21:00.002-08:002014-11-17T15:21:53.540-08:00FIGHT RESULTS: JKN Boxing Promotions in Charlotte, NC (Midnight Rodeo) on Thursday, November 13, 2014<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-59326711751869159942014-10-30T15:29:00.000-07:002016-01-06T21:49:39.661-08:00FIGHT RESULTS: Money Mike Promotions Boxing in Charlotte, NC (Music Factory) on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, <em>Money Mike Promotions</em> featured eight bouts of professional boxing at the Music Factory venue in Charlotte, North Carolina with several rising hometown prospects training and fighting out of Charlotte. Ten boxers from North Carolina appeared on the card (as shown in bold below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>John Williams</strong> (13-3-1; Charlotte, NC) def. Darrell Jones (3-12-1) by TKO Round 2</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Lee Campbell</strong> (7-1; Charlotte, NC) def. Mike McFail (12-43-2) by TKO Round 1</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Quinton Rankin</strong> (6-2; Charlotte, NC) def. Reggie Miller (0-2) by TKO Round 2</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Rodney Wallace</strong> (4-1; Salisbury, NC) def. <strong>Paul Jennette</strong> (11-5-1; Greensboro, NC) by UD, 4 Rounds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Marselle Walker</strong> (1-0; Charlotte, NC) def. <strong>Eric Moody</strong> (debut; Wilson, NC) by TKO Round 1</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Stanley Wright</strong> (1-0; Charlotte, NC) def. <strong>Julius Foreman</strong> (debut; Wilson) by KO Roound 1</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael Ray Robinson (1-0) def. <strong>Shone Fleming</strong> (debut; Wilson, NC) by TKO Round 1</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> On Saturday, October 11, <em>Ring of Dreams Promotions</em> featured eight bouts of professional boxing at the <em>South Side Community Center</em> venue in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. All 8 bouts pitted an unbeaten boxer against a fighter with a losing record or making his debut appearance. Every bout ended by TKO in the first or second round with the undefeated fighter getting the win.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nine boxers fighting out of North Carolina appeared on the card (shown in bold below), with just three getting a win (against an opponent also from North Carolina).</span><br />
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Charlotte, NC) def. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tyshaun Guarte</b> (debut;
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(1-0; <b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Burlington, NC)</span></b> def. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Donta Chestnut</b> (0-4; Wilson, NC) by TKO Round 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Headley Scott 2-0 def. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dorian
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John Joe Nevin 1-0 def. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Calvin
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tyrieshia Douglas 6-0 def. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shanna Allen</b> (0-2; Wilson, NC) by TKO Round 1</span></div>
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-46936440730606632052014-09-16T16:43:00.005-07:002014-09-17T11:18:01.185-07:00FIGHT RESULTS: One Hit Promotions Boxing in Durham, NC on September 12, 2014<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Paul Lynch</b> (debut; Knightdale, NC) def. <b>Purcell McNeil</b> (1-0; Raleigh, NC) by MD 4 Rounds<br /><br /><b>Ebony Rivera</b> (debut; Fayetteville, NC) def. <b>Yvonne Caples</b> (7-11-2; Raleigh, NC) by UD 4 Rounds<br /><br /><b>James Edwards</b> (0-1; Lumberton, NC) def. <b>Rahim Williams</b> (0-2; Wilson, NC) by TKO 4th Round </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jonathan Cepeda (13-1) def. Larry Smith (10-23-1) by Technical Decision 3rd Round (Smith complained of dislocated shoulder and did not come out for Round 4). Smith was down 3 times in Round 3.<br /> <br />Max Alexander (15-6-2) def. Marlon Hayes (23-15) by UD 6 Rounds<br /><br />James Hammortree (5-0) def. Willie Kyles (2-9) by TKO 1st Round<br /><br />Monreco Goldston (2-0) def. Zachariah Kelley 3-5 by UD 4 Rounds</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Charlotte's <b>LaVonte Earley </b>wins final match</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This past Saturday, Coach Al Simpson and the <i><b>Charlotte Boxing Academy </b></i>hosted <i>the Battle of the Carolinas </i>at the Revolution Park Sports Academy on Remount Road in Charlotte. Nineteen of twenty originally scheduled bouts took place at the venue, with twelve amateur fighters from North Carolina matched against athletes from South Carolina. Seven bouts pitted opponents from within North Carolina.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Click “WATCH” to see the bout on our YouTube Channel.