Tacoma, WA
– - Zahir Raheem TKO’s Tim Coleman in the Second Round. On Saturday former Olympic fighter, Zahir Raheem
continued his comeback to the sport of boxing with a dominating performance at
Halquist Productions’ Battle at the Boat 93. Headlining the action at the
Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA, Raheem made quick work of Tim Coleman who
falls to 19-4-1 while Raheem improves his record to 34-3-0 with 21 knockouts.
After easily
taking the first round, Raheem came out in the second round and dominated.
Quickly after the bell sounded to start the second round, Raheem landed a shot
to the gut that dropped Coleman to his knees. After standing up, Raheem then
followed to knock Coleman down twice more with right hooks to the body. The
finishing move occurred when Coleman stood up for the third time in which he
was greeted with a flush left hook to the chin, dropping him in the corner and
forcing the referee to stop the contest 2:04 into the round.
Zahir Raheem
will look to make his next appearance on the upcoming Battle at the Boat card,
tentatively scheduled for January 11th 2014. After easily defeating
Santos Pakau, Justin Juuko, and Tim Coleman in 2013, Raheem can anticipate
bigger fights headed his way throughout 2014.
“In eight
months, Zahir has given us his all in the gym and in the ring,” said Halquist
Productions promoter, Brian Halquist. “We couldn’t have asked for anything
more. He is absolutely ready for the international stage.”
On the
undercard portion of the show, one of the region’s premier prospects, Jeremy
McCleary, impressed the local fight crowd with a victory over Manuel Ortega in
his pro debut, showing great poise throughout the four round bout, McCleary was
able to land his shots efficiently while avoiding most of the punches thrown by
Ortega. The contest would go to a decision where one judge ruled the fight
40-36 while the other two scored the fight 39-37 all in favor of McCleary.
The other
undercard action was full of fast paced and entertaining action from talent all
over the Northwest. Results can be seen below:
Jason Novelli
def. Luis Iniguez
UD
(39-37)(39-37)(39-37)
Jared Teer
def. Dex Montenegro
UD
(40-36)(40-36)(40-36)
Cameron
Sevilla-Rivera def. Mark Garcia
TKO1 2:44
Marcello
Gallardo def. Corben Page
UD
(40-36)(39-37)(39-37)
Next up for
Halquist Productions is CageSport XXIX, scheduled for Saturday, December 7th,
at the Emerald Queen Casino. Tickets are available now. Battle at the Boat
continues to be the longest running professional boxing series at any casino in
the United States. The Northwest promotion has had fights televised on many
major sports networks including: ESPN, HBO, and ShowTime. For more information
about Battle at the Boat 93 and all other Halquist Production event please
visit www.halquistproductions.com and the official Facebook and Twitter Pages of Battle at the Boat and CageSport
MMA.
