Undefeated Baltimore super middleweight Mike "The Persecutor" Paschall headlines the next Baltimore Pro Boxing card on Friday, October 20 at the Pikesville Armory in Pikesville, MD. Paschall is coming off a six-round unanimous decision victory over William Gill on September 14 at Martin's West in Woodlawn, MD.
For Paschall (10-0, two KO's), this next bout will be a milestone as this will be his first scheduled eight-round contest. In this bout, Paschall will face a tough, experienced opponent that is familiar to Beltway Boxing fans in Upper Darby, PA's Dhafir "No Fear" Smith (15-14-3, three KO's). Smith is unbeaten in his last three bouts (2-0-1), including his last contest a six-round unanimous decision win over Henry "Hurricane" Mayes on August 12 at the Ocean City Convention Center.
Smith has fought numerous times along the Beltway including bouts at the Show Place Arena, BXF and Michael's Eighth Avenue and has fought the likes of Henry "Sugar Poo" Buchanan, Ian Gardner, James McCallister and Max Alexander.
Other bouts scheduled for the card include undefeated middleweight Jessie "The Beast" Nicklow of Severn, MD (6-0, two KO's) taking on Anthony Osbourne of New York (5-18-1, one KO) in a six-round encounter.
Baltimore cruiserweight Willie "For Real" Williams (4-1, one KO) will take on veteran William "The Storm" Bailey of Chesapeake, VA (5-10-2, two KO's) in another six-round bout and DC heavyweight Dalonta Marshall (0-1) will battle Glen Williams of St. Petersburg, FL (2-3-1, two KO's) in a four-round contest.
More on this card as we get closer to October 20.
sounds like a real good card the kid paschall is fighting can fight i saw him beat henry mayes in oc & jake the snake shows are always good
ReplyDeletegood luck mike paschall i hope you are ready
what about paschall 10-0 vs cygan 11-1
ReplyDeletethat is the fight of the year
it would have to be 10 rounds
come on jake make that happen
Let's be honest. At this point in their careers, what does a bout between Paschall and Cygan do for either one of them?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely nothing but put them both in a hard fight with no money or prestige to show for it. At this stage, a bout like that could hurt both men. We've seen this happen too many times before. Let at least one of them get a regional belt (USBA, NABF, etc) before putting them in against each other.
Yes, it's a great fight for the Beltway but it will be even greater when they have accomplished more in their careers.
they wil not be fighting anytime soon if ever(paschall vs cygan or nicklow)they are three guy's from the same area that could go a long way & they don't need each other screwing it up.
ReplyDeleteyou can come out to the pikesville armory oct. 20th and see paschall & nicklow in two tough fight's. dec. 7th at pikesville will feature paschall,cygan & nicklow along with willie williams and the crew
come on.. let paschall and cygan fight now...what difference does it make, now or later...they ain't going nowhere now and they won't be going nowhere later....there is nothing like a fight between two evenly matched C fighters. come on Gary- with all the fights you have seen, don't be a homer give it to us straight, do you really think these guys are going anywhere? are they in the same league as the best that have developed in this area and gone on to success outside the state? are they comparable to Pettway, Mitchell, Corley,Reggie Green, Too Sweet Coley, or are they just the B'more version of Jimmy "I could have been a Contender (oops I was a Contender) Lange"?
ReplyDeleteMy point is, give them the OPPORTUNITY to go somewhere. Don't kill their careers before they get started. They have good records now. A tough Beltway fight at this stage -- win or lose -- would be just like when Allan "Boogaloo" Watts fought Bee Scottland. That fight did major damage to both careers because it happened way too soon.
ReplyDeleteGive Paschall and Cygan at least the chance to go somewhere and beat up on out-of-towners before they start beating local competition.
I have been critical of both men of late. Paschall will have difficulty with guys who possess power and Cygan has had problems with guys who have speed. But they still should be given the opportunity to improve without having to beat up on each other.
Paschall beat your boy sugar-poo in the amatures, and ya think he is all that...stop hating
ReplyDeleteGive them a chance, and incase you didnt know all the names anonymous just named ( pettway, corley, gree, mitchell) all started off the same way as Paschall and Cygan are being brought up, and look how far they went. I see alot of potential in all three of them (Paschall, Cygan, Nicklow). If they fought each other, yes it would be a great fight, BUT it would not do them any justice at this time. They are not even in the same weight class. Tony fights at Middleweight ( the heaviest he ever weighed in at is 165, once), and Paschall is a Light-Heavy/Super-middle.
ReplyDeleteI have nothing against Paschall. Besides, that was the amateurs. Buchanan progressed at a different speed than Paschall and there is nothing wrong with that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Golden Greek. Paschall, Cygan and Nicklow all have potential. In fact, out of the 10 prospects I profiled back in July of 2005, only Paschall and the Peterson Brothers have stayed the course they have been on since then. Others have either lost since then or have had injuries or dropped out of the sport entirely.
