Three Win Debuts, Fanslaw Improves in Monroe
Posted: December 16, 2007

Amateur boxing made a return visit to Monroe’s Links at Lake Erie golf course Saturday night as Joe’s Boxing Club hosted its second show there this year. With two other club shows within a reasonable driving distance – both Pontiac’s Unity Boxing and Ann Arbor’s A-Square Fight Club hosted shows Saturday as well – metro Detroit’s fighters were spread thin. Still, the card featured seven regulation bouts with about half the bouts being newcomers to the sport.

Despite a winter storm warning that threatened more than six inches of snow fighters came from as far as Battle Creek within the state and Defiance and Lima in Ohio to compete.

The host club had a good night with four of six fighters claiming victory. Spyder Boxing of Lima, Ohio had the best ratio with both of its boxers winning their matches while the three Michigan clubs that had one boxer each all came up empty.

Joe’s veteran of the night, 119-pounder Dylan Fanslaw improved his record above .500 with a third round stoppage over River Rouge Boxing’s Cody Hopkins. Fanslaw was dominating the match landing a series of combinations in the first round against his more awkward, less-experienced opponent before Hopkins’ nose bleed in the third round caused the fight to be stopped for medical reasons.

Dylan Minton fell to 5-5 with a split decision loss to Derrick Slater of Lima, Ohio’s Spyder Boxing Club at 65-pounds.

Four debuting Joe’s boxers were on the card: Donny Wades and Oakley Boring, at 60- and 65-pounds respectively, both won their bouts against Ohio’s Defiance Athletic Club’s Austin Owens and Kohle Clellan, both of whom had one prior fight under their belts – Owens with a loss and Clellan with a prior win. At 125-lbs, Lorenzo Pippins skipped the judges by stopping his Sugar Tony Boxing Club opponent, Mitchell Smith, in the first round after a barrage of punches seemed to leave Smith dazed.

The host club’s last debuting fighter had less to celebrate dropping a unanimous decision to Spyder Boxing’s Matt Golden, whose experience of six prior fights showed over the newcomer.

Defiance boxer Charles Miller improved to 1-1 with his first round stoppage of Jason Hernandez of Casa De Boxeo after a headshot put the 175-pounder down and out on the canvas.

Pro fighters from Joe’s Boxing Club in downtown Monroe – Ryan Wilburn and Wade Tolle, Jr. – were on hand to support their amateur counterparts. Joe’s next club show is scheduled for February 9 at Monroe County Community College.

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