It was a night of knockouts on Friday, December 4, 2015, as King’s Promotions promoted their first professional boxing event in Maryland.
The venue was the historic Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland and the six-fight card featured undefeated Forestville, Maryland Super lightweight, Mykal “The Professor” Fox (8-0, 2 KOs) in the main event against Adam “Bad Boy” Maté (18-7, 11 KOs) of Sopron, Hungary.
The six-round main event ended up being the only bout that went the distance, but it did provide excitement and technical dominance by Fox who is the younger brother of DiBella Entertainment fighter, Alantez Fox.
The 6’3½” Fox came out intent on working behind his jab, which he did well, pulling the trigger on his left occasionally as he kept Mate at a frustrating distance.
Mate tried to close the distance and land power punches to Fox’s head, but he was unable to land more than one punch at a time as Fox showed great boxing ability and ring smarts by turning Mate when necessary to keep him off balance.
Though Fox didn’t open up his offensive arsenal as much as he probably could have, his footwork and movement were sharp as he was often in place to effectively shoot the lead left hand.
Mate was game for much of the first half of the bout, coming forward endlessly, but in the final two rounds Fox simply walked his man down and picked his shots (mostly to the body) with patience and precision.
The 20-year-old Fox walked away with a unanimous decision victory, closing out his first headlining bout with much success.
Fox has all the time in the world to mature into a physically stronger boxer, but even at this point–as he grows into his frame–there are tons of attributes that set him apart and make him an up-and-coming prospect to watch.
Other Results
Chris Warden vs. Bernardo Rodriguez – 4 Rounds
Fired up by the hometown crowd, Chris Warden came out with an energy level noticeably higher than his opponents, Bernardo Rodriguez.
Warden stalked his opponent and midway through the round landed a multiple punch combo which dropped and stopped Rodriguez.
Junior Castillo vs. Roland Nagy – 6 Rounds
Undefeated 2012 Olympian Junior Castillo made a successful American debut, steamrolling Roland Nagy in one round.
Castillo barely broke a sweat as he improved to 8-0, 8 KOs.
Sam Crossed vs. John Felty – 4 Rounds
Sam “The Vanilla Gorilla” Crossed made his professional debut in front of a racous hometown crowd and delivered an exciting stoppage victory for his fans.
Though Crossed knocked John Felty down early on, Felty was content to lay down and simply collect a paycheck.
Felty didn’t offer much in the form of offense and right the bell rang to end Round 1, referee Kenny Chevalier.
Santario Martin vs. Nicholas Hernandez – 4 Rounds
Nicholas Hernandez came out possessed in Round 1, bum rushing Santario Martin as he hoped to land a fight-ending blow.
It seemed to be the wrong strategy as Hernandez quickly got tired and retreated.
But, after having survived Round 1, Hernandez came out in Round 2 while he was against the ropes landed a sneaky left hook that dropped Martin in Round 2.
Martinez beat the count but was deemed unfit to continue the referee.
Thomas Snow vs. Tibor Nadori – 6 Rounds
Newly signed King’s Promotions fighter, Thomas “KO” Snow scored the 12th stoppage victory of his career, pounding Tibor Nadori into submission in Round 2.
