Results from Houston

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Report/Photographs: Boxing Bob Newman

Thurgood Marshall Promotions staged an thrilling 6 bout card at Purple Owl Boxing Area within the Houston, TX suburb of Willowbrook Saturay night. The glowing 1200 seat area opened in June and with cocktail tables, elevated theater-style seating, meals, refreshments and a kicking DJ, there isn’t a nasty seat in the home.

Heavyweights Zachary Spiller, Houston, and Forth Price’s Aaron Chavers opened the present in a scheduled 4 rounder. The primary spherical was a feel-em out stanza, because the 43 lb. heavier Spiller stalked, landed some physique pictures, whereas Chavers seemed to remain out of hurt’s method. Referee James Inexperienced halted issues after Chavers was trapped in a impartial nook, taking heavy bombardment, at 2:25 of spherical 2. Spiller now 4-0, 3 KOs, whereas Chavers slides to 9-13-1, 4 KOs.

In a combat contracted at 172 lbs., Houston’s Trevon Smith turned professional in opposition to San Antonian Ricardo Medina. It turned obvious within the first that Smith’s proper hand couldn’t miss as he dropped Medina twice with onerous pictures to the pinnacle. It was extra of the identical within the second as Medina hit the deck for a 3rd time, his nook signaling give up with the white towel as referee Joe Rodriguez took heed at 1:01 of the spherical. Smith wins his professional debut at 1-0, 1 KO, whereas Medina goes to 1-5.

Houston’s Stanley Johnson took on Dallas’ Francisco Rodriguez in a battle of undefeated cruiserweights. The 45 12 months outdated Rodriguez confirmed unimaginable guile and moxy as he rolled with Johnson’s punches and countered with simply sufficient of his personal to maintain Johson trustworthy. By the fourth and remaining spherical, each fighters have been exhausted however threw the whole lot they needed to the ultimate bell. The judges noticed it 40-36 throughout the board as Johnson improves to 2-0, 1 KO, whereas Rodriguez slides to 2-1.

Houstonian tremendous middles Imaud “Grim Reaper” Louis and Gil “Machine Gun” Garcia was a critical Mutt & Jeff affair because the 6′ Louis and the 5’3” Garcia made fairly an odd couple within the ring. The robust as nails Garcia held his personal in opposition to Louis’ jabs and hooks, at occasions touchdown his personal awkward looping rights. Within the third, Louis unloaded and buckled Garcia, additionally reducing him between the eyebrows, however the fireplug Garcia wouldn’t collapse. With seconds to go within the spherical, Louis signaled to his nook that he injured his left hand, wincing as he landed it. Within the fourth, the difficulty appeared to subside as each foes went at it, cuts and injured arms be damned! In the long run, all three judges noticed it 40-36 for Louis, who improves to 7-1, 4 KOs. Garcia slides to 5-6-1, 1 KO.

Native firefighter Richard Knepp Longview’s Mark Malone went at it in a cruiserweight battle. Knepp appeared to catch Malone off stability, sending him careening into the ropes. When Knepp rushed in for the follow-up finisher, Malone deftly evaded him, and Knepp’s higher physique went by way of the ropes and virtually into the stands! Rounds two and three noticed Malone management the motion behind his left jab, throwing the occasional lead proper for good measure. Knepp lunged in with haymakers, not often if ever touchdown. Within the fourth, a pin-point jab minimize Knepp on the left eye, inflicting him to shake his head vigorously to clear his imaginative and prescient. In the long run, the judges noticed it 39-37 and 40-36 x 2 for Malone, now 2-2, whereas Knepp 1-1, 1 KO.

Houston’s Phillip “One Time” Rhome, Jr. and Temple, Texas’ Jeremiah “The Gentleman” Truhlar went at it in a brilliant middleweight 4 rounder principal occasion. Rhome, Jr. was just a little flashier and sooner within the opening body. Rhome, Jr.’s nostril started to bleed within the second as Truhlar’s infighting paid dividends. Within the third, Rhome, Jr. allowed himself to be trapped in his personal nook and absorbed some onerous pictures, which bouyed Truhlar’s resolve to pour it on to the spherical ending bell. The fourth noticed each man go at it continuous, leaving all of it within the ring, Truhlar throwing higher cuts, Rhome, Jr. countering off the ropes. In the long run, the scores have been 39-37 Rhome, Jr., 39-37 Truhlar and 38-38 for a three-way break up draw! Rhome, Jr. is now 1-0-1 whereas Truhlar goes to 1-2-1.

All in all, an entertaining card.