In the main event, Laurel, MD super middleweight Demond "D'Best At It" Nicholson successfully defended his WBC USNBC Super Middleweight title with a second-round knockout of Fernando "El Huracan" Castaneda of Aquascalientes, Mexico. Nicholson landed a brutal right uppercut to knock Castaneda to the canvas at 2:10 of the second round. Nicholson is now 20-3-1, 19 KO's while Castaneda falls to 26-13, 17 KO's.
The co-feature saw Bowie super lightweight Greg "Sharpshooter" Outlaw win a six-round unanimous decision over Baltimore, MD's Mack "Papi"Allison IV. According to Juan Marshall of ProAm Fight Talk, Outlaw out boxed Allison in every round. The jab was the key component for Outlaw as he was able to get off his shots first to keep Allison from being aggressive. Allison wasn't throwing as many punches as he should have been to win rounds. Every time Allison stepped in he was met with a clean jab from Outlaw. Allison had his game face on, but he wasn't producing the work he should have been putting out. Outlaw's punch output was rising as the fight went into the later rounds. All three judges scored the bout at 60-54 for Outlaw, who is now 7-0, two KO's while Allison falls to 8-2-1, seven KO's.
The pro debut for Baltimore middleweight Lorenzo "Truck" Simpson lasted less than 90 seconds as he stopped Deandre West of Winston-Salem, NC. There were no knockdowns in the contest but Simpson's power simply overwhelmed West, enough for referee Kenny Chevalier to stop the bout at 1:26. West's record drops to 0-3.
Undefeated Forestville, MD super lightweight Mykal "The Professor" Fox rolled to a second-round TKO over previously undefeated Gonzalo Dallera of Ciudadela, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fox stayed tall and rangy as he popped his jab into the face of Dallera. Dallera tried to land some looping shots, but Fox showed some good movement to avoid getting hit. As Dallera wanted to get close he had a habit of dropping his head, and that was a mistake Fox noticed. Dallera tried to come inside again that's when Fox landed a straight left to drop Dallera for the eight count. In the next round Dallera still tried to be aggressive, but the footwork Fox used changed the angles causing Dallera to look wild. Fox used his jab to set up combinations that landed continuously, and hurting Dallera forcing referee David Braslow to stop the bout at 2:21 of round two.
Fox is now 19-0, five KO's while Dallara, who faced a boxer who won a bout for the first time, is now 5-1, four KO's.
Featherweight "The Dark Menace" Tiara Brown of Bladensburg, MD stopped former world champion Dahiana Santana of the Dominican Republic at the end of the fourth round. Brown, a DiBella Entertainment signee, dominated the former champion from start to finish. Brown was relaxed as she slipped side to side dodging any shots Santana tried to land. Brown used a good jab to slide inside to land body shots on Santana. The defense of Brown worked great as she blocked shots and counted with her own.
Towards the closing of the second-round, Brown put together some good combinations. Santana was a little more defensive minded in the third-round, but Brown turned up the action by pumping her jab to set up more combinations that started to hurt Santana. In round four Santana showed that she was hurt and started to hold on throughout the round causing referee Kenny Chevalier to take a point away. Brown pressed forward to land more shots as the round ended. Santana had enough and did not answer the bell to start the fifth-round.
Brown remains undefeated at 7-0, five KO's while Santana falls to 36-11, 15 KO's.
In other bouts on the card, Bowie, MD cruiserweight Luther "Lights Out" Smith got a six-round split decision win against Joshua Temple of St. Louis, MO. Smith is now (11-4, 10 KO's) while Temple falls to (7-2, 6 KO's).
Baltimore, MD heavyweight Hasim "Gold Blooded" Rahman, Jr. won by four-round unanimous decision against veteran Damion Reed of Danville, VA. Rahman Jr. improves to (7-0, 4 KO's) and Reed is now (3-20-1, 1 KO).
Keith "The Bounty" Hunter, an undefeated welterweight from Las Vegas, NV scored a first-round knockout at 2:22 against Siddharth Ravindra Varma of Pune, India. Hunter record improves to (8-0, 7 KO's) while Varma is now (5-4-1, 1 KO).
Brooklyn, NY middleweight Omar Kabary Salem won by six-round majority decision against Jonathan Garcia of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Salem remains undefeated at (7-0, 3 KO's) while Garcia is now (4-19-1, 1 KO).
The matchmaker for the card was "The Boxing Diva" Renee Aiken. The ring announcer was Henry "Discombobulating" Jones.
Not to overshadow an otherwise good card, the stoppage in the Simpson fight was atrocious. The fans should have been able to see Truck properly finish his opponent. If the commission approves it, the referee should let them fight at the VERY LEAST until someone gets knocked down.
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