Three of the Beltway's brightest stars posted solid victories in the past few days.
Undefeated cruiserweight Cory "Black Ice" Cummings of Baltimore scored a 10th round TKO over Tim Bowe on September 3 in Cincinnati. According to the Fightnews report, Cummings put Bowe down in the fifth and seven rounds before finishing him off in the 10th. It was the first time Cummings going 10 rounds. Cummings is now 14-0, 11 KO's and has won his last seven by knockout. As I said before, this guy has been under the radar, but he is legitimate. Cummings is a real solid prospect.
More well-known prospects are the undefeated Peterson Brothers of DC. Both posted dominating victory on a card in Little Rock, AR on Sept. 1. Junior welterweight Lamont scored an easy eight-round unanimous decision over late sub Ron Frankel. All three judges said Peterson pitched a shutout (80-72 on all cards) to raise his record to 14-0, six knockouts. Lightweight Anthony blasted Jorge Alberto Reyes, stopping him 1:38 into the second round. Anthony is now 13-0, eight KO's.
I like both Peterson brothers, but while Lamont was the more notable amateur, I think, while they will both be solid pros, Anthony has something special about him. He has been truly dominant recently.
Word from 'Black Ice' is that his opponent had savvy even through the storm of being beaten, by chanting, 'Cory,...Cory' during the fight, and often asking the young Cummings "Is that all you got?" Young Cummings indicated he didn't reply just continued delivering a beating and eventually stopped his opponent in the 10th round of a scheduled 10 rounder; his first time going 10.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the report. I like Cory a lot. Not too many people know who he is yet. That hopefully, will change by the end of 2006. He is tough!
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