Cockeysville, MD (November 9, 2012) Thursday night, in front of a huge crowd that included Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, numerous members of the first place Baltimore Ravens football team and Hall of Famer Lenny Moore, The Jonathan Ogden Foundation held their 7th Annual “An Evening Ringside” Charity Event at the Martins Valley Mansion in Cockeysville, MD.
Presented by Chris Middendorf and UNITED BOXERS an action packed evening featured a number of excellent matchups.
In the main event of the evening, Baltimore fan favorite James “Keep Em Sleepin” Stevenson stayed perfect with a unanimous decision over Akron, Ohio native Damon Antoine by scores of 40 X 36 on all three scorecards in their welterweight tilt.
Stevenson, 18-0-0 (11KO’s), was able to control the action throughout the fight, consistently beating the game Antoine, 10-43-2 (5KO’s).
In the fight of the night and a clash that will be talked about for many years, Rolando “Ironman” Chinea of Lancaster, PA battled Brooklyn, New York’s Ian James in a four round lightweight war.
Fighting through a broken jaw suffered in the first round, Chinea, who had to spit blood out throughout the fight, fought back from an early deficit to earn a draw from the hard throwing James, particularly in the fourth round when he had the New Yorker badly hurt.
Scores at the end of the war that had the fans on their feet throughout were 38-37 for Chinea and 38-38 X 2, resulting in a majority draw. Chinea’s record now stands at 3-0-1 (2KO’s), while James moves to 2-4-1 (1KO).
In a special attraction women’s bout, Baltimore’s Tyrieshia “Baby Girl” Douglas won a four round unanimous decision over Sherine “Rosie” Thomas of Ottawa, Canada.
Douglas, 2-0-0 (1KO), was able to outbox and consistently hurt Thomas, 0-1-0, earning the decision by scores of 40 X 36 on all three scorecards.
Returning to the ring after a three-year layoff, Baltimore’s Raymond Elliott drilled Shane Reynolds of Cincinnati, Ohio, to the canvas twice in the opening round with huge right hands with the bout being stopped at 1:43 mark of the opening stanza.
With the win Elliott improves to 2-1-0 (1KO), while Reynolds, suffering his first loss, moves to 1-1-0.
In a very spirited ladies bout, pro debuting bantamweight Kelan Robey, of Lynchburg, VA took a four round split decision over Philadelphia, PA’s Unique Harris, 0-2-0. A very close fought match throughout, Robey was awarded a split decision by scores of 39-37 X 2, 37-39.
In the first bout of the night, Baltimore’s Dan Cannaday won a four round shutout unanimous decision over cross-town rival Lee Snow in the super middleweight division. With the win Cannaday stays undefeated with a record of 3-0-0 (1KO), while Snow fell 2-3-0 (2KO’s.
The next UNITED BOXERS event will take place on Saturday, DECEMBER 1 at the Winchester Sportsplex in Winchester, Viriginia.
UNITED BOXERS was founded in 2010 by Chris Middendorf. The goal of the company is to develop world-class professional fighters and promote them to the championship level. For further information or to be added to their mailing list, go to their website, UnitedBoxers.com.