<b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jeren Finklin (NC) def. Jamari Simmons (SC) <a href="http://youtu.be/dhtMcxpA26U" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Princeston Franklin (SC) def. Raymond Diaz (NC), Round 2 stoppage <a href="http://youtu.be/1fc428y3ny4" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Christopher Gladden (NC) def. Shane Williams (SC), Round 1 stoppage <a href="http://youtu.be/-mYx6naDHNA" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Christian Petrangeli (NC) def. Kevin Green (SC) <a href="http://youtu.be/Cg6MrGZ7HmQ" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Krishon Hardy (SC) def. Shane Simpson (NC) <a href="http://youtu.be/XD729CtGumc" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />John Fowler, III (SC) def. Bennie Corbett (NC) <a href="http://youtu.be/JYXGszuwjLg" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Roldon Milan, Jr. (NC) def. Kendrix Miller (SC) <a href="http://youtu.be/zeO19sMBtAM" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Jacob Dillard (NC) def. Devin Higgins (SC) <a href="http://youtu.be/PlyFum1P9oA" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Troy Epps (SC) def. Michael Baker (NC) <a href="http://youtu.be/0vlPFUIi30o" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><span id="goog_1651339165"></span><span id="goog_1651339166"></span><br />LaVonte Earley (NC) def. Reginald Hinson (SC) <a href="http://youtu.be/NWs3KkZrSXw" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Fabian Juarez (NC) vs. Chameir Rice (SC) was cancelled.<br /><br /><b>Final: North Carolina 8, South Carolina 4 </b><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: purple;">North Carolina State Bouts:</span></b><br /><br />Janiah Pharr def. Francis Heil, Round 2 stoppage <a href="http://youtu.be/90jGkvUJRyY" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Antonio Lester def. Ryan Howell, Round 3 stoppage <a href="http://youtu.be/VHISOJPtT8Y" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Jahnel Ford def. Nestor Rodriquez <a href="http://youtu.be/-nX5s_xeweE" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a> <br />Caleb Solera def. Nicholis Field <a href="http://youtu.be/PXIuqCHrELI" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Kenneth Nixon def. Jeremy Stokes <a href="http://youtu.be/EGaITB9MC_c" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a> <br />Ian Conners def. Bryton Moore, Round 3 stoppage <a href="http://youtu.be/vhoA-yyvjCw" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br />Jamarko Hansley def. Jadarius Ray <a href="http://youtu.be/3DUryuLhEBo" target="_blank"><b>WATCH </b></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Paco Rivera, GAR1680 North Carolina Boxing Talk Radio & Blog<br />Twitter: @GAR1680<br />Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/paco.rivera.5099" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to Friend Paco Rivera on Facebook!</b></span><br />
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-5512886634124751422014-08-29T00:29:00.000-07:002014-09-10T19:02:24.910-07:00Results: Boxing in Winston-Salem, Saturday, August 23, 2014 - Former Champ Shannon Briggs in Main Event<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, August 23, Ring of Dreams Promotions featured professional boxing at the <i>South Side Community Boxing Club</i> in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Seven fighters from the state appeared on the card, as indicated in bold below, with two matched against each other in one of the bouts. The Main Event was headlined by former WBO World Heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs of Brooklyn, New York. Briggs entered the ring with a 4-fight win streak this year since losing in 2010 to Vitali Klitschko and taking a four-year layoff. Briggs had taken Klitschko the 12-round distance in that bout, but lost by unanimous decision.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shannon Briggs def. Cory Phelps TKO 1st Round, wins interim WBC Latino heavyweight title.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Richard Miller</b> (2-0; Winston-Salem, NC) def. <b>Quadree Arrington</b> (0-2; Leggett, NC) KO 1st Round</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nicholas Thompson</b> (1-0; Burlington, NC) def. Mario Huffman KO 1st Round</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jean Pierre Augustin def. <b>Valriquas Bullock</b> (0-2; Charlotte, NC) TKO 1st Round</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Headley Scott def. <b>Joshua Hinnant</b> (0-5; Wilson, NC) TKO 1st Round </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Jacob Wooley</b> (1-0; Charlotte, NC) def. <b>Trevon Blizzard</b> (Pink Hill, NC) TKO 1st Round.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris Vendola def. Andrae Carthron TKO 3rd Round</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miguel Cartagena def. Jesus Gonzales UD 6 Rounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> On Saturday, <i>Walter Johnson Promotions </i>featured seven bouts of professional boxing to a packed venue at the Greensboro Coliseum’s Special Events Center in North Carolina. Seven fighters from the state appeared on the card with heavyweight <b>Joshua “Too-Tuff” Tufte</b> of Kernersville in the Main Event.