Junior Middleweight Boyd Melson will be a guest speaker at May's Ring 8 meeting in New York on Tuesday, May 15. The Ring 8 deals with charitable causes. Melson is very involved with funding stem cell research for spinal cord injuries. He donates his boxing purses to Justadollarplease.org and started Team Fight to Walk.
Melson (8-1, 4 KOs) is coming off of his first career defeat. That bout took place in March, a heated and controversial unanimous decision loss to undefeated Delen Parsley. Melson is looking to get back into the ring on June 14 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, New York..
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Chilemba Enters Ring's Ratings
Isaac Chilemba (19-1-1, 9 KOs) entered The Ring's light heavyweight ratings this week. He debuts at number ten. Chilemba is coming off of a unanimous decision victory over former title contender Edison Miranda in February. A spot was open in the top ten when Ismayl Sillakh lost to underdog Denis Grachev this past Friday.
Chilemba, who is from Malawi and is in the process of shifting his home base from South Africa to the United States, plans on deciding on his next opponent at some point this month. The "Golden Boy" reached the ratings thanks in part to a draw with the sixth rated super middleweight in the world Thomas Oosthuizen, a win over prospect Maxim Vlasov, and the victory over Miranda.
Chilemba, who is from Malawi and is in the process of shifting his home base from South Africa to the United States, plans on deciding on his next opponent at some point this month. The "Golden Boy" reached the ratings thanks in part to a draw with the sixth rated super middleweight in the world Thomas Oosthuizen, a win over prospect Maxim Vlasov, and the victory over Miranda.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Seldin, Brooks in Action on the 17th
Cletus "Hebrew Hammer" Seldin and Mike "Lefty" Brooks are scheduled to fight in separate bouts on May 17 at the Plattduetsche Park Restaurant in Long,Island, New York. The two Long Island natives are both members of the Westbury Boxing Club.
Seldin (7-0, 5 KOs) earned his fourth consecutive knockout on March 31 by stopping Marcus Hall. The welterweight has defeated four fighters with winning records in his young professional career. No opponent has been named yet for this fight.
Brooks (6-0, 1 KO), a southpaw, was a renowned amateur. His professional career has been slowed by injuries to this point. His last fight was a decision victory over journeyman Eddie Ramirez in October.
"Lefty" is scheduled to face Calvin Pritchard (0-5-2) in a six round lightweight affair. Lefty decisioned Pritchard in September of 2010. Brooks has fought beyond four rounds only once in his career, two fights ago against Jamell Tyson. In that contest, he admitted he became tired. Afterwards, he said, "Fifth or sixth round, I hit the wall." He blamed his diet and vowed to do better next time he fought in a scheduled six-rounder.
Seldin (7-0, 5 KOs) earned his fourth consecutive knockout on March 31 by stopping Marcus Hall. The welterweight has defeated four fighters with winning records in his young professional career. No opponent has been named yet for this fight.
Brooks (6-0, 1 KO), a southpaw, was a renowned amateur. His professional career has been slowed by injuries to this point. His last fight was a decision victory over journeyman Eddie Ramirez in October.
"Lefty" is scheduled to face Calvin Pritchard (0-5-2) in a six round lightweight affair. Lefty decisioned Pritchard in September of 2010. Brooks has fought beyond four rounds only once in his career, two fights ago against Jamell Tyson. In that contest, he admitted he became tired. Afterwards, he said, "Fifth or sixth round, I hit the wall." He blamed his diet and vowed to do better next time he fought in a scheduled six-rounder.
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