As we get ready for, arguably, the biggest card in the Magnificent May Along The Beltway on Saturday, we have news on the two other cards that will take place this month as well as some events taking place outside the area.
There will be a new feature bout for the Tricky Entertainment card that will take place on Saturday, May 18th at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, DC. Forestville, MD super middleweight Alantez "SlyAza" Fox will replace Dominic Wade in the 10-round main event. No word was given why Wade is no longer on the card. Fox will take on Nick "The Machine Gun" Brinson of Geneva, NY. Fox (24-1-1, 11 KO's) comes off an eight-round unanimous decision win over Elvin Ayala on September 22nd in Bowie, MD.
The Matchroom Boxing card that will take place on Saturday, May 25th at MGM National Harbor Casino in Oxon Hill, MD will remain at that location despite the bicep injury suffered by former world cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The main event will now feature undefeated lightweight Devin "The Dream" Haney of Las Vegas, NV (21-0, 13 KO's) in a 10-round bout against Antonio Moran (24-3, 17 KO's) of Mexico City, Mexico. The bout will be for Haney's WBC International lightweight title. So far, the only Beltway Boxer scheduled to be on the card will be Baltimore super middleweight Lorenzo "Truck" Simpson.
Outside the area, we know that WBC Featherweight champion "Mr." Gary Russell, Jr. of Capitol Heights, MD (29-1, 17 KO's) will defend his title against former world champion Kiko "La Sensacion" Martinez of Alicante, Spain (39-8-2, 28 KO's) on Saturday, May 18th at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Now we find out that Russell's brothers, Antonio and Antuanne, will also appear on the card.
Antonio Russell will be in an eight-round contest against Saul Eduardo "Bebe" Hernandez of Lakeside, CA by way of Tijuana, Mexico. Russell (13-0, 11 KO's) comes off a sixth-round TKO over Jose Maria Cardenas on March 2nd at Barclays Center. Hernandez (13-12-1, eight KO's) has stopped his last three opponents. However, those opponents had a combined won-loss record of 0-30.
Antuanne Russell will also compete in an eight-round encounter versus Marcos "Bombadero" Mojica of Managua, Nicaragua. Russell (8-0, eight KO's) last fought on January 26th at Barclays Center and knocked out Roberto Almanzan in the second round. Mojica (16-3-2, 12 KO's) looks to bounce back from a third-round TKO loss to Daniyar Yeleussinov on November 24th in Monte Carlo.
If that wasn't enough, two local boxers will appear on a card at the PAL Center in Hockessin, DE. Cambridge, MD super welterweight Dontre "Pound For Pound" King will be in a four-round bout against Brandon Mullins of Newark, DE. King (7-20-2, three KO's) last fought on September 15th and lost a four-round unanimous decision to Michael Crain at the PAL Center. Mullins (4-0, two KO's) scored a first-round knockout over Hassan Haggler on March 30th at the PAL Center.
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