Beltway Boxing update

November 9, 10:04 PMDC Boxing ExaminerGary Williams

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Undefeated Largo, MD middleweight Dominic Wade will face his most experienced opponent to date when he travels back to Fitzgerald's Hotel and Casino in Tunica, MS on Saturday, November 21.

Wade (4-0, four KO's) will battle veteran Bradley Thompson (15-17-1, 10 KO's) of Brookwood, AL in a four-round contest. Wade is coming off of a first-round knockout over Tyrone Dowdy on August 29 in Tunica. Wade has not had a bout go past the second round in his young career.

Thompson is winless in his last 10 bouts (0-8-1, one NC) and last fought on October 3 in Bay Saint Louis, MS where he lost a four-round unanimous decision to Gundrick King.

The Alexandria Boxing Club is having an amateur boxing card called the "Fall Brawl" on Saturday, November 14 at the Charles Houston Recreation Center, 901 Wythe Street in Alexandria, VA. The card begins at 3 PM.

There will be 15 amateur bouts on the card that will stretch through novice and open levels. Tickets are $10 presale and $12 at the door. Proceeds from the event benefit Fight For Children, a non-profit that has supported the Alexandria Boxing Club in the past through Fight Night.

The main organizers for the event are Kay Koroma and amateur boxer Dara Shen.

In recent results, Smithsburg, MD lightweight Dean "Pit Bull" White battled Verquan "The Show" Kimbrough of Pittsburgh, PA to an eight-round draw in the main event of the Fight Night charity boxing event at the Washington Hilton in DC on November 5

White did a nice job of counterpunching throughout the contest, seemingly beating Kimbrough to the punch. Kimbrough suffered a cut that was directly between his right eye and the bridge of his nose. White stepped up the pace in the last three rounds but it apparently was not enough to sway the judges completely. Judge Tammye Jenkins saw the bout 77-75 for White while Judge David Jordan scored the contest 77-75 for Kimbrough. Judge Paul Wallace saw the draw at 76-76. The Examiner.com card scored the bout for White, 78-74.

White is now 15-10-2, seven KO's while Kimbrough is 21-2-3, seven KO's. The bout was for the honorary Fight For Children title and was a rematch of a six-round bout that Kimbrough won by majority decision in 2007.

The first contest on the three-bout card also ended in a draw as DC cruiserweight Venroy July battled four rounds with Fred McClinton of Winston-Salem, NC. This was a very close contest with both men trading good shots throughout. McClinton dropped July with about two seconds to go in the first round but July bounced back well and managed the draw. Judge Wallace saw the bout for July at 38-37 while judge Jenkins scored it for McClinton 39-37. Judge Jordan scored the draw at 38-38.

July remains undefeated at 2-0-1, one KO while McClinton evens his record at 1-1-1, one KO.

In the closing bout, Palmer Park, MD super middleweight Robert "Rated X" Reed made short work of the debuting "Double J" Jason Johns of Danville, VA, landing a right hand midway through the first round to drop Johns. Johns made it back to his feet but referee Joe Cooper stopped the contest at 1:45 of the first. Reed is now 2-0 with two first-round knockouts.

On the same night in Cockeysville, MD, Beltway Boxers maintained their winning ways at the Jonathan Odgen Foundation benefit boxing card at Martin's Valley Mansion.

Baltimore welterweight prospect Emmanuel "Transformer" Taylor remained undefeated with a second-round TKO of Josh Beeman of Providence, RI. According to JR Jowett of Boxing Digest, Taylor picked up the pace in the second round, landing a chopping right behind Beeman's ear. Taylor then spun Beeman who crashes to the canvas. Referee Kenny Chevalier ruled no knockdown and Beeman survived the round but during the rest period, Beeman said he hurt his left shoulder and could not continue.

Taylor is now 4-0, four KO's while Beeman is 4-5-3, two KO's.

Windsor Mill, MD middleweight Julius Kennedy won his seventh straight bout with a six-round unanimous decision over veteran Ariel "Iron" Espinal of Brooklyn, NY. According to Jowett, Kennedy was more active and threw a lot of looping punches that were effective. Judges Dave Greer and Don Risher scored the bout 59-55 while judge Chevalier saw the bout 58-56.

Kennedy is now 7-1, three KO's while Espinal is now 6-11-3, two KO's.

In the main event, "The Pride of Providence" Peter Manfredo Jr. scored a first-round TKO over Ron Weaver of New Orleans, LA. Manfredo started his assault at the opening bell, nailing clean punches on Weaver. Late in the first, Manfredo landed two solid left hooks, the second dropping Weaver. Weaver survives the round but could not come out for the second.

Manfredo is now 33-6, 18 KOs while Weaver falls to 29-19-2, 22 KO's.

Other bouts on the card: junior middleweight Joseph Elegele of Winterhaven, FL won a four-round unanimous decision over Cincinnati, OH's Keith Redding. Elegele pitched a shutout (40-36) on all three judges's cards in this battle of debuting boxers.

Jamaican-born, St. Petersburg, FL-based heavyweight Lenroy "TNT" Thomas won a six-round unanimous decision over veteran Andrew Greeley of Monroe, LA. Thomas also wins by shutout (60-54) and lifts his record to 14-1, eight KO's. Greeley is now 14-30-2, eight KO's.

The card was promoted by TKO Promotions. The matchmaker was Chris Middendorf.