In getting-what-you-asked-for news, former EliteXC Lightweight Champion K.J. Noons (8-2) dropped a six-round unanimous decision to tough Detroit middleweight James Countryman (14-1) in Cincinnati, OH.
The well-matched fight proved one of the top bouts from the six-fight card, though Noons suffered losing scores of losing scores of 59-55, 58-56 and 58-56 while snapping a four-fight win streak.
The bout was Noons’ first boxing match since his unanimous-decision win over Alejandro Bogarin (8-7-3) in November.
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If medically cleared, Noons is expected to box Matt Vanda (39-9) on April 18 in Minneapolis.
Noons and manager Mark Dion had been searching for a step up in boxing competition for the Hawaiian and they’ve certainly found it in Countryman and Vanda, whose combined record now stands at 53-10. The combined records of the eight boxers whom Noons has defeated? 24-34-3.