Ballroom Boxing Update!

An interesting card is being put together for this Thursday's Ballroom Boxing card at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD. There is good local participation as well as some out-of-towners that should grab some interest.

The bout that many in the area are talking about is the scheduled 10-round featherweight rematch between Baltimore's Tyrell "Da Show Shock'A" Samuel and Ron "Teflon" Boyd of DC that will be for the Maryland State Featherweight title. The first contest went to Samuel in a razor-thin, six-round split decision on the last Ballroom Boxing card on September 25. Neither Samuel (10-2, five KO's) nor Boyd (5-4, two KO's) have fought since their last encounter.

The card will also see the return of Baltimore super middleweight Mike "The Persecutor" Paschall (17-1-1, four KO's) who will be in action for the first time since his nationally-televised loss to Andre Dirrell on August 2 in Tacoma, WA. Paschall lost by fourth-round TKO when Dirrell opened a vicious cut on Paschall's forehead that caused bleeding that ringside physicians could not stop. No official word yet on who Paschall's opponent will be.

Two of the out-of-town boxers are making their second trip to Maryland in less than 30 days. "Contender--Season One" star Joey Gilbert of Reno, NV (16-1, 12 KO's) returns as does highly-touted female prospect Katy Klinefelter (2-0, one KO). Both boxers scored victories on the Jonathan Ogden Foundation card at Martin's Valley Mansion in Cockeysville on October 30.

Also slated to be on the card is rookie middleweight Bastie "The Beast" Samir of Las Vegas, NV by way of Ghana. Samir (1-0, one KO) made his pro debut on November 8 in York, PA scoring a first-round knockout over Marvin Blair. Samir was the captain of the 2008 Ghanan Olympic Team.

UPDATE: Beltway Boxers have been added en masse to this show. Temple Hills, MD's Jarell Mason Jackson (7-5-1, three KO's) returns to action for the first time since February of 2007 when he moves up to light heavyweight to face Landover, MD's Carlos "The Headbanger" Jones (5-13, three KO's) in a six-round rematch of a bout that Jackson won by six-round TKO on February 18, 2006 at the George Mason University Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA.

There will also be a four-round heavyweight bout between Laurel, MD's "The Big Ticket" Dwayne McRae and DC's Kareem Wilson. McRae won his pro debutby knockout while Wilson lost his pro debut by disqualification last Friday in Millersville, MD.

Undefeated out-of-town prospects Terrence Crawford and Steve Weimer return to the Ballroom as well. Crawford, a junior welterweight from Omaha, NB (5-0, three KO's) makes his second trip to Glen Burnie and will face Ugandan native Hassan Wasswa, now fighting out of Minneapolis, MN (5-8-2, two KO's). Crawford stopped Filiberto Nieto in the first round in his last Ballroom outing on April 3.

Weimer, a welterweight from York, PA (3-0, two KO's) is coming off a four-round unanimous decision over Trenton Titsworth on November 8 in York, PA. Weimer will face Manny Cotrich of Las Vegas (1-2, one KO) in a four-round bout, looking to duplicate his last Ballroom appearance where he scored a first-round TKO against Juan Thompson on September 25.

Katy Klinefelter is now off the show and the opponents for Mike Paschall and Joey Gilbert are scheduled to be announced later today.

Ballroom Boxing is working alongside TKO Boxing Promotions with this card.