In the main event of the night cruiserweight Travis "Seveer" Reeves of Baltimore, MD won a six-round unanimous decision over Dan "Bada Bing" Biddle of Wilmington, DE. Reeves was the most aggressive fighter in the bout by using outstanding defense and landing the better punches with very good offense. Travis Reeves got the unanimous decision on all three judges scorecards 60-54.
Reeves is now 9-2-2, (3 KO's) while Biddle falls to 9-3, (5 KO's).
In the co-featured bout junior middleweight Jeremy "The Truth" Trussell of Baltimore. MD scored a sixth-round TKO over Tyeson "H-Bomb" Harrison of Greensboro, NC. During this contest Trussell seemed to be very cautious as he was landing the most shots during the entire bout. The way the bout ended could be the turning point of Trussell's career. With 10 seconds remaining in the final round, Trussell landed a hard,solid right hand that dropped Harrison to the canvas. Referee Kenny Chevalier took a few steps back to give Harrison the opportunity to walk towards him. At that time Chevalier saw that Harrison was still off balance and had no choice but to put a stop to the bout at 2:59.
Trussell improves to 9-2-1, (7 KO's) while Harrison is 2-2, (1 KO).
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Two debuting local lightweights, Glenarden, MD's Dravontay Speed-Rawls and Beltsville, MD's "Mighty" Joel Young were in a four-round contest. Rawls gets the split decision over "Mighty" Joel Young. Both fighters were exchanging very well but neither fighter could dominate the bout so it was left up to the judges. Judges Chevalier and John Gradowski scored the bout 39-38 and 39-37 for Rawls while judge Don Risher saw the bout for Young, 39-37.
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Heavyweight Carlos "The Diamond Cutter" Black of Washington, DC won his pro debut with a four-round unanimous decision over Lonnie Kornegay of Baltimore, MD. This bout could have easily been a draw. Black sent Karnegay to the canvas twice in the second round. Kornegay bounced back well after the knockdowns because Black looked very tired in rounds three and four. Karnegay took that opportunity to land solid shots on Black in the last two rounds, but it wasn't enough to get the win or draw. Judges Chevalier and Gradowski scored the bout 38-36 while Risher had it 39-35.
Black gets his first professional win while Kornegay's record falls 1-11-3.
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Debuting junior lightweight Albert "Spider Monkey" Mendoza of Fayetteville, AR scored a third-round TKO over Nicholas Rodriguez of Dayton, OH. In the first two rounds of this bout both fighters didn't show any confidence in their boxing ability. It wasn't until the third round when Mendoza started landing more punches that dropped Rodriguez twice and getting the stoppage at 2:27.
Mendoza starts his career off 1-0, (1 KO) while Rodriguez drops to 0-2.
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To open up the card popular welterweight Malik "Iceman" Hawkins of Baltimore, MD knocked out William Kelley in an exhibition contest with a crushing uppercut. That punch showed the power of Hawkins because in this bout both fighters were wearing headgear and Kelly was laying on the canvas for about ten or more minutes.
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