Hawkins, Wade Get Saturday Victories!

Two Beltway Boxers scored victories in two locations on Saturday.

Undefeated Baltimore, MD welterweight Malik "Iceman" Hawkins won an eight-round unanimous decision over Gledwin "Chico" Ortiz of The Bronx, NY at the Met Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA.

According to Juan Marshall of ProAm Fight Talk, the bout was an action packed fight from start to finish as Ortiz came out in the opening round to land good shots on Hawkins. Hawkins stepped up his offense quickly to come back and land some good body and head shots on Ortiz. Both fighters were counting off of each other throughout the first six rounds. Hawkins seemed to pull away in the final two rounds by being the more active fighter, and closing the rounds strong. All three judges scored the contest for Hawkins, 77-75, 78-74, and 79-73. 

Hawkins is now 14-0, nine KO's while Ortiz falls to 6-3, five KO's.

At the Center Stage@NoDa in Charlotte, NC, Largo, MD light heavyweight Dominic "Lights Out" Wade scored a fifth-round TKO over veteran Josue Obando of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.  No word on the time of the knockout.  Wade wins his second bout this month and is now 20-1, 14 KO's.  Obando falls to 16-26-1, 12 KO's.