Ballroom Night Ends With Technical Draw!

The last Ballroom Boxing card of 2005 at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie was a lackluster one that ended with a technical draw in the main event.

After waiting for weeks for an opponent, highly touted and undefeated junior middleweight Ishmail "The Arsenal" Arvin of Baltimore got a late opponent. Arvin also received a gash on his forehead courtesy of a second-round accidental headbutt from that opponent, Terry "Two Sweet" Johnson of Dayton, OH. Johnson ended up getting a nasty cut on the top of his head and the bout was stopped after two rounds.

It should be noted that Johnson was originally scheduled to face Purcell Miller on this card, but Miller weighed in at 163 1/4 to Johnson's 155 1/4 and Johnson's camp refused the fight.

Arvin's record is now 13-0-2, six KO's while Johnson is 5-11-1, one KO.

The only other Beltway Boxer on the card was lightweight Tyrell Samuel of Baltimore. Samuel gave the Michael's Eighth Avenue crowd the only real excitement of the evening as he blasted Jonathan Jones of Lucama, NC with a second round KO. Samuel was all over Jones from the start, catching Jones late in the first with a solid body shot that dropped him. In the second round, Samuel unleashed a crushing left hand that froze Jones momentarily, then dropped him to the canvas. Jones could not beat referee John Gradowski 10-count and the bout was stopped at 1:05 of the second.

Samuel is now 3-0, one KO while Jones is 0-2. Samuel looks like a promising prospect.

By the way, Samuel is trained by two Baltimore Boxing icons; Mack Lewis and former IBF Junior Middleweight champion Vincent Pettway. Both Lewis and Pettway recently celebrated birthdays: Lewis turned 89 while Pettway turned 40.

The rest of the card was made up of out-of-town boxers, so here is a quick recap:

In a welterweight rematch: Keenan Collins of Reading,PA won an eight-round split decision over "Magnificent" Martinus Clay of Wilson, NC. Collins is 8-1-1, seven KO's. Clay is 9-10-1, three KO's. The last time these two fought, they went to a six-round draw.

Cruiserweight William "The Storm" Bailey of Virginia Beach, VA won a four-round unanimous decision over Sean "Ham" Williams of Reading, PA.

Junior middleweight Jose "The Silver Boy" Rodriguez of New York City scored a four-round unanimous decision over Wilson, NC's Rodney Green.

Wes Hobbs of New York City made his pro debut a successful one with a four-round unanimous decision over Hamilton Verano in a junior welterweight bout.