COLUMBUS, Miss. | Four local professional boxers from the Skyy Gym in Northport scored knockout victories Friday night at the Trotter Convention Center.
Former amateur star Keandrae Leatherwood knocked out New Orleans’ Paul Ford in the first round with a left hook to win the vacant Southeastern Boxing Federation Middleweight Title. Leatherwood is now 3-0 as a professional with all three wins by first-round knockout.
Former Marine Anthony Doughty improved to 2-0 with two knockouts with a first-round technical knockout over Ernest Parfait of Bay St. Louis, Miss. Parfait was down twice in the round.
Gundrick “Sho-Gun” King scored a second round TKO over Billy Outley of West Monroe, La. Body shots did the damage.
Leon “Beatdown” Dukes knocked out Heath Collett of Biloxi in the first round with an overhand right, left hook combination to improve to 4-0 with two knockouts
