Boxing Along the Beltway 'Too Much Going On' Update!

Sometimes there is so much to talk about, I don't know where to begin! This is when I feel like the old pro wrestling announcer Bob Caudle who used to work in the old Mid-Atlantic territory of the NWA. Sometimes there would be SO much going on, he would conduct an interview with someone like Dusty Rhodes and he would start the interview by saying "Boy, there's a lot going down now, man!"


As far as the blog is concerned, I am lining up audio interviews in the next couple of weeks with the following people:

Dean White and Mike Ricasa -- I will be talking to both men concerning their rematch on February 23 at Martin's West.

Henry "Discombobulating" Jones -- I expect this one to be a hard-hitting interview concerning some strange bias against this extraordinary ring announcer.

Cassandra White-- The newest promoter on the Beltway scene makes her debut on Friday, March 3 at the Lincoln Theatre with a card that will be fascinating to say the least.

If you look in the January 2006 archives, you'll see that I have mentioned this card before. However, there are some details that I can now fill in courtesy of White herself.

The main event will be for something called the "Tri-State Light Heavyweight Championship." The bout matches undefeated Henry "Sugar Poo" Buchanan against veteran Lloyd "Jabba" Bryan. As I said before, Bryan has not fought here along the Beltway in more than seven years.

The co-feature will put two former world champions in the ring against one another. Hope you're sitting down for this announcement. Former WBO Junior Welterweight champion DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley will take on the returning former IBF Lightweight champion "Fearless" Freddie Pendleton!!

Yes, I know that Pendleton has not fought in almost five years and yes, he just turned 43 years old. I even checked Boxrec to make sure it wasn't Freddie Pendleton, Jr. that Cassandra White was talking about. It is indeed the same Pendleton who participated in one of the greatest bouts ever seen in this area, the USBA Junior Welterweight title bout against Darryll Tyson on the undercard of the Beltway Brawl in 1995 at the USAir Arena.

There is another interesting matchup on this card. Purcell "Hard Rock" Miller will take on 2000 US Olympian Dante "Inferno" Craig. Miller needs to shake off the tough draw he had against Jason Naugler last November at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro. Craig needs a win to continue his streak. The last time Craig fought along the Beltway, he was stopped in the fourth round by George Armenta in March 2004. Since that bout, Craig (15-4, 11 KO's) has won six in a row.

Also on this card will be locals Reggie "The Mechanic" Holly and Thomas Snow, a junior welterweight from Capitol Heights, MD (1-0, 1 KO) who will be making his home debut.

I will get into more details on this card as we get closer to it, but let me add that March will be an extremely busy month, because we will have three cards within the first 10 days of the month! Not only do we have the show on March 3, but then we have the next Ballroom Boxing show slated for Thursday, March 9 and the next BXF show scheduled for Friday, March 10. Add to the schedule the Friday, March 24 Baltimore Pro Boxing show at the Pikesville Armory and you have the Beltway Boxing version of March Madness!!

As far as this Saturday's card at the Patriot Center is concerned, I have been told that USBA Super Featherweight champ Lamont "Bay" Pearson will be on the card but he will be in a 10-round, non-title contest. A representative for Keystone Boxing would not release the name of the opponent, but said that there is one for Pearson for this contest.