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On Saturday, June 26th, 2015, IKF
Veteran promoter and South Eastern U.S. IKF
Director, Johnny Davis made new history as he brought a full card of
kickboxing back to the Capitol City of the Peach State. Under the monikers of
AK Promotions and SFG Presents, Davis presented a
show at the World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. This show was a
part of the World Fitness Expo featuring fitness activities from the
entire spectrum from weight lifting to bikini modeling and more.
Davis's efforts are to be celebrated for sure. Georgia Athletic and
Entertainment Commission made clear that the IKF
was allowed to promote kickboxing cards for adult and junior kickboxers, just as
specified in state law, Georgia Official Code 43-4B-2. Then he promoted
a card that was reminiscent of the large shows of kickboxing history of the
Empire City of the South. Just like those old Professional
Karate Association (PKA) shows held in huge venues like the
Omni. Where his contemporaries, who are kickboxing legends like Bad
Brad Hefton, Rick Roufus, and many others, Davis returned
kickboxing on a grand scale. And Grand it was!
Byron, Georgia's own Erica Taylor fired a shot heard around the
kickboxing world in the main event. While she lost to Greenville, South
Carolina's Anna Crutchfield, her right cross early in the first round
let Crutchfield, who won by unanimous decision, and the kickboxing world
know that Taylor was in the fight.
Sylvester Stallone COULD NOT have told a better fight story if he had
had William Shakespeare re-write the entire Rocky series, and
hired James Cameron to direct the movie. Taylor stepped up on
late notice to support Davis's efforts to have a successful kickboxing
show.
Taylor did so after Mary Matia no showed at weigh-in when
her trainer informed Davis that she had a leg injury. IKF Chief Ring Official Dan Stell discussed Matia's
situation with her trainer at length and was told that Matia had
allegedly aggravated an old injury on Tuesday. The curious thing was that the
Promoter received social media communication from Matia later in the
week (Wednesday night) that everything was good and the fight was a go.
He received an e-mail on Thursday afternoon while traveling to the event of a
possible injury and did not get official word till Friday around noon that she
would not be fighting...the same day of the fight.
With this disappointing news, Davis looked around and saw and found
another fighter.
Taylor had come to the event to help out. All morning at the weigh-ins,
Taylor was running back and forth assisting officials with paperwork and
assisting other fighters with meeting their needs. Davis knew that with
Taylor's record and tenacity she would make an excellent match for Crutchfield.
Davis still had to get bout approval from the IKF.
Under the circumstance, and having known about Taylor, the IKF signed off on the match-up and the bout became
official.
As the bell sounded to begin the fight, many wondered what Taylor
would bring to the ring in such a high profile bout... Then Taylor
stepped up and fired "THAT" shot. But that shot alone did not
tell the story of this match. The story of this match was Taylor's heart
and tenacity and Crutchfield's technique and ring generalship. In the
first round, a clash and flurry on both sides saw Taylor receive a
standing 8 count delivered by Crutchfield as Crutchfield
completely dominated the round and earned a 10-7 on several of the judges'
cards.
Undaunted, Taylor even taunted Crutchfield a few times
throughout the match. Taylor did score a spinning backfist. However,
Crutchfield completely dominated the match throughout. "Compelling,"
was what Atlanta City Attorney, Martin Clarke had to say after
witnessing this main event. Clarke who was there to support his
colleague, Tamara Baines, said of the two competitors in the main event,
"I have three daughters and it is awesome for them to have heroines
like these (Crutchfield and Taylor) to look up to." Clarke
continued, "The IKF organization has two real stars (Crutchfield and
Taylor) there. They could be on the level of Ronda Rousey in the UFC one day."
FULL EVENT RESULTS
- IKF
AMATEUR UNIFIED RULES: 3 X 2 / 165
Quinton Young (Columbus,
Georgia, USA, 0-1, 5'7", 3-23-95, 20, Joseph Creer)
VS Jared Drew Wohrley (Americus,
Georgia, USA, 1-1, 5'9", 8-24-96, 18, Ken Hudson)
WINNER: Wohrley by TKO at 1:54 in round 3.
IKF has issued a 30 day medical suspension for Jared Drew
Wohrley until July 27th, 2015.
Referee: David Barber
- IKF
JUNIOR AMATEURS MUAY THAI RULES: 3 X 2 / 153
Greg
Gilliland (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 0-0-1, 6'1", 7-13-99, 15, Blake
Grice)
VS Ethan Carpenter
(Simpsonville, South Carolina, USA, 0-0-1, 5'9", 6-10-99, 15, Brendan
Carpenter)
NO WINNER: Majority Draw:
- Judge Nate Mann: 28-28.
- Judge Terry Rich: 30-26 Carpenter.
- Judge: Keith Morreira: 28-28.
- Referee: David Barber.
- Greg Gilliland was given a 1 point deduction for
dropping his mouth piece 3 times.
- IKF
AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES: 3 X 2, 153
Liam Donohoe (Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA, 1-3, 5'9",
2-10-88, 24, Chris Clodfelter)
VS
Kelsey D'Antignac (Thomson, Georgia, USA, 2-1, 6', 4-23-81, 33,
Bobby Wilson)
WINNER: D'Antignac by Split
Decision:
- Judge Nate Mann: 30-27, D'Antignac.
- Judge Terry Rich: 30-27, D'Antignac.
- Judge: Keith Morreira: 29-28 Donohoe.
- Referee: David Barber.
- IKF
AMATEUR UNIFIED RULES: 3 X 2, 142
Brandon Young (Columbus,
Georgia, USA, 1-0, 5'8", 3-29-97, 18, Joseph Creer)
VS Jamarcus Hall (Americus, Georgia,
USA, 0-3, 5'8", 1-10-97, 17, Ken Hudson)
WINNER:
Young by TKO at 1:11 of round 3.
