Late Recap: Dusty Hernandez-Harrison, Antoine Douglas Keep Winning
Dusty Hernandez-Harrison photo by Anna John
by Gautham Nagesh
This weekend promises to be one of the biggest in recent memory for boxing in the DMV, and next weekend should provide the sport’s biggest in several years. We’ve admittedly been caught up in the hype, but meanwhile, local fighters and promoters continue to do business and advance their careers.
That includes 2012 Stiff Jab Prospect of the Year Dusty Hernandez-Harrison, who notched his 17th win as a professional with a fourth-round stoppage of Guillermo Valdes on August 23rd at Dover Downs Casino and Resort. It was Dusty’s third fight in Delaware and second at this venue, and it provided further evidence of his growing box office appeal. The Washington Post’s Gene Wang made the journey and has more details in this report.
“I thought he looked good tonight,” Dusty’s father and trainer Buddy Harrison said in a release. “We wanted an opportunity to showcase his punching skill, power and poise and he displayed that all-around skillset this evening.”
This was the sixth fight of 2013 for Dusty, whose career appears to be blossoming under the handling of his father and local sports attorney Jeff Fried. Dusty is scheduled to fight twice more this year, including his first ten-rounder as the headliner back in his hometown of D.C. As always, expect us to be ringside for that fight to bring you our latest evaluation of his progress.
Photo by Trey Pollard for StiffJab.com
Antoine “Action” Douglas Keeps Rolling: D.C. middleweight Antoine Douglas notched his ninth professional win on August 23rd as well, winning a six-round decision over Edgar Perez at Turning Stone Casino in Upstate New York. The fight was part of Mike Tyson’s first show as a promoter, which was broadcast on ESPN Friday Night Fights. I missed the show that night due to the 2013 AAJA Convention, but Douglas continues to get solid exposure in front of a national audience. I look forward to seeing him in action here in the DMV next month; more on that in my next post.
