St. Louis boxing scored another big win with Deandre Latimore’s seventh-round knockout of Sechew Powell in a super middleweight bout on Wednesday. Latimore becomes the third St. Louis fighter to make a splash in recent years, joining Cory Spinks and Devin Alexander. After a back-and-forth first six rounds, Latimore took control in the seventh. He dropped a series of savage shots onto Powell as he lay against the ropes, forcing the referee to step in. Beating Powell, a New Yorker with a sparkling amateur background and a title shot all but guaranteed had he won, puts Latimore right in the mix in a weak division desperately in need of some new faces.
Boxers from midwestern towns have long had a reputation for being a bit soft. The logic is that prospects from Oklahoma or Minnesota are not tested in the gyms the same way a kid from New York or Los Angeles or Philly is tested on a daily basis, and there's a long history of midwestern guys with gaudy records being exposed (Matt Vanda anyone?) once they step up. But more and more, a flashy record from St. Louis looks like it means something.
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