I'm on a Dwight Muhammad Qawi kick now!

[Bill Paxtom]

Here is an 'early one'

Thursday ~ November 2, 1978

Audobon Ballroom ~ New York City, New York
Capacity ...... 2550
Attendance ... { 1957 }

The Audobon Ballrrom was located in Washington Heights {drug haven}, at
3040 West Broadway & West 156th Street.

* Johnny Davis - 3-0-0 {1 KO} ~ 5' 10" ~ 175 lbs. ~ {Age; 25 years, 3 months}
vs.
* Dwight Braxton - 1-0-1 {0 KO's} ~ 5' 5 1/2" ~ 174 lbs. ~ {Age; 25 years, 10 months}
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~ The Skinny ~

Johnny Davis was the 'highly-touted' Light-Heavyweight from West Hempstead, Long Island.

Johnny had won both the 1975 and 1976 New York Golden Gloves at Light-Heavyweight.

Also, Johnny was doing his training at the famous 'Time Out Gym'.

Both fighters got a 'late start' to their Professional Careers.

Dwight Braxton was 'fill-in' substitute opponent.
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Despite what was stated by {Box/Rec} >

Johnny Davis had to withstand the constant-pressure of 'The Camden Buzzsaw' during the
first 2-Rounds.

Johnny was caught off-guard during the fist 2-Rounds, and Dwight bulled him into the Ring Corners,
and pounded away at Johnny's body with an unrelentless attack.

But Johnny was the better boxer during the middle-Rounds {3 and 4}, and out-hit the shorter
Braxton by a 3-to-1 margin, including bloodying his nose in Round 4.

Johnny used good footwork in Rounds 3 and 4, and avoided getting bulled and trapped into the
Ring Corners, as Dwight had slowed down {a gear}.

Round 5 was a 'maul-fest', with Dwight forcing Johnny into a Ring Corner, where he mauled his
body with short hooks into Johnny's sides.

But Johnny covered up well, and waited to counter Dwight at the opportune time, by landing
fast '3-Punch' combinations when Dwight slowed down.

The last Round {Round 6} was 'nip-and-tuck'.

Dwight came out fast, and immediately backed Johnny up into a Ring Corner, and wailed at him
with a non-stop assault.

But just around the {1:40 Mark}, Johnny countered, and caught Dwight with a big right-hand to
jaw that stopped ''The Camden Buzzsaw' in his tracks.

Dwight was 'frozen' for about 2-Seconds, and Johnny ripped away with a '12-Punch' barrage to
Dwight's head.

But, Dwight recovered and {then 'smiled' at Johnny} at the {2:10 Mark}, and came back with
another solid body-attack until the Bell.

Johnny Davis was awarded a 6-Round Split-Decision.

Scorecards
* 3-2 > {Johnny Davis}
* 3-2 > {Dwight Braxton}
* 3-2 > {Johnny Davis}

By those spectators at the Audobon Ballroom {Attendance; 1957}, most felt that the bout should
have been ruled a 'Draw'.

But, Johnny was the New York Golden Gloves Champ {1975 and 1976}, and he was the New York
City favorite.

Dwight Braxton was an unknown 'bully' from Camden, New Jersey.

That's the way it was ^^^.

It was a Thursday Night fight promotion by Matchmaker/Promoter - Johnny Bos.

There were 6-Bouts on the Fight Card.

The 'Main Event' was between > Teodoro 'Teo' Osuna vs. Ray Roman in a Light-Welterweight Bout.

Johnny Davis received {$200} for the bout.

Dwight Braxton received {$150}, plus another {$25} for Travel Expenses.

[Spicoli]

Still hold what he did to Saad against him . That was brutal! First thing I remember live was him snorting, mean mugging and bouncing bombs off of Big Georges head early Crazy that he came within a hair of cruiser trinket after that. Gotta love that drive and he maxed out his tools on the plus side

Wasn't Qawi v Scott the last pro boxing at Rahway prison?

[Bill Paxtom]

~ Dwight Braxton to fight in South Africa ~

February 4, 1980

Dwight Braxton got an offer to go to Durban, South Africa to take on local hero
and 'highly-touted' Theunis Kok.

If I remember correctly, Dwight got a lot of 'flak' for accepting this bout in
South Africa because of apartheid.

Many other Light-Heavyweights turned down this bout {offer} to go there.

Dwight took the bout, because the money {$2000} at the time, was the most that
he had ever seen. It included '2' Round-Trip airline tickets, plus all expenses while
in Durban, South Africa.


At the time, Dwight {Age; 27 years, 1 month} only had '7-Bouts' under his belt
at 5-1-1 with only {1 KO}.

The bout was a 10-Rounder, and Dwight must have looked like a 'safe' American
Light-Heavyweight.

Theunis Kok, {Age; 22 years-old} was a murderous-puncher, and had a record of
8-0-0 with {7 KO's}, and was already ranked at #10 WBA.

He was a 'tall-and-lanky' southpaw at 6' 3", but he could really punch.

Theunis was trained by none other than Angelo Dundee.