Friday, April 13, 2018

Luther "LightsOut" Smith Gets Back Into Knockout Form!

Smith Makes It A Early Night For Sanchez!


(Photos by Kent Green/KgHotShots)



On the Kings Promotion card at the Sands Bethlehem Events Center, Bethlehem, PA., Crofton, MD. cruiserweight Luther "Lights Out" Smith defeated Elvin "Koko" Sanchez of Paterson, NJ by knockout at 55 seconds of the second-round. Smith was coming off a four-round split decision loss to Lamont Capers on November 30th in Oxon Hill, MD., while Sanchez got a second-round TKO victory over Khalib Whitmore on August 11th in Philadelphia. 


In tonight's bout both fighters were landing solid punches, but it was Sanchez that made an early statement by landing a left hook to he head of Smith, causing his gloves to touch the canvas for the eight count. Smith bounces back strong early in the second-round by catching Sanchez with a right hook that dropped him to the canvas. Smith kept the pressure up and landed a straight left to the face of Sanchez sending him down again causing the referee to wave the contest off. 

Luther Smith is now (10-2, 9 KO's) while Sanchez is (8-4-1, 6 KO's).

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Weights From Bethlehem, PA!



Here are the weights for the Kings Promotions card set for Friday night (April 13th) at The Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, PA!

Main Event
Frank De Alba 130.1 - O'Shaquie Foster 131.2

Co-main Event
Luther Smith 199.1 - Elvin Sanchez 198.7


Martino Jules 128 - Vincent Jennings 126.7

James Robinson 156.7 - Greg Jackson 150.9

Jesus Perez 142.9 -  Anthony Sonnier 143.2

Craig Callaghan 152 - Cesar Soriano Berumen 151.6


Promoter: King's Promotions
Venue: Sands Bethlehem Event Center

1st Bell: 7 PM ET

TV: Eleven Sports (Delayed)

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Gervonta Davis April 21st Fight Training Camp Quotes!





GERVONTA DAVIS:


On why he decided to do training camp with Kevin Cunningham...

"I was actually going to go to Colorado to train, but Adrien invited me to come down here to West Palm Beach to check out the camp. He said I should come to Florida to train with him and Kevin. So I came down, I saw Kevin's routine and I really liked it.

 "There were a lot of distractions in Baltimore and I think they were a problem for me. I needed to straighten my head and focus on the things I have to work on. It was time to set my camp somewhere else.

 "I needed a change after my last fight. I let myself down. I learned to be a different fighter, more responsible. I let others down, but think I let myself down more than anything."

 On becoming one of the youngest champions in boxing...

"I was one of the youngest world champions in boxing. It is not that I was not prepared for it. I was just so young and it happened so quickly. I had to adapt to it. Live up to the hype. It was hard."

On his opponent, Jesus Cuellar...

"I'm not really into researching my opponents-or other fighters other than the ones that I like. I just train hard and fight who is in front of me.  I know a little bit about him [Jesus Cuellar]. I know that he can hit, that he's not going to back down and that he's a tough opponent. I believe he's my toughest opponent to date. On April 21, we will see if he is ready. I know for sure I will be."

On life in training camp when not at the gym...
"We have a big house that the coach provided for us. We all live together-Adrien and I. We go swimming and to the movies. We just chill. We are being responsible. No South Beach, no clubbing. Just training hard."

On his relationship with Adrien Broner...

"What people don't know is that I've been around Adrien since I was younger. I looked up to him. When Adrien came on the scene, he was super sharp and fast. I remember him. He used to come to the amateur tournaments.

 "Adrien is like a big brother to me. We are just like a little brother, big brother. We are very competitive. We do not say it but we always want to outdo each other. For example, I usually run faster than he does, but sometimes he beats me. Yesterday he ran so fast I could not catch him. So today, I took the lead and ran even faster. We push each other to our best."

On his plans for the future...

"I want to win more belts. I want to become a big star in boxing. I am going to put my work in the gym, put on a great performance in the ring and get back on track to become a world champion again.

  "Being a world champion again is just a step closer towards my goal: I want to be a pay-per-view star. I want to be able to fight on pay-per-view against the big fighters and do big numbers."

Sunday, April 8, 2018

"SWIFT" Jarrett Hurd Becomes Unified Jr. Middleweight Champion Of The World!

LATE KNOCKDOWN DECIDES UNIFICATION TITLE
FOR "SWIFT JARRETT HURD


Jarrett Hurd scored a late knockdown with 37 seconds left in the final round to get the split decision victory over Erislandy Lara in a highly competitive jr. middleweight title unification fight Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Judge Burt Clements scored the bout 114-113 for Lara while judges Glenn Feldman and Dave Morretti scored it the same 114-113 for Hurd. 

The 34-year-old, 5'9" Lara was able to get off to a fast start by landing shots between the guard of Hurd for the first few rounds of the fight, but the 27-year-old, 6'1" Hurd used his game plan to do exactly what he said he wanted to do and that was pressure Lara throughout the contest. It was Hurd's volume punching and power that was the difference. The power Hurd showed in his past five fights was exactly the telling factor in his victory against the veteran Lara. 

Jarrett Hurd defends his title for the second time to remain undefeated at (22-0, 15 KO's) while Erislandy Lara is now (25-3-2, 14 KO's).

Hurd:
"It was a tough one, but I went out there and did exactly what I said I was going to do, fight all 12 rounds and get the victory. I didn't feel like that 12th-round knockdown for the win. I feel like I was in control the whole fight, applying the pressure."



Lara:
"Besides the last round, I thought I was winning this fight easily," said Lara, who went to the hospital after the fight as a precaution. "That's not to decide the fight. I was winning the fight. One punch in a fight doesn't determine the fight. 100 percent I want the rematch! The problem was the cut on the eye. I couldn't see in the last round."