Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Davis Challenges for WBF All-Americas Title Jan. 22 in Pittsburgh!

Veteran DC light heavyweight Demetrius Davis travels to the Hilton Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA for an eight-round matchup against Rayco "War" Saunders of Pittsburgh on Friday, January 22. The bout will be for the vacant WBF All-Americas Lightweight title.

Davis (19-17-5, seven KO's) has lost three straight, including two regional title bouts -- a ninth-round TKO loss last May to Cory Cummings for the Maryland State Super Middleweight title which was the 2009 Beltway Bout of the Year and his last bout, a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Piotr Wilczewski on November 13 in Poland for something called the TWBA Super Middleweight title.

Saunders (17-12-2, seven KO's) is coming off a seven-round (yep, that's what the info said) unanimous decision over Walter Pupu'a on December 2 in New South Wales, Australia. Sanders has fought for numerous regional titles including the WBC USNBC, NABO and WBC Continental Americas titles, but has come up on the losing end of all those bouts, however, he did win an NABC Cruiserweight title in 2004.

The two have two common opponents. Both men lost eight-round contests to Dhafir Smith and have also fought Tommy Karpency and helped mar his record in consecutive bouts. In June of 2008, Davis fought the then-undefeated Karpency to a controversial eight-round draw at Du Burns Arena in Baltimore, MD. The next month saw Saunders give Karpency his first loss, winning an eight-round unanimous decision in front of a nationally televised ESPN2 audience in Butler, PA.

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