Brusso
Improves, West Injury Causes Stoppage on Saturday Detroit Boxing Jungle was the venue on Saturday in a nine-card show billed as the “Rumble in the Jungle.” Six clubs from the metro area participated in the first of what trainer and owner Mike Awada says will be monthly Jungle shows. The Jungle gym is not the first club this year to promise monthly boxing shows – Kronk’s planned Pro-Am format has suffered from the start with cancelled pro cards and now complete cancellations for at least July and August. Hopefully, Awada will have better success.
Success is not what Awada’s fighters had in the ring this weekend, however. Of seven boxers, only Demetrius Banks saw victory, at the hands of fellow Jungle boxer Isiah Eatmon. It was their first real fight for most of them, since exhibition bouts do not count in their passbooks, and, no doubt, all learned a valuable lesson that they will put to use in their next fight. Awada says they will all get re-matches. Motown’s George Brusso, 22, improved to 2-2 with a stoppage of Downtown Boxing’s Tyrone Chatman. The Eastpointer would be better served with more than annual appearances in the ring. With trainer David Lester in their corner, two Butzel fighters saw victory. Shawn Davis won his 125-lb bout against Kronk’s Sajed Fradi by decision while a shoulder injury caused a retirement in the other bout. Michael Houston won at 142-lbs after his Motown opponent, LeRon West, injured his shoulder during the first round causing his retirement. Coach
Awada reports that the next Jungle club show is tentatively set
for August 16. Jaleon
Pricto/Motown dec Cortez Todd/Detroit Boxing Jungle (75 lbs)
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