I noticed that you don't have much on Dewey Welliver. Here's some articles from the Spokesman Review which should give you more info on him and other Northwest boxers:
2/21/02 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane Wash) C8
2002 WL 6435942
The Spokesman Review
Copyright 2002 Cowles Publishing Company
Thursday, February 21, 2002
SPORTS
AREA ROUNDUP
Welliver family wins 2 of 3 fights
Steve Christilaw Correspondent
It might as well have been family night Wednesday in the House of
Fury.
Making up three of the seven fights on the card at the Coeur
d'Alene Casino, the Spokane family Welliver finished with two wins,
one by knock-out, and a loss.
Dewey Welliver, 19, in his first fight since suffering a broken
jaw Oct. 19, earned a unanimous decision over Daniel Mendez in a six-
round welterweight bout. Younger brother Chauncy scored a second-
round TKO of George Chamberlain in a four-round heavyweight fight.
The only loss of the night for the Welliver's came in the first
fight on the card - when Scott Landson, from Baker City, Ore., scored
a second-round TKO over the oldest of the three brothers, Rick.
Landson immediately threw his arms around the stunned Welliver and
apologized, however.
"This was a good comeback fight for me," Dewey Welliver said.
"(Mendez) was a good fighter - a tough guy. I didn't hit him with any
combinations, but he took some solid shots. He had a tough chin."
Welliver said he made a conscious effort to protect his jaw in
close, where he is open to head butts, but wanted to show that his
jaw hadn't turned to glass since his last fight. Spokane's Luke
Munsen found a glass jaw in his cruiserweight bout with Kevin
Gilchrist, from Pasadena, Calif.
Gilchrist, who looked as if he doesn't have a relaxed muscle in
his entire body, caught a solid, 6-inch right hook to the point of
his jaw in the second round, one of the few punches Munsen connected
with, and went down in a heap just outside his own corner. No one was
as shocked by the sudden end to the fight as Munsen himself, who
watched with disbelief as fight officials worked to revive Gilchrist.
"Sometimes the really hard shots surprise you," Munsen said.
"There's not a lot of protection where I hit him.
In the first of two main events, Portland's Tony Martinez and
Tucson's Francisco Mendez fought to a technical draw.
A head butt, ruled accidental by referee Jerry Armstrong, opened a
deep cut over Martinez' left eye. Ringside physician Dr. David Baines
examined the eye midway through the third round and ordered the fight
stopped.
In the other main event, light middleweight Cleveland Corder,
from Kuna, Idaho, scored a fourth-round knockout of Ronnie Martinez
to run his record to 24-1, with 13 knockouts.
In the night's second fight, Spokane's Daniel Brownson, making his
professional debut, earned a unanimous decision over Worley's
bloodied, but unbowed, Frank Bybee.
10/20/01 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane Wash) C6
2001 WL 22806987
The Spokesman Review
Copyright 2001 Cowles Publishing Company
Saturday, October 20, 2001
SPORTS
Marquez: A left, and a right, it's over in first
Steve Christilaw Staff writer
Two shots and Johnny Walker was finished.
Juan Manuel Marquez, the No.3-ranked contender by two sanctioning
bodies, needed two punches and 56 seconds to dispatch Walker, his
opponent in Friday's main event at the Coeur d'Alene Casino's House
of Fury - an event televised live on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.
Marquez floored Walker with his first punch, a solid left hook to
the jaw that left Walker dazed. The Detroit fighter needed to be
coaxed out of the neutral corner by referee Jerry Armstrong.
He had reason to be apprehensive. Marquez's next punch, a short
right cross, left Walker jelly-legged. It took several minutes in his
corner before Walker recovered enough to walk from the ring.
For Marquez, ranked third by the World Boxing Council and the
World Boxing Association, the fight was a reminder to WBC President
Jose Sulaiman.
"I don't have to prove nothing to nobody," Marquez said through
his interpreter, Nacho Beristain. "This was for the WBC president,
because he promised me a title shot. He told me that a month ago,
face-to-face and eye-to-eye - he made me a promise."
Marquez, now 37-2, has had difficulty getting fights with ranked
contenders since losing a controversial decision to then-WBC
featherweight champion Freddie Norwood two years ago in a title bout.
Walker, 18-4, came into the fight having studied Marquez
extensively.
"This fight is why it's not a good idea to study videos," Marquez
said. "One punch changes everything."
Spokane welterweight Dewey Welliver came away with a six-round
draw in his bout with Alejandro Jimenez. One judge scored the fight
58-56 for Jimenez, a second 59-55 for Welliver and the third had it a
57-57 draw.
Jimenez, who dropped his head and charged repeatedly, butted
Welliver in the fourth round, breaking his jaw.
Welliver's corner was furious that Jimenez was not cautioned, let
alone penalized, for repeated head butts.
Welliver was to have his jaw wired and will be out of action for
several months while the fracture heals.