<br /><br />In the first bout of the evening, Steve Geffrard of Florida, who entered the ring with a record of 3-2, delivered frequent strong body shots to a taller opponent from Rocky Mount, NC, <b>Octavius Davis</b>. Aside from a height advantage, Davis also had a much longer reach, but he did not capitalize on it, preferring to engage Geffrard up close. Davis was dropped by a body shot in the first round. A barrage of body shots continued in the 2nd and was too much for Davis to handle, forcing the referee to call a halt to the bout. Geffrard’s record evens to 3-3, while Davis drops to 2-13-1.<br /><br />Two out-of-town fighters were matched in the next bout. Junior middleweight Rashaan Abdul Blackburn of Ohio took on Maurice Chalmers of Lynchburg, Virginia with what appeared to be a large contingent from Chalmers’ hometown that made the trip to Greensboro to root him on. Chalmers was the much busier fighter through the first two rounds and by the midway point of round three Blackburn had not thrown a punch in the round, instead getting hit by Chalmer’s continued combinations. After Blackburn got knocked down in the third, the referee decided he’d seen enough and stopped the bout. Chambers wins by TKO and evens his win-loss record at 12-12 with 1 draw. Blackburn drops to 8-50-2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Matthews later explained that the children in the stands and the ones that walked him to the ring are a part of the <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Punch4PoundsBF?fref=nf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Punch4Pounds KIDS</span></a></strong> organization, named after a fitness workout he created. Aside from pro boxing, Steven Matthews is an advocator for a program that recruits at-risk youth in poverty-stricken environments. Matthews says the program provides assistance with academic advancement, behavioral intervention, community empowerment, character development, and physical fitness, and when the kids begin to excel they offer training in amateur boxing. Matthews says he hopes to utilize his boxing career as a platform to empower those youths in less-fortunate communities.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In the bout preceding the Main Event, <b>Jamar Freeman</b> of Wilson, NC fought a game Venezuelan, <b>Marcos Primera</b>, who now resides in Asheboro, NC. Freeman appeared to have landed the harder and more accurate blows for much of the fight, while Primera attempted attacks in short spurts that had little effect on the North Carolinian. By the fifth round Primera was seen talking often to Freeman, telling him to bring it on while waving his hands erratically. There was some good toe-to-toe action to start the sixth and final round that concluded with Freeman connecting with better counter-punching and combinations. All three judges were in agreement, giving Freeman 60-54 scores for a unanimous decision win. Jamar Freeman is now 13-3-2. Marcos Primera falls to 20-28-2 and hasn’t won a fight since 2006.<br /><br />In the Main Event, Joshua “Too-Tuff” Tufte took on a very cocky fighter from Baltimore, Maryland, Jed Phipps. Similar to Primera in the previous bout, Phipps often mouthed and motioned to Tufte an action that said, “C’mon, bring it”. And Tufte complied. While Phipps managed to land some strong jabs and punches, Tufte’s hands were obviously much heavier and faster when connecting to the head and body of Phipps. Tufte also displayed a well-skilled defense by quickly ducking and slipping away, making Phipps miss wildly. With seconds left in Round 3, Tufte was pounding Phipps, who had his back to the ropes, with a barrage of punches. It appeared the referee might stop the bout, but the bell rang. Phipps got knocked down three times in Round 4 and was unable to continue. Tufte won by TKO and his record improves to 16-1. Phipps drops to 20-8. Josh Tufte is currently rated as the 51st best heavyweight boxer in the United States out of 344 rated fighters and 145th best in the world out of 1,063. He also holds the NABA-USA and USBO heavyweight titles.<br /><br />Rich Rivers’ fight was cancelled due to an injury to his opponent. Event organizers have promised free access to the next Walter Johnson Promotions event to all who bought tickets from Richard Rivers and had arrived at the Greensboro Coliseum on this night to see him fight.