That is a serious credit to Mike.
I would be interested to see if Paschall would fight Jameson Bostic (8-3) out of Florida on Novemeber 9th on the Ballroom show. Bostic fights ideally at 165. If Paschall gets through 10/20 clean, it would be an interesting test.
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ReplyDeleteChris you they are not going to take that especialy if you have something to with it.They are scared.
ReplyDeletechris i told you yesterday that we were considering that for the pikesville armory show dec. 7th
ReplyDelete(chris what are you doing??? and you ask why you piss me off and everybody else)you don't go around everyone and try to have friends when your done thats life not buisness
p.s. don't forget to see paschall on oct. 20th pikesville armory
See Chris there you go again with that backstabing. You wonder why no-1 wants to do business with you--You CANT BE Trusted. First you started screwing around with the ballroom shows, pissing every-1 off, and now your gonna try to do Jake the same way. Jake's right this is now the way you are suppose to do business. Man your a crab who will soon be un-employeed with the boxing community. Your word aint worth nothing and your a discrase to beltway boxing and boxing in general. Please take a long look in the mirror and re-evalute yourself and your motives.
ReplyDeleteI know im not the only one who feels this way either, remember the last blog where you started all that stuff. Fix yourself before some-1 fixes you.
If you want Bostic for December get him a contract. He is currently scheduled to fight on Nov. 9th, but if you want him for Paschall on your show that would be great. Let me know and I will tell him to just train for the December show. No big deal either way with me.
ReplyDeleteWow Chris, and the beat goes on, da-na-na-da-not da-na-na-da don
ReplyDeleteJake I want to be the first to say your are acting like.This is a world title fight.I want to tell you that you have some good shows.You and Chris is acting like you all are the fighter's. Chris keep your head up and don't care what those HAITERS say.They are made they can't do what you do.People I seen Chris at the fights never met him but he seem like a good guy.Tell something he has done to make me change my mind
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ReplyDeleteYou should be an adult movie star because you have screwed more people in boxing then anyone in modern years.
Dear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the reference that I might be an adult movie star. But when you mention the fighters that you think that I have screwed, why don't you stop being an anonymous, lying back of shit, and come forward to Gary or to the whole blog audience and list the fighters that I have supposedly "screwed".
When I became the matchmaker for Ballroom, the first thing that I did was raise the amount of money that we were paying in purses so that we could elevate the series by attracting better fighters. The second thing was to make sure that whenever a fighter was not handled by a manager that we always paid all medicals. The local shows that I have done for Gene Molovinsky of Keystone, Marty Wynn and the other local promoters have all continued that. The fact is that Ballroom pays more for its fighters than any other local promoter. So am I or are we screwing the fighters? Certainly not financially.
Then take a look at the list of fighters that I have put on at the Ballroom and then taken them onto other shows that I do to not only keep them busy and earning, but also to give them national exposure. Lets see that would include Darnell Wilson, Teddy Reid, Derrick Whitly, Lamont Pearson, Henry Buchanan, Eric Aiken, Jimmy Lange, Nurhan Suleyman, Mike Aranoutis, etc. etc. If you are awake enough and knowledgeable enough to be paying attention to shows outside the area, you would see the following Ballroom fighters who are being kept busy, earning more money and getting additional exposure and experience over the last year- Derek Ennis, Jameson Bostic, Martinus Clay, Jose Spearman, Jose Rodriguez. And if you really had your wits about you, or any wits at all, you might just think a little bit about the rapidly developing careers of Tyrell Samuel and Tim Coleman and just pay attention to what they do over the next twelve months. And then just maybe you might consider the fighters like Buchanan who fought a couple of times at the Ballroom then on to ShoBox where in two fights he earned (as each of the participants did) $40,000. and if he had won last week would be fighting in January for $50,000. Or Jose Rodriguez who has fought three or four times in the area, is now 8-0, and will be fighting on the HBO show that I am doing in Tampa on December 2 as one of the prelims or Oscar Diaz and Golden Johnson who will be fighting each other in the co feature on the Holyfield PPV show November 10th.
My interest is in focusing on quality fighters whether they are at the Ballroom, on a Keystone show or wherever; working with their managers to have them develop and hopefully taking them to the next level, be it a ShoBox show, an ESPN show or all the way with an HBO or Showtime championship show or PPV. I do this for the satisfaction and pride that I take in the fighters from the area or wherever who I get the opportunity to put on shows and whom develop into great fighters and champions.
