(OCT 4) On Saturday at the Twin River
Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island, the 2007 U.S. Amateur Champion,
and 2008 U.S. Olympian, Demetrius Andrade improved his record to (8-0,
6KO) by beating previously unbeaten Chris Chatman (4-1, 2KO) in front of
his hometown fans. The bout was promoted by Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing
and Banner Promotions in association with Jimmy Burchfield's Classic
Entertainment and Sports.
ANOTHER UNBEATEN, ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE SHOWING FOR ANDRADE
The 21-year-old Providence native Andrade, who is co- promoted by Joe
DeGuardia's Star Boxing and Banner Promotions, and is widely considered
to be boxing' s next superstar, came out in the first using his
noticeable size and reach advantage to score telling blows to both the
body and head of Chatman.
At the weigh-in on Friday words were exchanged between the two fighters,
which concluded with Andrade promising to punish and Chatman, and that's
just what he did, working off a crisp jab to continuously score vicious
four and five punch combinations at will.
Andrade repeatedely, peppered Chatman from the outside. Chatman hung
tough but he was outgunned by Andrade round after round. At the end of
the day Andrade picked up another sensational victory, pitching a shut
out on all three judges scorecards. For the highly touted Andrade this
was his eighth fight as a professional in a little less than a year.
Each time out he has been nothing less than spectacular and has showed
why many boxing experts chose him as the top prospect to come out of the
2008 Olympics. Look for Andrade to be back in action very soon.
