Auburn Hills to host Williams-Echols

09/01/2007

Auburn Hills to host Williams-Echols

Press Release: Detroit's Rubin "Hollywood" Williams returns home to defuse veteran bomber Antwun "Kid Dynamite" Echols in Friday night's twelve-round super middleweight main event at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The show will be co-promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing and Fight Night, Inc., in association with Banner Promotions. Williams (29-2, 16 KOs) has defeated the likes of Tony Menefee (76-16-1), Anthony Stephens (32-15-2), Aaron Norwood (21-4-2), Anton Robinson (26-8-1), Richard Grant (19-12-1), Floyd Williams (30-12-1) and Max Heyman (21-8-4). Echols (31-6-2, 27 KOs), nicknamed "Kid Dynamite" has beaten former world titlist Charles Brewer (36-7), Ross Thompson (26-8-2), Kabary Salem (16-1) and Brian Barbosa (23-3). Echols has also fought the great Bernard Hopkins twice for the IBF middleweight crown, extending him twelve rounds in their first meeting. "I'm not going to let Kid Dynamite detonate," Williams promised. "I'm going to pick him apart; he ain't going off. Echols is a strong, aggressive fighter who always comes to fight. I'm looking forward to it. Fans are going to see the explosiveness of Hollywood. My jab's going to explode, my hook's going to explode, and my body punches are going to explode on him." Also fighting will be heavyweight hopeful Cedric "The Bos" Boswell (22-1, 17 KOs), who is matched in the ten-round co-feature against Robert Kooser (9-6, 8 KOs). WIBA light middleweight champion Mary Jo Sanders (22-0, 6 KOs), daughter of former Detroit Lions superstar running back Barry Sanders, also is on the card in front of her hometown fans against Gina Nichols (11-5-2, 8 KOs) in a ten rounder. Reasonably priced tickets are still available.