(JAN 23) A pair of popular
Northern Virginia boxers, middleweight Tori Nelson of Ashburn,
and and junior welterweight Todd Wilson, of Fairfax, will
put their undefeated records on the line as opponents have been
announced for their bouts on the Jimmy Lange Boxing card set for
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Patriot Center.
Nelson (5-0-1), a single mom with three jobs (school bus driver
and cafeteria worker at Loudoun County’s Broad Run High School
and IHOP waitress) outside of the ring, will challenge Vashon
Living (5-2, 1 KO) of Houston, Texas for the vacant Women’s
International Boxing Association (WIBA) middleweight
championship in a 10-round contest. This past summer in
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Nelson won the World Boxing Council’s
(WBC) middleweight championship belt by upsetting Lorissa Rivas.
She beat Michelle Garland in an action-packed contest in her
Patriot Center debut last September.
Living is battle-tested in championship fights having lost a
10-round decision to Christiana Hammer for the World Boxing
Organization (WBO) and World Boxing Federation (WBF)
middleweight titles in October 2011. An experienced amateur
competitor, she had won five in a row prior to the world title
fight.
Wilson (11-0, 3 KOs), a former collegiate boxing champion and
all-American at Virginia Military Institute, will face Fernando
“El Latigo” Basora (8-7-1, 6 KOs) of the Bronx, N.Y. in a
six-rounder. The Fairfax fighter outworked former world champion
Eric “Mighty Mouse” Aiken en route to earning his 11th victory
and biggest test to date last September at the Patriot Center.
Since emerging on the Beltway boxing scene, the business
development specialist at Booz Allen Hamilton has continued to
draw supporters while gaining ring experience.
Nicknamed ‘the whip’, the Puerto Rican-born Basora gave Ryan
Belasco all he could handle in a loss this past August in Dover,
Del. Only three of his 16 fights have gone the distance, so fans
should expect a high-energy, fast-paced affair when he visits
Wilson’s home turf in February.
World Boxing Union (WBU) champion Jimmy Lange will defend his
junior middleweight title against an opponent to be determined
in the Main Event. Officials plan to announce the card’s third
world title bout later this week. The Zain “Tiger” Shah vs. Tony
“Mo Better” Jeter bout previously announced has fallen out.
Doors will open at 6:00 pm, with the first fight scheduled to
begin at 7:00 pm. All bouts are subject to change.
