After his stunning ESPN2 televised knockout victory over Sechew Powell on June 11 at the Hard Rock Café in New York City, Deandre “The Bull” Latimore is looking for his next victim.

“We would really like a shot at the current IBF champion Verno Phillips before he files for social security," said Latimore's manager, Jerry Giuliano. More...

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Deandre Latimore “rocked the house” in an upset victory by scoring a seventh round technical knockout over Sechew Powell at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square, New York City on this week’s ESPN Wednesday Night Fights promoted in association with Warriors Boxing and Gotham Boxing.

Not that I want to get in the “too much information” category, but before the night of boxing began I was using the restroom and one of the St. Louis natives came in yelling “It’s gonna be an upset tonight, we didn’t come all the way from St. Louie to lose!” At this point I just smiled as I washed my hands and he continued, “You’re smilin’ but you wait and see its Latimore’s night!” I guess he knew what he was talking about.

The St. Louis native Latimore 19-1 (16) built up his record in just over two years, fighting seemingly lower level competition eleven times in 2006 and eight times in 2007, with the combined records of his opponents at 95-158-8.

From the opening bell it seemed Latimore was better than anticipated as he was able to trade with Powell from the beginning of the fight. Each fighter was able to land hard blows and made each round close. More...

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Philadelphia’s promising middleweight prospect Jamaal "Da Truth" Davis, 7-3-0 (6), returns to the ring against Richard Pierson, 7-1-0 (4), from Paterson, New Jersey on Wednesday, June 11 at the Gotham Boxing Promotions/Seminole Warriors Boxing/Bad Dog Productions co-promoted event at The Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, New York City. More...

A native of St. Louis, 22-year old junior middleweight up and comer Deandre ‘The Bull’ Latimore made his way to the boxing capital of the world, Las Vegas, last year to take the next step in a promising pro career that has thus far produced 18 wins in 19 fights with 15 of those wins coming by knockout.

On Wednesday, June 11th, Latimore will look for victory number 19 against the top-ranked junior middleweight in the world, Sechew Powell, and he’s ready for the challenge. More...

Due to popular demand, tickets for June 11th’s historic show at the Hard Rock Café in New York City’s Times Square, featuring young guns Sechew Powell and Peter Quillin in co-featured bouts, are now available at Ticketmaster. More...