The main event is now set for the December 9 Major League Boxing card at the George Mason University Patriot Center. Great Falls, VA's Jimmy Lange will battle Fontaine Cabell of Alamonte Springs, FL in a 10-round junior middleweight encounter.
Cabell (22-6-1, 17 KO's) has fought sporadically over the last three-and-a-half years and will be looking to break a three-bout losing streak in which he has been stopped by technical knockout in all three bouts, including his last outing, an eight-round technical knockout against Maximino Cuevas on April 19 in Palm Beach, FL.
This bout will be Cabell's second trip to this area. He lost by first-round TKO to "Contender: Season One" participant Ahmed Kaddour on the Laila Ali card on July 17, 2004 at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie.
Lange (27-3-1, 19 KO's) is coming off his 10th round TKO over Thomas Wilt on the last Patriot Center card on October 7.
Digital, how good a match should this be, and how much of a challenge does Cabell provide?
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ReplyDeleteOn paper, this doesn't look like much, frankly. As I said, Cabell has been TKO'd in his last three bouts. I saw the bout against Kaddour and he never had a chance. He may give Jimmy trouble early, but I can't see Jimmy losing to this guy.
did Toosharp get a opponent yet or is on the card. Gary is it harder to get smaller fighter's. Gary you think Toosharp should fight a top ten oppoonent and come on this a guy who Jimmy can beat with his eyes closed and is DEC 9 still on in DC and who is on that show
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ReplyDeleteNo official word yet on Mark's opponent for Dec. 9. It is sometimes harder to get smaller fighters because of the money needed to pay for travel. More fighters Mark's size seem to be from the west coast. I think Mark wants to fight a top 10 opponent but I'm not sure that will happen.
I spoke to Cassandra White, the promoter for the Dec. 9 show in DC and she assured me the show is still on.
So far, Clarence Vinson and Thomas Snow are slated to be on that show with Snow scheduled to vie for a "Tri-State" title similar to what Henry Buchanan won when he beat Lloyd "Jabba" Bryan in March.
Langs brain trust have decided he needs a confidence builder after losing to Gilbert and being life and death with Wilt. So they go to Cabell who got blasted in one round by Kaddour. Ooof. They may think they are building his confidence (and hopefully for his sake they are) but they are destroying his reputation for being a fighter. At least Perry Ballard acted and made it look like a fight. This is chapter 3 in how to destroy the career of a fighter - Gilbert, Wilt and now Cabell! Who could possibly be next?
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ReplyDeleteI thought he was fighting Boone
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