Beltway Boxers maintained their winning ways at the Jonathan Odgen Foundation benefit boxing card last night at Martin's Valley Mansion in Cockeysville, MD.
Baltimore welterweight prospect Emmanuel "Transformer" Taylor remained undefeated with a second-round TKO of Josh Beeman of Providence, RI. According to JR Jowett of Boxing Digest, Taylor picked up the pace in the second round, landing a chopping right behind Beeman's ear. Taylor then spun Beeman who crashes to the canvas. Referee Kenny Chevalier ruled no knockdown and Beeman survived the round but during the rest period, Beeman said he hurt his left shoulder and could not continue.
Taylor is now 4-0, four KO's while Beeman is 4-5-3, two KO's.
Windsor Mill, MD middleweight Julius Kennedy won his seventh straight bout with a six-round unanimous decision over veteran Ariel "Iron" Espinal of Brooklyn, NY. According to Jowett, Kennedy was more active and threw a lot of looping punches that were effective. Judges Dave Greer and Don Risher scored the bout 59-55 while judge Chevalier saw the bout 58-56.
Kennedy is now 7-1, three KO's while Espinal is now 6-11-3, two KO's.
In the main event, "The Pride of Providence" Peter Manfredo Jr. scored a first-round TKO over Ron Weaver of New Orleans, LA. Manfredo started his assault at the opening bell, nailing clean punches on Weaver. Late in the first, Manfredo landed two solid left hooks, the second dropping Weaver. Weaver survives the round but could not come out for the second.
Manfredo is now 33-6, 18 KOs while Weaver falls to 29-19-2, 22 KO's.
Other bouts on the card: junior middleweight Joseph Elegele of Winterhaven, FL won a four-round unanimous decision over Cincinnati, OH's Keith Redding. Elegele pitched a shutout (40-36) on all three judges's cards in this battle of debuting boxers.
Jamaican-born, St. Petersburg, FL-based heavyweight Lenroy "TNT" Thomas won a six-round unanimous decision over veteran Andrew Greeley of Monroe, LA. Thomas also wins by shutout (60-54) and lifts his record to 14-1, eight KO's. Greeley is now 14-30-2, eight KO's.
The card was promoted by TKO Promotions. The matchmaker was Chris Middendorf. Thanks once again to JR Jowett for providing descriptions on this card.
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6 comments:
How about Manfredo against Mike Paschall?
This was a TKO show, no involvement from Ballroom Boxing.
thank god.
that would be a good fight iam sure if the money was right paschall would be all over it. i think tko has manfredo and i know they had something to do the brinkley fight make it happen tko
Bernie are you with TKO and if so what is your title with the organization?
good job manfredo an pazienza
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