By Larry Tornambe at Ringside as ring announcer. Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, PA
Fast Eddie Chambers remained cool in the 8-round Heavyweight main event against Andrew Greely Friday night in the Blue Horizon in north Philadelphia. The bout was certainly not Blue Horizon classic, but Chambers did force Greely to take a knee late in the bout with concentrated body work. Chambers was not aggressive enough to secure a stoppage, but he did win every round to gain the unanimous decision and remain undefeated in 25 bouts. Greely is now sub .500 at 10-11-2.
Terrance Cauthen and Vincent Thompson tapped each other through seven rounds in the semi-windup bout. Cauthen, 153 lbs, let his hands fly in the 8th and final stanza. His sustained attack, although more show than devastation, caused referee Sean Clarke jumped in to stop the bout at 1:21 of the 8th round. Cauthen gets just his 8th KO in 29 wins. Thompson, also a light finisher at 22-8; 9KO’s didn’t’ protest the stoppage too loudly.
Steve Chambers and Damon Antoine ended early in a No Contest. Chambers was cut on the left ear and right brow from accidental head butts in the opening round. The crowd sensed a fine battle and cheered with the prospect of a rematch of these Jr. Welterweights.
Max Alexander (176½ lbs; 8-0-1) dominated Moses Matove (2-11-3) over 6 rounds to earn a shutout unanimous decision.
Heavy handed heavyweights, Dan Jambor and Joey Abell arrived undefeated. Jambor was 5-0-1 with 5 KO’s but Abell improved to 4-0-1 with 4 KO’s when he walloped Jambor with a left hook for a second knockdown and the stoppage at 1:15 of the 1st.
Newbury, Ohio’s Bill Brown surprised the crowd by taking a majority decision against hometown guy, Joey Demalavez. Brown, 4-1, was getting roughed up early but offered enough later to win the bout against Demalavez (5-2; 3KO’s, 159 lbs).
William ‘Bobcat’ Boogs hurt his right hand in the first round in a scheduled for 4 Jr. Middleweight contest against Larry Brothers. Boggs threw the left almost exclusively to improve to 2-0 with the decision win. Brothers is still rugged, but he lost to a one handed kid and falls to 6-18-3.
Rockin’ Rodney Moore was the guest announcer for two bouts. It was good for the fans to see Moore, who fought here more than anyone else, 31 bouts. Moore won all but one of his Blue Horizon fights and ended his career after losing a welterweight title bid to Tito Trinidad 10 years ago on Feb. 10th at another location
Also on hand was Jacqui Frazier to accept a special presentation for being one of the 36 world champions who fought at the Blue at one time during their career. Frazier held titles as a heavyweight, light heavyweight and super middleweight. Matthew Saad Muhammad was a no show because of travel difficulties in getting him from the Forked River gym where he trains fighters. Saad will be rescheduled at one of the five remaining fight cards this year. The Legendary Blue Horizon Boxing Promotions plans to pay tribute to as many of the remaining 35 champions in their Year of the Champions 2006 campaign.
Raffles will be held at each fight card with the prize being autographed gloves from the champs. The next bout will be held on April 7th at the venerable north Philadelphia fight venue.