In a semi-main event, Ernesto Zepeda, ranked No. 6 by the
International Boxing Federation, scored a sixth-round technical
knockout of Roque Cassiani.
Mead's Luke Munsen scored a TKO over Mark Longo to run his record
to 8-0, with six knockouts.
Boise's Cleveland Corder, 23-1, won a unanimous, six-round
decision over Mario Lopez.
Portland's Tony Martinez, 11-1-1, won his welterweight bout when
Manuel Mada Coronado refused to answer the bell for the fourth round.
8/27/01 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane Wash) C4
2001 WL 22803502
The Spokesman Review
Copyright 2001 Cowles Publishing Company
Monday, August 27, 2001
SPORTS
Wellivers surprised, but remain undefeated Dewey beats his opponent, despite;
his being a last-minute substitution
Steve Christilaw Correspondent
There were surprises aplenty for the brothers Welliver Sunday
afternoon.
Surprises, but no upsets.
Undefeated Spokane welterweight Dumont "Dewey" Welliver scored a
unanimous decision over Manuel Corronado, a last-minute substitution
in the main event of the six-bout boxing card at the Coeur d'Alene
Casino's House of Fury.
Chauncy Welliver, Dewey's younger brother, won his second
professional fight, scoring a unanimous decision over Maricio
Castillo in a four-round heavyweight bout.
Also on the undercard, Mead's Luke Munsen ran his cruiserweight
record to 8-0 with a fourth-round knockout of Alberto Orrellys. Dewey
Welliver was originally scheduled to fight Roger Flores, a
welterweight from Tucson, Ariz., with whom he has shared several
fight cards.
"This guy was a last-minute opponent," said Welliver, 10-0 as a
professional. "I was ready for a different style of opponent - not
someone who came right at me.
"(Corronado) was a pretty durable opponent. He took a pretty good
punch and he knew how to hold on and survive. It was hard for me to
catch him to knock him out."
Welliver scored knockdowns in the first and last rounds of the
eight-round bout. In between, Corronado fought much better than his
announced 3-6-7 record would have indicated, slipping inside
Welliver's jab, tying up his opponent whenever he got into trouble
and shaking off a number of solid punches to the head.
Fighting at 145 pounds, Welliver used 10-ounce gloves in a fight
for the first time. Idaho State Boxing Commission rules allow
fighters under 145 to use 8-ounce gloves.
"That had a different feel - not that it made my arms tired or
anything, but it was different," Welliver said. "I finally started
to get my timing toward the last couple rounds."
Fighting on the same card with his brother, Chauncy, who
outweights his older brother by 105 pounds, demonstrated a knack for
showmanship that belied his lack of experience.
Dubbed "The Hillyard Hammer," Welliver came to the ring wearing a
Fred Flintstone shirt and necktie, with trunks to match the shirt.
Coming off a first-round knockout in his first professional fight a
month ago, Chauncy Welliver landed several big, sweeping blows to
Castillo in the first round, stunning his more-experienced opponent.
But while Welliver raised his arms in triumph, Castillo shook off
the effects of the barrage and battled back.
"He was one tough guy," he said. "I hit him with some really big
shots and he came right back. I never expected him to do that and,
suddenly, I started running out of gas."
Like the Wellivers, Munsen, now 8-0 as a professional, also found
himself facing a savvy opponent in Orrellys.
Displaying the results of some hard work in the gym since his last
fight, Munsen snapped off crisp punches, but struggled finding his
range against his mobile, agile opponent.
"The problem was, I haven't been in the ring since my last fight
(a month ago)," said Munsen, who trains in his coach's basement.
"There really haven't been that many fighters in my class to spar
with, anyway. I talked to Chauncy and I think we'll spar with each
other. That should help both of us."
Munsen caught up with Orrellys in the fourth round, sandwiching a
pair of knockdowns around a standing eight-count. Orrellys indicated
he did not want to continue after the second knockdown.
In the second main event, Seattle's Jesus Santiago scored a
unanimous decision over Edmonton's Darrelle Sukerow.
Worley's Frank Bybee was victorious in his professional debut,
scoring a decision over Nelson Valles of Las Vegas.
6/25/01 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane Wash) C1
2001 WL 22800306
The Spokesman Review
Copyright 2001 Cowles Publishing Company
Monday, June 25, 2001
SPORTS
Welliver remains unbeaten Munsen finds himself a star after dispatching his
opponent
Dan Weaver Staff writer
Frustrated by a cautious, veteran opponent, Dumont "Dewey"
Welliver was unable to unload the punching combinations that stung
his eight previous opponents.
But the unbeaten Spokane welterweight still had enough patience
and firepower Sunday to get by Mahan Washington, and consider the
possibility of one day turning the Coeur d'Alene Casino's House of
Fury into a House of Wellivers.
While Welliver was running his string as a professional boxer to 9-
0, his 18-year-old brother Chauncy was in the background, reflecting
on his first win as a pro.
