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Savarese Boxing Promotions will stage a hybrid boxing/MMA card at the Charles T. Doyle Convention Center in Texas City on Saturday. In Boxing: Juan Leija (9-1-1, 3 KOs) defends his Texas flyweight title against Cody Walker (1-2). Heavyweight Eugene Hill (29-1, 20 KOs) takes on Jamal Woods (6-15-3, 6 KOs).
South African giant Ruann Visser (2-0, 2 KOs) scored an easy first round TKO over William Durham (0-2) at the at Bayou City Events Center Friday night. The 6-foot-ten Johannesburg native dropped Williams with a left-right-right uppercut combination early in the round and proceeded to walk the smaller man down with stiff jabs. Visser, 24, soon found his mark with a straight right that caused Williams to turn his back and retreat. Referee Gary Simon read that as a sign of capitulation and waved the fight over but not before got in a straight right to the back of the head as Williams was fleeing. Time of the stoppage was 2:58.
The latest Savarese Boxing Promotions card showcases a tall order in the form of a towering inferno from South Africa tonight at the Bayou City Events Center in Houston. Heavyweight Ruann Visser (1-0, 1 KO), a six-foot-ten, flaming red-head from Johannesburg will take on William Durham (0-1). Visser, 24, moved to Texas earlier this year to train under Juan Lopez after compiling a record of 16-0 as an amateur. He scored a first-round TKO in his July pro debut during which he brought scores of fun-loving, beer-chugging South African expatriates from out of the Houston woodwork.
Jamal Woods (6-13-3, 6 KOs) pulled off a minor upset by stopping crowd favorite Steven Moreno (6-2, 6 KOs) in the first round at the Bayou City Events Center in Houston. Woods landed a left hook-straight right combo flush on the chin that dropped Moreno on his knees. Moreno beat the count but wobbled on spaghetti legs prompting referee Sam Garza to wave the fight over at the 1:19 mark. The card was staged by Savarese Boxing Promotions.
An eclectic cast of foreign fighters will take the stage at the latest Savarese Boxing fight card at the Bayou City Events Center in Houston. Prospects from Kazakhstan, England, El Salavador, Nigeria and Puerto Rico will showcase their skills tonight. Arriving in the United States just two months ago, Akhmediyev has already generated substantial buzz among those who have watched him spar and viewed footage of his amateur bouts. Akhmediyev, 24, will make his pro debut tonight against Chris Doyle (0-1).
Mayura Dissanayake stopped Jaime Garcia in 18 seconds in an amateur welterweight MMA bout at the Bayou City Events Center in Houston. Nicknamed the Karate Clerk, Dissanayake became a cult hero in Houston and his native Sri Lanka last month when he knocked a thug attempting to rob the gas station where Dissayanake worked as a clerk. Security video of the foiled robbery subsequently went viral on the internet.
Lou Savarese will try and outdo himself as Houston's most prolific promoter. Within a week, Savarese Promotions will stage two cards incorporating three different combat sports. On Aug. 16, a hybrid professional boxing/MMA card will be held at the Doyle Convention Center in Texas City on the outskirts of Houston. A week later, an amateur Muay Thai/MMA card will be staged at the Bayou City Events Center on Aug. 23.
Welterweight Craig Callaghan (6-0, 4 KOs) dropped southpaw Booker Arthur (1-6) twice en route to a first round knockout at the Bayou City Events Center in Houston. Standing at a lanky 6-foot-1, Callaghan, 26, controlled the action with long whipper-snapper straight rights before dropping Arthur with a short, compact left hook to the chin towards the end of the round. Arthur beat the count but immediately ran into more straight rights followed by an uppercut that put him down for good.
A couple of foreign imports will take center stage at the latest Savarese Boxing card at the Bayou City Events Center tonight. Ruann Visser, a heavyweight from South Africa, will make his pro debut in the main event and undefeated welterweight Craig Callaghan (5-0, 3 KOs) of England will fight on the undercard. Standing at 6-foot-10 with flaming red hair, Visser is an imposing figure by any standard in any sport. The towering inferno was 16-0 as an amateur and also played rugby before moving to the United States to launch his pro career.
According to Austin Trout's crystal ball, Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12KOs) will defeat Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (43-1-1, 31KOs) in their July 12 PPV showdown in Las Vegas. A former WBA junior middleweight titleholder, Trout is the only man to have fought both Lara and Alvarez. "Lara is the better boxer," Trout said, in between mingling with fans at a local Savarese Boxing Promotions card at the Houston Athletic Fencing Center. "Canelo may be strong but I don't think he'll be able to land on Lara. I've got Lara by unanimous decision."