Two Nigerian-born Beltway Boxers are scheduled to be in important bouts in the near future.
Featherweight Daniel "The Prophet" Attah, who is based in DC, will face Terdsak Jandaeng of Thailand in a WBO title elimination bout on Saturday, June 10 in Atlantic City on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins-Antonio Tarver card.
Ironically, this was the same bout that was originally offered to newly-crowned IBF Featherweight champion Eric Aiken.
Attah (23-3-1, eight KO's) has not fought since February 18 on the "Clash of the Contenders" card at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. Attah won a eight-round majority decision over Isidro Granados. Jandaeng, who is ranked number two by the WBO, is 24-1, 15 KO's and holds the WBO Asia Pacific Featherweight championship and defended his title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Pedro Malco on May 10.
Also, promoter Han Kim tells me that cruiserweight Emmanuel Nwodo of Baltimore will be participating in a USBA title match against an opponent to be named. Kim says the bout will be sometime this summer and may take place either in Virginia or Maryland. Nwodo is 19-4, 15 KO's.
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I just hope that the Attah bout is better than the one at the Patriot Center-that one was awful, w/ practically no punching.
Daniel Attah is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. He came down to Richmond to work out at the Special FX Boxing Gym a few months back. He's a great fighter too and I hope he wins this fight. He deserves it! Gary, keep up the great work with the site.
Thanks,
Joe Hensley
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