There will be a very special charity boxing card held on Monday, October 23 at Martin's West in Woodlawn, MD.
The card is called "An Evening Ringside" and it is a charity event to benefit the Jonathan Ogden Foundation, an organization headed by the Baltimore Ravens all-pro offensive tackle and native Washingtonian (St. Albans High School) that helps Baltimore high school students acheive their full potential through athletics and education.
If you like the big men of boxing, then this event will be for you, for there will be no one on the card who fights under the light heavyweight class.
Scheduled on the card are the following matchups:
Heavyweight--six rounds: Wayne "Hammerhead" Hampton of Capitol Heights, MD (4-3, two KO's) vs. Rohan "Buffalo Soldier" Wallace of DC (6-4, four KO's).
Light heavyweight -- six rounds: Carlos "The Headbanger" Jones of Landover, MD (5-11, three KO's) vs. William Gill of Toms River, NJ (4-11, three KO's).
Heavyweight -- four rounds: Phillip Brown of Upper Marlboro, MD (1-0) vs. Horace "The Reason" Grant of DC (1-0, one KO).
Heavyweight -- four rounds: "The People's Champion" Jonathan Felton of Stafford, VA (2-4, two KO's) vs. Lenroy "TNT" Thomas of St. Petersburg, FL (3-1, two KO's)
Heavyweight -- four rounds: Eric Fields of Ardmore, OK (1-0) vs. Steven Archie of Charleston, SC (0-1)
Also, La Plata, MD cruiserweight Mike "Nice" Gutrick is scheduled to appear on the card.
As this is a charity show, ticket prices are a little bit more than usual, but this is a good cause. A Ringside Table for 10 is $2500. A Terrace Table for 10 is $2000 and individual seats (Terrace Table only) is $200. Tickets are available by calling (410) 771-3014.
The card is being promoted by Keystone Boxing of Temple Hills, MD in association with 10Kount Promotions of Baltimore and Lowenstein Event Management.
More on this event as it becomes available.
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6 comments:
What happened to Orazio Robinson and Russ Shifflet?
Shiflett, I've heard has stopped boxing, at least for the time being. I know folks are trying to convince him to come back. I don't know why he stopped.
I don't know what has happened to Robinson. He suffered some tough losses over the past year or more. I don't know if he stopped because of that.
When I find out more, I'll let you know.
Mr Gary,
Do you have a second page on this blog? Where do stories go when you can't find them on the first page?
Anonymous 2: Check the "Archives" section on the left hand side of the page.
Digital: Damn that's a lot of money. Good cause though-do you have any more info about the Foundation and/or a way to donate money if we're unable to go to the event on the 23rd?
As for Orazio, didn't he have a pretty bad loss at the first Patriot Center show over a year back.
Oh, and I don't want to sound nitpicky, but shouldn't Grant also be bolded?
ACW:
The only thing I can tell you is to go to the website for the foundation: www.jonathanogdenfoundation.org.
Yes, Robinson was stopped by Jesse Orta on the Lange-Ballard undercard. I don't think he has fought more than once since.
Thanks for the link. And you're right about Orazio-according to Boxrec, his only fight since losing to Orta was another loss on March 9 at Michael's Eighth Avenue.
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