<br /><br /><br /><b>Paco Rivera, GAR1680 Boxing Talk Radio & Blog</b><br /><i>Twitter: GAR1680</i></span>GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-58804110153242978372014-08-21T16:34:00.003-07:002014-08-21T16:34:55.328-07:00Joshua Tufte on Fox8 News in Winston-Salem - Greensboro Boxing Preview for this Saturday, August 23<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> University of North Carolina</em> (UNC) Boxing Club members <strong>Zaki Haidary</strong> and <strong>Blake Lozzi</strong> discuss collegiate boxing enrollment and competition and sanctioning by NCBA (<strong>National Collegiate Boxing Association</strong>) and (USIBA) <strong>United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association</strong>. <strong><span style="color: red;">*</span></strong> Preview of professional boxing coming up in Greensboro on Saturday August 23, 2014 headlining promising prospects from North Carolina, fighters <strong>Rich Rivers</strong> and <strong>Joshua Tufte</strong> in separate bouts. <strong><span style="color: red;">*</span></strong> Coming up Friday, September 12: <strong>2nd Annual First Responders Charity Boxing Event</strong>, and on Saturday, September 13, the <strong>Battle of the Carolinas</strong> Amateur Boxing Tournament; North Carolina amateur boxers will be matched against South Carolina.</span></div>
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-28468081404250621712014-08-18T15:19:00.001-07:002014-08-18T15:20:01.273-07:00Jonathan K. Nazeer Promotions Boxing Event Recap from Charlotte, August 16, 2014<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Promoter <strong>Jonathan K. Nazeer</strong> will bring familiar names into the ring this Saturday when he features a night of professional boxing in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bouts taking place at the <em><strong>Carole A. Hoefener Center</strong></em> will include a long-standing rivalry between Puerto Rican and Mexican fighters in the Main Event when Hector “Machito” Camacho Jr., now residing and fighting out of Puerto Rico, faces Miguel Angel Munguia of Mexico. The fight will be a rematch of their 2013 bout that took place in Aruba with Camacho scoring a TKO in Round 5.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camacho has a notable record of 57 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw (31 wins by KO). And while Munguia’s record doesn’t appear as well on paper—he is 29-31-1—he has remained the busier fighter the past two years, fighting eight times in 2012 and seven times in 2013. He also fought in March of this year. Aside from having remained active, Munguia no doubt carries into the ring that hunger and world-renowned toughness that is traditional of Mexican prizefighters. Twenty-five of his 29 wins he won by knockout, meaning he could be a danger at any moment of the fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camacho Jr. fought twice in 2012 and three times in 2013. He hasn’t fought in almost a year (since September 11, 2013), but will rely on experience (he’s been fighting professionally since 1996) and hopefully some genes passed on to him by one of the greatest Puerto Rican world champion boxers of all time, his father Hector “Macho” Camacho.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the Co-Main-Event, <strong><em>JKN Boxing Promotions</em></strong> will feature former NFL football player Ray Edwards taking on local Heavyweight fighter <strong>Djuan Hughey</strong> (1-8) of Charlotte. Hughey (listed in <em>BoxRec.com</em> as “DJ” with last name spelled “Hughley” and a hometown of Augusta, Georgia) last fought in February of 2013 at the <em>Mohegan Sun Casino Resort</em> in Connecticut, on the undercard of an ESPN Friday Night Fights broadcast (Hughey’s bout wasn’t televised).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The former football standout, Ray Edwards, resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is undefeated with a record of 7-0, with 4 wins by KO. He gave up football in 2011, two years after landing a 27.5 million-dollar deal with the Atlanta Falcons. He was once heralded for a statement he’d made that boxing is safer than football, saying that boxing makes him less exposed to physical harm, and many agreed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also appearing on the undercard that Nazeer has billed “<strong><em>Rumble in the City</em></strong>”, Kelly Lee Henderson Jr. (0-2) of West Virginia hopes to get on a winning track when he faces hometown fighter <strong>Robby Robertson</strong>, who is making his professional boxing debut. Robertson is trained by <strong>Kelvin Seabrooks</strong>, a former IBF World Champion boxer from Charlotte.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another undefeated Heavyweight boxer, Chris Hancock (7-0) of Detroit, Michigan is scheduled to appear against a fighter to be announced. Unbeaten Welterweight William McElroy (3-0), also of Detroit, will be matched in yet another undercard bout that evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several other bouts, professional and amateur, will be presented throughout the evening in what appears to be an exciting night of boxing in <em>the Queen City</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Location:</span></strong> Carole A. Hoefener Center, 610 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28202. Doors open at 7PM. First bout starts at 8PM. General admission seating is $35. For more information or to purchase tickets visit </span><a href="http://www.jknboxing.