Chauncy Welliver, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound heavyweight, won his first
professional fight the night before, a first-round knockout of Tom
Eynon at the Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, Wash.
Chauncy Welliver said he has fights lined up in August before a
Sept. 22 date on ESPN-2.
"What can I say?" he said. "People like the fat guys. I can live
on my size, like Butterbean. I can live on my age, like a young Mike
Tyson."
Both Dewey and Chauncy Welliver said they hope one day to be
joined by older brother Rick on the same fight card. That would seem
to be a natural sell here, but promoters might want to throw in
Mead's Luke Munsen for an even wider Inland Northwest appeal.
Munsen trapped Marcio Castillo in Castillo's corner, then
plastered him with roundhouse rights and straight lefts before
referee Jerry Armstrong jumped in at 2:04 of the third.
Munsen, who didn't have Dewey Welliver's extensive amateur
training or success, is still getting the feel of the ring. But he
ran his record to 6-0 without a lot of trouble, and for the first
time found himself in the middle of what to him was a wonderfully
wider knot of autograph seekers.
"I felt like I could hurt him when I wanted to, when I went to
it," said Munsen, who turned 21 Saturday. "He was game. He kept
getting back up and coming at me hard. He's a nice man.
"I've never signed autographs like this before. It's nice. The
crowd's definitely growing. I don't have that many friends otherwise,
so they must just like to watch me fight."
Munsen only recently retained the services of trainer Wig
Templeton. Munsen's red hair and freckled complexion is straight out
of a Norman Rockwell poster, but it's the crunch in his punch that
had the Casino crowd on its feet.
Dewey Welliver was well ahead on points on all three judges'
cards.
"Next time, hopefully we'll get somebody who wants to beat me," he
said. "It's nice to win, knowing I had the whole room behind me. I
felt the crowd."
In the main event, Jorge Paez, still explosive at 35, rocked a
game but out-classed Adarryl "Chocolate Quick" Johnson with a leaping
left hook that left Johnson dazed and bleeding at 2:32 of the fifth.
Paez' technical knockout was the 69th win of his long career as a
former world champion and ring showman.
His abbreviated fight lasted longer than the victory celebration.
Paez' purse slipped out of his hands almost before he could take off
the colorful, ankle-length skirt that looks more like a shower
curtain than boxing trunks.
Paez' manager got $2,500 of the $7,500 purse. Paez' $5,000 share
was handed over to the fighter, and then passed on to a third party
who was waiting in the locker room for the check, to satisfy part of
a civil court judgment against Paez stemming from a failed business
venture, a Casino official said.
If Paez fought for nothing he still left town knowing he's a load
for most junior welterweights. He stalked the younger, lighter,
quicker Johnson and kept him off-balance throughout the fight,
slipping combinations and piling up points with shots from either
hand.
On the undercard, Tony Martinez turned what he learned from a
February draw with Roger Flores into a counter-punching win over
Flores. It was Martinez' 10th victory against a loss and that draw.
Martinez, of Salem, Ore., may have earned a date with Dewey
Welliver next.
In preliminaries, Dmitri Silita knocked out Robert Delgado in the
first round of his pro debut, Dakota Stone decisioned Karen Bill, and
powerful Jennifer "All-American" Alcorn knocked out Jessica LaPointe
in the second.
Washington fought with local cut man Paul Keller in his corner, in
the absence of Washington's trainer, Roger Mayweather. Washington
said he thought he did enough in the sixth and final round to win,
but conceded that Dewey Welliver is only going to get better.
"Right now he's tough, not skillful," Washington said. "He'll get
skillful because he has talent. He hit me with one good punch in the
ribs but he didn't realize he'd hurt me. It caught my attention but I
wasn't going to let him know he hurt me.
"He can be a good puncher at 140. If he fights at 147, he may not
be strong enough, I don't know. He's good. Give him six or seven more
fights. He might be something to reckon with."
Welliver came in at 150.
2/11/01 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane Wash) C2
2001 WL 7045988
Spokane welterweight Dewey Welliver (7-0, 4 KO) registered a
second-round knockout over Chris Fernandez of Salt Lake City (5-3, 3
KO) in a championship elimination bout during Fight Night 31 Feb. 3
at Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, Wash.
Welliver will fight again March 3 at the Emerald Queen Casino in
Tacoma and April 7 at the Coeur d'Alene Casino.
5/6/00 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane Wash) C5
2000 WL 6761141
Spokane junior welterweight Dewey Welliver (5-0) defeated Lorenzo
Estrada (8-1) of Albuquerque in four rounds Thursday.
3/21/00 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane Wash) C3
2000 WL 6758198
Dumont "Dewey" Welliver of Spokane ran his professional record to
3-0 by defeating Tom Grissom on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La.
Welliver, who turned pro in July, won the 140-pound bout when it
the fight was stopped after four rounds.
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