Saturday, April 21, 2007

Another 'Spring Spectacular' Update!

Here's updated news from the Beltway Boxing "Spring Spectacular":

Undefeated Capitol Heights featherweight Thomas "KO" Snow has reportedly been added to the Friday, April 27 card at the DC Armory. Snow (8-0, six KO's) is scheduled to take on Mike Salyers of Ashland, KY for the second straight time. Snow stopped Salyers in the ninth round on the December 9 card at the Lincoln Theatre.

Since that bout, Salyers (2-11, two KO's) moved up in weight to face another Beltway Boxer -- Andrew "Doo Man" Farmer -- on February 17 at the Winchester Sportsplex in Winchester, VA and lost a six-round unanimous decision.

As far as the May 25 show in DC, I can now confirm that the matchup between Lamont Peterson and Dorin Spivey is a done deal! The only question will be what title the two will be fighting for. Originally, I was told that the bout would be for Peterson's WBC US Junior Welterweight title. However, there's a good possibility that the bout will now be for the vacant NABO Junior Welterweight title.

As far as the main event for that card is concerned, NABO Heavyweight champ Tony "The Tiger" Thompson is slated to defend his title. Two of the names being thrown about are veterans Duncan Dokiwari and Cisse Salif. Apparently Davarryl Williamson is not in the picture.

Look for a upcoming feature on Thompson in the Washington Post by noted boxing and horse racing writer John Scheinman in the very near future.

By the way, there is still no official word on where the May 25 card will be in DC, however the Armory seems to be the top choice.

We are also starting to learn possible details about the final card in the "Spring Spectacular" -- Thursday, May 31 back at Michael's Eighth Avenue. There may be another boxing comeback in store as Upper Marlboro super middleweight Alfonso "Too Good For You" Daniels plans to appear on the card. Daniels (23-5, seven KO's) was a very popular boxer along the Beltway in the 90's and he told me personally he is back in training and looking to appear on the May 31 card.

Daniels was a Ballroom Boxing fixture, appearing at Michael's 13 times. He has not fought since losing to Syd Vanderpool in October of 1999.

Also we could have a father-son duo boxing on the May 31 card. Danny Kisner is scheduled to participate on the pro side, while his son, Nick will box on the amateur side.

I plan to have complete previews on the April 27 and 28 cards by Thursday of this week. The preview for the April 28th show in Fisherville will come first because that card is complete.

14 comments:

Linda "Great Shot" Siadys said...

:)

Anonymous said...

Cool. Digital, were you at the first Snow-Salyers fight, and if so, how was it?

And that show in the 25th will be HUGE. If not the Armory, think it's big enough for Verizon Center?

Anonymous said...

When is Snow gonna fight someone with a heartbeat???

He wants to crack the top 10 without taking ANY risks. Problem is, when he does, he's gonna get waxed by the first live opponent he faces because he hasn't learnt anything useful along the way. This has been proven over and over for years and years.

Snow is a major talent, but it's gonna wither away like so many others.

Anonymous said...

hahaha, that is so true! but, I dont think Snow realizes the mistake he is making now. He is very careful about choosing his next opponents. There are 3 possible names-1.Noah Billy Tee 2.Tom A. Tocan 3.Chai Na-chin.
The fans wants to see risk-takers.
Thats why everyone loves Gatti and Dela Hoya. see you around boxbible-

Anonymous said...

why would 8-0 guy want to fight 2-11 guy? what does he gain from that?...?

Anonymous said...

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Gary Digital Williams said...

ACW, I think the Verizon Center may be a little big for this card, as great as it is.

Plus, the Verizon Center schedule probably needs to be kept open in the unlikely case the Wizards advance closer to the NBA championship.

As far as Thomas Snow is concerned, I talked to him about this bout. He realizes that this bout does nothing for him. He did not choose this bout. It was chosen for him.

When you look at what happened to Tyrell Samuel this past Thursday, Samuel has been taking a calculated risk by taking quality opponents in his last three bouts. Last Thursday in the Ballroom, Samuel paid for the risk.

This area is solid with featherweights with former IBF champ Eric Aiken and prospects Samuel, Snow and Ron "Teflon" Boyd. People have talked about Snow fighting Samuel or Boyd but there is no reason to do so at this time.

Gary Digital Williams said...

And to answer your other question, ACW. No, I was not at the first Snow-Salyers bout because that card was the same night as the first Jimmy Lange-Fontaine Cabell bout at the Patriot Center and I was there.

Anonymous said...

yes, you are right about one thing.
Tyrell Samuel had too many hard fights in a row and was not protected like he should have. Many fighters who could have been better or even become a great fighter was ruined by having too many hard fights in a row. But in this case with Thomas Snow is very different. He fought 8 guys combine record of 3 and 12. 5 of those guys had no experience. And he is fighting them again?How is that helping mr.snow? He will be 9-0 after this fight. When he gets the call from big promoter or from TV to face another 9-0 guy, will he be ready? Answer to that is no !! I would be little careful with Tyrells future opponents because he can become to world class fighter. But with mr.Snow, I doubt it very seriously. He needs to have balls to become a professional fighter.

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Anonymous said...

It's not like Tyrell Samuel's was being fed to the lions. They're matching him comparatively tough because they realise he's got the talent and the only way to really develop it to the max is to expose him to just enough danger to keep him honest.

If he's really that good, he'll learn from this and bounce back. If he doesn't, well, he wasn't gonna make it in the first place and it woulda been a waste of everyone's time to continue until he was 20-0 against stiffs before finding out he couldn't take it.

Protecting a fighter doesn't mean keeping him away from any danger. It means getting him beneficial and meaningful fights with just enough adversity to learn something and grow as a fighter.

But protecting a fighter by babying him with stiff after stiff, a la Thomas Snow, is not doing anyone any favors. It's only setting the fighter up for the inevitable BIG FALL.

Anonymous said...

Shiny,

You me made me lose my house last time you gave me at tip. Don't set that poor guy up over there man.

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