Lange Wins WBC USNBC Title With Fifth-Round TKO!

Great Falls, VA junior middleweight Jimmy Lange won the second regional title of his career, stopping Frank Houghtaling of Albany, NY at the end of the fifth round to win the WBC USNBC Junior Middleweight title at the George Mason University Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA.

Lange came out more aggressively, firing very strong in the first round and dropping Houghtaling with strong body shots. Lange maintained his domination with a crisp jab, eventually causing a cut around Houghtaling's eye that bothered him to the point that he couldn't come out for the sixth round.

Lange's record rises to 30-3-2, 21 KO's while Houghtaling, who announced his retirement after the bout, falls to 19-16-5, four KO's.

The co-feature saw returning DC middleweight Purcell "Hard Rock" Miller win an eight-round unanimous decision over Thomas Wilt of Altoona, PA.

Miller came out firing with solid shots to Wilt's head and body, eventually dropping Wilt with a body shot in the fifth round. Wilt showed a lot of guts coming back into the bout and made it closer, but Miller won the bout by a score of 77-74 on all three judge's cards.

With the win, Miller is now 23-5-1, 18 KO's while Wilt is 21-7, four KO's.

Also on the card, featherweight Jennifer "The Bolivian" Salinas of Manassas, VA made an impressive Patriot Center debut with a crushing third-round TKO over Christina "CT Too Sweet" Leadbeater of Philadelphia, PA.

Salinas showed solid skills in her first bout back in two years mixing bobbing and weaving and crushing combinations. A solid right hand dropped Leadbeater midway through the third. Leadbeater beat referee Michelle Hall's count but Hall deemed Leadbeater unfit to continue at 2:50 of the round.

Salinas is now 10-1, four KO's while Leadbeater is 2-3.

Yieta "King" Johnson of Woodbridge, VA defeated Centreville, VA's "Tattoo" Tom Mitchell for the second straight time, this time a first-round TKO at 58 seconds of the first round. Johnson came out very strong landing hard hooks and dropping Mitchell within the first 20 seconds of the round. Mitchell had no defense for Johnson who scored two knockdowns before the bout was stopped.

Johnson is now 2-2, two KO's while Mitchell is 0-2 and reportedly will not box again.

Other results on the card:

Haymarket, VA welterweight Juan "The Savior" Rodriguez won by first-round TKO when his opponent -- Dwartney Wortham of Atlanta, GA -- hurt his right hand and could not continue. Rodriguez is now 3-0, three KO's while Wortham is 0-2.


Arlington, VA light heavyweight Otgonbayer Daivii won a four-round split decision over "The African Warrior" Francois Ambang of Richmond, VA in a rematch of a bout in February. The bout was very, very close. Daivii is now 3-2, one KO while Ambang is now 2-3.

DC middleweight Kendrick "Holy Hands" Walker won a very competitive four-round split decision over Taurean "Bulldog" Edward of Richmond. Both men landed crushing bouts throughout the contest. Originally, the bout was declared a draw, but officials retabulated the scores and Walker won by split decision.

Walker is now even at 2-2, one KO. Edwards loses his second straight split decision and falls to 0-2.

The opening bout saw the debuting Andrew "The Giant" Jackson score a brutal second-round TKO over fellow DC boxer Delonte Marshall in a heavyweight bout. Jackson, who outweighed Marshall 291 to 265, used every bit of his weight to land powerful shots to Marshall, who crumpled at the 1:55 mark of the second. Marshall is yet to get past the second round and is now 0-3.

ICE Promotions handled the promotion for the card. The matchmaker was JD Brown and the attendance was 4,132.

Here is the BATB Post-Fight Wrap-Up Show for the card. This broadcast features a couple of heavy-duty figures.

Gabcast! Boxing Along the Beltway #166 - Post Fight From The Patriot Center!

"The Fight Doctor" Jerome Spears and I host a star-studded Post-Fight Wrap-Up show from the George Mason University Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. We have interviews with legendary trainers Angelo Dundee and Don Turner as well as Purcell Miller and his brother/co-trainer Butch!