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“Date With Destiny” Was Destined To Become An Instant Classic With A Championship Main Event
April 28 (Merrillville, In) – The ground floor of the Hammond Civic Center shook when two of the world’s best woman’s fighters made their entrances and the thousands in attendance for the “Date With Destiny” World Championship Main Event rose to their feet and exploded, but it only got louder when the bell rang and an instant classic was born. “Merciless” Mary McGee (17-0, 10 KOs) vs. Kristy “Rose” Follmar (16-2, 9 KOs) put the world of boxing on notice with their spine-tingling 10-round Main Event bout for the vacant WBC International Super Lightweight World Championship and McGee’s NABC Lightweight World Championship, as McGee brought her second world title back home to Gary, Indiana with a legendary majority decision with the scorecards reading 95-95, 97-93 and 97-93. Before Jill Diamond, Supervisor of the WBC, could put the WBC International Super Lightweight World Championship around the waist of McGee, the young 22 year-old phenomenon fell to the ground with pure joy with Follmar coming over to congratulate the newly crowned champ. “It was so amazing and I couldn’t believe it, so that is why I fell to my knees in the ring,” said McGee of her instant reaction to the decision. “The expectations were so high and I can’t even explain the feeling of being crowned the champion.” “Simply put, one of the greatest fights I have ever had the pleasure of seeing and these two world class fighters gave everyone what they came to see,” said Octavius James, C.E.O. of One In A Million Inc. “Mary showed that she is one of the most dominant fighters in the world in her weight class, But Kristy definitely was equally as impressive in my view.” James said. Another dream came true for heavyweight “Big” Ty Ortiz (1-0, 1 KOs) as he defeated Justin Sule (1-1, 0 KOs) by 1st round TKO (2:16) in his professional debut. “Iron” Orphius Waite (5-0, 3 KOs) stayed unbeaten with his six-round Co-Main Event decision over Cedric Johnson (10-4, 8 KOs) with all three scorecards all reading 58-55.
Above: (Ty Ortiz stands over Justin Sule as referee Kurt Spivey stops the bout.)
Above: (Orphius Waite throwing a big right against Cedric Johnson, then Waite celebrating his unanimous decision victory.)
Ed “2 Fast 2 Furious” Ochoa (8-0, 8 KOs) delivered one of his biggest knockouts to date with a bruising 1st round knockout (2:10) of Christopher Hill (4-22-2, 2 KOs). Josh Crouch (4-0, 4 KOs) also stayed undefeated with a 3rd round TKO (0:01) over Jeremie Parks (0-9-1, 0 KOs), while Angel Hernandez (11-3, 10 KOs) looked incredible in his 1st round TKO (2:34) against Gustavo Palacios (2-6, 1KOs).
(Left: Ed Ochoa slips a punch before stopping Chris Hill) (Right: Josh Crouch lands a big left during his fight with Jeremy Parks.)
Above: (Angel Hernandez stopped the rugged Gustavo Palacios in the first round of their fight.)
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