Beltway Boxers On The Road!

A number of Beltway Boxers are slated to be on the road in the next few weeks. We know that Brandywine, MD heavyweight Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell (11-0-1, seven KO's) will be at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, AZ on Friday, June 26 in a six-round rematch against Alvaro Morales (3-5-5).

Also on the 26th, Cumberland, MD junior middleweight Dontre King (1-4-1) will take on hometown prospect Achour Esho at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, IL in a four-rounder and Baltimore super featherweight Darrell Martin (4-9, one KO) is slated to be in Miami, FL at the Deauville Beach Report in a six-round contest against Eric Cruz of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico (6-2-2, six KO's).

Now comes word that Takoma Park, MD light heavyweight Willis "The Prophet" Lockett will also be on the west coast on Saturday, June 27 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Lockett (12-8-5, five KO's) will take on Enrique Ornelas of La Habra, CA (28-5, 18, KO's in an eight-round contest. Lockett is coming off an eight-round unanimous decision loss to Keith Holmes on June 6 at the Washington Convention Center in DC. Ornelas has not fought since losing a WBC Middleweight title eliminator to Marco Antonio Rubio by 12-round split decision in October of 2008.

Also slated to box on June 27 at the Roxy in Boston, MA will be Stafford, VA heavyweight "The People's Champion" Jonathan Felton (6-16, five KO's) will try to bounce back from his third-round disqualification loss to Dwayne McRae on June 12 in Caroline, VA when he faces undefeated prospect Phillip "Killa" Miller of Providence, RI (4-0, two KO's) in a four-round battle. Miller hasn't fought since defeating veteran Orion Sistrunk in September of 2008.

We've talked about Baltimore, MD super middleweight Mike "The Persecutor" Paschall's (19-1-1, four KO's) 10-round main event bout against Jesse Brinkley (33-5, 22 KO's) on Friday, July 10 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, NV. Also on that card will be undefeated Arlington, VA lightweight "The Mongolian Mongoose" Bayan Jargal (12-0-1, eight KO's) who will be in a six-round contest against veteran Pascali Adorno (10-8-3, four KO's) of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Jargal is coming off a first-round DQ victory over Brian Carden on May 9 in Winchester, VA.

Although Adorno only has 21 pro bouts, his career dates back to 2000 and includes an eight-round unanimous decision loss to world title challenger and Beltway legend Lamont Pearson at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, MD in November of 2005 and an eight-round unanimous decision loss to "Kid Diamond" Almazbek Raiymkulov at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD in November of 2003.

We also have word that Great Falls, VA junior middleweight Jimmy Lange will also be on the road as the WBC USNBC Junior Middleweight champion travels to the Greensboro Coliseum Special Event Center in Greensboro, NC on Saturday, July 25. Lange (30-3-2, 21 KO's) will take on Weymouth, MA veteran Jimmy "The Dream" LeBlanc (12-16-4, four KO's) in an eight-round non-title bout. This will be the first time Lange has fought outside the Patriot Center since May of 2005 when he defeated Tarick Salmaci in the Contender Fan Favorite bout at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV. LeBlanc fought on a Patriot Center show in November of 2008 and stopped Luther Smith in the first round.

Closer to home, let's talk more about the first 10-round contest for Eldersburg, MD light heavyweight Mark "TNT" Tucker on Friday, July 17 at the Shipley Arena in Westminster, MD. Tucker (10-0, seven KO's) will face veteran Rubin "Mr. Hollywood" Williams of Detroit, MI (29-7-1, 16 KO's). Williams is a former world title contender who challenged Jeff Lacy for the IBF Super Middleweight title in May of 2005, losing by seventh-round TKO. Williams has also fought the likes of Antwun Echols, Andre Ward, Allen Green and Chris Henry during his career.

Also slated for this card are Maryland Super Featherweight champion Tyrell "Da Show Shock'A" Samuel (12-2, six KO's), Edgewood, MD junior welterweight Emmanuel "Transformer" Taylor (2-0, two KO's), Laurel, MD heavyweight "The Big Ticket" Dwayne McRae (4-0, three KO's), Hillcrest Heights, MD middleweight Barry Trotter (1-0, one KO) and two debuting Maryland middleweights -- Christian Davila of Rockville and Allen Perkins of Frederick.