So lets see your list of fighters that you feel that I have "screwed". If you have the balls to come forward and name them to my face. And if there are any that feel that they have been screwed by me lets compare them to the list of fighters that fight more, earn more and get their reputations built beyond Baltimore and the region. And then go down that list and see if I have ever screwed any of them. Or if they feel I have done their careers a disservice or whether the fights that I have put them in have enhanced their careers.
Midendorfus you always can talk but take the Ballroom. Once you took over as the matchmaker from the legendary Josh Hall, the crowd attendance went down, they lost TV and the fighters came out against you because you ripped them off.
ReplyDeleteThen how about the promoters you ripped off? Who is next? The IRS?
Hey, just be honest here and admit you are a crook. Then people might say, well we knew it, but at least he came clean.
I am an ex-fighter in this area, and it is about time, you stepped down from matchmaking and maybe become a ring card guy. At least there, you could not dip your hands in so many pockets.
I can say for certain that Chris had nothing to do with the Ballroom losing TV. That was another issue entirely.
ReplyDeleteSince you are an ex-fighter, why are you so afraid to give your name out and, more importantly, give proof of these accusations?
I don't need to defend Chris, but I can verify everything he has said.
Chris, i do not know you and have never met you. but the truth is-how can so many people be wrong about you??? It seems as though everyone say the exact same thing thing: you are an absolute crook.
ReplyDeleteI do not care to hear the gay comments concerning you, for i have a cousin who is also gay and he is a very good person. being gay does not make one a crook.
Chris tell these but whole's to kiss your ass. They are mad your match making career laste. Longer then their boxing career. So poeple on the blog I have never met Chris but he seems like a good guy. If your a man of your word use your name and be man Chris you have gotten me fights and I won and Got fair market price on both of the shows you got me on.I didn't negotiate it Mark Too Sharp did.
ReplyDeleteLet me say this.I'm talking about what I know not heard. Chris what about when you sent Teddy Reid up conn. With no trainer's or cornermen and you kept calling angie about your money or did you get extra money for sending a fall guy.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous- This is what I hate about anonymous blog entries. You can just go write whatever lies you want.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of Teddy Reid- I have had nothing to do with Teddy Reid since late 2001. I was his original co-manager from 1996 to the end of 2001. I never sent Teddy to Connecticut by himself, as a matter of fact he NEVER fought in Connecticut until his last fight (this past August) which I obviously had nothing to do with. When I was his co-manager, I attended each of his fights and in my role fought with his promoter, Banner Promotions constantly to try and get Teddy more money. Teddy was paid well, probably earning more then then he would today, because the money available from tv has decreased.
So if you are going to make up stories about me at least make an effort to get your lies straight.
Mr. Witherspoon,
ReplyDeleteWant to know why it seems like so many people are down on Middendorf? Because it's the same two or three people, posting anonymously over and over again. I know of a specific boxer in particular who suffered a KO this past year as a result of his own laziness, his refusal to push himself to train daily, and his big mouth, yet this fighter blames Middendorf because he can't bring himself to take responsibility for it his own loss. This fighter got KO'd by a guy who was nearly twice his age, with a crappy record, someone he easily should have beat, if the fighter had been training and up to speed. But he was not. And so, he blames Chris for this loss, curses him daily, because Chris was the matchmaker. At every local fight since his KO I've seen this fighter and he is still cursing Middendorf and blaming him and calling him a crook when the fighter was never robbed of anything, except for some dignity when he got knocked out cold for two minutes.
So, I think that these anonomous posts are the same individuals posting over and over again, maybe even this fighter. That's why they don't sign their names and that's why they never will.
well, I have read all this stuff and am now forced to respond to something that just don't sit right with me.. "the legendary" josh hall! What is he a legend for? the reason he lost the gig at Ballroom was because he was in jail for a very serious offense and because he was doing drugs and not setting up the ring when he was supposed to (ask the King of Waldorf for verification of that one). So he may be a legend in his own mind but that is all. Tell me the name of a fighter that he has developed or a matchup that he has made of significance. As he ever done an espn card or a major tv card the way the other guy has. The legendary thing is absurd. Matchmakers who are legendary at the very least have to do matches that are matches of significance that are seen by the world or at the least the nation, not someone whose best matches are between c fighters on a club show that no one sees and no one really cares about. but I guess if you have been hit as many times in the head as ol' Josh and smoked what he has smoked then you can understand the condition that he is in. And as I saw him get ko'd in one by Jose Anglada and seen most of the shows in Glen Burnie, I know what the hell I'm talking about.
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ReplyDeleteUnless you have proof of this "jail time" Josh was supposed to have spent, I will be forced to delete your post as this is a personal attack.
I'll say this,I know Josh Hall and if what you say is true ,or for that matter if it's true at all , who are you to judge a person for mistakes in their life.
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