Weights From The MGM National Harbor In Oxon Hill, Maryland!

The Greg Cohen Promotions/Banner Promotions card will take place on Friday, April 14 at the MGM National Harbor Casino in Oxon Hill, MD. Three of the bouts will be shown on the Showtime telecast ShoBox The New Generation that will air at 10 PM ET.

The main event on the card will be a bout for the interim WBA Light Heavyweight championship. Undefeated Dmitry Bivol of Vsevolzhsk, Russia will defend his title against Samuel Clarkson of Cedar Hill, TX. Bilvol weighed in at 174.6 lbs while Clarkson came in at 173.4 lbs.


The co-feature bout will be undefeated Baltimore welterweight Malik "Iceman" Hawkins taking on the also undefeated Carlos "Narro" Soto of Torreon, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico in an eight-round encounter. Hawkins came in under the 147 limit at 146 lbs and Soto tipped the scale at 148.2 lbs.


In a Super Bantamweight bout that will open the telecast undefeated Glenn Dezurn of Baltimore, MD will take on undefeated Leroy Davila of New Brunswick, NJ in eight-round contest. Dezurn came in at 119.8 lbs and Davila weighed in at 120.8 lbs. 

The weights from the remainder of the card.

Joey Dawejko 234.2 vs Rodney Hernandez 262.4
Travis Reeves 173.4 vs Taneal Goyco (Will weigh in tonight)
Ruben Villa 128 vs Luis Diaz 129
Michael Dutchover & Edner Amaro will weigh in tomorrow
Hasim Rahman, Jr. 234.4 vs Ralph Alexander 239.6
Sergey Kuzmin 246 vs Keenan Hickman 242.4
Justin Hurd and opponent will weigh in tomorrow

Promoter: Greg Cohen Promotions
Venue: MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland
TV: Showtime

Greg Cohen Promotions And Banner Promotions Televised Card At The National Harbor In Maryland!

Greg Cohen Promotions and Banner Promotions team up to put on the second professional boxing card at the MGM National Harbor Casino in Oxon Hill, MD. Three of the bouts will be shown on the ShoBox telecast on Showtime that will begin at 10 PM ET.

The main-event of the telecast will feature undefeated Dmitry Bivol (9-0, seven KO's) of Vsevolzhsk, Russia in a title defense against Samuel Clarkson (19-3, 12 KO's) of Cedar Hill, TX for the interim WBA Light Heavyweight championship.

Undefeated Baltimore welterweight Malik "Iceman" Hawkins (10-0, seven KO's) will face off with the also undefeated Carlos "Narro" Soto of Torreon (13-0-2, seven KO's), Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico in an eight-round encounter.

Undefeated Baltimore super featherweight Glenn Dezurn (8-0, six KO's) who will take on two-time national amateur champion Leroy Davila (5-0, three KO's) of New Brunswick, NJ in another eight-round contest to open the ShoBox telecast.

The non-televised undercard will feature an eight-round light heavyweight bout between Travis "Seveer" Reeves (13-2-2, seven KO's) of Baltimore taking on Taneal "Spider" Goyco (9-9-1, four KO's) of Philadelphia, PA.  Hasim "Gold Blooded" Rahman, Jr., the older son of the former two-time heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman will debut against Lanham, MD's Ralph Alexander in a four-round heavyweight contest.

There are two eight-round heavyweight bouts on the card. Joey Dawejko (17-4-3, 10 KO's) of Philadelphia will take on Rodney Hernandez (10-5-1, two KO's) of Modesto, CA. Also undefeated Sergey Kuzmin (9-0, six KO's) of Saint Petersburg, Russia will battle Carlos "El Chicano" Cotto (8-1-1, five KO's) of Caguas, Puerto Rico.

In a six-round featherweight bout, Salinas, CA's Ruben Villa (4-0, two KO's) will take on Luis Enrique Diaz Torres (2-0, one KO) of Puerto Rico. Also Michael Dutchover of Santa Fe Springs, CA (3-0, three KO's) takes on Eder Amaro "Koriano" Fajardo of California by way of Mexico (2-2, one KO) in another six-round bout.

Super welterweight "Slick" Justin Hurd (2-0, one KO) of Accokeek, MD looks to make his appearance. Opponent TBA.

The ShoBox telecast will start at 10pm ET.

Vasyl Lomachenko Proves To Be Too Difficult For Jason Sosa!

