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Holmes, Strode triumph!
By Jack Purcell at ringside; FightNews September 26, 2003 [1](Link discontinued)
Heavyweight Donnell "The Real Touch of Sleep" Holmes improved to 8-0 in his first headlining
appearance with a third round stoppage of Clarence Goins Center Stage at the Plex tonight.
Holmes used a chopping right to cut Goins down to size, dropping him three times in the second
round and twice in the third before ref Bo Bo Brinson called a stop to the action at 1:37 of the
third round.
Middleweight Matthew "Mayhem" Strode (3-0) wasted no time in disposing of Albert "Shorty Rock"
Coles at 1:05 of the opening round. Strode used a left hook to score the first knockdown then
a straight right to finish the evening early for Coles.
Light Heavyweight Shane "The Hitman" Benfield (5-0) wore down Wesley Leonard, who called it
quits on his stool after two rounds had been completed.
Heavyweight Ronnie Copeland (8-2) returned to Chucktown and used a right uppercut to the body to
TKO Antonio Sloan at 2:46 of the first round.
Heavyweight Paul "The Italian Hitman" Marinaccio (13-1-1) looked rusty but did enough to take a
40-36, 40-36, 40-36 decision over Earl Ladson.
Columbia Middleweight Travis Clybourn scored his third consecutive win, dropping Aldric Bryant
with a left hook to the body in the second round en route to a 39-35, 39-35, 39-36 victory. The
hard work in the gym is starting to pay off for the "Mouth of the South."
Middleweight "Joltin'" Johnny Butler pitched a shutout against the difficult James Winchester 40-36,
40-35 and somehow 40-31. Winchester's awkward style made Butler work hard to secure the win.
Taking in all the action at this Bobby Mitchell promotion was South Carolina Lieutenant Governor
Andre Bauer, who told the fans he was pleased with the growth of pro boxing in the state and
assured that he would do everything he could to assist in making it even bigger and better.