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Mauricio Martinez 121 ½ – Reynaldo Lopez 122
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Gary Stark Jr. 126 – Leopoldo Arocha 127
Lennox Allen 167 – Darnell Boone 164 ½
Joe Smith Jr. 172 ½ – Eddie Caminero 172
Joselito Collado 128 – Andres Ledesma 129
Mike Ruiz 147 ½ – Noel Garcia 145 ½
Andy Mejias 167 – Juan Zapata 166 ½

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ROBERTO MARROQUIN TO MEXICO
FOR TOP RANK LIVE! SATURDAY

Young, rising star Roberto Marroquin of Dallas is in Mexico for a Top Rank Live! fight televised card on Saturday night.

Marrroquin, 14-0-0 at junior featherweight, will box in his first eight-round bout when he takes on Jesus Quintero of Los Mochis. The Top Rank Live! telecast will be available on Fox Sports Espanol at 10 pm eastern/7 pm pacific.

Marroquin, 20, trained for weeks with trainer Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Ca. Cutman Miguel Diaz is in Mexico and will work in Marroquin’s corner.

ROBERTO MARROQUIN, 14-0-0, DALLAS, TEXAS
2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (amateur), 119 pounds – Silver Medalist…
2006 National Junior Olympics (amateur), 119 pounds – Gold Medalist…
2006 National PAL Championships (amateur), 119 pounds – Silver Medalist…
2006 International Aliyev Cup (amateur), 119 pounds – Silver Medalist…
2005 National Junior Olympics (amateur), 110 pounds – Silver Medalist…

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, who will fight Pavel Wolak on Sept. 11 (Top Rank Live! – Fox Sports Espanol), is scheduled to begin working out with Freddie Roach this weekend at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Calif. ….

Notre Dame champion Mike Lee will be in a 4-round light heavyweight bout on the Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Orlando Salido world title card at the Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas on Sept. 11. Lee is training with Ronnie Shields in Houston. Fight fans will be coming in from Chicago to see Mike Lee, a finance graduate from Notre Dame, go into his second pro bout…

World champion Juan Manuel Lopez of Puerto Rico will arrive into Las Vegas on August 29. He will train at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas to get set for his world title fight against Rafael Marquez on Sept. 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. “I am going into the ring against a Hall of Famer. It’s going to be a real challenge,” Juanma said.

Program Lineup Through Friday August 13
Date Sport Event Price
Fri Aug 6 10:00PM ET MMA Tuff-N-Uff – Team Quest vs Xtreme Couture $9.99 More info
Sat Aug 7 7:00PM ET Boxing Havoc is Back $4.99 More info

MMA
Tuff-N-Uff – Team Quest vs Xtreme Couture
Fri Aug 6 10:00PM ET
Click here to watch this event on GoFightLive!

This is a truly special event. Mixed martial arts icons Randy Couture and Dan Henderson have thus far avoided an in-cage confrontation during their legendary careers, but in August, the pair will be represented in an epic clash.

What was originally announced as a five-on-five competition has now grown to a massive eight-bout contest. Eight fighters from Couture’s Las Vegas-based Xtreme Couture camp will clash with eight combatants representing Henderson’s California-based Team Quest academy in a showdown for the ages, and in addition to respect and bragging rights, Tuff-N-Uff’s featherweight title also hangs in the balance.

For full fight card and more details about this event, visit GoFightLive.tv or click here

PHILADELPHIA (AUGUST 6, 2010)–Next Friday night’s big boxing event at The Arena in South Philadelphia has been postponed until Thursday night August 26th at the same venue.

The card, which will feature Philly favorites such as Victor Vasquez, Coy Evans, Tommie Speller, Derrick Webster, Angel Ocasio, Keenan Smith and Jackie Davis will go on with a bell time at 7:30pm.

The card is promoted by Blaine Garner’s Shalyte Promotions in associationm with SAM Promotions and all tickets that were purchased for the 13th will be honored on the 26th.