The 29-year-old two-time Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist, Vasyl Lomachenko, who vacated a featherweight world title defended his junior lightweight belt for the second time against Jason Sosa, 29 of Camden, New Jersey. 

Lomachenko opened the boxing platform of the new MGM National Harbor with a more than dominating performance. Sosa proved to be no match for Lomachenko's southpaw style. 

The supreme defense and footwork of Lomachenko was put to perfection for a two-handed attack from all angles while barely getting hit clean with anything in return from Sosa. 

At the sound of the bell ending the eighth round is where Sosa's trainer told him that if he was taking more punishment in the ninth round like he did in the previous rounds he will stop the fight. That was the case. Lomachenko continued his destruction and the fight was stopped as promised. 

Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) Sosa drops to (20-2-4,15 KOs)

Gary Russell Jr Title Defense Set For May 20!

Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell Jr. Defends His Belt Against Top Challenger Oscar Escandon Saturday, May 20 From MGM National Harbor in Maryland & Live on SHOWTIME

The Maryland-native Russell Jr. (27-1, 16 KOs) and the WBC Interim Featherweight Champion Escandon (25-2, 17 KOs) will battle in one of boxing's most talented divisions that continues to deliver exciting action fight after fight. A lineup of exciting co-featured attractions will be announced next week.

"I'm a gladiator getting ready for a tough battle," said Russell Jr. "This is going to be a huge night for my family and I'm glad that the time is here. This will be the first time as pros that I get to fight on the same card as both of my little brothers, (unbeaten bantamweight) Gary Antonio and (2016 U.S. Olympian) Gary Antuanne, plus my brother Gary Allan will work all of our corners. We're excited to get in the ring and show the fans what we're capable of doing in the ring."

"I've had to wait for this opportunity to face Gary Russell Jr. and I'm going to take full advantage of it," said Escandon. "It's going to be a great fight and I know the fans are going to get their money's worth. I feel 100 percent healthy and now that the fight is here I am ready to knock him out."

Weights From The MGM National Harbor!

Vasly Lomachenko 129.6 vs Jason Sosa 130.2 (has two hours to make 130)


Oleksander Gvozdyk 174.2 vs Yunieski Gonzalez 174.8
Mike Hunter 198.0 vs Oleksandr Usyk -199.4
Jesse Hart 168.0 vs Alan Campa 165.6
Egidijus Kavaliausks 148.2 vs Ramses Agaton 147.0

Mike YesIndeed Reed 141.2  Reyes Sanchez 141.4

Patrick Harris 136 Omar Garcia 136

Gregory Clark Victorious While Peters Gets The Draw In Bethlehem, PA!

(Photo courtesy of Kings Promotions)

Gregory Clark of Washington, DC lost his professional debut in November 2016, but regrouped with a split decision win over Patrick Rivera on February 11th on a Kings Promotions card in Fort Washington, MD. Tonight Clark defeated Devin McMaster by 4th round KO at the Sands Event Center in Bethlehem, PA.

Clark is now 2-1, 1KO while McMaster falls to 1-1.


Jordan Peters, also from Washington, DC was back in action after a long 4 year layoff. Peters was in a four round bout against Hector Bayanilla of Allentown, PA. This bout was a close contest. One judge scored it 39-37 for Bayanilla, but was overruled by the other two judges who scored the bout 38-38 a Draw. 

Both Peters and Bayanilla records are now 1-0-1.

Greg Cohen Promotions Along With Banner Promotions Bringing Boxing Inside The MGM National Habor On April 14th!

On Friday, April 14 live on SHOWTIME 10 p.m. ET from MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.




ShoBox will have a tripleheader that will feature undefeated former Russian amateur standout Dmitry Bivol (9-0, 7 KOs) defending his interim WBA Light Heavyweight title against Samuel Clarkson (19-3, 12 KOs) in the main event. In a tough co-feature matchup of undefeated welterweights, Juan Ruiz (18-0, 11 KOs) and Malik Hawkins (10-0, 7 KOs) will battle in an eight-round bout. Opening the telecast, super bantamweight prospect Glenn Dezurn (8-0, 6 KOs) is making his television debut against the unbeaten two-time national amateur champion Leroy Davila (5-0, 3 KOs) in the eight-round bout.

There will also be more local area fighters on the card. Undefeated prospects Justin Hurd (2-0, 1 KO) and Malik Jackson (2-0, 2 KOs) will also be featured in 4-round bouts.  

Tickets are available online.

http://mgm.theaternationalharbor.com/?gclid=CM7f-tPN_9ICFcKEswodrPsG6Q