Samuel Crushes Fleming in the Ballroom!

Undefeated junior lightweight Tyrell Samuel of Baltimore scored a devastating first-round knockout over Fred Fleming of Cincinnati during the Ballroom Boxing show last night at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD.

Samuel used a double left hook, first to the head then to the body, to send Fleming crumpling to the canvas. Referee Gary Camponeschi counted to 10 and the fight was over at 1:30 of the round.

Samuel, who is trained by former IBF Junior Middleweight champion Vincent "The Ambassador" Pettway, is now 6-0 with four KO's. Those four knockouts have come in Samuel's last four bouts. Fleming is 0-3.

It was also wonderful to see the legendary Mack Lewis in attendance watching Samuel from a distance. He has passed down his training skills to folks like Pettway, Kenny Blackston and Ed Griffin, who are now helping the next wave of Baltimore-area prospects.

Samuel was the only Beltway Boxer on the card. I will give a quick synopsis of the rest of the card. For a full report, visit Fightnews.com later today and check out the report from my colleague "Priceless" Steve Price.

In the main event, welterweight Arturo Morales of Pittsburg, CA scored an eight-round unanimous decision over "Magnificent" Martinus Clay of Wilson, NC. Morales remains undefeated at 16-0-1, five KO's while Clay drops to 11-12-1 four KO's.

The co-feature saw Brooklyn, NY light heavyweight Jameson Bostic win a six-round majority decision over Dhafir "No Fear" Smith of Philadelphia, PA. Bostic raised his record to 6-3, four KO's. Smith is 13-14, three KO's.

In another light heavyweight bout, Farah Ennis of Philadelphia won a four-round unanimous decision over the debuting Michael Ciccone of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Ennis (2-0, one KO) is the younger brother of Derek Ennis who fought the magnificent draw with Baltimore's Maxell Taylor at the Ballroom back in March.

The opening bout was an absolute dud as Kiel Shuler of Rocky Mount, NC easily scored a first-round TKO over an unwilling Elijah Harris of Wilson, NC. Shuler is 1-2, one KO while Harris is 0-3.