My writing colleague and good friend Lem Satterfield of the Baltimore Sun is reporting that veteran Nevada referee Jay Nady will be the third man in the ring when WBC Heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko and WBC interim champ Hasim Rahman battle on November 12 in Las Vegas.
Nady has worked a number of high-profile title bouts including Jermain Taylor-Bernard Hopkins, Antonio Tarver-Roy Jones II and Kostya Tszyu-Zab Judah. It was during the Tszyu-Judah bout where Nady's name was well known because it was Nady that Judah attacked after the bout was stopped in favor of Tszyu.
Nady has also worked some of Rahman's bouts, including Rahman-Lennox Lewis II and Rahman's most recent victory over Monte Barrett.
I have only recently become a Nady fan. He has done well in some high-profile bouts. He is also a big guy (6-5, 250 pounds) so he shouldn't be intimidated by the big fellows. I think this is a good choice.
Satterfield says that Rahman has been sparring recently with two 6'6 boxers; Mike Tyson-conqueror Kevin McBride and Silver Spring, MD heavyweight Tony "The Tiger" Thompson.
By the way, Satterfield also reports that the judges for this contest will be Jerry Roth and Dave Moretti of Las Vegas and Anek Hongtongkam of Thailand.
As far as the local scene is concerned, the main event for this Thursday's Baltimore Boxing card will feature undefeated Baltimore junior middleweight Ishmail "The Arsenal" Arvin (13-0-1, six KO's). Arvin is scheduled to face Dhafir "No Fear" Smith of Upper Darby, PA (13-11-2, three KO's).
That would be interesting because originally Smith was scheduled to appear on the November 7 BXF card in Millersville against "King" James McCallister.
I hope to have full information on both cards in the next few days.
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