By John Wall
It’s going to be hard to top last Saturday’s heavyweight fight between Tomasz Adamek and Michael Grant, but Trump's Taj Mahal in Atlantic City will give it try as they play host to another heavyweight match up featuring Philadelphia's Chazz " The Gentleman" Witherspoon, 26-2-1 (18 KO’s), against Livin “La Maquina” Castillo 16-8 (10 KO’s).
The 5' 11" 34 year old Castillo, a rugged veteran southpaw from Ecuador who now resides in Atlantic City, has a reputation for taking on all comers, so don’t be fooled by his record. They have come by way of some impressive opposition including future Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion Jean Marc-Mormeck, future WBC Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev, IBF #1 ranked contender Alexander Povetkin, and former WBA Champion Bruce Seldon.
The younger (28) taller (6’ 4”) Witherspoon should present yet another difficult fight for Castillo.
Witherspoon, a Paulsboro resident with a degree from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, started his professional career with twenty-three wins fifteen by KO before losing a controversial third round disqualification to Chris Arreola. He won his next three contests by KO before losing, in a slugfest, to former world heavyweight contender Tony Thompson on the undercard of the Jermain Taylor- Jeff Lacy bout.
With Witherspoon in need of a win to put himself back in the picture and Castillo’s reputation for always coming to fight, Spartan Fight Promotions’ first ever card should provide an entertaining night of entertainment.
The action packed undercard features lightweight contender Jose Reyes (23-7, 8 KO’s) of Vineland, super middleweights Joel De La Paz (5-0, 4 KO’s), Eugene Soto (2-0, 1 KO), light heavyweight Lavarn “Baby Bowe” Harvell (5-0, 2 KO’s), Isaiah Seldon, (1-0), bantamweight Qa’id “Kid Dynamite” Muhammad (5-0, 5 KO’s), all of Atlantic City as well as Philadelphia super middleweight Farah Ennis.
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