Tickets for this great evening of boxing can be purchased for $75 (VIP); $65 (Ringside) and $50 (General Admission) by calling the following the Locals:

Muhammad Ali Boxing Gym—267-979-2163 or 215 876 7741
Shalyte Promotions—302-333-0135
The Arena—267-687-7560

The Arena is located at 7 West Ritner Street (Corner of Swanson & Ritner)

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Warner Promotions held a press conference on Wednesday at the Flat Iron Café in the Flats to officially announce the complete card for their Aug. 20 event titled “Friday Night Fights” at the Nautica Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio. The main event fighters Nick “The Stoneman” Firtha and “Lightning” Mike Sheppard were on hand to talk about their 10-round clash for Firtha’s NABA U.S. Heavyweight championship and the vacant Ohio State Heavyweight title.

The two fighters were cordial and expressed their excitement for the date to arrive, knowing that the bout is a crucial one for each of their careers. The winner will receive ranked in the World Boxing Association, putting them in position to earn a chance to fight for a world championship.

Firtha (18-7-1, 8 KOs) is a native of Northeast Ohio hailing from Akron. He takes great pride in being able to fight in his hometown and wants to put on a good show. “I know Mike Sheppard and he brings it,” Firtha said. “I know he’s going to have his A-game.”

Sheppard (15-10-1, 8 KOs), from Palestine, W.Va., knows that this is this biggest opportunity of his career and feels it’s time to put his experience and talents on the line. “Nick’s going to get my best effort, I promise,” Sheppard said. “He’s on top of his game and the proof is in his last fight. This is going to be a heck of a fight and I’m giving it all I got.”

In his last fight Firtha made a big leap in his career when he was brought in as an opponent for upcoming heavyweight prospect Tony Grano. The night ended early for the favored fighter when Firtha stopped him in the second round. “(Firtha) kind of shocked the boxing world in his last fight; to everybody except himself and his trainer Terry Nicopolis,” said Warner Promotions president Antonio Castro.

In addition to giving their all in the ring, both fighters let it be known that they are coming to give the fans their money’s worth. “I don’t intend to step back,” Sheppard said. Echoing his statements, Firtha promised a war in the ring. “He’s not going backwards, I don’t like to go backwards, but somebody is going to have to at some point,” Firtha said. “I expect a really good fight.”

In addition, this will be Firtha’s first meaningful fight in Ohio in four years. “All these athletes fighting to get out of this town; I’m fighting to get back in,” Firtha said. “I just want to let Mike know that I haven’t fought in Northeast Ohio for a while and I take immense pride in fighting in my hometown, so I’m going to have my best stuff come Aug. 20. I wish him a lot of luck.”

Also in attendance at the press conference was 20-year-old co-feature fighter and Cleveland native Dante Moore. An undefeated junior middleweight prospect with a record of 6-0 (4), Moore will be facing the toughest challenge of his career in Minneapolis, Minn., native Corey Rodriguez (4-1-1, 3 KOs). The two will fight in a six-round match.

A bevy of talented Cleveland fighters were also in attendance and introduced by Castro. Among those were lightweight prospect Julius Leegrand (3-0, 1 KO) who will be facing off against Taide Torres of (0-2) of Milwaukee, Wis., in four-round action. Leegrand, 22, is a talented slick boxer who also works full-time.

Wilkins Santiago (1-0), of Lorain, Ohio, was announced to be facing another local fighter in Matt Keglovic (1-1, 1 KO) at the middleweight division. Heavyweight Jason Massie (5-0, 4 KOs), of Cleveland, has a tough task in Shaker Heights fighter Mujaheed Moore (4-3, 3 KOs) who has never been down in his career. Both fights will last four rounds.

Middleweight Michael Moore (2-0, 2 KOs) of Cleveland, light heavyweight Demar Singleton (4-0, 3 KOs) of Toldeo, Ohio, and junior welterweight Johnny Garcia (2-0, 1 KO) of Holland, Mich., are all awaiting announcement of their opponents.

In addition to the fights there will be live music presented by popular local acts Jackie, Tenafly Viper and A Punch’s Pilot. “We’re trying to add more of an event type atmosphere to what we’re doing,” Castro said. “Cleveland’s really never seen something like this and it’s something that we want to take pride in to start adding value to the people that are coming out and paying money not only to see great boxing but also entertaining music.”

The live music will start before the fights at 5 p.m. with the first fight to begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on-sale through all Ticketmaster locations, livenation.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Tickets start at just $25 for general admission. There are also tables seating eight for $600, tables seating four for $300, Ringside for $75, and floor seats for $50. For more information please call 216-854-0485 or visit www.warnerpromotionsllc.com.