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.jknboxing.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past Saturday, <em>Ring of Dreams Promotions</em> featured MMA and Professional Boxing in the <em>South Side Community Boxing Club</em> on Old Lexington Road in Winston-Salem that included 9 professional bouts of boxing. Of the 18 fighters on the card, 5 were from North Carolina (as seen in <strong>bold</strong> below). Just one of the 5 North Carolinians won his bout; Richard Miller of Winston-Salem, who was making his professional boxing debut against another fighter from North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, August 2, <strong>Carlette "The Truth" Ewell</strong> of Winston-Salem will be fighting in a rematch for the vacant <strong>IBO World Heavyweight</strong> title. The Main Event bout, scheduled for 10 rounds, takes place at the <em>L.B. Scott Sports Auditorium</em> in Philipsburg, St. Maarten in the Caribbean. Her opponent will be Sonya Lamonakis of New York City.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ewell, who is 15-7-1, with 9 wins by KO, hasn’t fought since 2012, a close 6-round split decision draw against Lamonakis in January of that year. At the time, Lamonakis was undefeated with a record of 6-0. One judge from New Jersey had it 58-56 for Carlette Ewell, another from Connecticut had it 58-56 for Lamonakis, and Judge Julie Lederman (of New York) scored it 57-57 even. It was a fight that took place in Lamonakis’ hometown of New York City. With all officials for that bout being from the northeast region (the referee, Harvey Dock, was also from New Jersey), it can be said that the North Carolinian was lucky to come out of there with a draw. Had the bout taken place on neutral grounds, the outcome may have been much different. Which is exactly what Ewell expects to see this coming Saturday in the Caribbean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Ewell was asked how she felt about her previous fight with Lamonakis, she said, “In my heart I know I won that fight. If you look at video, you will see that I won.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regarding the bout being in New York, she said, “If a boxer goes to New York and gets a draw, that boxer won the fight. New York and California are the hardest states (for a boxer from somewhere else) to get a win. At least in New York I have a fan base. And my trainer (Eddie Gregg) is from New York, and he has a big fan base there too from when he was a fighter. I wouldn’t fight in California unless they paid me a million dollars and two of the judges are from another state. They can have one. I just need two.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since their 2012 bout, Lamonakis has fought five more times, getting another draw, 3 wins, and a loss to Martha Salazar in April, 2013. Lamonakis’ record is now 9-1-2 with 1 win by KO. While a hometown advantage has been taken away from her in this upcoming bout, she may have achieved an advantage by remaining more active in the ring than Ewell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Ewell was asked how she has prepared to overcome any possibility of ring rust, and if it is something that worries her, she said, “I won’t have a problem with that because I spar on a consistent basis and I stay in shape. I have a regiment that includes working the speed bags and heavy bags, jumping rope and the boxer’s entire set standards of training.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ewell further stated that she does not study film of upcoming opponents. She said that by doing so a certain style may be expected, but may have changed by the time the bout with that opponent takes place. Instead, she will go by feel and emotion during the fight to decide what she needs to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prior to her draw with Lamonakis, Ewell had reeled off three straight wins and in so doing obtained the UNBC Heavyweight title and WIBC International Boxing Council Light-Heavyweight title. Over the course of her professional boxing career, Ewell, who has been fighting since 2002 as a pro, has achieved 5 world titles in three weight divisions. Lamonakis, on the other hand, has been fighting professionally since 2010 and picked up the New York State Heavyweight title in March of this year when she fought Tiffany Woodard, an opponent that Carlette Ewell has defeated twice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ewell expects to fly to St. Maartin on Thursday with trainers <strong>Eddie Gregg</strong> and <strong>Delen “Blimp” Parsley</strong>. She will have another team member in her corner who is from St. Maartin. Weigh-ins are Friday evening and the bout Saturday evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ewell stated, “I am taking this fight personal. Sonya made some comments following the last fight that was very insulting. I have taken this personal, so I’m going to do my job and come back with that title.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Paco Rivera</strong><br /><em>Twitter: @GAR1680</em></span><br />
