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Trey Lippe-Morrison Headlines Saturday in Miami, OK! PhilBoxing.com Sat, 23 Jan 2016 Miami, OK (January 22, 2016) ? Heavyweight sensation Trey Lippe-Morrison will compete in his final six round contest when he faces Thomas Hawkins in the main event of a Holden Productions card at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, OK. Coming from the talent laden city of Houston, TX Hawkins has a 4-1 record with one win by knockout. Although he will enter tomorrow?s fight as the underdog, he sees it as added motivation to spoil future plans for Lippe-Morrison. ?When nobody expects you to win, it puts all of the pressure on your opponent. I?ve seen film on Trey and he?s a tough kid. My trainer knew his father well and Trey is a straight forward fighter just like his dad. As long as I work on what we did in training, we expect to win!? Perfect as a pro with ten wins all by knockout, Lippe-Morrison?s jaw-dropping power has drawn comparisons to his father. Currently training under the tutelage of Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Boxing Club, the popular Vinita, OK native has huge expectations in boxing circles but must first get past Hawkins. ?It feels good to be moving up from six to eight rounds if all goes as planned,? said Lippe-Morrison. ?I don?t know much about Hawkins outside of some footage I saw on YouTube where he appeared to be a patient and smart fighter that will make you pay for mistakes. My plan is to box him and get rounds in. I never go for knockouts they just happen to come.? ?Trey is the real deal and I plan to put him in big fights within the next year,? said promoter Tony Holden. ?We are going to keep stepping him up and hope to get him rounds but he continues to knock out every man in front of him. I have no doubt that Trey Lippe-Morrison is the next American heavyweight star.? Highlighting the undercard will be Lippe-Morrison?s ?Four State Franchise? stablemates in separate bouts. Along with Lippe-Morrison, the Four State Franchise has fought in front of standing room only crowds on multiple occasions. Bartlesville, OK based welterweight Jarrett ?The Legacy? Rouse will look to make it 9-0 when he squares off with Arkansas? Juan Parra over six stanzas. Welterweight Jesse Cook of Seneca, MO aims for his sixteenth victory but Corpus Christi, TX?s John David Charles will attempt pull off the upset and win for the second time in three bouts. Cook and Charles will do battle over six rounds. In a six round special attraction junior middleweight bout, unbeaten Nathan Gallimore travels from Evanston, IL to put his 10-0-1 ledger on the line against 34 fight veteran Rahman Yusubov of Texas. ?The Four State Franchise continues to impress in the ring and the demand for them is unlike anything I?ve seen since I promoted Tommy Morrison,? said Holden. ?All of these guys can fight and I look forward to seeing them in bigger bouts in the near future.?  |
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