Undefeated Baltimore welterweight Emmanuel "Tranzformer" Taylor will face possibly his toughest opponent of his young career on Thursday, November 10 when he battles Prenice Brewer of Cleveland, OH at the Fight Night Fight For Children event at the Washington Hilton and Towers in DC. The bout is scheduled for eight rounds.
Taylor (14-0, 10 KO's) is coming off a third-round TKO win over Lenwood Dozier on August 19 at Du Burns Arena in Baltimore. Brewer (15-1-1, six KO's) has not fought since suffering his first pro loss -- a third-round TKO to Patrick Lopez on August 6, 2010 in Chicago.
Also slated to be on the card is undefeated Alexandria, VA-based featherweight Jerren "Hard Knock" Cochran who will face veteran Jason Rorie of Winston-Salem, NC in a four-round contest. Cochran (3-0, three KO's) has yet to let an opponent get out of the first round. That includes a first-round knockout over Desi Williams on July 16 at DC Star in DC. Rorie (6-13-2, three KO's) lost by third-round knockout to Javier Gallo on November 9 in Woodland Hills, CA.
In another four-rounder Jacey Thompson (1-0, one KO) of DC will battle Corey Preston of Cincinnati, OH by way of North Carolina (1-7, one KO) in a middleweight bout.
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anyone know who is the matchmaker?
Eric Bottjer is the matchmaker. He is a local guy who started off as a local writer for some of the suburban papers. Eric also wrote for a number of boxing publications over the years and did a pre-blog version of what I do now. It was a pretty popular newsletter at that time.
Bottjer has been matchmaking for many years for many promoters including Don King and Cedric Kushner. He has helped bring a local flavor back to Fight Night over the past few years.
Between JD Brown, who was the matchmaker at Fight Night when the event first came to prominence, and Bottjer, there was a time when the event stopped using Beltway Boxers.
The boxing is MUCH better now that they have gone back to the locals.
Erric was also a local promoter
Some trainer from North Carolina
punched him in the face at a show he was promoting in annadale when the trainer said Erric didn't pay him.
The guy then ran from the building and hauled ass back to north carolina.
To Errics credit he didn't involve the cops and took it on the chin like a man.
Litterally
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