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-63102843980632325252014-07-25T16:42:00.005-07:002014-07-25T16:42:54.000-07:00Professional Boxing in Winston-Salem this Weekend (Saturday, July 26, 2014) - Ring of Dreams Promotions<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Ring of Dreams Promotions</em> will feature Boxing at the South Side Community Boxing Club in Winston-Salem. Scheduled on the card: Breon Smiley, Eric Johnson, Wes Capper, Jean Pierre Augustin, Steed Woodall, Tyrone McKenna, <strong>Jason Rorie</strong> (Winston-Salem, NC), Chris Vendola. Location: 2500-A Old Lexington Road SE, Winston-Salem, NC. Call 336-669-0179 for tickets to this event.</span><br />
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-72236484362891326772014-07-25T14:10:00.000-07:002014-07-25T14:28:12.523-07:00Charlotte Observer Story on National Golden Gloves Champion from Charlotte, Lynn Holmes<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-75293079359826745732014-07-21T13:23:00.000-07:002014-07-31T18:15:22.243-07:00Upcoming North Carolina Boxing Events - July-Sept, 2014<span style="color: #990000;"><b></b></span><br />
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<strong>Updated: July 21, 2014</strong><br />
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<strong>SATURDAY, JULY 26 (WINSTON-SALEM):</strong> <em>Ring of Dreams Promotions</em> will feature Boxing. Scheduled on the card: Breon Smiley, Eric Johnson, Wes Capper, Jean Pierre Augustin, Steed Woodall, Tyrone McKenna, <strong>Jason Rorie</strong> (Winston-Salem, NC), Chris Vendola. At the South Side Community Boxing Club. 2500-A Old Lexington Road SE, Winston-Salem, NC. Call 336-669-0179 for tickets to this event.<br />
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<strong>SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 (RALEIGH):</strong> <em>Walter Johnson Promotions</em> features Pro Boxing. Scheduled on the card: Paul "The Italian Hitman" Marinaccio, Jamar Freeman, James Hammortree, Milton Santiago, Robert Sockwell, Shakir Dunn. Location: The Ritz Theatre. 2820 Industrial Dr, Raleigh, NC 27609.<br />
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<strong>SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 (CHARLOTTE):</strong> Promoter Jonathan K. Nazeer features <strong>"Rumble in the City"</strong>, professional and amateur Boxing event. Scheduled on the card: Hector "Machito" Camacho Jr., Miguel Angel Munguia, Chris Hancock, William McElroy, Antwaun Tubbs, Jordan Chambers-Blair, Nick Elliott. (Note: Chambers-Blair and Elliott appear to be an amateur or exhibition bout). Location: Carole A. Hoefener Center, 610 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28202.<br />
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<strong>SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 (GREENSBORO):</strong> <em>Walter Johnson Promotions</em> features Pro Boxing. Scheduled on the card: Joshua "Too-Tuff" Tufte, Richie Rivers. Location: Greensboro Coliseum Complex (in the Special Event Center). 1921 W Lee St, Greensboro, NC 27403.<br />
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<strong>SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 (WINSTON-SALEM):</strong> <em>Ring of Dreams Promotions</em> will feature professional Boxing. Scheduled on the card: Miguel Cartagena (12-1; Philadelphia), Jonathan Cepeda (12-1; Florida), Tyrone McKenna (4-0: Philadelphia/Ireland), Rich Miller (1-0; Minneapolis), Neslan Machado (6-0; Miami, FL/Cuba). Location: South Side Community Boxing Club. 2500-A Old Lexington Road SE, Winston-Salem, NC. Call 336-669-0179 for tickets to this event.<br />
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<strong>FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 (CHARLOTTE):</strong> <strong><em>2nd Annual First Responders Charity Boxing Event</em></strong>, in honor and memory of 9/11 victims. Competing against each other will be <strong>Charlotte Police Department</strong>,<strong> Charlotte Fire Department</strong>, <strong>Mecklenburg County Sheriff</strong> <strong>Department</strong>, and <strong>North Carolina Highway Patrol</strong>. The team with most wins will have portion of the proceeds given to their choice of a local charity. Revolution Park Sports Academy; 1225 Remount Road. Charlotte, NC 28208. For more information contact <strong>Coach Al Simpson</strong> at <a href="mailto:Alvin.simpson@mecklenburgcountync.gov"><span style="color: #cc6611;">Alvin.simpson@mecklenburgcountync.gov</span></a> or call 704 241-0314.<br />
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<strong>FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 (DURHAM): </strong>Promoter David Moore and <em>One Hit Promotions</em> will feature a Pro Boxing event at The Armory in Durham, North Carolina. Location: 220 Foster St, Durham, NC 27701. Further details when they become available. For ticket info call 919-401-3269<br />
