Melson to face
Wilson in New York on January 21st!
January 14, 2012
Source/PR
(JAN 14) – Boyd Melson will face
his most experienced foe to date when he battles Shawn Rawley Wilson in
a six round junior middleweight bout Saturday, January 21 at New York
City’s Roseland Ballroom.
Hailing from Omaha, NE, Wilson’s faced a number of quality opponents
including contenders DeAndre Latimore, Grzegorz Proksa and Jesus
Gonzalez. In his most recent bout on October 15, Wilson improved to 6-5
(1 KO) by outpointing Reuben Rodriguez. In addition to having a winning
record as a pro boxer, the 29-year-old is a top-notch mixed martial
artist with close to 50 fights.
“Wilson is definitely coming to fight,” said Melson, a West Point
graduate who improved to 7-0 after knocking out Danny Lugo in December
on the Andre Ward-Carl Froch undercard in Atlantic City. “With the
experience he has in boxing and MMA, I need to be at my best, especially
because a number of West Point boxers are going to be on hand watching
me. I’m training hard and working on my endurance because this is going
to be a barnburner!”
Melson is also excited about his growing fan base, which helps support
his donations to Justadollarplease.org in association with America’s
first Clinical Stem Cell Trial using Umbilical Cord Cells.
“It’s truly an honor to see more and more people supporting me each
fight. All of my tickets for this fight have been sold, so I really owe
it to the great fans out there that are not only helping me, but those
in need by supporting the cause”
In association with Justadollarplease, Melson created Team Fight to
Walk, whose mission is to raise awareness within the boxing community
about the importance of stem cell research for spinal cord injuries.
Team Fight to Walk is comprised of Melson, former two-time cruiserweight
champion Steve “USS” Cunningham, title contender DeAndre “The Bull”
Latimore, Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana, Hector Camacho Jr., 2008 US
Olympian Shawn Estrada, and prospects Sid “The Messenger” El Harrak,
Denis “Da Momma’s Boy” Douglin, Frank Galarza, Vinny “The Lion” O’Brien,
Ahmed “Prince of Egypt” Samir and Delen “Sniper” Parsley.
