PROVIDENCE (November 19, 2008) – NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (17-1, 10 KOs), rated No. 3 by the WBC, fights Saturday night for the first Sovereign Nations Boxing Council (SNBC) title against Eddie “The Iron Man” Gutierrez at 4 Bears Casino in New Town, North Dakota.
Travis Walker
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Los Angeles, CA (October 22, 2008) – Promoter Dan Goossen has been in a quandary for some time. Blessed with extremely talented boxers and whom many believe to be champions that will elevate the sport to much greater heights, WBO Welterweight Champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams and history-making heavyweight contender and WBC Continental Americas Champion Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola have their world-class challengers. At Last!
Arreola vs. Walker on November 29th
By Jim Dower: In a match-up between easily the two hardest heavyweight punchers in the U.S., undefeated contender Chris Arreola (25-0, 22 KOs) will face 6’4″ Travis Walker (28-1-1, 22 KOs) on November 29th at a yet to be determined location in the United States. Arreola, 27, who is coming off an impressive 3rd round stoppage of Israel Carlos Garcia on September 25th, was rumored previously to have been in the planning stages of a bout with the hard-punching David Tua. However, it looks as if nothing has come of that, leaving Arreola looking in another direction.
It’s a credit to him that he’s willing to face a puncher as dangerous as Walker, who although somewhat raw and unpolished as a fighter, arguably punches as hard as any heavyweight in the division, including heavyweight champions Samuel Peter and Wladimir Klitschko. What Walker doesn’t have that those fighters do, is solid defense and good boxing skills. He makes no bones about what he’s going to do in the ring, namely go right after his opponent and try to take him out as fast as he can with power shots to the head. Walker doesn’t waste much time on throwing body shots, instead preferring to go head hunting for knockouts.
Walker Stops Wilson
By Nick Adams: Hard-punching 6’4″ 236 lb heavyweight contender Travis Walker (27-1-1, 21 KOs) got revenge for a 15-second 1st round knockout loss last October to heavyweight TJ Wilson (12–2, 8 KOs) on Friday night when he stopped Wilson in the 2nd round at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, in Lemoore, California. Walker, 27, hurt Wilson with a right hand early in the round, and then finished him off with a wild flurry of shots culminating with a big right hand that sent Wilson, badly hurt, bouncing off the ring ropes. The referee Lou Moret moved in and halted the bout at 1:50 of the 2nd round.
Last year, on October 19th, the southpaw Wilson, 33, blitzed Walker in the opening seconds of the round hitting him with a huge flurry of left and right hands that hurt Walker, causing him to drop his hands as he was getting pummeled in the corner. Referee Raul Caiz, seeing that Walker was defenseless, stopped the bout immediately. However, after stopping the fight, Walker then put his hands up to defend himself, as if he were okay. This obviously created a little controversy, for there were people that thought that the referee had been a little hasty to stop the fight after only 15 seconds when Walker hadn’t even gone down.
Wilson Destroys Walker in 15 Seconds
Heavily hyped prospect Travis Walker (25-1-1, 19 KOs) was brought to earth on Friday night, losing by 1st round TKO in the first 15 seconds of the fight to 2000 super heavyweight amateur star TJ Wilson (12-1, 8 KOs). Walker, 28, a six foot four inch muscle bound heavyweight known for his devastating knockout power, made a tactical blunder in the first few seconds of the bout when he let the 6’6″ 280 lb Wilson immediately back him up into a corner where he couldn’t escape the power shots thrown by Wilson. Within 15 seconds, Wilson unleashed a slurry of punches which all connected to Walker’s head, the last two stunning him can causing him to drop his hands to his side.
The referee quickly jumped in and stopped the bout, wanting to prevent Walker from being seriously hurt by Wilson. An argument can be made that the referee jumped in a little too soon, however, Walker only threw one punch in the fight before the stoppage and was taking serious punishment before the referee chose to stop the bout. I have no doubt that Walker would have been dropped in another 10-20 seconds the way Wilson was punching, mainly because Wilson was just much too fast and large to be dislodged from his punching position, especially the way Walker was looking after absorbing the last two shots.