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September 07, 2010
Deep South Boxing
 
 
News Flash
Lafayette, LA welterweight Brad Solomon (12-0, 4 KOs) fights for his first major championships Tuesday (Aug. 24) when he meets Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Negron (26-14-1, 19 KOs) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, just up the road from Miami. The bout is for the vacant WBA International and vacant WBC Latino belts. In his last bout in June, Solomon decisioned previously unbeaten Kenny Galarza over 10. 
 
 
 
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Amatuer Boxing
Lafayette, LA's Jessie Fletcher, won the 80-pound, 10-11-year-old age group at the Title National Championship Tournament in Ripley, TN on June 5. A decorated amateur boxer, Fletcher defeated Memphian Eugene Collins by RSC in the second round. Fletcher only started boxing in January of 2009, but has won four championships in his age group. Go now...
 
Women's Boxing
At 5-foot-3, Kansas City, MO light middleweight Melisenda Perez is used to having to fight much taller opponents. Despite the height disadvantage, Perez has managed to be a force in her division. Perez won a 4-round unanimous decision over Batesville, AR's April Ward Saturday night (July 10) on Les Bonano's "Battle On The Bay" card at Hollywood Casino. Read more...
 
Professional Boxing
 
Fogle Stopped By Ornelas In Club Nokia Main Event PDF Print E-mail

From Staff Reports

Fighting in the April 22 8-round main event at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, Cary, NC's Julius Fogle was knocked out at 1:12 of the fourth round by La Habra, CA's Enrique Ornelas, the brother of super middleweight Librado Andrade.

The 38-year-old Fogle (15-4, 10 KOs) has now lost four of his last five fights. He weighed 166.5 against Ornelas (30-6, 20 KOs), who himself weighed in at 171.5.

On the same card, Lexington, TN light heavyweight Nathan Bedwell dropped a 4-round unanimous decision to Japan's Hiromitsu Mirua (2-0). Morua won on the cards by scores of 39-37 x 2 and 40-36.

Bedwell is scheduled to fight Texan Tyler Parsons on the May 6 Bad Boy Promotions card from Electric Cowboy in Little Rock.

At the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Tulsa, OK, Little Rock cruiserweight Eric Pippin was TKO'd in the second round of a 6-rounder by Chandler, OK favorite Tracy Sneed. Pippin (3-6, 3 KOs) was stopped at 2:52. Sneed improved to 26-2, 20 KOs.

Also in Tulsa, Van Buren, AR female minimumweight Melissa Shaffer (10-8, 5 KOs) came out on the short end of 6-round decision against Colorado's Chantel Cordova (8-1-1, KOs). Scores were 60-54 and 59-55 x 2.

 

 
 
 
 
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St. Martinville, LA heavyweight Johnnie White (22-2, 18 KOs) meets Newark, NJ's Joe Hanks (13-0, 9 KOs) Thursday, Aug. 5 at the Marriot Hotel in Irvine, CA. Who wins?
 

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