It got Gritty in the Motor City as World Championship Boxing returned to the famous Fox Theater
World Championship returned to the Motor City headlined by one of Detroit Boxing’s favorite sons Tony Harrison and the highly anticipated rematch between Kaye Scott and Olivia Curry for the WBA and WBC middleweight championships.
We had the pleasure of talking with Dmitriy Salita, Tony Harrison and Olivia Curry prior to fight night. In our chat with Dmitriy Salita he spoke about what it meant to him to continue to bring big stakes back to the City of Detroit. He once again delivered as promised Saturday night from the world famous Fox Theater. In what was a fight of the year candidate when they met earlier this year in the same building Kaye Scott and Olivia Curry followed up on that again Saturday Night.
In speaking with us on Knockouts and 3 Counts Olivia Curry said how disappointed she was with the result of the first fight and how both she and Scott were completely down for an immediate rematch to have a clear winner. We ended up with a new champion in Kaye Scott via Unanimous Decision although we ALMOST could’ve had another repeat performance as one of the judges had it scored 95-95. Curry lived up to what she said she would on the show definitely looking to be more aggressive earlier in the fight although the decision went the other way. Scott looks like she can definitely be a star in the world of Women’s Boxing with her look and willingness to bang coming to us from down under in Australia.
The night was co headlined by former World Champion Tony Harrison in the second fight of his comeback. When we spoke with him on Knockouts and 3 Counts Tony spoke of the confidence he had in his team and it didn’t matter who the opponent was due to the confidence he had in the preparation he and his brother LJ Harrison and team at Superbad Boxing had put in. Not out of disrespect to his opponent Brian Chaves but as he said “If I do what I’m capable of doing the rest will fall in place. ” That played out in the fights Tony scored 3 knockdowns on his way to a TKO finish in round 4. He faced some adversity early but truly seems to be sharpening his tools for this run in the heat of battle fight by fight. Claressa Shields and Papoose were also in the corner of Harrison on fight night. This comes as no surprise as Tony said that he’s “Claressa’s biggest fan as she is his.” and what it mean for both to put on a show in Detroit and put on for the city.
The night also included a list up and coming talent as well. We started the night with light heavyweights as Antwan Jones took on Javier Gonzalez. Jones an up and coming guy out of Toledo OH is no stranger to Detroit Boxing fans having fought at the Motor City Casino for Clip promotions as well. Jones showed the superior skill and looked comfortable in the ring even sticking his tongue out at his opponent at one point. He proved to be too much for his opponent as he couldn’t answer the bell after round 4.
Next up we saw Middleweights Davante Shumate and George Sosa. Both men came out swinging in this 4 round affair as both men landed as both men had their moments in a shoot out. They may have picked the wrong veteran Sosa was in Shumate’s face the whole fight as it looked as though the 4 rounds played in to Sosa’s favor. Davante Shumate had BIG power he just seemed to fade a little bit later on. If he had pressed a little more later on in the fight we definitely could’ve had a different outcome. Entertaining fight as Sosa earned a hard fought victory using every trick in the book headbutt and all. The cleaner shots seemed to be on the side of Shumate as the volume was in the corner of Sosa.
Next we saw a true Showcase for Garrett Rice in his pro debut for as long as it lasted. Rice showed great speed, relentless pressure and what stood out to me the most worked the WHOLE body of Andrew Scott. Dmitriy Salita said he was super excited to have signed Rice and we can see why.
Kahmel Makled returned to the ring and didn’t disappoint. Makled squared off with Tony Hernandez out of Kansas City Missouri. This guy always seems to have a big support system which along with his fight style will make him attractive to printers and fight fans alike. He displayed nasty body work and heavy shots through out the fight along with good footwork. He cruised to a unanimous decision victory and I think is ready for a step up and if he puts his foot on the gas can be a finisher at light heavyweight.
Husam Al Mashadi was cerebral out there against his opponent William Jackson. He landed a misdirection overhook it looked like that would be mad the great Roy Jones Jr. smile that resulted in a knockdown. What was the real calling card was his body work this kid needs to be called the body snatcher as that was what ended his night.
Next up we got to see the return of Cameran Pankey out of Pontiac. As my co host J Bone talked about on Knockouts and 3 Counts, Pankey had quite the crowd for him as well. While it took him a minute to get started in the early going of the fight as his opponent Damian Alcala threw everything but the kitchen sink at Pankey. Cameran put on a full boxing display from his defense, to his beautiful bodywork and his fire fight kit.
The bigger they are the harder they fall, at least that was the case for Sardius Simmons as he knocked down and out a redwood in Colby Madison early in round 1.
We also saw the return of heavyweight Pryce Taylor as he took on Michael Coffie. When he’s putting combos together Taylor is a big problem for heavyweights. This fight was a slugfest though as Coffie held his own in there. Taylor will be dangerous as he develops more of that Killer instinct through his career.
Photo credit Andrew Potter
All and all a great night of fights on DAZN Boxing shout out to Salita Promotions for having us!
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