Boxing Returns to Dearborn Heavy Hitter Promotions and Clip Boxing have again teamed up to present a night of professional boxing this Friday at the Ford Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. Detroit favorite Vernon “Iceman” Paris (17-0-0, 12 KO) is scheduled against Kenyan Nasser “The Silencer” Athumani (21-5-1, 16 KO) despite a reported hand injury, which caused Paris to drop off a card at The Palace earlier this month. The 38-year old Nairobi-born southpaw is coming off two TKO losses from last year with his last win, also by TKO, some fifteen months ago. Paris, by comparison, is undefeated having fought twelve times during the same period. Paris, 20, is also Athumani’s junior, by eighteen years. Cleveland’s Willie Nelson (6-0-0, 4 KO) is making a return to Michigan – he was here in August on a Joe Bermudez show in Lansing – against Ann Arbor’s Robert “The Wolf” Jones. In contrast to Nelson’s perfect record, Jones (6-3-1, 2 KO) hasn’t had a win in nearly four years and hasn’t fought in almost two. Karo Ro (14-0-0, 7 KO) will cross from Windsor, Ontario to face Philadelphia’s Lakeysha Williams (9-10-4, 1 KO). Ro, 32, last fought and won nearly a year-and-a-half ago at Little River while her same-age opponent has lost her last four contests, last winning in the District of Columbia in June, 2004. Monroe’s Wade “Pay The” Tolle, Jr. (1-0-0) is making his second professional appearance in the ring, following his UD win in his August debut over Alexis Hloros, who is also fighting on Friday’s card. Tolle will square off against less-than-impressive Guy Packer, 33, of Battle Creek. Packer (2-15-2) is on the tail-end of a three loss streak while Tolle shows early promise. . Middleweights
Alexis Hloros (1-2-2, 1 KO) and Jason Wahr (1-0-2) enter the ring
in a rematch. The two Michigan boxers fought to a draw after four
rounds in October in Sault Ste. Marie. Hloros is win-less in his
last four efforts with two losses and two draws following a knockout
win in his 2003 debut while Manistee’s Wahr is coming off
a draw. |