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Buck Smith, Promoter/CEO

TKOFORME BOXING, INC. PROMOTER/CEO BUCK SMITH MADE HIS MARK
IN THE WORLD OF BOXING YEARS AGO AS A FORMER WORLD CONTENDER.
FOR THE PAST NINE (9) YEARS HE HAS LAYED THE FOUNDATION HERE IN
OKLAHOMA BY PROMOTING AND DEVELOPING FIGHTERS TO COMPETE TO
THIER BEST ABILITY.

TKOFORME BOXING HAS PROMOTED 30 EVENTS - SO FAR FOUR (4) BOXERS
THAT WE HAVE PROMOTED IN DEVELOPED HAS FOUGHT ON NATIONAL T.V.
FROM THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY WE HOLD THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING PROMOTED
FIVE (5) BLACK TIE EVENTS IN WHICH THREE (3) WHERE FOR CHARITY HERE IN
OKLAHOMA CITY. OUR EVENTS HAVE ENTERTAINED THOUSANDS AROUND THE
STATE. WE ARE DEVOTED TO STAGING THE BEST IN BOXING AS WELL AS
ALWAYS GIVING SOMETHING BACK TO THE PEOPLE. OUR EVENTS HAVE GIVEN
THE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT OF OKLAHOMA CITY SOME OF ITS MOST
THRILLING AND MEMORABLE MOMENTS.

BUCK "TOMBSTONE" SMITH MIGHT DO FOR BOXING WHAT ERNIE" LETS PLAY TWO" BANKS
DID FOR BASEBALL. TUESDAY NIGHT SMITH, A WELTERWEIGHT RANKED SIXTH BY THE IBF, FOUGHT TWO BOUTS IN DIFFERENT STATES AND WON BOTH. WHY THE PERIPATETIC
PUGILISM? "ITS TREMENDOUS PUBLICITY," SMITH 26, FRANKLY ACKNOWLEDGES. CUTMAN
JOE HAUG DROVE THEM THE 165 MILES FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TUESDAY TO WICHITA, KS.
THEY ARRIVED 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE FIGHT. SMITH DRESSED IN THE VAN AND THEN KNOCKED OUT MARCO DAVIS IN THE SECOND ROUND. BACK ON THE ROAD AND 2 1/2 HRS
LATER THEY ARRIVED HOME IN TIME FOR SMITH TO GET A SIX-ROUND DECISION OVER
RODNEY JOHNSON. SMITH (110-2-1, 81 KO'S) TURNED PRO IN 1987. HIS LAST LOST CAME IN
1989 IN LAS VEGAS. HE KNOWS, WITH HIS SEEMINGLY INFLATED RECORD, HE'S ACCUSED OF FIGHTING BUMS. "BUT I'M NOT FIGHTING ONE BUM A MONTH," HE SAYS. "I'M FIGHTING
THREE OR FOUR."