There are a number of updates and changes for two of the cards that will take place during the "Dynamic December of Beltway Boxing."
The 10-round middleweight UBF title bout between champion Tori "Sho Nuff" Nelson of Ashburn, VA (18-2-3, five KO's and challenger Sanna Turunen of Tuusulam, Finland (4-1-1, one KO) has officially upgraded to the main event position on the Tricky Entertainment/DC Fight Night card on Saturday, December 1st card at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, DC. As BATB has already reported, Dusty Hernandez Harrison, the welterweight from DC, suffered a forearm injury and is unable to compete.
Largo, MD middleweight and former world title contender Dominic "Lights Out" Wade has been added to the card will take on Marcus Upshaw of Miami, FL in a six-round co-feature rematch. Wade (18-1, 12 KO's) has not fought since suffering his only loss in a title opportunity against Gennady Golovkin in April of 2016. Wade was knocked out in the second round.
Upshaw (18-17-4, nine KO's) has not fought since July of 2016 when he lost by fifth-round TKO to Brian Carlos Castano in Nice, CA. The first time these two boxers met was in April of 2014 at the DC Armory. Wade won the bout by second-round TKO.
DC super lightweight Antonio "Teflon" Magruder (5-0, four KO's) has a new opponent for his four-round contest in veteran Matt Murphy of East St. Louis, IL. Murphy (3-30-3, two KO's) will look to break an 11-bout losing streak which includes a four-round unanimous decision loss to Desmond Lyons on November 3rd in Augusta, GA. Murphy will compete for the 11th time in 2018 after boxing 17 times in 2017. Magruder will be the fourth Beltway Boxer that Murphy has faced, losing to Seth Billups and Drayvontay Speed Rawls and drawing with Mack Allison IV.
Waldorf, MD featherweight Jordan "Shortdog" White (6-1, five KO's) has an opponent for this card in Ndira Spearman of Lavergne, TN by way of Hagerstown, MD. The bout is slated for four rounds. White is coming off a first-round knockout of Cristian Renteria on November 8th in Indio, CA. Spearman (1-3) won his pro debut in May of 2016 but is 0-3 in 2018 including a fourth-round TKO loss to Kenneth Taylor on July 28th in Dallas, TX.
Debuting Baltimore, MD middleweight Tyrell Boyd will face off with David "Rock Steady" Rohn of Villa Park, IL. Boyd won the Novice Golden Gloves championship in 2014 and has competed numerous times in local amateur events.
Rohn (0-8-1, two NC's) has lost his last six bouts by knockout and all six of those bouts were against Beltway Boxers. Rohn's last loss was a first-round KO against Jason Bell in March of 2017 at the UDC Physical Activities Center. Rohn has also lost to Phillip Hooker, Stephon Morris, Jeff McCalla, Devin Butcher and Shaborn Ryals. Nine of Rohn's 11 career bouts have been against local talent as Rohn has also lost by knockout to Demond Nicholson, drew with Jeremy Trussell and had a no-contest against Jarelle Scott.
Also a reminder: The first bout on this card is scheduled to begin at 5 PM ET.
Meanwhile, one boxer has an opponent for the Shabazz Brothers card on Saturday, December 8th at the AC Jordan Arena at Bowie State University in Bowie, MD.
Undefeated Forestville, MD junior welterweight Mykal "The Professor" Fox is scheduled to be in an eight-round contest against Ibrahim "King Class Mawe" Class of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania. Fox (18-0, four KO's) comes off a 10-round unanimous decision win over former world champion DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley on August 18th in Hanover, MD.
This will be the first trip to the United States for Class (22-4, 10 KO's), who is riding an eight-bout winning streak. Class knocked out Baina Mazola in the fifth round in Dar-Es Salaam also on August 18th.
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