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Conrad Smoker draws nice St. Pat’s Day crowd |
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 The fourth annual Conrad Smoker brought out a nice crowd on Saturday to be entertained by young boxers dukeing it out in the ring.
There were 12 bouts on the card, including one match up between two lady pugilists from Shelby.
Radio announcer Gary Goodan presented the fighters and decisions and Bobby LeCoure was the referee.
The Conrad Lions and Conrad Wrestling clubs sponsored the event. Proceeds of the Smoker went towards helping area athletes.
In addition, Conrad Wrestling Club grants each boxer $50 to go to their chosen cause.
 SIGHTING IN -- Colby “Boom Boom” Johnson, on the right, looks for an opening in his fight with Kameron “Heavy Hands” Hepner of Shelby. Johnson came on to win the fight, getting a unanimous 3-0 decision from the judges. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Stepping up first were Cutter “Switch Blade” Martin of Conrad and Scott “Iron Man” Schlosser, also of Conrad.
Both boxers got in some nice punches, but it was Schlosser coming on strong in the third round to win a unanimous 3-0 decision from the judges.
Bout number two pitted Colby “Animal” Johns, a hometown product against Matt “Hates Conrad” DeVine of Great Falls.
After the final bell rang and Goodan announced the fight was a draw, more than a few fans loudly booed.
Getting inside the ropes next was Logan “Lights Out” Erickson of Conrad and Eli “Boomer” Baker from Choteau.
One of the better fights of the evening, this match had lots of blows and an early knock-down of Baker off a solid punch from Erickson, which seemed to give him the edge in the fight.
In the end, this match drew a majority draw decision, which was loudly booed by the boxing cliental.
Lane “The Ju” Judisch of Conrad was next to step between the ropes, facing Logan “Slim Jim” Hodke of Great Falls. Judisch was on the losing end of a 3-0 decision.
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