Tuesday, October 24, 2006

White-Spivey Official for December 9 at Patriot Center!

Promoter Joe Hensley mentioned this in answer to a previous post, but let me put it as a news item.

The long-discussed matchup between Smithsburg, MD's Dean "Pit Bull" White and "The Pride of Portsmouth (VA)" Dorin Spivey is now OFFICIAL! The bout will take place as part of the Saturday, December 9 Major League Boxing card at the George Mason University Patriot Centerin Fairfax, VA. This should be a great contest!

Hensley also said that opponents for Jimmy Lange and Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson will be finalized by the end of the week and tickets will go on sale for this event soon after.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can't believe spivey said that Dean White can't punch, I have a feeling he'll take that back after the fight.

Anonymous said...

If spivey gets the dec,it's because he's hensley's fighter not because he beat Dean.

Anonymous said...

Any word on Middendorf vs Hall and Smith vs Wagner?

skinnyscott said...

One more thing to add to Joe's comments: spivey stopped Dean earlier in their careers, however both fighters are much improved these days.

when will the results from last night be posted?

Anonymous said...

Results from last night per BoxRec:

Heavyweight Wayne Hampton 236 W KO Rowyan Wallace 264 3 6
~ Time: 1:50 | Referee: John Gradowski ~

Light Heavyweight Carlos Jones L TKO William Gill 5 6
~ Time: 2:50 | Referee: Kenny Chevalier ~

Heavyweight Phillip Brown 287 W UD Ray Grant 248 4 4
Heavyweight Jonathan Felton L TKO Lenroy Thomas 2 4
~ Time: 1:22 | Referee: Malik Waleed ~

Heavyweight Eric Fields W TKO Steven Archie 2 4

Anonymous said...

So Dorin or Dean is going to fight Mike Warrick after this fight

Anonymous said...

Hey Joe I think that's great you them a fight and the winner would Warrick is that true. If it is it give them something to look forward to. Those fights should be for a MINER TITLE what you think

Anonymous said...

Joe-I ask again, is this Feb. show also gonna be at the Patriot Center?

Anonymous said...

A nationally televised show from the Patriot Center? That'd rule!

Anonymous said...

People on the blog what year was the first open score cards. And where was that fight at and who was the first fighter to do so

Gary Digital Williams said...

I don't know if this was the first open scoring card, but we had a card that featured open scoring back on April 24, 1999. This was done as an experiment after the scoring controversy in the first Evander Holyfield-Lennox Lewis contest.

This was the Don King-promoted "Triple Jeopardy" card at the MCI (now Verizon) Center in DC. The three title bouts on that card had three different versions of open scoring.

The vacant IBF Junior Bantamweight title fight between Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson and Ratanachai Vorapin was the first bout and the scoring was revealed after the fourth and eighth rounds.

The WBC middleweight title bout between champion Hacine Cherifi and former champ Keith Holmes had the scores announced every three rounds.

The WBA Junior Welterweight championship bout between champion Sharmba Mitchell and challenger Reggie "Showtime" Green had the judges score announced after every round.

The experiment was seen by most as a failure and it was never used again.

Anonymous said...

Gary great. That's what I thought. But I wasn't sure. A guy here at work asked me that now I can take is BET thanks

Anonymous said...

Gary I owe you. I won 50 dollars from him

Anonymous said...

Gary he's one of those guys who think he has all the answer about boxing. gary give me something I can ask him

Gary Digital Williams said...

Ask him to name the 13 world champions we have had in the Beltway since Sugar Ray Leonard.

He may never get that!