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News Flash
Prize Fight Boxing light middleweight Shawn "Showtime" Porter (12-0, 10 KOs) fights for his first championship on Feb. 19 when he meets Rochester, NY's Russell Jordan (15-6, 10 KOs) at Cleveland, OH's Wolstein Center. Porter is a native of Akron, OH. Also on the card is Prize Fight middleweight Dominic Wade (5-0, 5 KOs) in a 6-rounder against Georgia's Omar Bell (7-1, 5 KOs). The card will be televised by ESPN2.
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Get up close at ringside at fights throughout the Deep South. You can almost feel the sweat! Visit the Fight Card Photos section. Go now...
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Lafayette, LA's Ragin' Cajun Boxing Club selected Wilfred Fuselier as its Boxer of the Year for 2009. Fuselier won three major tournaments last year, including the USA Boxing Southern Association Tournament. Hunter Marvin was selected JO Boxer of the Year, while Christine Bouchereau was selected top Open Female Boxer.
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Van Buren, AR native and former world minimumweight world champion Hollie Dunaway won a split decision over previously unbeaten Chantel Cordova on Jan. 28 at the Coca-Cola Center in Oklahoma City, OK. Dunaway's manager, Ron Brand, tells Deep South Boxing Dunaway controlled the action throughout and should have won the fight by unanimous decision. Dunaway is a current resident of Las Vegas.
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Professional Boxing
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Winfield, Lavender Drop Bouts on Ft. Lauderdale Card |
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From Staff Reports
FT. LAUDERDALE - Two North Carolina boxers lost to Cuba ex-patriots on the Friday (Feb. 5) card from Nova Southeastern University's Don Taft University Center.
Winston-Salem, NC heavyweight Corey Winfield came out on the short end of a split decision in a 4-rounder against Glenda Hernandez, who was making his professional debut.
The 26-year-old Winfield fell to 3-5. 2 KOs.
In a cruiserweight bout that was scheduled for four rounds, Pine Level, NC's Gary Lavender...
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Bad Boy Promotions Presents Batesville, AR Card On Feb. 27 |
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From Brandon Foster
Bad Boy Promotions
BATESVILLE, AR - On Saturday, Feb. 27, professional boxing will be back in Batesville at the National Guard Armory.
Seven pro bouts are scheduled, along with two Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) bouts.
Local fighters expected to appear on their second card at the Armory are female middleweight April Ward (4-1, 4 KOs) and Mike Wagonblast (1-1). In April's initial appearance, retired Chelsey Chapman at the end of the first round. She says her next opponent may...
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Deep South Heavyweights Knocked Out In Maryland |
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From Staff Reports
FORT WASHINGTON MD - Two Deep South heavyweights lost decisions in separate bouts Sunday (Jan. 31) at Rosecroft Raceway.
Maurice Winslow, from Wilson, NC, was knocked out at 1:31 of the first round by Washington, DC's Maurice Byarm. The 254.5-pound Byarm (6-0, 4 KOs) out-weighed Winslow (3-11-1, 1 KO) by just over 52 pounds. The match was scheduled for six rounds.
In a match scheduled for four, Montgomery, AL's Kevin Howard lost to Springdale, MD's Abodurin Akinyanju by...
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Nelson Maintains Unbeaten Mark, Wins Unanimous Decision |
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From Staff Reports
TUNICA, MS - Little Rock super middleweight prospect Jonathan Nelson continued his winning ways Saturday night (Jan 30) fighting in the main event at Fitzgerald's Hotel & Casino.
Fighting an 8-rounder against 38-year-old Delaware veteran Clarence "Sonny Bono" Taylor, the 23-year-old Nelson pretty much dominated from start to finish and won a unanimous decision.
The unbeaten Nelson, who improved to 13-0, 6 KOs, won by a shutout on two official scorecards. The third...
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Ashworth, Kinney Suffer Decision Defeats On Separate Cards |
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From Staff Reports
Two Deep South boxers suffered decision defeats Friday night (Jan. 29) at separate venues.
At Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, NM, Lake Charles, LA cruiserweight Roy Ashworth dropped a 6-round unanimous decision to local fighter "Mad" Max Heyman. And Baton Rouge welterweight Rickey Kinney suffered a similar fate in a 4-rounder against Las Vegan Jesse Vargas at the Hard Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Heyman dominated Ashworth from the opening bell and won handily...
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