Full DC Armory Preview!

Let's now take a look at the Friday, April 27 card at the DC Armory.

There will be three bouts featuring Beltway Boxers. Former three-time WBA Middleweight champion William Joppy will now face veteran and former title contender Virgil McClendon of Columbus, OH in a bout that will be scheduled for either eight or 10 rounds.

Joppy (37-4-1, 28 KO's) has not fought since July 8, 2006 when he knocked out Jonathan Corn in the fifth round in St. Louis, MO. McClendon (22-10, eight KO's) once fought for the IBF Junior Welterweight title in July of 1999, losing by 12th round TKO to Terron Millett. McClendon has lost his last seven bouts.

Also on the card will be DC super middleweight Antoine Davis, the grandson of legendary Beltway Boxing couple Adrian and Brenda Davis. Antoine Davis will participate in just the second bout of his career. Davis made his pro debut on February 4, 2006 at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, VA and won a four-round split decision over Charles Mack.

Davis will face DC veteran Larry "The Gladiator" Brothers in a four-round contest. Brothers (6-24-3, four KO's) is winless in his last 10 bouts.

Also, as we announced earlier, undefeated Capitol Heights, MD featherweight Thomas "KO" Snow will take on Mike "Chico" Salyers.

The main event on this card will be a 10-round contest pitting former WBO Super Featherweight champion "The Powerful" Mike Anchondo of LaPuente, CA against Darling Jimenez of the Bronx, NY. Anchondo (27-1, 19 KO's) has won two straight since losing the WBO title to Jorge Barrios and subsequently moving up to lightweight. This will be Anchondo's first bout of 2007. Jimenez (22-2-2, 13 KO's) has won five straight and eight of his last nine but Anchondo looks like his toughest opponent to date.

The co-feature will have undefeated Detroit, MI junior welterweight Vernon "Ice Man" Paris taking on Alain Hernandez of Tijuana, MX in another 10-round bout. The 19-year-old Paris last fought on March 24, winning a four-round unanimous decision over David Maund in Kalamazoo, MI. Paris continues his boxing career despite suffering gunshot wounds during a recent murder assassination plot. Paris was shot three times, once in the back of the head. Hernandez (9-3-2, six KO's) has won four in a row, including a fourth-round KO over Guadalupe Arce on January 29 in Tijuana.

Also on the card, undefeated Puerto Rican junior welterweight Hector Sanchez will face his most experienced foe to date when he takes on former title contender John "The Eastern Beast" Brown of Atlantic City, NJ. Sanchez (9-0, three KO's) is coming off a four-round unanimous decision over Marcus Brashers on January 26 in Uncasville, CT. Brown is winless in his last seven bouts and has not fought since May 24, 2006 when he lost a 12-round unanimous decision to Herman Ngoudjo for the NABF and WBC International Junior Welterweight titles. Throughout his career, Brown challenged for world titles four times losing to Steve Forbes (twice), Diego Corrales and Shane Mosley.