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<strong>SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 (CHARLOTTE):</strong> <strong><em>Battle of the Carolinas</em></strong> Amateur Boxing Tournament. North vs. South Carolina. Location: Revolution Park Sports Academy; 1225 Remount Road. Charlotte, NC 28208. For more information contact Coach Al Simpson at <a href="mailto:Alvin.simpson@mecklenburgcountync.gov"><span style="color: #cc6611;">Alvin.simpson@mecklenburgcountync.gov</span></a> or call 704 241-0314.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"></span><strong>WEDNESDAY, JULY 23:</strong> Lightweight <strong>Noel Echevarria</strong> (11-3; Winston-Salem) vs. Patrick Hyland (27-1; New York/Ireland) at the <em>BB King Blues Club & Grill</em> venue in New York.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">CANCELLED -</span> SATURDAY, JULY 26</strong>: Light-Welterweight <strong>Eli Addison</strong> (11-3; Winston-Salem) vs. Dusty Hernandez Harrison (22-0; Washington, D.C.) for the WBC Youth Silver Welterweight title at <em>Madison Square Garden</em> in New York. Undercard bout for Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Geale Main Event. Televised on HBO. It is unknown if Eli Addison's bout will be included in broadcast.<br />
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<strong>SATURDAY, AUGUST 2:</strong> Heavyweight <strong>Carlette Ewell</strong> (15-7-1; Winston-Salem, NC) vs. Sonya Lamonakis (9-1-2; New York City) at the L.B. Scott Sports Auditorium in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten (Caribbean island of Saint Martin).GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-5225012998081383232014-07-19T22:59:00.000-07:002014-07-24T16:05:24.071-07:00RESULTS: Charlotte Boxing at the EpiCenter on Saturday, July 19, 2014<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Saturday, July 19, 2014, <i>Money Mike Promotions</i> featured seven professional bouts that took place at the <i>EpiCenter 210 Rooftop </i>in Charlotte. A rainy day just cleared and seated spectators were folding their umbrellas when the first bout began at 8:00PM.<br /><br />On the downside, event organizers did not issue programs with bout listings and an awful PA system was made worse by a Ring Announcer who yelled everything into the microphone at the top of his lungs. The voice distortion made it impossible to understand what he was saying or who he was introducing. If he’d spoken with his normal tone of voice, it may have been a lot clearer.<br /><br />About 300 fans in attendance didn’t seem to mind, however, as most cheered and yelled throughout the event at what turned out to be a very exciting night of boxing in a setting surrounded by Charlotte’s lit-up Uptown skyline. Spectators could care less, it seemed, what the MC was saying.<br /><br />The fights kicked off with two out-of-town boxers coming in at 131 pounds. Michael Robinson of Memphis, Tennessee, making his debut as a pro, was matched with Tyshae Ferguson of Virginia coming in with a record of 0-2. Robinson won every round of the 4-round bout by unanimous decision. All three judges scored it 40-36.<br /><br />In the second bout, Michael Hazzard of South Carolina, in <em>his</em> debut, fought highly favored <b>Stanley "The kid" Wright</b>, who, from the sound of cheers in the crowd, appeared to have the largest contingent of fans in attendance than any other fighter on this night. Also making his debut appearance as a pro, Wright, who trains at <strong><em>Stanley's Pro Boxing Gym</em></strong> in Charlotte and is also a Mecklenburg County Sheriff Deputy, was knocked down in the first round by Hazzard, likely giving the South Carolinian a 10-8 winning round. But Wright bounced back after the referee’s eight-count and scored a high number of blows to the head of Hazzard throughout the remaining three rounds, giving Wright a 4-round unanimous decision win, all three judges scoring it 39-37.<br /><br />In the next bout, James “The Fighting Fireman” Hammortree (now 5-0) of Florida defeated Sam Promonee of Charleston, South Carolina by 1st round KO. Promonee drops to 1-1.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />The next two bouts featured popular North Carolina boxers fighting out of the <i><b>Dyme Boxing & Fitness Gym</b></i> in Charlotte, with some of the best coaches in the business in their corner, <b>Coach James Pressley</b> and <b>Coach James Carr</b>. Recent winner of the WBC Latino belt, <b>John "Spidey" Williams</b>, was matched against a fighter out of New York City, Joseph Figueroa, a long-time veteran journeyman entering the ring with a record of 11-53-5. Despite a significant height difference (for a moment it appeared Spidey was going to box a midget), the New Yorker turned out to be very game; a tough </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> little</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> bulldog that went toe-to-toe with the Dyme fighter and gave about as much as he took, occasionally landing heavy blows to the head of Williams. The fight went the six-round distance with Spidey Williams getting a unanimous decision. All three judges scored it 60-54.