Sadam Ali W10 Cody Wilson... Two former champions, Sadam “World Kid” Ali (28-3, 14 KOs) and Richard “RC” Commey eturned to the ring after long layoffs on yesterday’s “The Return” pro boxing card, presented by WorldKid Promotions, at Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit. Ali, age 36, hadn’t fought since May 4, 2019. The 2008 U.S. Olympian worked off the early rust against Cody Wilson (14-6, 9 KOs) en route to a near shutout, winning all ten rounds on two of the judges’ scorecard, nine on the third judges’ card. Ali has the rare distinction of having upset then future Hall-of-Famer Miguel Cotto in 2017 not far from his Brooklyn home at the famed Madison Square Garden - to become the WBO junior middleweight champion. Ali also defeated future Hall of Famer Terence “Bud” Crawford as an amateur to become a 2008 U.S. Olympian.

 

Richard Commey TKO2 William Jackson... Richard Commey (31-5-1, 27 KOs), a native of Ghana who also fights out of Brooklyn, had been out of the ring more than two years until he stepped in against William “Action” Jackson (13-7-2, 5 KOs). Commey, age 38, who was the IBF lightweight champion in 2019, showed his old power by blasting out Jackson in the second round.

 

UNDERCARD

 

Local favorite from nearby Dearborn Heights (MI), junior middleweight Husam “Lionheart” Al Mashhadi (13-1, 11 KOs), won his seventh consecutive fight, knocking out Abraham Afful (13-7-1, 13 KOs), of Ghana, in round three.  Al Mashhadi hurt Afful at the end of the second round and finished him off with a flurry of punches to start the third.

 

Brooklyn bantamweight Khalid Twaiti (15-1, 5 KOs) successfully rebounded from the lone loss of his pro career with a decisive six-round unanimous decision over Francisco “Charrito” Gomez Sanchez (14-14, 11 KOs), of Mexico.

 

Giovanni Cristian Scuderi (13-0, 5 KOs), a Sicilian boxer based in Philadelphia, won an eight round unanimous decision against Detroit heavyweight Demetrius Banks (13-17-2, 6 KOs).  

 

This year’s National Golden Gloves heavyweight champion, Flint (MI) heavyweight Sardius Simmons (3-0, 2 KOs), cruised to his third straight win with a second-round stoppage of Randolph Shaw (0-5).

 

In the opener, Long Island (NY) lightweight Marcos Paz (5-0, 2 KOs) registered a third-round knockout of Kenneth Agne (0-4). Paz used a left hook to Agnew’s body to close the show.