"Slick" Nick Kisner Open Workout!

(Photo courtesy of Wallace Barron)

"Slick" Nick Kisner of  Ferndale, MD is 14-1-1 with five knockout will be facing the 20-0, (16 KO's)  Lateef Kayode of Hollywood, CA by way of Lagos, Nigeria. This will be a 10 round contest and  will be the main event shown live on the CBS sports network May 29th in Memphis, Tennesee.

There will be an open workout on Saturday May 16.

Time:      3pm 

Location: Lights Out Gym

Address: 9051 Red Branch Road

               Columbia, Maryland

(Open to the public)

DeMarcus Corley vs Manuel Perez In Denver!

DeMarcus "CHOP CHOP" Corley will be taking on Manuel "Manos" Perez this Saturday May 16 at the PT'S ShowClub in Denver, CO. 

DeMarcus Corley:

"No disrespect to Manny but how you going to stop me and you only have 4 knockouts I guarantee you this fight will not go to distance Manuel Perez"

Here is the link to watch the fight

http://ustre.am/14GIT

The Beltway Boxing Area National Golden Gloves Title Streak Ends At Six!

The DC Region sent a promising Team to the 2015 National Golden Gloves Tournament that took place in Las Vegas, NV. The team consisted of  strong amateur fighter that fought their way through strong competitive local bouts to make it on the to represent our region. 

The team consisted of these amateurs: 

108 Pounds: Jonathan Howard III, Wilmington, NC, 114 Pounds: Jordan White, Waldorf, MD, 123 Pounds: DeWayne Beamon, Goldsboro, NC, 132 Pounds: Keeshawn Williams, Capitol Heights, MD, 141 Pounds: Diego Abregu, Leesburg, VA, 152 Pounds: Matthew Abregu, Leesburg, VA, 165 Pounds: Tavon Body, Burtonsville, MD, 178 Pounds: Justin Bell, District Heights, MD, 201 Pounds: Milik Titus, Baltimore, MD, and 201+ Pounds: Christopher Laws, Hampton, VA.

On day one of the tournament Malik Titus lost by TKO to Jason Beauchamp of Nevada and Diego Abregu lost to Dewone Johnson of Chicago by a 3-2 score.  Matthew Abregu lost his contest at 152 pounds to Melquades Ramirez of the Colorado/New Mexico region while Christopher Laws fell to Raymond Walker of Texas in the 201+ Pound bracket. Keeshawn Williams at 132 pounds, received a bye into the second round.  Jonathan Howard of Greensboro, NC was eliminated from the tournament by Pablo Ramirez of Texas.

Jordan White won his opening bout at 114 Pounds defeating Manual Flores of California.  At 178 Pounds, Justin Bell moved into the next round with a win over Cody Cross of Michigan.  Keeshawn Williams, lost his first bout at the nationals at 132 pounds to Maliek Montgomery of Knoxville, TN.  Justin Bell lost his second round bout to Marco Delgado of California. 

Jordan White advanced to the next round at 114 pounds with a win over Fred Compton of Indiana.  Tavon Body also moved into the next round at 165 pounds with a victory over Micah Hunt of Knoxville, TN. DeWayne Beamon of Goldsboro, North Carolina is the third DC Region Boxer to advance as he won his bout at 123 pounds over Jeremy Olivarez of Michigan.

Jordan White and Tavon Body were both eliminated from quarter final competition on Thursday.   White lost his 114 Pound battle to Christian Carto of Pennsylvania and Body dropped his quarterfinal contest to Isiah Jones of Detroit at 165 pounds.

The only DC Region boxer is DeWayne Beamon of Goldsboro, NC and he has advanced to the semifinals at 123 pounds with a win over Victor Morales of Nevada.

Emmanuel Taylor vs Antonio Orozco In A 10 Round Contest!

Emmanuel Taylor (right) 18-3, (12KO's) will be facing Antonio Orozco 21-0 (15KO's) in a ten round bout tonight May 15th at the US Airway Center in Phoenix, AZ. Both fighters weighed in Thursday tipping the scale at 141 lbs. 

 The bout will be televised as the co-feature on TruTV. The televised portion of the card airs at 10pm. 

Results From Keystone Boxing's Amateur Boxing Card In Oxon Hill, MD.

