January 13 BXF Card Preview!

Here is a preview of the January 13 card at BXF in Millersville:

BXF (Boxing Extreme Fitness) Gym in Millersville, MD will host the first Washington, DC-Baltimore area card of 2006 on Friday, January 13 starting at 8 PM.

Undefeated super middleweight Henry “Sugar Poo” Buchanan (12-0, 10 KO’s) of Capitol Heights will be in the main event, an eight-round contest against veteran Ron Boddie of Philadelphia, PA (15-31-4, seven KO’s).

Buchanan is looking to build on a solid 2005 in which he was 5-0 with three KO’s. After winning his first 10 bouts by knockout, Buchanan has faced slightly tougher competition and has won his last two by eight-round unanimous decisions. In his last outing, Buchanan won impressively over Dhafir Smith on November 26 in Upper Marlboro, MD, scoring a shutout on all three judges’ cards.

Boddie is trying to break a three-bout losing streak. His last two losses have come against undefeated competition. Boddie lost a six-round unanimous decision to Saeed Hawkins on June 24 in Philadelphia and lost by third-round TKO to Chad Dawson on August 6 in Tampa, FL.

The co-feature bout will involve undefeated junior welterweight Tyrell Samuel of Baltimore, MD (4-0, two KO’s) in a four-round contest against Fred Fleming of Cincinnati, OH (0-2).

Ironically, both boxers’ last appearance in a ring was against a common opponent. Samuel won by fourth-round TKO over James Franks on December 12, 2005 at BXF. A month earlier, Fleming lost by fourth-round KO to Franks on November 4, also at BXF.

Also on the card, heavyweight Wayne “Hammerhead” Hampton of Capitol Heights (2-1, two KO’s) will take on Willie McGee of Reidsville, NC (1-1, one KO) in another four-rounder.

Hampton is coming off a second-round TKO over Scott Meehan on December 9 in Lancaster, PA. McGee will be trying to get back on the winning track after suffering a second-round technical knockout loss to Daniel Saulsberry on November 5 in Winston-Salem, NC.

In a four-round cruiserweight contest, two boxers will be looking for their first career victory when Derek Sierra of Laurel, MD (0-3-2) will battle Richard Moore of Virginia Beach, VA. (0-3)

Sierra fought to a four-round draw against Eddie Otts on December 7 in Woodlawn, MD. Moore has not fought since April of 2004 when he lost a four-round unanimous decision over Bobby Rooney in Philadelphia.

Portsmouth, VA light heavyweight John Terry (2-2, one KO) will try to stop the undefeated string of Richard Pearson of Paterson, NJ. (2-0, 1 KO) in yet another four-round contest. This will be Terry’s third straight appearance at BXF going 1-1. Terry is coming off a tough six-round decision loss to Rodney Green on December 2. Pearson won a four-round unanimous decision over Curtis Jones on November 23 in White Plains, NY.

Two professional debuts are also scheduled. Brenton Artis of Virginia Beach, VA will face off against Chris Edmond (0-1) of Cleveland, OH and Marcus Key of Virginia Beach, VA battles Ron Lewis (0-1) of Syracuse, NY.