Baltimore, MD (October 11) – Sensationalprospect James “Keep em’ Sleepin” Stevenson
will make his highly anticipatedreturn Saturday, October 23 when he battles once
beaten Phillip McCants in themain event of Baltimore Pro Boxing’s “Who’s The Man II”
at the PikesvilleArmory.
Tickets start at$40 and can be ordered by calling 410-675-6900 or going to the
Armory’s boxoffice.
Stevenson, 13-0 (10 KO’s), isregarded as one of the top young fighters in the
Beltway Region, but injurieshave sidelined him since March. The hard hitting
Baltimore native has wowed local fight on various occasions with his punching power
and boxing ability, winning all ofhis bouts in impressive fashion.
Dubbed as “The Mongoose”,McCants is a winner of six straight. The Philadelphia, PA
native, who is 8-1 with 3 KO’s,soundly outpointed his last three opponents and is
expected to give Stevensonall he can handle.
Stevenson-McCants is scheduledfor six rounds in the junior middleweight division.
Unbeaten crowd favorite Steve“Show Stealer” Wheeler, 6-0, of Catonsville, MD looks
to take another step in the right direction whenhe battles Akron, OH’s Bob Wilder in
the six round co-feature. The rapidly improving Wheeler has sentevery one of his
opponents home early and stopped his last four foes within tworounds.
Appearing on the talentloaded undercard is exciting heavyweight prospect Maurice
“Freight Train”Byarm, heavy handed Thomas “KO” Snow, former amateur star “Slick”
Nick Kisnerand Jed “The Punisher” Phipps.
In addition to $40 generaladmission seats, tickets are available for $50, with
individual VIP seats onsale for $75 and $100. Exclusive VIP tables are $1,000 for
ringside and $750for second row seating. All VIP ticket holders will receive free
Hor’dourvesand half priced drinks.
Doors open at 7 pm and theopening bell is slated for 8. The Pikesville Armory is
located at 610 Reisterstown Rdin Baltimore, MD.
For more information, go toBaltimoreboxing.com.
Contact – Matt Yanofsky(Publicist) 551-206-0578
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
