Congratulations to Ashburn, VA boxer Tori "Sho Nuff" Nelson who was recently named the Women's International Boxing Association (WIBA) Fighter of the Year!
The undefeated Nelson (8-0-3) won her second WIBA title on September 13 when she captured the welterweight championship with a 10-round unanimous decision over Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes in Lincoln, RI. Nelson, who also holds the organization's middleweight title, successfully defended the welterweight crown in a 10-round unanimous decision over Kali Reis on November 7 in Cockeysville, MD.
Also, Lem Satterfield of The Ring is reporting that undefeated Capitol Heights, MD featherweight Gary Russell, Jr. will return to action on Friday, December 13 at the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, CA.
Russell (23-0, 13 KO's) is still looking for an opponent for this card for this bout, which will be on the undercard of a Golden Boy Live card also featuring welterweight Joselito Lopez and junior lightweight Francisco Vargas.
Russell is the mandatory challenger to WBO Featherweight champ Orlando Salido, however, the prospects of a title bout could be dicey. First, Salido has a voluntary title defense against former amateur champ Vasyl Lomachenko slated for March 1. Then, there are the issues between Top Rank's Bob Arum, who promotes Salido, and Golden Boy Promotions who has connections with Russell through Al Haymon.
Satterfield says that both Arum and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer believe there will be no problem making a title bout between Russell and Salido and that a purse bid could be a resolution.
Don't hold your breath!
ReplyDeleteGary is Alex Johnson fighting Poo on 12/14? or are they matched up with different opponent? I would like to see phil Jackson and another local guy to be in the mix with these two guys.
ReplyDeleteNo. Johnson is not fighting Buchanan on Dec 14. That bout will not happen.
ReplyDeleteI don't even think Buchanan is on the card.
DeleteI like to see top dog in the ring with one of these three guys phill Al or poo poo
ReplyDeleteWilliams is a light heavyweight. Johnson and Buchanan are super middleweights. No sense for either one to leave their weight classes at this time.
ReplyDeletePhil and Thomas would be an interesting fight. Thar would be best match up in the area
ReplyDeleteGary Williams is against any competitive match up involving a dmv fighter. None of them "make sense".
ReplyDeleteUnless they are for some semblance of a title, no they don't make sense.
ReplyDeleteAnt these guys getting old
ReplyDeleteThey are getting old and they all get fed a diet of 4-11 with 0 ko's tomato can fighters that no one cares about.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to start off by saying that I really want this kid to do well and that I will gladly tune in to watch that hand speed go to work.
ReplyDeleteBut the bullshit has got to stop.
This dude is 25 years old. He ain't on no "straight out the amateurs so let's move him along slowly" type shit. This dude should be thrown in with SOMEBODY...ANYBODY...
If them cats at Super Featherweight don't want it, then move up man. Your hand speed will carry you against bigger dudes.
I just don't understand what the hell it is that his team is doing. He fights every 6 months and when he finally does get into the ring, it's against some stooge who should be driving a cab.
I agree ^^^^
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