Cestus Management’s 140-to-147 pound world contender Ashley Theophane scored an impressive decision victory over IBF number 3 ranked welterweight Delvin Rodriguez. Theophane displayed superb boxing skills as he constantly kept Rodriguez off balance by stepping around the Dominican’s offense and landing sharp combination’s to clearly win a close action packed fight. Rodriguez, who is a former 3 time world title challenger, worked hard but in the end, Theophane just proved to be the better fighter. The fight was the main event and took place at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma and was televised live on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights.

The “Tresure” had this to say right after the fight; I’ll fight any top fighter in the world, I’m ready for any of them. I finally found myself and anyone who wants to step up and fight lets do it tomorrow. I “hit Delvin (Rodriguez) with some real hard shots and he still kept coming and never quit. I was ready to do anything to win this fight and i did. Me and my team (CESTUS) worked too hard for this and I knew I couldn’t let anyone of them down. This win is special and i can’t explain how good i feel inside. I promise whoever wants to listen that there is a lot more to come from me in the future. Like i said I’ll fight any top fighter in the world. I want a shot at a world title.”

Mike Michael, who is Cestus Management’s Chief Adviser, said, We are all very proud of “Ashley, he just beat the IBF World # 3 and he just proved that he is world class and is ready to fight the best. Ashley is one of the most consummate professional that i know and he showed how competitive and how much drive he has. Rodriguez is a tough kid but Ashley’s all round boxing ability and will to win was to much for him. This was a great win for Ashley and i am looking to fights him with any world ranked fighter that is willing to step up and fight us.

In closing, Michael said, “I would like to thank my good friend Jimmy “ZEKE” Hartofilis for his undeniable support, Warriors Boxing, Starboxing and Mr Tony Holden and his team at the fabulous Buffalo Run Casino and most of all the fans for all of their support.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, ESPN will show the September 11 rematch between World Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and Samuel Peter

The fight will take place Live at 5pm eastern time and be shown on the network’s on-line streaming arm of espn3.com.

The championship fight will also air at 8 p.m. ET on same-day tape delay on ESPN Deportes with a Sept. 12 replay at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

“We are always looking for opportunities to deliver quality boxing matches on multiple platforms,” said Doug Loughrey, ESPN’s boxing director of programming. “We are pleased to present another world title heavyweight bout to United States-based boxing fans.”

“I had to wait a long time for the rematch,” Peter said. “Now I will finish what I missed five years ago. This time I am going straight in and take him out. It’s not going to last real long.”

“Peter was one of the toughest fights of my career,” Klitschko said. “He is an extremely hard puncher and has improved a lot in his last [few] fights. I know what to expect on Sept. 11 and I will be well prepared.”

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (July 29, 2010)-On Saturday night August 7th, Havoc Boxing will make its initial foray in to boxing promotion as the upstart Promotion presents a terrific night of boxing at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York.

In the main event, Former world Bantamweight champion Mauricio Martinez will
take part in a ten round bout against Reynaldo Lopez for the New York State Super Bantamweight title.

Martinez, a native of Panama has a record of 35-9-1 with twenty-three knockouts. Martinez was 8-0-1 in his first nine bouts before being stopped and overmatched against twenty-six fight veteran and future world champion, Freddie Norwood way back on May 31st, 1997. Martinez split his next four fights with a win over undefeated Antonio Diaz and two losses to future WBC
Super Bantamweight champion Hecto Arcero Sanchez.

That did not dissuade Martinez as he went on to win nine straights, all by knockout which included winning the WBO Bantamweight title with a fifth round knockout over Lester Fuentes in Manchester, England and making one defense which was first round knockout over Esham Pickering in Pickering’s home country of England. Martinez lost the belt to Cruz Carvajal via ninth round stoppage on March 15th, 2002.

Martinez went on to win nine in a row which set him up for another challenge of the WBO Bantamweight title. Martinez lost a controversial majority decision to Ratancchi Singwangcha in Singwangcha’s homeland of Thailand. Martinez won three in a row before being stopped by future world champion Gerry Penalosa.

Since the loss to Penalosa, Martinez has gone 4-2 with his latest outing being a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Heriberto Ruiz on March 20, 2009.

Lopez of Santa Fe Springs, CA via Colombia has a record of 30-8-3 with twenty-one knockouts.

