Mohamed ‘The Hawk’ Adam Wins Main Event at Royal Oak Battle of Titans
By Robert Brizel and Bradley Snyder, Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent-Ringside
Royal Oak, Michigan (February 14, 2016)– Detroit area matchmaker Carlos Llinas of C.L.I.P. Promotions and promoter Greg Ahrens of Ahrens Promotions presented the ‘Battle of Titans’, a ten bout card of boxing prospects on Saturday evening, February 13, 2016 at the Royal Oak Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan.
In the main event, super featherweight prospect Mohamed ‘The Hawk’ Adam of Dearborn, Michigan, went to 5-0 with three knockouts, with a four round unanimous decision win over Carl Currie of Posen, Illinois.
Scoring: 40-36, 40-36, and 40-35 for Mohamed Adam.
Referee: Steve Daher
Rising Detroit middleweight prospect Winfred Harris Jr. rose to 2-0 with two knockouts, with a second round stoppage over 2-14-1 journeyman Antoine Elerson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elerson was unable to answer the bell for round two, and retired in his corner with a twisted ankle.
Rising cruiserweight prospect Clarence Dubose went to 2-0 with two knockouts, East Pointe, Michigan, with a second round TKO stoppage at 2:46 of David Mbah of Battle Creek, Michigan, normally a heavyweight who normally fights between 209 and 222 pounds. Dubose is favored to win by stoppage in the third or fourth round. Mbah weighed 194.4 pounds, and his experiment to try his luck in the cruiserweight division did not work.
Rising super welterweight prospect John Chaleck, rose to 3-0 with two knockouts, Howell, Michigan, with a first round knockout over debuting Dean Walsh of Monroe, Michigan, at 2:50 of the first round.
Debuting Cassius Anderson of Toledo, Ohio, won a unanimous four round decision over Ross Pokryfry, 0-2, Detroit, Michigan. The cards were 40-36, 40-36, 39-37 for Anderson.
In a ‘somebody had to win’ bout, 15-4 heavyweight Scott Conner, 41 years old, South Bend, Indiana, knocked out aging Detroit veteran Ruben ‘Hollywood’ Williams, now 29-28-1 with 16 knockouts, 39 years old at 0:25 of the fourth round. Williams was at one time a noted super middleweight contender, who drew for the vacant IBA World Super Middleweight title over 12 rounds in 2007. Thereafter, Williams lost to super middleweight contenders Allen Green and Andre Ward in 2008, Williams then continued to pile up only losses after he went up in weight class to light heavyweight, cruiserweight and now heavyweight.
Undefeated light heavyweight Anthony Simms of Plainfield, Indiana, rose to 9-0 with eight knockouts, with a first round TKO of 2-9 club fighter Eric Moon of Hazel Park, Michigan. Simms is favored to win by knockout or stoppage in rounds one or two. Simms has eight knockouts in eight bouts, with all knockouts coming in two rounds or less.
Undefeated Jersey City, New Jersey light heavyweight Joe Louis Jones, managed by noted North American matchmaker Joe Quiambo, went to 5-0 with four knockouts, with a second round TKO at 0:34 over 0-3 club fighter Michael Shipp of Little Lake, Michigan.
Undefeated super middleweight prospect DeAndre Ware went to 3-0 with two knockouts, Toledo, Ohio, with a first round TKO at 1:36 over debuting Brian Jackson of Detroit.
Debuting super lightweight Alden Wattley, Toledo, Ohio, knocked out Christopher Johnson, 0-2, South Bend, Indiana, at 1:35 of the first round.
Kronk gym trainer Sugar Hill, who trains World Light Heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, and 8-0 Michigan super middleweight prospect Anthony Barnes were in the house. A near sellout crowd of 1500 was in attendance.
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