{"id":76582,"date":"2018-11-29T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T18:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76582"},"modified":"2018-11-29T13:59:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T18:59:05","slug":"cruiserweight-sam-crossed-returns-to-the-ring-saturday-night-at-the-entertainment-and-sports-arena-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76582","title":{"rendered":"Cruiserweight Sam Crossed Returns to the Ring Saturday Night at The Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76582\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=76582\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-76583 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG-0157-136x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Popular cruiserweight Sam Crossed will take part in a six-round bout against Twon Smith as part of a 10-bout card This Saturday night at The Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>In the 10-round main event, Tori Nelson (18-2-3, 3 KOs) of Ashburn, VA. will defend her UBF Middleweight world championship against Sanna Turunen (4-1-1, 1 KO) of Tuusulam, Finland.<\/p>\n<p>Dusty Harrison had to pull out of his comeback fight against James Winchester, due to a injury.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Crossed of nearby Greenbelt, Maryland has a record of 7-0 with five knockouts, has established himself as a big ticket draw in the Beltway region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a long and difficult training camp. I have made a lot of improvements, and that will show on Saturday night,&#8221; said Crossed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NtT42gG6bdg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In Smith, Crossed is fighting a foe that possesses a record of 3-1 with two knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have seen a few videos of him. He is tough, and comes to fight. I know what I have to do to beat him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This will be the 2nd appearance in 2018 for the 31 year-old Crossed. He would like to be more active as the calendar turns to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a few injuries. Fights have fallen through, and at my age, I need to be more active. I am hoping that more shows like this come up in the area, so I can get on those cards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The reason why Crossed is a commodity for the local Beltway area shows is because he has established himself as a major ticket seller. With his undefeated mark, Crossed believes that he will continue to grow that fan-base.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great that I have this incredible support. As people know, that is a big part of the business. You could be one of the best fighter&#8217;s in the world, and I see some of those guys do not have big fan bases, and it hurts their marketability. It&#8217;s a great thing that I can draw. At the end of the day, this is a sport, but it is also entertainment. I have been drawing mostly from family, friends and people from my home area. When people know that there I am on a card, people just come. I think that I am marketable, and I have a fan friendly style. I expect that the more that I win, the fan-base will continue to grow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am expecting a tough fight. I am in shape, and am ready for a good fight. I trust myself and I trust my coaches, and the thing about me is that I will go for the knockout. This is a good card with a lot of good fighters. I hope the people will come out, and enjoy this great event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the six-round co-feature, former world title challenger Dominic Wade (18-1, 12 KOs) of Largo, MD takes on Marcus Upshaw (18-17-4, 9 KOs) of Miami, FL in a middleweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>Also in six-round bouts:<\/p>\n<p>Kareem Martin (10-2, 3 KOs) of Washington, DC takes on Jose Arturo Esquivel (10-8, 2 KOs) of Chihuahua, Mexico in a welterweight fight.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Johnson (16-4-1, 7 KOs) of Washington, DC will fight Mengistu Zarzar (6-5-1, 5 KOs) of Palmer Park, Maryland in a light heavyweight fight.<\/p>\n<p>In four-round bouts:<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Magruder (5-0, 4 KOs) of Washington, D.C. takes on Matt Murphy (3-30-3, 2 KOs) of St. Louis, MO in a junior welterweight tussle.<\/p>\n<p>George Harris (1-0, 1 KO) of Silver Spring, MD fights Lamar Lewis (0-3) of Arkansas in a heavyweight scrap.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan White (6-1, 4 KOs) Washington, DC will square off with Ndira Spearman (1-3) of Lavergne, TN in a featherweight battle.<\/p>\n<p>Kiante Irving (2-0, 2 KOs) boxes George Sheppard (1-4-1) of Virginia in a super middleweight contest.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrell Boyd of Baltimore makes his pro debut against David Rohn (0-8) of Villa Park, Il in a middleweight fight.<\/p>\n<p>Tricky Entertainment has been promoting music, entertainment and lifestyle events in D.C. for the past ten years, and is run by Erwin Pendergrast.<\/p>\n<p>DCFightNight is run by Sean Magruder, and this will be his second boxing show in DC.<\/p>\n<p>The Matchmaker is Chris Middendorf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] Popular cruiserweight Sam Crossed will take part in a six-round bout against Twon Smith as part of a 10-bout card This Saturday night at The Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. In the 10-round main event, Tori Nelson (18-2-3, 3 KOs) of Ashburn, VA. will defend her UBF Middleweight world championship against Sanna [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19246,19247],"class_list":["post-76582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-cruiserweight-sam-crossed-returns-to-the-ring-saturday-night-at-the-entertainment-and-sports-arena-in-washington","tag-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76582"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}