Two Beltway heavyweights have bouts in early December just two days apart. On Thursday, December 3, former Undisputed Heavyweight champion Hasim "The Rock" Rahman will headline a card at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY. Rahman (45-7-2, 36 KO's) will fight for the first time since his seventh-round TKO loss to Wladimir Klitschko on December 13, 2008. Rahman is still looking for an opponent. DC Boxing Hall of Famer Discombulating Jones (a native of Rochester) will serve as ring announcer for this event.
Then on Saturday, December 5, former world title contender Tony "The Tiger" Thompson will be involved in a crossroads bout and will be the toughest and most experienced foe to date for "Gentleman" Chazz Witherspoon of Philadelphia at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Thompson (32-2, 20 KO's) is coming off a fifth-round TKO over Adnan Serin on March 21 in Stuttgart, Germany in the bout after losing a title bout to Wladimir Klitschko in July of 2008 by 11th round TKO. Witherspoon (26-1, 18 KO's) scored a second-round KO over Willie Perryman in Tunica, MS on August 29. Witherspoon made his pro debut in DC when he knocked out James Daniels in the first round in December of 2004. In January of 2005, Witherspoon stopped Yul Witherspoon (no relation) in the second round at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD.
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