IKF
has issued a 30 day medical suspension for Jamarcus Hall until July 27th, 2015.
Referee:
Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR WOMEN'S UNIFIED RULES: 3 x 2, 127
Maggie
Mcdowell (Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA, 1-1, 5'3", 7-3-92,
22, Chris Clodfelter)
VS Samantha
Willis (Ellaville, Georgia, USA, 1-1, 5'6", 12-13-82, 32, Ken
Hudson)
WINNER: Willis by Unanimous Decision:
- Judge Nate Mann, 29-28, Willis.
- Judge Terry Rich, 30-27, Willis.
- Judge: Keith Morreira, 30-27, Willis.
- Referee: Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES: 3 X 2, 127
Corinthan Burch (Charlotte,
North Carolina, USA, 0-2-1, 5'11", 4-22-92, 23, Tai Bradley)
VSLatodd Wilson (Beaufort, South
Carolina, USA, 1-3-1, 5'7", 2-1-89, 25, Mushin Corbbrey)
WINNER: Split Decision Draw.
- Judge Nate Mann: 28-28.
- Judge Terry Rich: 29-28, Wilson.
- Judge: Keith Morreira: 30-26, Burch.
- Referee: Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR WOMEN'S MUAY THAI RULES: 3 X 2, 142
Brande
Adams (Columbus, Georgia, USA, 0-1, 5'1", 2-7-81, 34, Joseph Creer)
VS Shaundra Jackson (Sandy Springs,
Georgia, USA, 1-0, 5'6", 10-11-84, 30, Gary Brown)
WINNER: Jackson by Split Decision:
- Judge Nate Mann: 29-28, Jackson.
- Judge Terry Rich: 30-27, Jackson.
- Judge: Keith Morreira: 30-27, Adams.
- Referee: Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR UNIFIED RULES: 3 X 2, 179
Brett Flenniken (Charlotte,
North Carolina, USA, 3-1, 5'10", 21, 6-11-92, Tai Bradley)
VS Luis Tarsicio Duran (Americus,
Georgia, USA, 0-2, 5'8", 10-20-84, 31, Ken Hudson)
WINNER: Flenniken by TKO at beginning of round 2.
IKF has issued a 30 day medical suspension for Luis Tarsicio
Duran until July 27th, 2015.
Referee: Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR WOMEN'S MUAY THAI RULES: 5 X 2 / 122
WOMEN'S EAST COAST BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE
Aracely Valenzuela (Winston Salem,
North Carolina, USA, 9-4, 5'6", 10-19-77, 36, Chris Clodfelter)
VS Victoria
Debroux (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 4-4, 5'6", 2-27-89, 25,
Johan Deeleeuw)
WINNER: Valenzuela by
Unanimous Decision:
- Judge Nate Mann: 49-46, Valenzuela.
- Judge Terry Rich: 50-45, Valenzuela.
- Judge: Keith Morreira: 50-45, Valenzuela.
- Referee: Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES: 3 X 2 / 172
Holden Nagel (Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA,
2-2, 6'2", 0-1, 4-28-90, 25, Chris Clodfelter)
VS Hero Vincent (Charlotte, North
Carolina, USA, 2-1, 6'3", 12-19-89, 25, Tai Bradley)
WINNER: Vincent by KO at :24 seconds of round 2.
IKF has issued a 30 day medical suspension for Holden Nagel
until July 27th, 2015.
Referee: Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES: 3 X 2 / 168
Anthony Ryan (Charlotte,
North Carolina, USA, 0-1, 5'11", 5-25-91, 23, Tai Bradley)
VS Isaac Udogwu (Columbia, South
Carolina, USA, 2-0, 6'3", 8-18-94, 20, Brandon Culver)
WINNER: Udogwu by KO at 1:11 of round 1.
IKF has issued a 45 day medical suspension due to KnockOut for
Anthony Ryan until August 11th, 2015.
Referee: Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL RULES: 3 X 2 / 112
Kellie
Kinser (Cummings, Georgia, USA, 2-0, 5'1", 6-5-85, 29, Manu Ntoh)
VS Tamara Baines (Atlanta, Georgia, USA,
0-3, 5'2", 11-6-72, 42, America Top Team)
WINNER:
Kinser by Unanimous Decision:
- Judge Nate Mann: 30-26, Kinser.
- Judge Terry Rich: 29-27, Kinser.
- Judge: Keith Morreira: 29-26, Kinser.
- Referee: Dan Stell.
- IKF
AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES: 3 X 2 / 195
George Wood (Atlanta,
Georgia, USA, 1-0, 6', 2-28-83, 32, Joseph Creer)
VS Tommy Brothers (Columbia, South
Carolina, USA, 0-1, 6'1", 12-16-1987, 27, Brandon Culver)
WINNER: Wood by KO at 1:21 of round 1.
IKF has issued a 45 day medical suspension due to KnockOut for
Tommy Brothers until August 11th, 2015.
Referee: Dan Stell
- IKF
AMATEUR WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL RULES: 5 X 2 / 132
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD TITLE
Erica Taylor (Byron, Georgia, USA,
8-9, 5'6", 7-11-85, 29, David Barber)
VS
Anna Crutchfield (Greenville,
South Carolina, USA, **3-0 (25-4 Boxing) 5'4",
5-20-97, 18, Brandon Carpenter / Ray Thompson)
WINNER:
Crutchfield by Unanimous Decision, 43-50, 44-50, 44-50.
- Judge Nate Mann: 50-43, Crutchfield.
- Judge Terry Rich: 50-44, Crutchfield.
- Judge: Keith Morreira: 50-44, Crutchfield.
- Referee: Dan Stell.
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