Sunday, November 19, 2006

Results from Springfield, VA!

For those who can't hear the audio posts, here are the results from tonight's card at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, VA:

Junior welterweight Jaime "The Punisher" Palma of Front Royal, VA scored a fourth-round TKO over Edward Anderson. Palma is now 9-10-1, two KO's. Anderson falls to 3-7, three KO's.

Andrew "Doo Man" Farmer won a fourth-round TKO over Billy "Crowbar" Mitchum of Spartansburg, SC. Farmer is now 4-0, four KO's while the 47-year-old Mitchem is now 6-13-1, one KO.

Heavyweight Terry "T-Brick" Roy scored a second-round TKO over Rob Monroe in the second battle of Front Royal. I must make one correction of a statement I made in the audio post. The first bout between these two ended in a THIRD-round knockout. I originally said it was a first-round TKO. The second fight was actually shorter than the first.

Roy is now 2-0 two KO's, both coming against Monroe, who is now 0-3.

Front Royal junior middleweight Warren "The Mack" Clatterbuck remained undefeated when his opponent "Mean" LaGene Richardson of Boston, MA retired after the first round, because of cramps. Clatterbuck is now 5-0, three KO's while Richardson is 0-5, having been stopped in all five bouts.

Catlett, VA heavyweight Tommy "Mad Dog" Smith won by first-round TKO over Keff Johnson of Philadelphia. According to Boxrec.com, Smith fought his first bout since 1992 and raised his record to 3-2-1, three KO's. Apparently, this WAS Johnson's pro debut. I still think he practiced his fall, though.

In the opening contest, Arlington, VA junior middleweight Bayan Jargal used a brutal body shot to stop Boston's Patrick Bozeman at 2:48 of the first round. Bozeman is 0-2.

Let me reiterate some things I said in my post-fight wrap and add some comments as well.

1. In hindsight, this card could have waited to be put on. Promoter Scott Farmer gave an excellent effort to make this show happen. Too bad some of the boxers did not match the effort Farmer showed. Quite frankly, there were boxers on this show who did not deserve to get the fare necessary to get back home.

One of those boxers fought (and I use that word VERY loosely in this case) Farmer's son Andrew. "The Doo Man" is a good prospect with a lot of talent that he didn't get to show because he had an absolute fool facing him. Billy Mitchem embarrassed himself and tried to embarrass Andrew Farmer. Thank goodness Andrew kept his composure and conducted himself in a professional manner. I hoped that referee Billy Johnson would stop the bout at some point just on general principle.

2. Palma looked very impressive, the best I've seen him in the ring so far. What is equally impressive about "The Punisher" is his growing fan base. Not only is it impressive in number, but also in makeup. Palma has a "Rainbow Coalition" in the making here. There are African-Americans, Caucasians, Latinos and other nationalities in his fan base. This fan base is very unique to this area. Palma seems to be turning his career around and it will be interesting to see how his fan base grows as he continues to win.

3. I want to commend the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulations and its chair, David Holland. Mr. Holland knew immediately that there seemed to be something wrong with a number of situations involving the card. He asked questions and he was very proactive throughout the card. I don't think he was very pleased with what took place tonight. He's not the only one.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

The sound quality for Gabcast wasn't the best; what did Mitchem do that you didn't like? And for that matter, what else happened-it seems like you weren't that satisfied with this show.

Gary Digital Williams said...

Mitchem preened and tried to make fun of the bout. He looked either high or drunk.

I made further statements in the written post.

Anonymous said...

Scott keep them coming and as long as you never use Chris Middendorf (The kiss of death) you will do well on your cards. Look how Middendorf killed Ballroom Boxing.

He then took about 7 grand from a total of three of my fights.

Anonymous said...

Oh brother, here we go again with Middendorf-and this guy's not even brave enough to put a name to his accusations.

Anonymous said...

Leave Chris alone.Why you haiting he's making money you fool. Chris was in Tenn with the Peterson bro.Keep haiting why Chris pockets is getting fat.

Anonymous said...

"He looked either high or drunk."

Interesting comments on the Gabcast, Gary. Do I understand correctly that Virginia has no required drug testing before or after a professional boxing match? If nothing else, I would think it should be a standard part of the weigh-in, for the safety of both fighters. Sure, a fighter could ingest an illicit substance between the weigh-in and the fight, but it would be a start.

What are your thoughts?

Anonymous said...

The question is who pays for the drug test? You are talking about local club boxing and you want to drive the cost up even higher. Ticket prices go up and you have less fights that we have now. Billy Mitchem trains fighters he does not box any longer except if you offer him enough money. Billy Mitchem boxers are used to pad a boxer's record with victories.

Gary Digital Williams said...

I believe Virginia has drug testing. As I said before, Mr. Holland did not look pleased throughout.

My description of Mitchem came out of anger, so maybe I spoke too harshly, but I stand by the fact that he acted like a complete fool!

What has hurt Ballroom Boxing is the lack of television and that has nothing to do with Middendorf. In fact, that has made his job harder because it is harder to bring more quality fighters in.