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Bouts Contested at Detroit GG Prelims Preliminary action got off to a disappointing start Friday evening as half of the scheduled eight bouts did not take place. One boxer was unable to make his declared weight while three others failed to compete. Dynamic Boxing’s Eddie Gates won a decision over Raymond Harris of the Kronk Gym in open competition at 141 pounds. Gates is off Saturday, returning Sunday against either Andriy Stankevych or Ali Eljahmi. In a super-heavy bout, Isiah Eatmon of the Shirley Boys Gym stopped Dynamic’s Madian Kutob in the second round. Eatmon will fight Kenneth Johnson on Saturday. MASH Gym’s Jarell Dobson stopped Jason Craigmiles of Dynamic in round one of their sub-novice super-heavyweight fight. Dobson is off until overflow action takes place at an April 18 club show. Onkeese McGraw of Kronk decisioned Motown’s Lester Hough at 178-lbs. He is now scheduled to fight Kevin Fields on Saturday. Ali Eljahmi advances after his opponent, Kronk’s Steven Warren, failed to make weight at 141 in the open division. Eljahmi is representing the Southwest Detroit Boxing Club (SWD). He is matched against Hamtramck’s Andriy Stankevych on Saturday. James Ballard of the Coleman Young Rec Center won on walkover after Kronk’s David Windon was a no-show. Ballard’s teammate, John Shaw III, and John Sarkisian of Infinity both opted not to fight moving their opponents, Kenneth Johnson at 201+ lbs and Kevin Fields at 178-lbs respectively into the next round. Gates and Eljahmi are fighting in the open division with the ultimate goal being a chance at this year’s national tournament in Utah while the other bouts were in the sub-novice division. Action resumes at the Gibraltar Trade Center in Taylor on Saturday at 1:00 pm. Results
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