Lopez started out his career by going 15-0-1 before a loss to undefeated Carlos Meza.

Lopez then went 10-1-1 in his next twelve bouts which set him up for an IBF Jr. Bantamweight title elimination bout with future champion Dimitry Kirillov.

Lopez dropped a close majority decision but went on to win three straight before losing a twelve round unanimous decision to Cristian Mijares for the WBC Interim Super Flyweight championship.

Lopez was then stopped in five rounds to former 122 lb champion Daniel Ponce De Leon before scoring a vicious third round stoppage over undefeated Mike Oliver (21-0).

In his last bout, Lopez dropped an eight round unanimous decision to undefeated Rico Eamos (15-0) on April 24th in Ontario, Ca.

In the six round co-feature, Popular Super Featherweight, Gary Stark Jr. 22-3 with eight knockouts of New York City will return to the ring Leopaldo Arocha

Stark won his first seventeen bouts and was looking like one of the top prospects in the lower weight divisions.

He then met fellow 17-0 prospect Mike Oliver and dropped a unanimous decision for the USBA Jr. Featherweight title.

After a stunning knockout defeat to Andreas Ledesma, Stark went on to win four straight which included a ten round unanimous decision over Ledesma in the highly anticipated rematch.

Stark will be making his first ring appearance in nearly sixteen months as in his last bout he was taken out in three rounds against top contender Antonio Escalante (19-2) on April 24, 2009.

Arocha of Panama City, Panama has a record of 10-12-2 with six wins coming via knockout.

The road has not been easy for Arocha has he has faced a murderers row of world champion, title challengers and top prospects.

To look at the dossier of Arocha, one would find names such as former WBA Super Bantamweight champion Celestiono Caballero (TKO by 3) in Arocha’s third bout; Jose Beranza (TKO by 4); Former WBO Super Flyweight champion Adonis Rivas, for whom Arocha fought a spirited draw with; Former WBA Bantamweight champion Nehomar Cermano (TKO by 7); former world title challenger Feidor Viloria (TKO by 5) the aforementioned Mauricio Martinez (Loss bu unanimous decision)

In his last bout, Arocha traveled to Japan and scored an eight round unanimous decision over Yosuke Takeuchi on November 3rd in front of Takeuchi’s hometown fans.

Undefeated Featherweight, Joselito Collado, 10-0 with three knockouts of Jamaica, Queens will take on an an opponent to be named in a six round bout.

Christian Martinez, 4-0 with four knockouts of New York City will tussle with Jose Luis Perez Adorno (2-3, 1 KO) of Caguas, PR in a six round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Former 2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali will fight a six round Welterweight bout against an opponent to be named.

Ali has a record of 8-0 with four knockouts. is coming off an explosive knockout over Julias Edmonds on July 16th in Newark, NJ.

Light heavyweight Andy Mejia, 7-0 with three knockouts will take on Juan Zapata (1-3, 1 KO) of Bronx, New York

Mike Ruiz (8-4, 5 KO’s) of Long Island, NY will take on Noel Garcia (2-4-1, 1 KO) of Springfield, MA in a four round Jr. Middleweight bout

Danny Valle, 1-0 with one knockout will take on debuting George Santiago in a four round Super Featherweight bout.

Rounding out the card will be female heavyweight Sonya Lamonakis (1-0, 1 KO) of Turner Falls, MA in a four round bout.

Tickets for this special night of boxing are priced at $50 for all seats and can be purchased at the Following Locations:

The Aviator Box Office
Gleasons Gym (718) 797 2872
Sadam Ali Boxing & Fitness Center (917) 807 3630
New Legend Boxing Club (718) 487 4474

The Aviator Sports Complex is located at:

3159 Flatbush Ave – Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234

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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (July 27, 2010) – With G&P Fitness and Boxing Center officially opened, President and CEO Mike Brestle is continuing his quest to make a difference in the community of Atlantic City as well as the boxing and fitness industries. With a brand new state of the art boxing and training facility, located squarely in the heart of Atlantic City, Brestle is ready to launch Spartan Fight Promotions. Spartan Fight Promotions’ goal is to be Atlantic City’s premier sports and entertainment promotional company. “Our main focus and vision is to bring the sport of boxing BACK to Atlantic City, just as it was not too long ago during the times of Iron Mike Tyson and Arturo Gatti,” says Brestle.

