FREEPORT, Grand Bahamas (අප්රේල් 24, 2018) – Bahamian boxing icon ෂර්මන් “වැව” විලියම්ස් and Bahamian Sons Promotion presents live professional boxing, “Backyard Rumble”, මැයි දින 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,” පවසයි 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, විලියම්ස් (39-15-2, 1 එන්.සී., 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 ගැති සටන්, extending former world champion Joseph Parker හා Ruslan Chagaev, as well as top contenders ක්රිස්තියානි හැමර්,Robert Helenius හා Manuel Charr, the full distance in their fights. “වැව” defeated former world cruiserweight champion අල් “අයිස්” කෝල්, fought world title challenger ජමීල් 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) පන්ච්” to knockout 21 විරුද්ධවාදීන්. His many heavyweight titles have included World Boxing Organization (WBO) China National, Oriental and Asia Pacific, PABA, ලෝක බොක්සිං කවුන්සිලයේ (බෙ) Caribbean Boxing Federation, ලෝක බොක්සිං සංගමය (WBA) Fedecaribe and World Boxing Foundation Intercontinental championships.
Mendoza lost his world light heavyweight title fight in 2007 කිරීමට චැඩ් ඩෝසන්. The still dangerous Colombian defeated previously undefeated Rubin විලියම්ස් (19-1). He has fought world champions ජෙෆ් රැල් රැල්, Shumenov Beibu, yunier Dorticos, as well as world title challengers සුලිවන් Barrera, ලුයිස් දසුන හා අක්ෂර සීඊ හිරිගල්.
Popular Florida heavyweight Chris Vendola (8-6, 8 Kos) faces former Mid-American cruiserweight champion Terry Porter (15-26-3, 9 Kos) මාස හයක වටය ඕවරයේ දී. පළඳින්න, a veteran boxer from Arkansas, has been in the ring with world champions ජේම්ස් Toney, Samuel Peter හා William Guthrie, in addition to infamous Ike Ibeabuchi.
Texas heavyweight Eugene “Mean Gene” හිල් (34-1, 22 Kos), a former World Boxing Association International champion, meets an opponent to be determined. Hill is unbeaten in his last 19 සටන් (18-0-1).
Also fighting on the “Backyard Rumble” undercard is Houston (TX) සුපිරි welterweight 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.