Salem boxing card setPosted Aug01, 2008 at 11:52 PMAn eight-bout card is all set for this Aug. 9 at Salem Civic Center. Andrew Farmer and Jaywon Woods will be fighting in the co-main events. Farmer (10-1) of Front Royal, Va., takes on Cesar Vega (10-14) of Louisville, Ky., in a eight-round junior welterweight bout. Woods (7-0) of Danville takes on Terry Roy (7-0) of Front Royal in a six-round cruiserweight bout. Roanoke's Charles Norwood has been taken off the card because of a hand injury, according toi his manager Rick Hawkins, who is promoting the show. The rest of the bouts are listed at boxrec.com. -- Jeff Gilbert Salem boxing card still taking shapePosted Jul04, 2008 at 04:43 PMRick Hawkins of Pro-Motion Sports and his matchmaker, Scott Farmer, are getting closer to filling out the card for the event that is coming to the Salem Civic Center on Aug. 9. For now they have a co-main event featuring Andrew Farmer of Front Royal and Jaywon Woods of Danville. Farmer (10-1) will fight Rod Salka of (6-0) of Bunola, Pa., in a scheduled eight-rounder at light welterweight. Woods (7-0) will fight Terry Roy (7-0) of Front Royal in a scheduled six-rounder at cruiserweight. Woods is 22 and Roy is 35 and a southpaw. In another light welterweight bout, Roanoker David Hopkins will make his pro debut against Randolph Scott (0-1) of Salisbury, Md. The other match that is set is Roanoker David Novia (0-1) vs. Dontre King (0-1) of Cumberland, Md. Roanoke light middleweight Charles Norwood (3-3) and Bassett heavyweight James Price (2-0) do not yet have matches. John Mackey, who defeated Norwood, was originally on the card and Hawkins said they were going to have him fight a rematch with Joshua Snyder, who recently beat Mackey. But Hawkins said their managers decided they wanted at least six months before the rematch because their first fight was such a brawl. That fight was seen on ESPN. Hawkins said he'd like to add another main event and possibly have as many as eight fights. -- Jeff Gilbert James Price looking for a fightPosted Jun27, 2008 at 12:24 PMJames Price of Bassett wants to put his 2-0 record on the line, but his fights keep getting postponed. Price's manager, Jim Westmoreland, said last week's card in Greensboro, N.C., was postponed the day before. Then, Price was supposed to fight tonight in Charleston, S.C., but his opponent backed out. Price is still scheduled to be part of the card at the Salem Civic Center on Aug. 9. Westmoreland hopes to get Price in the ring a few times before that. Price is expecting to fight July 25 in Charleston. "Once a week right now would be fine," Westmoreland said. -- Jeff Gilbert Some of Salem boxing card knownPosted Jun23, 2008 at 08:57 PMSome of the fighters have been lined up for the boxing card that is coming to the Salem Civic Center on Aug. 9. We know at least one half of each bout, but promoter Rick Hawkins of Pro-Motion Sports in Salem and matchmaker Scott Farmer from the northern Shenandoah Valley have yet to reveal anyone's opponent. We should know by early July. In what will likely be the main event, Andrew Farmer (Scott Farmer's son) will put his 10-1 record on the line in an eight-round light welterweight bout. Charles Norwood (3-3) of Roanoke is expected to be back from broken ribs suffered in his last fight to fight in a six-round light middleweight bout. Norwood suffered some broken ribs in a loss to Joshua Snyder (7-3) on Feb. 23 at the Sportsplex in Winchester in one of Farmer's shows. That loss for Norwood followed a tough loss to John Mackey (9-1). Mackey, from Birmingham, is scheduled for a middleweight bout in Salem. He will be coming off a loss (four-round majority decision) to Snyder on June 13 in Scranton, Pa. That fight was on the undercard for the Patrick Lopez-Juaquin Gallardo welterweight bout that Lopez (13-1) won by unanimous decision after 10 rounds. Other fighters scheduled for Salem are cruiserweight Jaywon Woods (7-0) of Danville, supermiddleweight David Novia (0-1) of Roanoke, bantamweight Travis Mallin (2-0) of Fairfax, heavyweight James Price (2-0) of Bassett and light welterweight David Hopkins of Roanoke in his pro debut. Woods is ranked 143rd on boxrec.com, and right now is the highest rated fighter on the card. Another young fighter with local ties, Elijah McCall of Bassett, won his pro heavyweight debut this past Saturday in Hollywood, Fla. McCall, the son of former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, won with a first-round TKO in 2:24 against Darion Moss (0-2). Moss was knocked down twice. -- Jeff Gilbert |
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