08.01.06 – “Have Promoter’s License Will Travel” has long been the motto of Gerald Evans and his 1 World Productions, as the hard-working Detroit native has embarked on no less than three separate multi-show series in three separate Michigan cities in the past six years.
Evans’ string of events at Detroit’s Club International (featuring Teamcannon) was followed by his remarkable run at the DeltaPlex (where local fighter Troy Rowland went from an unknown to a television fighter with a huge local following). His next venture will unfold beginning January 28 at the Little River Casino in Manistee, Michigan, featuring local product and decorated former amateur Torrence Daniels in the main events.
“I’m looking to establish a following for professional boxing here at the Little River, so that when they open their new 1500-seat venue in spring 2007, the audience will already be there,” he explains.
Evans and the Little River hooked up when he was asked by promoter Franklin Fudail to help coordinate the debut show last November. Fudail, who normally works with amateur boxing, has since stepped aside, leaving Evans at the helm of yet another boxing program’s birth.
Besides Torrence Daniels in the main event, we’ve got Frank O’Neal fighting Reggie Nash; we’ve got Robert Jones fighting Dan Wallace, and Sonny Baker against Harvey Jolly. We want real competitive matches, people risking their zeroes. Pharaoh Turner will fight an undefeated Ukrainian guy, Jerry Ahmebov. Turner is 8-0 and the Ukrainian guy is 6-0. We’re also working on a female fight for a young lady named Veronica Rucker and Anthony Cannon should be fighting as well.”
Little River Casino, Manistee, Michigan, January 28, 2006
8-ROUND BANTAMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT
Torrence Daniels vs. TBA
Muskegon, MI
4-1 (2 KOs)
6-ROUNDS, LIGHTWEIGHTS
Frank O’Neal vs. Reggie Nash
Detroit, MI Grand Rapids, MI
7-0-1 (2 KOs) 9-12 (2 KOs)
6-ROUNDS, SUPER WELTERWEIGHTS
Robert Jones vs. Dan Wallace
Ann Arbor, MI Adrian, MI
6-2-1 (2 KOs) 5-0 (2 KOs)
4-ROUNDS, CRUISERWEIGHTS
Sonny Baker vs. Harvey Jolly
Topinabee, MI Detroit, MI
1-3 (1 KO) 2-2-1 (1 KO)
6-ROUNDS, CRUISERWEIGHTS
Pharaoh Turner vs. Gerry Ahmedov
Detroit, MI Andijan, Uzbekistan
8-0 (2 KOs) 6-0 (3 KOs)
4-ROUNDS, SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Veronica Rucker vs. TBA
Cleveland, OH
1-3-1 (1 KO)
4-ROUNDS, SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Anthony Cannon vs. TBA
Saginaw, MI
1-0