Thursday, January 07, 2010

Ballroom Boxing Returns January 29 With 'Back to Basics' Card!

Ballroom Boxing returns to Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD on Friday, January 29. And yes, the date is correct. This will be the first Friday night Ballroom Boxing card in 14 years.

Details are forthcoming on this card, but organizers say the card will go back to Ballroom Boxing's heritage of showcasing Beltway-area boxers and slated to headline the card is former USBA Cruiserweight champion Darnell "The-Ding-A-Ling Man" Wilson of Takoma Park, MD. Wilson (23-9-3, 20 KO's) has not fought since losing to Grigory Drozd by 10th round stoppage on July 2 in Moscow, Russia. It looks like that bout will be Wilson's last at cruiserweight as he is looking for a heavyweight opponent for this card.

Also slated to be on the card is Baltimore super middleweight Mike "The Persecutor" Paschall and Capitol Heights, MD featherweight Thomas "KO" Snow.

One bout is already signed for the card: Baltimore light heavyweight Willie "For Real" Williams (12-4-2, three KO's) will take on tough Toms River, NJ veteran William Gill (9-24, seven KO's) The bout is scheduled for six rounds.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

actually he fought drozd in russia.

Anonymous said...

Is Jeff the new match maker for Michaels?

Gary Digital Williams said...

If you're talking about Jeff Novotny, he is working with Scott on matchmaking.

Anonymous said...

Is this a Ballroom Boxing card, like old school Ballroom, or is this a TKO card? And if it's not a TKO card what about all the big hoopla with TKO coming in to the area and promoting shows in conjunction with Ballroom and other area promoters? And who is Jeff Novotny, never heard of him, I guess I don't know everybody.

Gary Digital Williams said...

This will be more like old school Ballroom. As I said in the headline, Ballroom Boxing is going back to basics. TKO is not involved with this card and may not be involved in the forseeable future.

As you know, Ballroom was built on bringing in local talent. There are some prospective matchups (that I can't reveal now) that, if they come true, will make this a very good card.

Boxing Fan said...

Hey, will that Kid Cecil McCalla be on Jan. 29 Card, I saw him fight the last time I was at Michael's, He's a Damn Good Fighter!