<br /><br />Following a 15-minute intermission, Dyme fighter <b>Jared “The Warrior” Robinson</b> was matched against cross-town contender, <b>Andre Baker</b>, fighting out of Lumberton, North Carolina. Following three knockdowns of Baker in the 2nd round, mostly from vicious body punches that Robinson delivered to Baker’s left side, referee Bill Clancy called a halt to the bout. Jared Robinson’s record improves to 15-1, while Baker drops to 10-41-2.<br /><br />In a heavyweight matchup, undefeated heavyweight Nat Heaven of Florida entered the ring with a record of 9-0 and wearing super-shiny blue robe and boxers (with the nickname “Heaven Sent” on the back of the robe). He faced a big heavyweight from Louisiana, Stacy Frazier, who had the same amount of wins and losses on his record (15-15). In the scheduled 6-round bout, it took just one devastating blow at 29 seconds into the first round to the head of Heaven to end the fight quickly. Heaven went down and got up on wobbly legs, forcing the referee to stop the bout. Heaven suffers his first defeat and Frazier's record improves to 16-15.<br /><br />In the final fight of the evening <b>Marselle "Cochise" Walker</b> made his professional debut. Marselle Walker also fights out of the <strong><em>Stanley's Pro Boxing Gym</em></strong> in Charlotte. Walker faced Coy Lanbert of South Carolina (now 2-13). In the first round, Walker bloodied his opponent’s face with a series of jabs and punches landing accurately. Further combinations and continuous blows to the head in the 2nd round resulted in the referee calling a stop to the bout. Marcelle Walker, now 1-0, won by TKO.<br /><br />Several in attendance were introduced by the Ring Announcer during intermission that included former North Carolina IBF Bantamweight World Champion <b>Kelvin Seabrooks</b> and Winston-Salem Women’s Heavyweight contender, <b>Carlette "The Truth" Ewell</b>. Carlette will be fighting for the vacant IBO Heavyweight title on August 2 in the Caribbean.<br /><br />Other notables in attendance were boxing promoter <b>Krishna Wainright</b>, who was accompanied by amateur women boxer <b>Lynn L. Holmes</b> of Charlotte. Lynn recently won the 178-LBS 2014 National Women’s Golden Gloves Championship that took place in Florida. Charlotte boxing promoter <strong>Jonathan Kearse Nazeer</strong> came out to support the event. Nazeer, who runs <strong>JKN Boxing Promotions</strong>, will have the next boxing event taking place in Charlotte on August 16th that will include world-class contender Hector "Machito" Camacho Jr. in the Main Event. <strong>Coach Mike Kane</strong> of <i>Mid-South Boxing and Fitness</i> was also at the EpiCenter Rooftop, mainly to see friends from Dyme, Jared Robinson and Spidey Williams, in their respective bouts.<br /><br /><br />Paco Rivera, GAR1680 Boxing Talk Radio & Blog<br /><i>Twitter: @GAR1680</i></span></span><br />
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GAR1680 Boxing Talkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232973717705823376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935965429911814205.post-17646360029743115912014-07-03T20:08:00.003-07:002014-07-11T13:50:03.844-07:00Professional Boxing in Charlotte, North Carolina - Saturday, July 19, 2014<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, July 19, <strong><em>Sports Radio 610AM The Fan</em></strong> presents a night of professional boxing billed as <strong>Carolina Brawl</strong> that will take place at the EpiCenter Rooftop venue with a spectacular view of the Charlotte nighttime skyline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At least 10 bouts are scheduled that will include Mecklenburg County Sheriff Deputy <strong>Stanley "The kid" Wright</strong> and recently returned Army soldier <strong>Marselle "Cochise" Walker</strong> of Charlotte making their professional boxing debuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WBC Latino title holder <strong>John "Spidey" Williams</strong> and <strong>Jared "The Warrior" Robinson</strong> of Charlotte, NC will also be featured on the card in separate bouts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undefeated Keith Tapia (12-0) of Puerto Rico will be fighting for a Cruiserweight title and John Wesley Nofire of Florida, also undefeated with a record of 14-0, will be matched in a Heavyweight title bout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former MMA fighter turned boxer James “Sledge” Hammortree (4-0; Florida) is also scheduled against an unnamed opponent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The EpiCenter Rooftop is located at 210 East Trade Street, Charlotte, NC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information visit: </span><a href="http://www.carolinabrawl.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.carolinabrawl.com/</span></a><br />
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