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Boxing Hits Maryland, At New Venue, August 18

Boxing is back, in Maryland, at a sharp new venue, Saturday, August 18. Here are the details!

 

WHEN:                         Saturday, August 18

WHERE:                       Hanover, Md.

 

LOCATION:                  Live! Casino & Hotel

 

VENUE:                        Live! Center Stage

 

PROMOTER:                Jeter Promotions

Anthony and Christen Jeter

Stevensville, Md.

 

BROADCAST:               CBS Sports Network

 

TIMES:                         Doors open 6 p.m. (ET)

First fight 7

Broadcast Portion 9

 

TRI-MAIN EVENTS:      WORLD BOXING COUNCIL USNBC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP—

                                    10 ROUNDS

DEMOND NICHOLSON             v          ISAAC RODRIGUES

18-3-1, 17 KOs                                                25-2, 20 KOs

Laurel, Md.                                         Los Angeles/Brazil

 

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL USNBC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP—              

                                    10 ROUNDS

LANARDO TYNER               v      IVAN GOLUB  

34-12-2, 21 KOs                                  14-1, 12 KOs

Houston                                               Brooklyn, N.Y.

 

MID-ATLANTIC SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP—10 ROUNDS

DEMARCUS “Chop Chop” CORLEY v   MYKAL “The Professor” FOX

51-31-1, 28 KOS                                  17-0, 4 KOs

Washington, DC                                  Forestville, Md.

Ex-WBO super lightweight champion

 

UNDERCARD:              MIDDLEWEIGHT—6 ROUNDS

                                    FRANCISCO BUSTOS          v                JAUVAN JOHN

Rockville, Md.                                     Brooklyn, N.Y.

7-0, 4 KOs                                            2-6-1, 0 KOs

                       

 

MIDDLEWEIGHT—6 ROUNDS

                                    ASHTON SYKES              v            DONALD WALLACE

                                                                                                “Dangerous”

Columbia, Md.                                                Baltimore

2-1, 0 KOs                                            2-1-1, 1 KO

 

CRUISERWEIGHT—4 ROUNDS

                                    CHARLES JOHNSON              v             CHESTER STEWART   

Washington, DC                                  Bowie, Md.

0-1                                                       Pro Debut

 

SUPER WELTERWEIGHT—4 ROUNDS

                                    ZARIFBEK NISHANBAEV  v                    KEVIN WOMACK JR.

“The Uzbek Warrior”                         “The Scarecrow”

Arlington, Va.                                      Baltimore

4-1, 3 KOs                                            8-16-4, 6 KOs

 

LIGHTWEIGHT—4 ROUNDS

                                    DANTE COX                       v                 LATORIE WOODBERRY

                                    “The Red Comet”

                                    Elkridge, Md.                                      Roanoke, Va.

2-0, 1 KO                                             2-6-2, 0 KOs

 

 

TICKETS:                      $55, $80, $100 Ringside and $125 Ringside VIP

All seats reserved

 

Available through:

Ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1736169

At door Saturday, Aug. 18

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.