DOMINIC WADE VS. NICK BRINSON
ERROL SPENCE JR. VS. RONALD CRUZ
MARCUS BROWNE VS. YUSAF MACK
Friday, June 27, Heading out west to the Fight Capital of the World for the first time as a professional, Dominic Wade battles New York’s WBC International Silver Champion Nick Brinson in a clash of middleweights at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
In a co-feature of the three-fight SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION ONSHOWTIME® telecast, two 2012 U.S. Olympians attempt to remain unbeaten as welterweight southpaw Errol Spence Jr. meets Pennsylvania’s Ronald Cruz and light heavyweight “Sir” Marcus Browne squares off with veteran Yusaf Mack. All three bouts are scheduled for 10 rounds.
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.
