May 2 Amateur-Pro Boxing Doubleheader Update!

Saturday, May 2 will be a big day of boxing in the Beltway region. There is amateur boxing in the morning and pro boxing in the evening. We have updates on both shows.

May 2 will be day two of the Junior Olympic East Central Regionals that will take place at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, MD. The tournament will begin on Friday, May 1 at 5 pm. Because Saturday is also the running of the Kentucky Derby, the action on May 2 will start at 10 AM. The championship day on Sunday, May 3 also begins at 10 AM. For information on tickets, call Lisa Watts at 301-567-4000.

Here is the Potomac Valley team that will participate in this weekend's regionals.

101 Pounds: Patrick Harris (Headbangers)

106 Pounds: Darryl Little (Headbangers)

114 Pounds: Gary Antonio Russell (Headbangers)

119 Pounds: Elijah Mack (Dream Team)

125 Pounds: Shadeed Floyd (Langdon)

132 Pounds: Parris Chisolm (Headbangers)

138 Pounds: Michael Reed (Dream Team)

We also have a couple of updates on the Saturday evening card at the George Mason University Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. Once again, Great Falls, VA junior middleweight Jimmy Lange will have a star-studded corner as he challenges Frank Houghtaling of New York for the vacant WBC USNBC Junior Middleweight title. Hall of fame trainer Angelo Dundee will make his fourth appearance in Lange's corner and Jimmy Glenn, who has worked with the likes of Floyd Patterson and Michael Spinks plus many others in his 50-plus year career, will once again serve as cutman.

Dundee and Glenn will be joined by new head trainer Don Turner who has worked with champions like Evander Holyfield and Larry Holmes. Lange just returned from a four-week training camp under Turner in Arapahoe, NC. Turner replaces Buddy McGirt in what was termed an amicable change.

One minor change on the card: Haymarket, VA rookie welterweight Juan "The Savior" Rodriguez (2-0, two KO's) will have a new opponent: Dwartney Wortham of Atlanta, GA (0-1) replaces Spencer Harsley.

Also, hope you had a chance to catch the "Express Night Out" feature in the Washington Post Express today on Manassas, VA's Jennifer "The Bolivian" Salinas (9-1, three KO's), who will face Philadelphia, PA's Christina Leadbeater (2-2). If not, here it is.

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The weigh-in will be held on Friday, May 1 at the Alpine Restaurant, 4770 Lee Highway (near corner of N. Glebe Road) in Arlington, VA at 11:30 AM and it is free and open to the public.