Babie Girl Productions Delivers a 1 – 2 Punch at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center In Washington, DC
By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt and Valarie Murphy (At Ringside)
Photos by Eric Fleming
Move over Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. Let the real ladies of the business world through. This past Friday, Babie Girl Productions CEO Cassandra White put on an exciting professional card that took place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
Before a crowd of about 650 boxing spectators who watched in the main event local boxer Henry “Sugar Poo” Buchanan, 19-2, 12 KO’s, win an eight-round unanimous decision over Julius Fogle, 14-3, 10 KO’s, to regain his WBF All-Americas Super Middleweight Title.
Sugar Poo was able to overcome a broken right hand that happened very early in the fight. When the scorecards were read, Buchanan was up by 77-75 (twice) and 78-74 on the third card.
In the co-main event, local heavyweight Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell, 16-0, 10 KO’s, looked impressive in what he was supposed to do with Ryan Thompson, 9-9, 6 KO’s, by working his combinations and stopping him at 2:32 of the third round.
Mitchell, at this point of his career, needs to step up the level of his competition to see exactly where he stands as a professional in the heavyweight division, a division that is a big money maker and is in dire need of the next superstar from the United States. My colleague Gary “Digital” Williams from Boxing Along The Beltway is reporting that Mitchell has an upcoming bout on ESPN2 against Ashanti Jordan, on May 8th. Jordan has a record of 10-1 and is coming off his first loss to Joe Hanks via a six round unanimous decision.
In other bouts:
In a light heavyweight bout, Alexander “The Great” Johnson, 9-0, 3 KO’s, won a six-round unanimous decision over William Gill, 9-25, 7 KO’s.
In a middleweight bout Tony “Mo Better” Jeter, 9-2, 8 KO’s, saw the canvas in the first round, but went on to stop Vincent Robbins, 3-9-2, 3 KO’s, at 1:34 of the second round.
In a heavyweight bout Horace “The Reason” Grant, 15-2, 9 KO’s, won a four-round unanimous decision over “The People’s Champion” Jonathan Felton, 6-21, 5 KO’s. Both fighters saw the canvas in this fight and when the scorecards were read, Grant won by the scores of 40-35, 40-34, and 39-36.
The most exciting bout of the evening was in the women’s ranks when Adelita Irizarry, 7-4, 2 KO’s, won a split decision over “Fearless” Molly McConnell, 10-2, 5 KO’s, to capture the vacant WBF All-Americas Women’s Welterweight Title. They fought on top of each other for most of the fight with Irizarry being the aggressor throughout, but McConnell did have her moments as well. When the scorecards were read, they had the judges split with scores of 59-55 for Irizarry (twice) and 58-56 for McConnell.
In an exhibition bout former World Champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams went three tough rounds with his main sparring partner Otganbayer Daivii. Williams has a fight coming up on May 8th against former RSR writer Kermit Cintron.
This was my first time in the new Walter E. Washington Convention Center and I must admit, it is a very nice/clean venue to put on a fight card. Again, for all those fans that say when is boxing coming back, it was back this past Friday night and I expect even more fans in the seats the next time around for a Babie Girl Productions night of boxing.
