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Showtime Championship Boxing - August 2nd, 2008

Emerald Queen Casino - Tacoma, Washington

Photos by Craig Thomson

The Showtime network visited the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma on Aug 2nd to present a very special edition of Championship boxing broadcast around the USA.

 

In the main event for the IBF Junior Bantamweight Title, Vic Darchinyan KO'd reigning champ Dimitri Kirilov in the fifth round to take his belt.

 

The co-main event saw Andre Dirrell, who was a bronze medalist in the 2004 Olympics, take out Michael Paschall via a 4th Rd TKO.

 

Portland, Oregon's David Banks, who was on Season 3 of ESPN's The Contender, out pointed Kenny Ellis fighting out of Tacoma in a featured 6 round fight. 3 more undercard bouts gave the crowd plenty of action.

Main Event - IBF Junior Bantamweight Title (12 rounds)

Vic Darchinyan (Sydney, Australia / 114 lbs) defeats

Dimitri Kirilov (St. Petersburg, Russia / 114 lbs) by KO @ 1:05 Rd 5

 

Co-main Event - Super Middleweight (10 rounds)

Andre Dirrell (Flint, Michigan / 168 lbs) defeats

Michael Paschall (Baltimore, Maryland / 166.5 lbs) by TKO @ 1:32 Rd 4

Undercard

Super Middleweight (6 rounds)

David Banks (Portland, OR / 167 lbs) defeats

Kenny Ellis (Seattle, WA / 169 lbs) by Unanimous Decision (58-56, 59-55, 60-54)


Welterweight (6 rounds)

Dean Byrne (Crumlin, Ireland / 142 lbs) defeats

Daniel Gonzalez (Billings, MT / 144 lbs) by Unanimous Decision (60-52, 60-53, 60-53)


Welterweight (4 rounds)

Max Skayzer (West Covina, CA / 145 lbs) vs Fred Tukes (College Park, GA / 146 lbs) results in a Split Draw (39-37, 37-39, 38-38)

 

Welterweight (4 rounds)

Darren Darby (Vancouver, BC / 140.5 lbs) defeats

Daniel Castillo (San Francisco / 142 lbs) by Majority Decision (38-38, 39-37, 39-37)

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