Friday, August 28, 2009

Stevenson, Johnson, Armenta Victorious in Hagerstown!

Two Beltway Boxers remained undefeated and one made a successful return to the sport last night at Hager Hall in Hagerstown, MD.

Baltimore welterweight James "Keep 'Em Sleepin'" Stevenson stopped Canadian Sebastian Hamel at the end of the third round to maintain his undefeated record. Stevenson is now 11-0, 10 KO's. Hamel's record is 10-21-1, one KO.

Oxon Hill, MD light heavyweight Alexander "The Great" Johnson also remained unbeaten by winning a six-round unanimous decision over Ariel Espinal of Brooklyn, NY. Johnson's record improves to 6-0, three KO's whil Espinal falls to 6-10-2, two KO's.

Silver Spring, MD middleweight "El Gallo" George Armenta made the successful return after a more than four-year absence, stopping William Johnson of Memphis, TN in 2:06 of the fourth round. Armenta is 13-4, 11 KO's while Johnson is 9-19-1, three KO's.

In other bouts on the card, Irvington, NJ junior welterweight Francisco Contreras maintained his perfect record, scoring a TKO at the end of the first round over Julian Rodriguez of Mexico. Contreras is 10-0, 10 KO's while Rodriguez now has an even record at 17-17-4, 11 KO's. Johnstown, PA cruiserweight Andres Taylor won by fourth-round TKO over Joseph Harris of Martin, TN in 1:25 of the round. Taylor is now 10-1-1, five KO's while Harris is 10-9, seven KO's.

The matchmaker of the card was Chris Middendorf.

17 comments:

RichardMcCombs said...

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Anonymous said...

What was the turn out like? and does Chris Middendorf know that Dean White trains out of Hagerstown?

Anonymous said...

I thought it was nice there. Decent sized crowd, nice facility, nice ring girls, and pretty good fights. Hope they have them there again. And had Dean been on the card there probably would have been alot bigger crowd.

Anonymous said...

I would like to see Dean fight Farmer or Jargal that would be a big draw anywhere.

Anonymous said...

It won't happen at this point in their move up the ladder but farmer and jargal would be a hell of a fight, both evenly matched!!

Anonymous said...

"Keep'em Sleepin"

Unknown said...

James keep doing your thing *downunder*

Anonymous said...

I thought the small but fast and slick southpaw won the round before KESS stopped him.

If I was KESS's mgr. I would think hard before selecting another southpaw to fight. Fun night!

Simon in the 2nd row!

Anonymous said...

Why would dean and Farmer be a big draw.Where would they fight at.Thats the main question.And why hasnt Farmer been more active.I think Farmer vs Jargal would be a bigger draw.One or the other needs to call one out.Would be a good fight.Iwould pay to come see this one.Lets get it on.......

Anonymous said...

I think the fight was good for James Stevenson. Hamel caused him to think and make adjustments. Stevenson gained valuable experience from it. James was winning the fight without a question. James won the first round, the second round was competitive, and he won the 3rd round by far including the knock down. Hamel was game with alot of ring experience. Hamel was a fast / slick southpaw that moved well and often but lacked punching power to compete with James Stevenson. Stevenson stalked him the whole fight with alot of pressure and good defense eventually breaking Hamel down. This was a good match and the second southpaw in a row that Stevenson has ko'd. Good Job!

Anonymous said...

well why don't you promote the show and pay them what they would need to fight each other then? let's get it on .....?

Anonymous said...

I didnt say I wanted to promote the show.I Just thought this would be a good fight.Thats why boxing is a fake.To be the best you have to beat the best.And I know Andrew will fight Jargal or White.To many people dodge him because he can fight,or want to much money.Please somebody fight this kid.

RichardMcCombs said...

How much he weighing these days?

Anonymous said...

Looks like Armenta is back. Great comback fight. It looks like his team is really working him. Everytime I see his trainer with a fighter they win.

Richard McCombs said...

Al Scott worked with George for atleast eight pro fights.

Anonymous said...

is his trainer the same one with jeter