And now -- Finally -- The Beltway Boxer of the Year for 2010. Normally, the boxer who gets this award usually has a long body of work during the year. Usually, they have a number of bouts during the year. However, those bouts should allow them to make a firm impact on the entire boxing scene. One man along the Beltway made a major impact on the boxing scene throughout the country as well as along the Beltway. And it only took one bout for him to do it.
Digital's Choice for Beltway Boxer of the Year is:
Tim Coleman, welterweight, 18-1-1, five KO's, Baltimore, MD. It does help when your one bout is in front of a nationally televised ShoBox audience, but Coleman answered a lot of questions about himself to the general boxing public. Coleman's third-round knockout of Patrick Lopez on October 1 would have been the runaway Knockout of the Year in the area if it had happened along the Beltway. The punch did make a number of knockout of the year polls around the sport and for a guy with only five knockouts, that says a lot.
The win also said that Coleman's USBA Welterweight title win over Mike Arnaoutis in 2009 was not a fluke, Many in the sport said that Coleman did not deserve that victory, but Coleman ascended into true contender status on that night. Against Lopez, Coleman cemented that status.
Coleman also continued to prove that he can win with the bright lights on. The win over Lopez was Coleman's second straight on national television, helping to exorcise Coleman's only loss -- a ShoBox scrap against James De La Rosa in 2007.
Tim Coleman did the best job in preparing himself for the Championship level. He already has a nice bout coming up against undefeated Vernon Paris on January 29 in Pontiac, MI. The bout will be at a catchweight at 143 pounds. A great way to start the new year, indeed. Coleman's perfomance in 2010 could lead to a fabulous 2011.
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Good Call, Digital !! That k.o you speak of in the article was the first time seeing Tim fight. For someone with only 5 k.o.'s that was impressive. not to mention, it was done on national t.v.; i see a lot of doors are opening for him now. question: who else can we get excited about in the year coming??
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