Boxing Comes To New Location In DC November 18th!

There will be a pro boxing card coming to a new location in Washington, DC.  A TAC Promotions/Putney Promotions card will take place on Saturday, November 18th at the Merrick Recreation Center located at 4275 4th Street in Southeast DC.

Headlining the card will be the return of DC welterweight Jonathan "Bad Badger" Baxter who will be in a six-round contest against veteran Joseph "Trouble" Figueroa of the Bronx, NY.  Baxter (8-1, seven KO's) lost his pro debut in November of 2016 but has won eight straight bouts in North Carolina and Georgia.  This includes a second-round TKO of Isaiah Robinson on August 19 in Greensboro, NC.  Figueroa (11-62-5, three KO's) will be the most experienced foe Baxter has faced.  Figueroa has lost eight in a row but has gone the distance in every bout.  Figueroa is coming off a four-round unanimous decision loss to Osnel Charles on April 27 in Durham, NC.

Baxter's cousin, Quinton Taylor, a cruiserweight from DC, is scheduled to be on the card in a four-round bout against an opponent to be determined.  Taylor (1-0, one KO) won his pro debut on August 19th in Greensboro, scoring a first-round TKO over Keshai Daquan Lindsey.

Bladensburg, MD featherweight "The Dark Menace" Tiara Brown (3-0, two KO's) will be on the card in a four-round rematch against Natalie King of Wilson, NC (0-7).  The two met each other on March 25 at the University of the District of Columbia and Brown won by four-round unanimous decision.

Glenarden, MD super lightweight Drayvontay Speed Rawls will be in a scheduled six-round contest against Matt Murphy of East St. Louis, IL.  Speed Rawls (8-1-1, six KO's) will look to bounce back from suffering his first pro loss -- a six-round split decision to Dion Richardson on July 13th in Glen Burnie, MD.  Murphy (3-17-3, two KO's) looks to bounce back from a six-round unanimous decision loss to Eben Vargas on October 14th in Phoenix, AZ.  Murphy will compete for the 15th time in 2017.

DC welterweight Cornell Hines will take on veteran Clifford "The Magician" McPherson in a four-round bout.  Hines (1-0, one KO) made his pro debut on April 29th in Springfield, VA and scored a first-round TKO over Zachary Johnson.  McPherson (2-33-1, one KO) has lost 31 bouts in a row including a second-round TKO to Lavonte Earley on February 11th in Chattanooga, TN. 

Also on the card, Yonkers, NY middleweight Bryant Pappas will return to action for the first time in 2017 when he takes on Jason "Micro Tyson" McClure of Paris, AR, who has not fought since October of 2011.  Pappas (16-2-1, 16 KO's) last fought in December of 2016 and notched a first-round TKO over Andrew Hartley in Johnson City, TN.  McClure (1-9) lost by second-round KO to Elliott Forman in Russellville, AR.  McClure and Pappas met one time before in September of 2010.  Pappas scored a fourth-round TKO in Paris.