Saturday May 9th was another great night of amateur boxing sponsored by Keystone Boxing. It was card that consisted of 17 bouts that took place at the Oxon Hill Staff Development Center in Oxon Hill, MD. 

The Three Time USA National Champion Tiara Brown was not on the card because her opponent backed out of the contest. 

Here are the results:

Bout #1 

Nikko Williams   defeated   Jasir Carrington

Bout #2

 Richard Dodson   defeated   Marcell Steele

Bout #3

Deric  Davis   defeated   Rashiem Jefferson

Bout #4

Anthony Wheeler   defeated   Mehki Phillips

Bout #5

Kardan Chatmon   defeated   Rashiem Jefferson

Bout #6

Tyrek Irby   defeated   Amegah Jacob

Bout #7

Ebrima Jawaru   defeated   Brandon Etheridge

Bout #8

Khaliq Harrison   defeated   Derrich Buchanan

Bout #9

Jahmal Harvey   defeated   Tyreece Johnson

Bout #10

Leaon Jones   defeated   Davonte Lee

Bout #11

Kyren Harrison   defeated   Umar Epps

Bout #12

Maximus Garland   defeated   Dennis Zeigler

Bout #13

Joshua Woodard   defeated   Cortez Dargin

Bout #14

Juis Castellanos   defeated   Jarron Smith

Bout #15

Nathaniel Copeland   defeated *RSC   Donte Martin

Bout #16

Eric Middleton   defeated *RSC   Jonathan Turcios

Bout #17

Timothy Lee   defeated   Ralph Alexander 

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(*Referee Stops Contest)

Mike "Yes Indeed" Reed Hits The Scale In Newark, NJ!

(Photo by Ross Molovinsky)

 Vazquez 140 lbs. vs Reed 143 lbs.

Waldorf, MD's Mike "Yes Indeed" Reed 13-0, (7 KO's) is coming off of a Nsecond-round TKO win over Eddie Soto on March 14 at the Sphinx Club in Washington, DC. On the other hand his opponent Osenohan Vazquez 8-3-1, (3 KO's) of Newark, NJ will be trying to come from a first round KO loss to Clarence Booth at the Sun Dome in Tampa, FL on February 28.

This will be an eight-round contest
Friday night May 8th at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The contest will possibly be a swing bout for the TruTV telecast. 

"Swift" Jarrett Hurd Dedicated To Becoming Great!

"Swift" Jarrett Hurd of Accokeek, MD is a junior middleweight that has a lot of support while he pursues his professional boxing career. It starts with his family, friends, boxing team "TEAM SWIFT", and the fans that cheer him on while he's at work inside the ring.

Mr. Thomas Browner, Hurds trainer during his amateur career developed Jarrett well in spite of being in a strong division that had a group of fighters such as Jerry Odom, D'Mitrius Ballard  and Demond Nicholson. Odom along with Ballard moved on to win National Golden Gloves championships, but all four fighters currently have outstanding professional boxing careers.

Jarrett held his own by giving these guys a hard way to go and also won a few tournaments himself. In 2008 he competed in the National Golden Gloves but came up short.  Mr. Browner has also trained heavyweight Tony Thompson and has trained Hurds current trainer Ernesto Rodriguez as an amateur and a professional.

After his amateur days were over Hurd questioned himself and decided to get a job and start working in 2009. Mr. Browner said to Hurd "You don't need a job when you know how to fight! You don't need a Job!" In 2010 while Hurd was at work he received a phone call from his older brother saying that Mr. Browner had passed away. The day of the funeral Ernesto Rodriguez approached Hurd and asked him when was he coming back to the gym. Jarrett put in his two weeks notice with his job and came back to the gym the following week.

With the boxing background that Rodriguez has he is bringing out the best in Jarrett both inside and outside of the ring. Hurd currently has a professional record of 15-0, (9KO's). His career has been moving at the right pace.
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=625960&cat=boxer

Jarrett has the skills and power it takes to compete with the best boxing talent out there. This has been noticed by the top manager in the sport of boxing, Al Haymon. Haymon signed Hurd because he sees that Hurd has a good future in this sport. With that being said Rodriguez and Hurd sat down and gave this opportunity a realistic thought.

Trainer Ernesto Rodriguez:
"I told him 6 years from now should be a point where he is either breaking through or has broken through and if that's not the case, time to check out."