Saturday, January 24, 2009

Mayes, Williams Battle to Draw...Again!

After two bouts and 14 rounds, nothing has been settled between Baltimore light heavyweights Henry "Hurricane" Mayes and Willie "For Real" Williams. The two evenly-matched rivals battled to a spirited eight-round draw in front of a packed house at Martin's West in Woodlawn, MD.

This was a rematch of their six-round majority draw on October 3 in Salisbury, MD. It was indeed a fierce battle that is the first candidate for 2009 Beltway Bout of the Year.

The scores were John Gradowski, 77-75 for Mayes; Gary Camponeschi, 78-74 for Williams and Kenny Chevalier, 76-76. BATB scored the bout 78-76 for Mayes with the last two rounds even.

Williams kept his East Coast Light Heavyweight title and now sees his record as 12-3-2, three KO's. Mayes's record is now 7-6-3, four KO's.

The co-feature saw Baltimore junior middleweight James "Keep 'Em Sleepin'" Stevenson remain undefeated with an easy second-round TKO over Darrett Crockett of Rock Hill, SC.

Stevenson dominated from the opening bell and eventually blasted Crockett across the ring with a devastating right hand. Crockett crumpled in his own corner. Referee Camponeschi immediately halted the bout at 1:20 of the second.

Other quick results from the card:

Brandywine, MD heavyweight Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell remained undefeated with a fifth-round stoppage over Adah, PA's Jason Bergman. Mitchell busted Bergman's nose forcing him to quit at the end of the fifth. Mitchell is now 9-0-1, six KO's. Bergman is 8-8-2, five KO's.

Randallstown, MD middleweight Cecil "Too Sharp, Too Fast" McCalla earned a future ESPN2 TV date with a four-round unanimous decision over DC's Antonio "The Dream" Walls. The bout seemed a little closer than the shutout scores (40-35 on all three cards) indicated but McCalla sealed the victory with a solid straight right hand that dropped Walls to the canvas in the third. McCalla is now 4-0, one KO while Walls loses for the first time as a pro and he is 2-1, one KO.

Catonsville, MD light heavyweight "Irish" Glenn Williams won by second-round TKO when opponent John "The Baptist" Terry of Portsmouth, VA had to retire due to a broken hand. Williams is now 6-4-1, five KO's while Terry is now 2-13-3, one KO.

In the opening bout, Ellicott City, MD cruiserweight Robert "The Mac Attack" McConnell scored his first pro knockout stopping Eddie "Lightning Diablo" Otts of Salisbury at 2:00 of the third round. McConnell landed a vicious combination that dropped Otts. Otts got up but was in no condition to continue.

McConnell is now 3-2, one KO while Otts is 0-5-1.


Here is the BATB Post-Fight Wrap-Up for this event:

Gabcast! Boxing Along the Beltway #144 - Post-Fight From Woodlawn!

I recap a spirited card of Baltimore Pro Boxing from a packed house at Martin's West in Woodlawn, MD!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

go stevenson keep sleeping

Anonymous said...

keep'em sleepin

Anonymous said...

who did he beat? 6-22 is not a good win keep em sleeping.

Anonymous said...

who is this for real guy that
can't get pass mayes.