A Beacon Belt For Upcomers

A pay check and a victory recorded in the archives is significant, but a special Belt recognizing burgeoning and blossoming talent striving, in the fast lane of the highway, towards an Absolute Green and Gold Belt challenge, is the acceleration, worthy of The District of Colombia, Maryland and Virgina, so it`s been inaugurated as the DMV Belt.

Some very talented boxers have come and continue to come from this golden triangle, and the idea of much more than a fledgling belt, has come from the legendary Don Majeski, who is a font of ideas, initiative, encouragement, innovation and evolution in boxing. Don puts it this way;

”I wanted a belt that people could identify with, The locals call the area DC, Maryland, Virginia. One boxer Nicholson is from Maryland, the other Aleem is from Virginia. And it was the best local fight we`ve had in twenty years and we had to do something. There`s a boxing wealth per capita here, equal to anywhere in the United States. So for which portraits to put on the belt, the best DC fighter was Bob Foster and for Virginia Pernel Whitaker and multiple champ Sugar Ray Leonard from Maryland and the most iconic fighter ever from the region Joe Gans. That is a belt to aspire to. It`s as beautiful a belt as any world championship one I`ve ever seen. And I said, maybe this can kick off an initiative to encourage regional fights. We can also have a Gotham for fighters from the New York City Area and an Angelino Belt for boxers who come from the Los Angeles Area. We can have a belt for Chicago. It`s something to encourage the local fighters.

”An example is Sugar Ray Leonard before he was champion fought Johnny Gant. They fought back then for the Maryland State Title. They drew twenty one thousand people. We did fights in Montreal…Stephane Ouellet Vs Dave Hilton three times. We drew 18,000, 19,000 and 18,000. This is the stuff that boxing is made from and I`ve said, we`ve overlooked this. I hope this new belt encourages local fighters to fight each other as it shows you have achieved something. When Aleem and Nicolson saw the belt they exclaimed: ”Holy cow, and then they outdid themselves, and every fighter in the arena came up and asked about it. They were over the moon.

”You can always have a result in a record book, but that belt is a tangible asset to hang on to. Your great grand kids can say…my Great Grandpa won that!”

Don was ringside for the fight on this so special night, and this is his vivid, observant and action packed report. It was a bout worthy of this lovely new DMV Belt:

IMMAUWEL ALEEM SMASHES HIS WAY TO WBC FECARBOX LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE AND INAUGURAL DMV BELT WITH SPECTACULAR 9TH ROUND KO OF RIVAL DEMOND NICHOLSON ON JETER PROMOTIONS CARD AT MARYLAND LIVE! CASINO

Richmond, Virginia’s upheld state pride and avenged a nine year old draw when he KO’d DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia) rival Demond Nicholson; of Laurel, Maryland to win the WBC FECARBOX light heavyweight crown and the magnificent WBC commemorative DMV belt.

Aleem, who had concurrently held the WBC FECARBOX super middleweight crown conceded height, weight and reach to his opponent but dominated the match throughout the nine rounds, up, until the KO.

Immanuwel, who had previously been ranked #16 in the Super Middleweight division will return to the lighter weight and lay claim to a top ten ranking in the WBC.

The DMV belt was struck especially by the WBC to honor the rich and glorious heritage of the Middle Atlantic region with the $5,000 belt adorned with the images of the greatest WBC world champion from the area including Hall of Famers light heavyweight champion Bob Foster; of Washington DC and multi division titleholder Sugar Ray Leonard of Maryland and Pernell Whittaker of Virginia as well as legendary Hall of Famer Joe Gans of Baltimore and Lifetime WBC President Jose Sulaiman .

Aleem, now 22-3; 14 KO’s was presented with his belts by his promoter Tony Jeter; of Jeter Promotions and Alberto Guerra, President of WBC FECARBOX.at Maryland Live! casino

‘ We want Mbilli next and, then, Canelo- or anyone who will step into the ring” said the proud, new double WBC champ