Donald Wallace, Gregory Clark Fight To A Draw In Glen Burnie
Middleweights “Dangerous” Donald Wallace (2–0–1, 1 KO) of Baltimore, Md. and Gregory “Glizzy” Clark (2–1–1, 1 KO) of Washington, D.C. battled to a hard-fought six-round majority draw in the main event of a competitive four-bout card at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, Md. on Friday night. The fights were promoted by Jake “The Snake” Smith’s Baltimore Boxing Promotions.
Clark, 26, outworked Wallace in the opening round, using a crisp jab, good head movement, and slick footwork to prevent Wallace from letting his hands go. The second round was more of the same until the final thirty seconds, when Wallace trapped Clark on the ropes and landed a flurry of punches that might have stolen the round.
But Wallace, 23, stayed unfazed by Clark’s awkward head movement, and closed the distance in the middle rounds to attack the body. In the final two rounds, Clark abandoned his game plan of boxing on the outside and went to war with Wallace, much to the delight of the crowd.
Judge Steve Rados inexplicably gave all six rounds to Clark and scored the fight a 60–54 shutout. In the end, logic prevailed as Brent Bovell and Paul Wallace both scored the bout 57–57 and the fight was declared a majority draw.
In the co-feature bout, Mathew “Boogieman” Bowling (5–0, 4 KOs) of Chantilly, Va. cruised to a unanimous decision victory over Dwayne Martin (2–2, 1 KO) of Washington, D.C. in a four-round lightweight contest.
Bowling, 25, had won all four of his previous fights by first-round knockouts. Bowling did an excellent job cutting off the ring and landing accurate combinations to the head and body of Martin. Bowling walked Martin down the entire fight, punishing him along the ropes and in the corners.
Martin, 38, was making his return to the ring after a seven-year hiatus. Martin was a very game opponent, withstanding the constant pressure and barrages of punches from Bowling, even catching Bowling with hard shots coming in a few times. It was not enough as Bowling’s aggression earned him the shutout on the judges’ cards with scores of 40–36 across the board.
In a four-round cruiserweight bout, Desmond Townes (0–0–1) of Baltimore, Md. fought to a draw in his pro debut with Martez Williamson (3–18–1) of Alliance, Ohio.
Williamson, at 6'2", had a five-inch height advantage over the stocky Townes, and did a good job keeping Townes out of punching range early on. Then Williamson started throwing wide punches, allowing Townes to get in punching range. Even when he got close, Townes was unable to take advantage, as the crafty veteran Williamson often clinched to prevent Townes from doing work on the inside.
Neither fighter landed anything of significance and the bout was scored a split draw, one 39–37 card for each fighter and a 38–38 even card.
In the opening bout, Craig Callan (3–1, 2 KOs) of Winchester, Va. won a four-round unanimous decision over Howard Thompson (0–2) of Shelby, N.C.
The first two rounds in this fight were competitive. Callan edged both by being the more active fighter. He landed an effective jab and bruising body blows. Thompson seemed to run out of gas in the second half of the fight, maybe partially due to the accumulation of body shots. He largely went into survival mode, hardly throwing back at all.
Still, Callan was unable to get Thompson out of there because he had no leverage on his shots, using just his arms to generate power. Callan won by a score of 40–36 on all three judge’s scorecards.
The next Baltimore Boxing Promotions show put on by Jake Smith will take place on July 13th once again at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, Md.