Spartan Fight Promotions mission is to provide their fans with an exciting, competitive and entertaining evening of world class boxing action. What makes Spartan Fight Promotions unique is their willingness to work with any and all promoters, managers and fighters in the sport to help achieve their vision of making the best and most entertaining fights for the fans on a consistent basis. As Spartan Fight Promotions continues to grow and build their brand, their focus will remain to present fan friendly fight cards, while building and sustaining long lasting relationships that are based on trust, loyalty and mutual respect. This vision is the key to the success of Spartan Fight Promotions and their ability to represent the sport’s top talent on a local, national and international level.

The Spartan Fight Promotion team will be comprised by some of the sport’s brightest and freshest talent. Jim Kurtz is the President of Boxing Operations at Spartan Fight Promotions and will handle many of the day to day responsibilities. Kurtz is well versed in many areas of the sport and he is highly respected by his peers within the sport. He is one of the sport’s youngest and most well respected managers and advisors. He has vast promotional experience and he has even handled matchmaking responsibilities. Working along with Kurtz will be former Main Events matchmaker, Brian Little. Little has established an impeccable reputation within the boxing community. With over the fifteen years of experience and having worked hand in hand with some of the sports most respected talent, Brian brings a wealth of knowledge to Spartan Fight Promotions. Brian has experience handling everything from matchmaking, arranging boxer travel, public relations and site coordination.

“Kurtz and Little will coordinate the day-to-day and event operations for Spartan Fight Promotions,” according to Brestle. “Their extensive experience, combined with the rest of our dedicated staff, will help lead Spartan Fight Promotions towards achieving our goal, to ‘bring boxing back to Atlantic City’ while establishing a reputation throughout the boxing world for staging world class boxing events. Kurtz and Little will be key components to achieve our goal of signing, developing, and mentoring talented boxing professionals and helping them achieve their dreams of becoming World Champions!”

The Spartan Fight Promotions plan is to promote 6-8 boxing shows per year while establishing a well defined presence in New Jersey and the Atlantic City region in particular. To reach these lofty goals, Spartan Fight Promotions is committed to dealing with any promoter, manager and fighters in the sport to make the most competitive and entertaining fights for the fans. With each and every Spartan Fight Promotions experience boxing fans will be able to see and feel the Spartan Fight Promotions difference.

Brestle concluded, “We look forward to seeing everyone at the fights. I am sure the attendees will become loyal fans of Spartan Fight Promotions and they will continue to be a part of our future. Spartan Fight Promotions strives to be the best in all that we do and we look forward to providing our fans with events that they will remember!”

Program Lineup Through Friday July 30
Date Sport Event Price
Sat Jul 24 12:30PM ET Boxing Hall vs Power $FREE! More info
Sat Jul 24 6:00PM ET Boxing Gleason’s Gym – Amateurs $FREE! More info
Sat Jul 24 8:00PM ET Boxing Fights at the Fitz: Ty Barnett v Tyrese Hendrix $FREE! More info
Sat Jul 24 8:30PM ET MMA Wild Bills Fight Night 29:Guest Rich Franklin $9.99 More info
Sun Jul 25 14:00PM ET KickBoxing LIKO VI Fight for a Cure Kickboxing Show $FREE! More info

Boxing

Fights at the Fitz: Ty Barnett v Tyrese Hendrix
Sat Jul 24 8:00PM ET
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Prize Fight Promotions will put on a five bout card that will be headlined by a terrific Lightweight encounter between Ty Barnett and Tyrese Hendrix, from Fitzgerald’s Casino and Hotel. Barnett of Washington, D.C., will risk his impressive ledger of 17-1-1 with twelve knockouts against Hendrix of Gainesville, GA who is looking to rebound from his first professional loss and is now 18-1-1 with seven knockouts.

Barnett was 16-0-1 in his first seventeen bouts as he defeated the likes of former world title challenger John Brown, Pavel Miranda (15-1); Jose Leonardo Cruz (12-3-2); Johnnie Edwards (14-2-1) before being shocked by being stopped by Juan Santiago in one round. Barnett rebounded in his last bout by scoring a seventh round stoppage over the durable Braderick Antoine on April 16th. Hendrix has a very similar resume. After a draw in his first bout, he went on to win eighteen in a row which included wins over capable veterans such as Moises Pedroza (25-11-1); former world title challenger Luis Bolano (41-10) and Robbie Cannon (12-3-1) before losing for the first time to then undefeated Hank Lundy on April 16th in a bout that was televised on ESPN 2.

