Breaking News: Lamont Pearson Off 'Clash Of Contenders' Card!

There is major news concerning this Saturday's "Clash of the Contenders" card at the George Mason University Patriot Center.

USBA Super Featherweight champion Lamont "Bay" Pearson is now off the card because of a back injury he very recently suffered. Pearson was originally scheduled to defend his title but according to officials for Keystone Boxing, the card promoters, no opponent was willing to take the bout.

Last week, an opponent was found (but not officially named) to take on Pearson in a 10-round, non-title bout, but now the injury has scrapped those plans.

The replacement 10-round, co-feature bout will involve former superfeatherweight world contender Daniel "The Prophet" Attah. The Nigerian-born, DC-based southpaw who lost a WBO title bout by unanimous decision to former champion Acelino Freitas, has not fought since winning an eight-round unanimous decision over James Baker in May 2004 at the Lincoln Theatre in DC. Attah has a record of 22-3-1 with eight KO's.

Attah's opponent will be Bellflower, CA's Isidro Granados who has a record of 14-1-2 with eight KO's. Granados will fight for the first time in 2006. Granados won a 10-round unanimous decision over Alberto Ontiveros on December 9 in Albuquerque, NM.