The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

PRO boxing is expected to return to the Bahamas next month after a hiatus with Meacher “Pain” Major as the headliner against Roger Rosa, a crafty veteran from Brazil.

The show, dubbed “Pain & Glory,” is scheduled for Friday, December 13 in the Rainforest Theatre of the Wyndham Nassau Resort, Cable Beach. The show is slated to begin at 6pm.

It’s the first venture by Tommy Stubbs, general manager of Buttons Formal Wear, the organisers of the show that is also expected to feature an amateur segment. Bahamasair is the official airline for the event.

Stubbs will be bringing Major home for his first fight since he stopped Jeff Schuyler with a fourth round technical knockout on February 4, 2012 at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

Major, 32, will be fighting for the first time this year. His last fight was on December 15, 2012 when he lost his second straight in a third round TKO to Jose Felix Jr at the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas.

Now based in Buffalo, New York, Major has a 20-6-1 win-loss-draw record with 17 knockouts. Against Rosa, he’s facing a 28-year-old with a 5-4-1 record. He fights out of Oviedo, Florida. Rosa is also coming off two straight losses in his three fights this year. His last appearance in the ring was on August 17 when he lost a unanimous decision to Ivan Najera at the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas.

In the co-main event, two American welterweights Mike Sawyer and Alex Perez are slated to square off in a four-rounder.

Plans are also in the making for a women’s pro fight on the undercard. On the amateur side, kicking off the show at 8pm, boxers from the Strikers Boxing Club and Champion Amateur Boxing Club are all set to tangle.

Also during the night, three persons are expected to be honoured - two for their contribution to boxing. The other will be DC Pratt, the Bahamian kickboxer, who recently won a US title.

More details will be revealed today during a press conference at the Strikers Boxing Club, headed by Ronn and Arlene Rodgers.