The Boxing Truth®: Jimmy Adams Promotions

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Five First Round KO's: Country Box September 3, 2024 Results From Nashville, TN

Undefeated Jr. Welterweight Julian Bridges scored a lopsided six round unanimous decision over Frank Brown on Tuesday night at the Texas Troubadour Theater in Nashville, TN. Bridges brought the fight to Brown from the outset working off his jab to land punches to the body and the head of Brown, who was quite awkward, had some moments in being able to land wide hooks to the head including a hard right hook after the bell at the conclusion of the second round.

As unorthodox as Brown’s approach and tactics were, however, he spent the vast majority of the fight arguing with the referee and with those in attendance rather than trying to win the fight. This allowed Bridges to out work him over the six rounds to win a convincing unanimous decision. At the conclusion of the fight, Brown oddly took his trunks off in the middle of the ring for several minutes before the decision was announced. Official scores were 60-54 (On all three official scorecards) in favor of Bridges. Julian Bridges advances to 6-0, with 2 Knockouts. Frank Brown falls to 3-6-2, with 1 Knockout.

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Undefeated Jr. Middleweight Dwyke Flemmings kept his perfect record intact by scoring a first round knockout of forty-two year old veteran Lenwood Dozier. From the opening bell Flemmings kept Dozier on the defensive where he was strictly covering up and not trying to throw any punches. What resembled a fighter working a heavy bag in the gym with a constant barrage of body and head punches finally put Dozier on the canvas. Dozier did get up from the knockdown, but when the fight continued and Dozier continued not to throw any punches, it was mercifully stopped. Official time of the stoppage was 2:31 of round one. Dwyke Flemmings advances to 8-0, with 8 Knockouts. Lenwood Dozier falls to 10-38-3, with 5 Knockouts.

Jr. Welterweight Jordy Gonzalez successfully made his professional debut with a first round stoppage of Jashawn Hunter. The fight started with both fighters standing and trading punches and was halted suddenly when Hunter told the referee that he had hurt his hand. Following consultation with a ringside physician it was determined that Hunter could not continue. Official time of the stoppage was 1:14 of round one. Jordy Gonzalez advances to 1-0, with 1 Knockout. Jashawn Hunter falls to 1-9, with 1 Knockout.

Light-Heavyweight Ryan Diaz successfully made his professional debut by scoring a first round knockout of Darius Taylor. A right hook, left hook, right hook combination to the head sent Taylor down for the ten count in his own corner. Official time of the stoppage was 2:10 of round one. Ryan Diaz advances to 1-0, with 1 Knockout. Darius Taylor falls to 0-4, with 0 Knockouts.

Undefeated Flyweight Tayvien Alpough moved to 3-0 in his young career by scoring a first round knockout of a very “Game" Riley Buck. Alpough dropped Buck with a left hook to the body early in round one. Buck showed his mettle by getting up from the knockdown only to be dropped with a flush right hook to the head seconds later. As he had done the previous time, Buck got up once more and tried to fight back, but it was only seconds before he was sent down for a third and final time forcing a stoppage of the bout. Official time of the stoppage was 2:25 of round one. Tayvien Alpough advances to 3-0, with 3 Knockouts. Riley Buck falls to 0-2, with 0 Knockouts.

Heavyweight Curtis Harper began the evening by scoring a first round knockout of veteran Antwaun Tubbs, the son of former WBA Heavyweight world champion Tony Tubbs. Despite the lineage Tubbs brought with him into the ring, he put up no resistance in this fight as he spent more time on the canvas seeming to look for a way out than he did trying to compete. The fight was halted after three official knockdowns where it was difficult to tell which punches landed to cause Tubbs to go down. Official time of the stoppage was 2:33 of round one. Curtis Harper advances to 17-11, with 10 Knockouts. Antwaun Tubbs falls to 5-20, with 2 Knockouts.

The twenty-first addition of promoter Jimmy Adams’ Country Box series, which mixes Boxing with live music almost had a rarity in the sport. In addition to live music from Cowboy Calvin on this edition of the series, the Boxing end of the equation nearly produced a first round knockout in every bout on the card, with the exception of the main event. While a total of twelve rounds of Boxing combined in six fights is not something that anyone who puts together a card aims for, it does prove the point that Boxing is truly unpredictable and no matter what things might look like in terms of a fighter’s record coming into a fight, you never know what will happen once a fight starts. It is such unpredictability that is one of the many appeals of the sport of Boxing.

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Late Country Box October 3, 2023 Results From Nashville, TN

Welterweight Michael Anderson scored a second round stoppage of a very "Game" Marklin Bailey on Tuesday night (October 3rd) at the Texas Troubadour Theatre in Nashville, TN. In what was the main event of promoter Jimmy Adams' monthly Country Box series for the month of October, the fight was dictated by Bailey, who tried and mostly succeeded in trying to force the combat on the inside in staying pinned to Anderson's chest and trying to back him up against the ropes.

While this approach appeared to be working as Anderson spent most of the first round and part of the second round trying to dodge punches, Anderson would turn the tables on Bailey with a short left hook midway through round two that sent Bailey staggering back to the ropes, which forced a rare standing eight count to be called by the referee, this would be followed by a second standing eight count seconds later as Anderson followed up with a barrage of punches. Following the second standing eight count, Anderson connected with a flush right hook to the jaw that forced the fight to be stopped. Official time of the stoppage was 1:58 of round two. Michael Anderson advances to 23-3-1, with 17 Knockouts. Marklin Bailey falls to 8-13, with 4 Knockouts.

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Undefeated Heavyweight Erick Arellano scored a four round unanimous decision over Mike Diorio. In what was a workmanlike performance, Arellano simply put the work in and forced the action throughout the four round bout against a durable opponent in Diorio. Official scores were: 40-36 (On all three scorecards) in favor of Arellano. Erick Arellano advances to 8-0, with 5 Knockouts. Mike Diorio falls to 1-6-1, with 0 Knockouts.

Lightweight Tobias Green scored a first round knockout of Juan Pena. Green quickly established that he had more punching power of the two fighters as he immediately began landing hard blows to the body and head from the opening bell. It would be a series of right hands to the head of Pena that would send him down to the canvas for the count late in round one. Official time of the stoppage was 2:47 of round one. Tobias Green advances to 11-3, with 4 Knockouts. Juan Pena falls to 32-12, with 23 Knockouts.

Lightweights began the evening as undefeated nineteen year old prospect Juan Davila scored a four round unanimous decision over veteran Weusi Johnson. Although Johnson would occasionally catch Davila with counter punches in the midst of some exchanges of punches throughout, Davila generally got the better of the action by initiating the combat and landing short, but effective combinations. Davila was also able to open a cut under the left eye of Johnson in the fourth and final round. Official scores were: 40-36, and 39-37 (On two scorecards) in favor of Davila. Juan Davila advances to 4-0, with 2 Knockouts. Weusi Johnson falls to 3-31-1, with 0 Knockouts.

The ninth installment of the Country Box series, with the theme of where Music Meets Boxing, also featured a live concert performed by Pop band KFHOX. The series, which debuted earlier this year and holds events on the first Tuesday of every month is also proving to be a spot for young fighters to develop and the next installment of the series scheduled for November 7th, it will be interesting to see how the series continues to evolve heading into 2024 as fighters develop into prospects as they look to progress in their respective careers.

"And That's The Boxing Truth."