Here Are The Results For Beltway Boxers Bouts In Philly!

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Forestville, MD welterweight Mykal Fox won by eight-round unanimous decision over Johnny Arellano of Austin, TX on the King's Promotions card at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA last night December 6, 2019.

Fox used his jab to create good offense and good footwork to stay smart on defense. In the fifth-round Fox landed a left to the body followed by a right hook to send Arellano to the canvas. Arellano was one of the tallest fighters Fox has faced throughout his career. Arellano had his moments throughout the bout where he was able to land some scoring shots, but it wasn't enough to win the round he need to convince the judges in his favor. All three judges scored the contest for Fox 78-73 and 80-71 twice.  Fox improves his record to (22-1, 5 KO's) while Arellano falls to (10-2, 9 KO's)

In a super middleweight Hagerstown, MD "The Sexy Albanian" Genc Pllana and Kalvin "Hot Sauce" Henderson of Fayetteville, AR battled to an eight-round draw.

Pllana's looked to be the more active fighter throughout the contest as he out punched Henderson. Henderson was able to land shots to score during the rounds but Pllana's activity and point scoring shots seemed to visually give him the win. One judge seemed to see the contest in Pllana's favor with the score of 79-73, however, the two other judges scored the bout a draw at 76-76.  Pllana is now (7-1-1, 4 KO's) and Henderson adds a draw to his record (12-0-1, 8 KO's).

Marcus "Dreamcrusher" Bates out of Washington,DC won by eight-round unanimous decision over Francisco "Rayito" Pedroza of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Bates was in full control of the bout in every round. His speed is definitely what made the difference. Bates landed a lot of hard shots to keep Pedroza in a defensive battle. Pedroza did make Bates work throughout each round until the eighth-round when Bates landed a hard left hand to send Pedroza down to the canvas. Pedroza beat the eight count but the contest ended giving Bates the win with the scores of 78-73 and 80-71 (twice).

Frederick, MD super middleweight Devar "The Warrior" Ferhadi returned to the ring after a three year absence to complete medical school to score a fifth-round TKO over Vincent Baccus of Okmulgee, OK.

Ferhadi used the double jab in the third round to drop Baccus to the canvas and continued to land shots after the round continued. Nothing didn't change as Ferhadi kept the pressure up going into the fifth-round when Baccus wasn't able to come up with the defense he need to protect himself. The bout was stopped at 1:45 of the fifth. Ferhadi gets back to his winning ways to remain undefeated at (8-0, 7 KO's) while Baccus suffers his first career defeat by upsetting stoppage and drops to (4-1-1, 3 KO's).