Mayes, Williams Battle to Draw...Again!

After two bouts and 14 rounds, nothing has been settled between Baltimore light heavyweights Henry "Hurricane" Mayes and Willie "For Real" Williams. The two evenly-matched rivals battled to a spirited eight-round draw in front of a packed house at Martin's West in Woodlawn, MD.

This was a rematch of their six-round majority draw on October 3 in Salisbury, MD. It was indeed a fierce battle that is the first candidate for 2009 Beltway Bout of the Year.

The scores were John Gradowski, 77-75 for Mayes; Gary Camponeschi, 78-74 for Williams and Kenny Chevalier, 76-76. BATB scored the bout 78-76 for Mayes with the last two rounds even.

Williams kept his East Coast Light Heavyweight title and now sees his record as 12-3-2, three KO's. Mayes's record is now 7-6-3, four KO's.

The co-feature saw Baltimore junior middleweight James "Keep 'Em Sleepin'" Stevenson remain undefeated with an easy second-round TKO over Darrett Crockett of Rock Hill, SC.

Stevenson dominated from the opening bell and eventually blasted Crockett across the ring with a devastating right hand. Crockett crumpled in his own corner. Referee Camponeschi immediately halted the bout at 1:20 of the second.

Other quick results from the card:

Brandywine, MD heavyweight Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell remained undefeated with a fifth-round stoppage over Adah, PA's Jason Bergman. Mitchell busted Bergman's nose forcing him to quit at the end of the fifth. Mitchell is now 9-0-1, six KO's. Bergman is 8-8-2, five KO's.

Randallstown, MD middleweight Cecil "Too Sharp, Too Fast" McCalla earned a future ESPN2 TV date with a four-round unanimous decision over DC's Antonio "The Dream" Walls. The bout seemed a little closer than the shutout scores (40-35 on all three cards) indicated but McCalla sealed the victory with a solid straight right hand that dropped Walls to the canvas in the third. McCalla is now 4-0, one KO while Walls loses for the first time as a pro and he is 2-1, one KO.

Catonsville, MD light heavyweight "Irish" Glenn Williams won by second-round TKO when opponent John "The Baptist" Terry of Portsmouth, VA had to retire due to a broken hand. Williams is now 6-4-1, five KO's while Terry is now 2-13-3, one KO.

In the opening bout, Ellicott City, MD cruiserweight Robert "The Mac Attack" McConnell scored his first pro knockout stopping Eddie "Lightning Diablo" Otts of Salisbury at 2:00 of the third round. McConnell landed a vicious combination that dropped Otts. Otts got up but was in no condition to continue.

McConnell is now 3-2, one KO while Otts is 0-5-1.


Here is the BATB Post-Fight Wrap-Up for this event:

Gabcast! Boxing Along the Beltway #144 - Post-Fight From Woodlawn!

I recap a spirited card of Baltimore Pro Boxing from a packed house at Martin's West in Woodlawn, MD!