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The opponent for light welterweight Verquan "The Show" Kimbrough (21-3-3, 7 KOs) on the July 9 Gladiator X Promotions card from Atlanta's Club Europe is rugged Atlantic City, NJ veteran John "Eastern Beast" Brown (24-18-2, 11 KOs). Brown has lost four world title bouts in his career. The bout is set for 6 rounds. Eight bouts are scheduled.
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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 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...
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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...
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Women's Boxing
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Ward, Treadway Win In Arkansas; Watkins Wins By Decision |
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 From Staff Reports
ROGERS, AR - Light middleweight power-puncher April Ward believes in making fast work of opponents.
Ward, who fights out of Batesville, AR under the Bad Boy Promotions banner, recorded her third first-round stoppage on Saturday (Nov. 7) when a straight right hand from Ward sent Tierra Faucette through the ropes where she was counted out. The time of the stoppage came at 54 seconds.
Ward improved to 4-0, 4 KOs. Faucette, who hails from West Memphis, AR, was making her pro debut.
The Mixed Martial Arts/pro boxing card was promoted by World Wide Muay Thai, in association with Bad Boy Promotions.
On the same card, Batesville bantamweight Kristen Treadway won a 4-round unanimous decision over Pine Bluff, AR's Lucretia Meachem. Meachem went down in the second round from a right hand to the chin.
Treadway improved to 2-0. Meachem was making her pro debut.
"It was a real tough fight for Kristen. Meachem was a 5-foot-9 Tomboy and was a real tough opponent," said Bad Boy Promotions' Brandon Foster. "We.really knew nothing about her coming in."
* On Friday (Nov. 6) at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Camden, AR light welterweight Kita Watkins won a 6-round unanimous decision over Chicago's Rita Figueroa. Watkins (4-5) won 57-56 across the board.
Figueroa (10-2-1, 6 KOs) was down in the second round. She later underwent brain surgery. |
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