Ronica “Queen” Jeffrey and Dennis Hasson Headline Friday at Dover Downs
Ronica “Queen” Jeffrey and Dennis Hasson Headline Friday at Dover Downs By Ken Hissner, Doghouse Boxing (Aug 31, 2012) Doghouse Boxing - Tweet
Ronica “Queen” Jeffrey, 10-0 (1), of Brooklyn, NY, will be making her
eighth appearance at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, in Dover, DE,
Friday night at the Rollins Center. She will be in the main event for
the first time in her first 10 rounder against “Lethal” Lindsay Garbatt,
7-5-1 (3), of Oshawa, Ontario, CAN, for the WBC super featherweight
Silver Belt. This is a Dover Downs promotion with Lisa Butler
publicist, Nick Tiberi as matchmaker and Larry Tornambe as ring
announcer.
It was one year ago that Jeffrey won the NABF female
super featherweight title. She has been a fan favorite since her first
appearance in February of 2010. Her manager, Brian Cohen, has done an
excellent job bringing a NY boxer to DE.
Garbatt is much better
than her record shows. In 2009 she defeated Maureen Shea, 13-1, and
Ayana Pelletier, 6-1. In 2010 she defeated Melissa Hernandez, 12-1-2,
in June and they battled to a draw in October for the GBU and WIBA
titles.
In the co-main event out of the Kensington section of
Philadelphia light heavyweight Dennis Hasson, 14-0 (6), now residing in
Pine Creek, DE, will take on his most dangerous opponent in southpaw
Daniel Judah, 23-9-3 (10), of Brooklyn, NY, over 8 rounds. Judah is the
brother of Zab Judah, former world champion.
This will be
Hasson’s DE debut. He trains out of the Elsmere Boxing Club in
Wilmington under the guidance of former IBC super middleweight champion
Dave “TNT” Tiberi, who trains and manages Hasson. Four local
businessmen along with Tiberi formed www.champsmanagement.com. They
include George Beer, John Sobieski III, Frank Vasallo IV and Kevin
Wilson. Hasson has scored 3 straight wins this year while under the
group’s banner. All 3 bouts were in Atlantic City, NJ.
Hasson
attended Northern Michigan U. under Philadelphia’s Al Mitchell and
former Olympic Gold medalist and world champion David Reid for 4
years. He has had close to 100 amateur bouts. In preparing for the
southpaw Judah he has sparred with the Pennsylvania light heavyweight
champion Dhafir “No Fear” Smith and former IBF light middleweight
champion Rob “Bam Bam” Hines, who is assistant trainer to Smith. Both
are from Philadelphia.
Tiberi and Hines go back to the 90’s when
Tiberi trained for his IBF middleweight bout with James “Lights Out”
Toney in 1992. His split decision controversial loss caused one of the
biggest uproars in modern boxing. Tiberi would never lace up the gloves
again. He has brought his nephew Mike “Mikey” Tiberi and Anthony “The
Bull” Caputo-Smith in to spar with Hasson while Reuel Williams who
trains at the same gym has put in many rounds with Hasson. All 3 are on
the card.
Tiberi, 19-1 (7), of Smyrna, DE, takes on Michael
“Midnight Stalker” Walker, 19-15-3 (12), out of Chicago, IL, over 8
rounds in the super middleweight division. It will be Tiberi’s tenth
appearance at Dover Downs. He is without a doubt one of the most
popular boxers from DE. Walker has defeated Olympian Dante Craig and
held then future IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson to a
draw.
Caputo-Smith, 13-0 (10), out of Kennett Square, PA, is
in an 8 round light heavyweight match with Kevin “Hitman” Engel, 18-6
(15) out of St. Louis, Mo. It will be Smith’s eleventh appearance at
Dover Downs. His exciting brawling style has made him a fan’s favorite
at Dover Downs. Engle’s last 3 opponents combined records were
51-0-1. He won his first 13 bouts and the World Boxing Foundations
International title in 2007.
Williams, 6-1 (2), is making his
return to the ring having not fought since January of 2008. After
losing in his debut he won his next 6 fights. Though out of Wilmington,
it will be the first time he has fought in his home state of DE. His
opponent is James Denson, 5-9 (2), of Akron, OH, who has fought in 8
different states. This is a scheduled 4 rounder in the light
heavyweight division.
John “Church Boy” Bowman, 3-0-1 (0), of
Dover, takes on Steven Tyner, 3-5-2 (2), out of Akron, OH, in a 4
rounder in the super middleweight division. Bowman is trained by
Bernard “Road Dog” Miller. This writer saw Tyner in his debut knock out
Shawn Miller then 2-0, now 8-1-1, in the first round at Turning Stone
Casino, in NY. In his last bout in July he drew with Jaque “Lights Out”
Lutz, 5-0, in Pittsburgh, PA.
Three other boxers appearing on
the card include Wilmington, DE, favorite Omar “Super O” Douglas, 5-0
(3), in a 6 round super featherweight bout. All of his bouts have been
at Dover Downs. His amateur career consisted of 140 bouts. He will be
opposed by Joel Flores, 4-3 (3), of Hart, MI.
Featherweight
southpaw Cornelius Lock, 19-6-1 (12), out of Detroit, managed by Cohen,
will appear in a 6 rounder against Georgi Kevlishvili, 12-3 (3), from
Russia. Making his debut is the grandson of former heavyweight champion
Larry Holmes, Jeffrey Dorsey, in a featherweight 4 against Joshua
Arocho, 1-6-2 (1), of Vineland, NJ. Holmes will be doing the
broadcasting with Wealth TV. First bout is at 7pm.
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