FREEPORT, Grand Bahamas (ဧပြီလ 24, 2018) – Bahamian boxing icon Sherman “ကန်” Williams ဟာ and Bahamian Sons Promotion presents live professional boxing, “Backyard Rumble”, မေလပေါ် 26 at A Social Affair and Convention Center in Freeport, Grand Bahamas.
“Bahamian Sons Promotions seeks to create an exciting venue in Freeport and across the Bahamas for live and televised professional boxing,” ကပြောပါတယ် Kimberly Williams, Sherman’s wife and president of Bahamian Sons Promotion. “Easy access to the beautiful islands of the Bahamas are the perfect place to train and get away.”
Fighting at home in the 10-round event, Williams ဟာ (39-15-2, 1 NC, 21 KOs) takes on former world light heavyweight title challenger Epifanio “Diamante” Mendoza (43-26-1, 37 KOs), the Colombian knockout artist.
Williams has been stopped only once in 57 လိုလားတဲ့တိုက်ပွဲတွေ, extending former world champion ယောသပ်သည်က Parker နှင့် Ruslan Chagaev, as well as top contenders ခရစ်ယာန် Hammer,Robert Helenius နှင့် Manuel Charr, the full distance in their fights. “ကန်” defeated former world cruiserweight champion အယ်လ် “ရေခဲ” ကိုးလ်, fought world title challenger Jameel McClineto a draw, and was leading Hall of Famer Evander Holyfield until their 2011 fight was stopped due to questionable referee decision and declared a “no contest.”
During his 20 ½-years pro career, Williams has used his vaunted “conch (overhand right) punch” to knockout 21 ပြိုင်ဘက်. His many heavyweight titles have included World Boxing Organization (WBO) China National, Oriental and Asia Pacific, PABA, ကမ္ဘာ့ဖလားလက်ဝှေ့ကောင်စီ (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation, ကမ္ဘာ့ဖလားလက်ဝှေ့ရေးအသင်း (WBA) Fedecaribe and World Boxing Foundation Intercontinental championships.
Mendoza lost his world light heavyweight title fight in 2007 သို့ ချဒ် Dawson. The still dangerous Colombian defeated previously undefeated Rubin က Williams က (19-1). He has fought world champions က Jeff Lacy, Shumenov Beibu, yunier Dorticos, as well as world title challengers Sullivan က Barrera, လူးဝစ်အျောထ နှင့် BJ Flores.
Popular Florida heavyweight Chris Vendola (8-6, 8 KOs) faces former Mid-American cruiserweight champion Terry Porter (15-26-3, 9 KOs) ခြောက်ပတ်ပတ်လည်ရင်ဆိုင်တွေ့ဆုံခြင်းအတွက်. ဝတ်ဆင်, a veteran boxer from Arkansas, has been in the ring with world champions ဂျိမ်း Toney, ရှမွေလသည်ပတေရုသ နှင့် William Guthrie, in addition to infamous Ike Ibeabuchi.
Texas heavyweight Eugene “Mean Gene” ဟေးလ် (34-1, 22 KOs), a former World Boxing Association International champion, meets an opponent to be determined. Hill is unbeaten in his last 19 တိုက်ပွဲတွေလည်း (18-0-1).
Also fighting on the “Backyard Rumble” undercard is Houston (TX) စူပါအကြော Star Johnson (6-28-1), Vero Beach, Florida welterweight Johnathan Pierre (2-0), and New Providence, Bahamas heavyweight Amron “Sandman” Sands (3-0, 3-0).
All fights and fighters subject to change.