Chazz Witherspoon     vs.       Innocent Otukuwu
Philadelphia, PA                     Nigeria
13-0 (7 KO's)                         13-9-2 (2 KO's)

The main event of the night pitted up and coming heavyweight prospect Chazz Witherspoon against record fluffer Innocent Otukuwu of Nigeria, loser of his last 6 contests. While his name says he is Innocent, the evidence shows he is guilty of being old, slow and overall not much of a fighter. Chazz did exactly what he was supposed to do against a fighter like this, beat him and beat him good. The first started off a little slow as Chazz seemed to be feeling his guy out, sticking to the strategy of circling and shooting off his left jab for the majority of the round. The little resistance that Otukuwu offered was quickly halted by Chazz. In the second frame, Chazz wasted no more time as he pummeled Otukuwu around the ring and scored a knockdown with a barrage of rights and lefts. Otukuwu beat the 10 count but Chazz jumped right on him, emptying the tank and putting the Nigerian on his back and out for the count 25 seconds into the round.

Winner - Chazz Witherspoon 14-0 (8 KO's)

Junior Welterweight

Steve Upshur Chambers           vs.        Reggie Nash
Pittsburgh, PA                                      Grand Rapids, MI
12-1-1 (3 KO's)                                    9-14 (2 KO's)

Just as this fight was ready to kick off there was a conversation in press row about how we have never seen Steve Chambers score a knockdown. He must have overheard us because he put a beat down on Reggie Nash. While Chambers isn't known for his pop, he has very polished boxing skills. The fight started at a good pace with both men exchanging in spots. After a lull in the action, it picked up towards the end as Nash would attack the body but was constantly caught with right-left combinations when coming inside. In the second round, it is more Nash working inside and Chambers landing big shots. Nash gets rocked in the middle of the round with a right hook and Chambers follows up by teeing off for about 20 seconds. The fight was dangerously close to being stopped but Nash hangs on and actually was able to swing momentum his way late in the round. The third round starts off slow as both men go back and forth trading a punch a piece. Nash goes for the body again and gets nailed with another right. This time Nash is staggered and Chambers drops him to the canvas with a big flurry of punches. Nash gets up and Chambers is on him like stink on a bum, this time putting Nash out for the count. The crowd went wild and Steve Upshur Chambers made a big statement for a spot on the next Philly Keith Philly pound for pound list.

Winner - Steve Upshur Chambers 13-1-1 (4 KO's)

Heavyweight Division

Joey Abell                  vs.               David Cleage
Minneapolis, MN                           Parts Unknown
7-0 (7 KO's)                                  3-10 (1 KO)

Word is starting to spread about the TNT loaded in Joey Abell's boxing gloves. He does things in a ring that would warrant a preliminary hearing at the CJC if done anywhere else. The bottom line is that people love it and this time out Don Elbaum tossed him a softy for the sole purpose of pleasing the crowd. The big southpaw was pitted against David Cleage, who took the fight on a days notice and admitted that he hasn't been to the gym in over four months. Cleage weighed in at a toilet busting 270 lbs but he actually moved well for a big guy and has some of boxing skills, which allowed him to last more than a round with the "White George Foreman." The fight started off at a decent pace as Minnesota Ice used the plan of walking Cleage down and applying steady pressure throughout the match. Abell is firing some big shots, all with the intensions of mangling Cleage's face, but he isn't landing clean and Cleage is throwing right back showing some decent hand speed. Abell does eventually land a couple of punches that definitely get the attention of his opponent. Abell backed Cleage into a corner and tried to end it early but was unsuccessful. It was pretty entertaining watching the big man wiggle and move his head in the corner.  In the second round, Cleage gets brave and decides to bang it out with Abell. Bad move. Abell lands a straight left to the mouth that puts Cleage on his backside and unable to beat the 10 count. My question is can they find somebody to go longer than two rounds with Joey Abell? Come on Elbaum; put him in against Eddie Chambers or Witherspoon!

Winner - Joey Abell 8-0 (8 KO's)

Middleweight Division

Gee Culmer               vs.                 Corey Budd
Philadelphia, PA                             Lima, OH
8-1-1 (3 KO's)                                7-12 (7 KO's)

Gee Culmer picked apart Corey Budd over four rounds, cruising to a unanimous decision victory. Gee constantly banged the body. Later in the fight he began to do more work upstairs, ripping Budd's eye open with a left hook in the third round. It is safe to say Gee dominated this contest and Budd didn't offer much fire in return.

Winner - Gee Edward Culmer 9-1- 1 (3 KO's)

Light Welterweight Divison

Chris Plebani               vs.              Abe Torres
Philadelphia, PA                            Union City, NJ
0-1                                                 0-2

Chris Plebani made his pro debut back in July at the Blue and turned in an absolute barn burner. Unfortunately, he was on the wrong side of a split decision. That's okay, though, because even in a loss, the crowd still had love for the 20-year-old scrapper, and his fight against the unknown Abe Torres was one a lot of people came to see.  The first round was a good one as Torres wanted to bang inside but Plebani did a decent job keeping him at a distance with the jab. Both fighters got their work in making it a difficult round to score. Torres figured a way around Plebani's jab and was constantly able to get inside. Plebani looked a little frustrated and wanted to return the fire but just couldn't unload. In the third it looks like Plebani wants to make it a war but Torres is the one landing the big punches. Plebani opts to put his head down and work inside but he finds himself eating a steady diet of uppercuts. In the fourth it is all Torres. He is landing at will and pins Plebani against the ropes where he fires away and scores a standing knockdown. The fight probably should have been stopped there but it was allowed to continue even though Plebani, spit out his mouthpiece, was walking like he had been out a two-day drinking binge and wandered into the wrong corner when the ref called timeout to put the piece back in. He was given close to a full minute to recover but that wasn't enough time as Torres went right back to work beating up the youngster causing the corner of Plebani to throw in the towel.

Winner - Abe Torres 1-2 (1 KO)

Middleweight

Simon O'Donnell         vs.             Andre Lurranaga
Ireland                                             Cuba
0 - 0                                                4-21 (2 KO's)

It was the pro debut for Ireland's Simon O'Donnell but he looked like a wily veteran in his four round beating of Cuba's Andre Lurranaga. The slick fighting Irishman worked inside and outside, firing off combinations and busted up the Cubans chin with hard uppercuts. To Andre's credit, he seems like the type of fighter you need to crack with a hammer to knock down. All three judges scored the fight 40-36 in favor of O'Donnell.

Winner Simon O'Donnell 1 - 0

Super Bantamweight

Jules Blackwell               vs.            Ernest Scott
Phoneixville, PA                              Virginia
1-0 (1 KO)                                        0-3

In the curtain jerker, newcomer Jules Blackwell took an easy decision against Ernest "Old School" Blackwell. There were some exciting moments, particularly in the second round when the southpaw Blackwell threw a left down the pipe that landed flush on the nose. Scott hit the deck but did get back to his feet. Blackwell used a right jab followed by a straight left for the majority of the fight and at times would jump inside to fight at close quarters. The fight went to the cards and they all read 40 - 35 for Blackwell who left the ring to applause. Scott on the other hand left the ring to fans screaming, "Hang em up Old School!"

Winner - Jules Blackwell 2-0 (1 KO)