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Jermaine Taylor, the former undisputed Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World, was in Monticello Saturday night as a special guest for the boxing card held in honor of Dr. Randy McKiever.

On the card, Monticello’s Brandon Mayweather won his first professional fight, as he fought Darrel Davis, of Shreveport, and won with a 1st round knockout, shown here.

The boxing card opened with Jerrell Stephens, of Shreveport, battling Chris Taylor, of Bosier City,

Stephens won the match in the first round by technical knockout, when the referee declared Taylor unable to continue.

The ringside seating area was well filled, and the spectator section behind them had many onlookers as well. 

This appears to be the only well-publicized Monticello area boxing card in quite sometime, so the turnout did better than many expected.

Of course, the ring girls were a popular attraction, between the rounds and matches.

There were six lovely ladies, several of them being from Little Rock, who came down tonight to be a part of the program.

Jermaine Taylor welcomed many of his fans from Monticello, and made an in-ring appearance between matches.  “The Champ” spent time greeting supporters and signing autographs, as well.

Robert Hollis, of Shreveport, took on Greenville’s boxing newcomer, Joe Winters, who was making his pro boxing debut.   This was the only bout tonight that didn’t end in a 1st round knockout.  The Winters-Hollis match went until the end of it’s scheduled 4 full rounds, and was decided by the unanimous judge’s decision, in favor the the rookie, Joe Winters.

Jonathan Nelson, of Little Rock, brought KARK’s TV cameras to ringside as he took on Joey Hixson, of Monroe.  The match ended quickly with the referee declaring Hixson unable to defend himself, and awarded the TKO to Nelson, 40 seconds into the beginning round, after a brutal body shot left Hixcon on his knees in the corner.

The night’s main event, pitted Kevin Stroud, of nearby Crossett, against Chris Jones, of Shreveport, in the evening’s final battle.  This match came to an end in the opening round, as well, as Stroud knocked Jones out, improving his record to 5 wins, 0 losses, with all 5 victories being by knockout.