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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Seldin to Fight at Home Again

Welterweight Cletus Seldin (5-0, 3 KOs) is scheduled to fight in Long Island, New York once again. The 25 year old  "Hebrew Hammer" also fought at home in his last fight, a third round TKO victory over Rashad Bogar in November. Seldin's upcoming fight will be at the same venue, the Paramount Theatre, on January 28.

Seldin's scheduled opponent is veteran Tyler Pogline (5-9, 4 KOs). Pogline, a 31 year old from Colorado, has lost his last two bouts to prospects with a combined record of 16-1. In Pogline's interesting career, he lost his first five fights and took a five year hiatus from 2004-2009.

The contest is scheduled for six rounds.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Nakash and Melson at Roseland

Ran Nakash and Boyd Melson are both scheduled to fight at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, New York on January 21. This would be Nakash's first bout in New York. Melson would be making his third appearance at Roseland.

Nakash (25-1, 18 KOs) is slated to take on Derek Bryant (20-6-1, 17 KOs) from Philadelphia. Bryant, who usually fights at heavyweight, has lost his last two fights. Both were against noted opposition. Jason Estrada easily outpointed Bryant over three years ago. In 2010, Seth Mitchell knocked out Bryant in the first round.

Nakash hasn't fought since his aggressive and gritty showing against Marco Huck for the WBO cruiserweight crown last April. The fight resulted in a controversial and lopsided points victory for Huck in his adopted home country of Germany. Ran's cruiserweight battle against Bryant is scheduled for eight rounds.

Melson (7-0, 4 KOs), whose opponent hasn't been named as of yet, last fought Daniel Lugo on December 17, 2011. Melson won that contest with a third round KO. "The Rainmaker" has four knockouts in his last five matches. This next one is scheduled for six rounds.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Kid Yamaka Back in Two Weeks

Zac "Kid Yamaka" Wohlman is scheduled to be back in the ring on Friday, January 20. Wohlman is penciled in to fight Tatsuro Irie (0-1) in a four round bout at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, California.

Wohlman showed impressive boxing skill in his debut, which took place last month. Wohlman defeated veteran Ricardo Malfavon by unanimous decision in that contest.