An outstanding undercard has been assembled of several undefeated Prospects: 6 Rounds Jr. Middleweights Mario Mina (5-0, 3 KOs) vs. Tim Connors (9-1, 7 KOs) 6 Rounds Light Heavyweights Donta Woods (7-0, 6 KOs) vs. Terry Porter (16-24-3, 9 KOs) 4 Rounds Jr. Middleweights Taureano Johnson (3-0, 3 KOs) vs Roy Ashworth (5-9, 1 KO) 4 Rounds Jr. Welterweights Rohan Wilson (4-2-1, 1 KO) vs. Keuntray Wilson (PD)

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Gleason’s Gym – Amateurs
Sat Jul 24 18:00PM ET
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Gleason’s Amateur Boxing Series continues this Saturday evening (7/24/10) from legendary Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn NY with the best young amateurs making their bones in the world reknowned Gleason’s Gym, where over 100 World Champions have trained.
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Hall vs Power
Sat Jul 24 12:30PM ET
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Stuart Hall will battle Martin Power for the British Bantamweight title in a rematch of a great fight that occurred just ten months ago.

In the first fight, Hall came back to stop Power in eight rounds, despite suffering a cut on his head in the very first round. Hall has a record of 8-0-1 with four knockouts and won the British title with an eighth round stoppage over the much more experienced Ian Napa on June 4th.

Power has a record of 21-5 with nine knockouts and is a former British Bantamweight champion himself. Power won his first sixteen fights before winning the British crown with a twelve round unanimous decision over Dale Robinson (17-1) on May 20, 2005. Power defended the belt twice, including a win over Napa before stepping up and being stopped in nine by Tshifhiwa Munyai for the vacant Commonwealth title. Seven months later, Munyai stopped Power in four in the rematch.

Despite the losses, Power still had British title but that was short lived as Napa came back to take a twelve round unanimous decision to claim the British title. After losing to Hall, Power won his last bout when he stopped Matthew Edmonds (10-3) on December 11th in five rounds.
In the ten round co-feature, Dean Harrison will battle Nigel Wright for the vacant English Jr. Welterweight title. Harrison has a record of 16-3 with five knockouts and will be fighting for the fourth time with a belt on the line. This past March 14th, Harrison captured the Midlands Jr. Welterweight title with a first round knockout over Ben Lawler. Wright has a record of 21-6 with nine knockouts. He is no stranger to championship fights himself as this will be his ninth fight for a belt. After going 12-1 in his first thirteen bouts, Wright won the English Light Welterweight title with a seventh round stoppage over Dean Hickman in 2005. He reclaimed the English Light Welterweight title with decision over Gary Reid and retained it with a draw with Daws in the rematch. In his last bout, Wright scored an eight round decision over former world champion, Alex Arthur (27-2) on December 5th in New Castle.

Another exciting bout featuring 2008 Olympic Bronze Medal winner, Tony Jeffries (8-0, 5 KOs) will battle Michael Banbula (10-25-3) in a Light Heavyweight bout scheduled for eight rounds.
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All Philly War / USBA Title
Fri Jul 30 7:30PM ET
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All Philly War /USBA Title – Derek ‘Pooh’ Ellis vs ‘King’ Gabriel Rosado.

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Ocean City, MD (July 20) – Middleweight boxing contender Jesse “The Beast” Nicklow will step out of the ring and into the octagon for a second consecutive time July 31 when he battles Matthew Dean in the main event of “Cage Time 3” from the Ocean City Convention Center.

Nicklow, who has an outstanding 20-2-2 record inside the squared circle, created a major buzz in his pro mixed martial arts debut, TKO’ing Jacob Estep via ground and pound. The Baltimore native is known as terrific striker with a solid wrestling pedigree.

Dean, 0-1, of Knoxville PA, is a BJJ specialist confident of his ability to pull off the upset.

The co-featured bout pits entertaining light heavyweight Kevin “Cowboy” Killian (1-0) of Ocean City, MD against Canada’s Andrew Craig.

Killian, a Purple Belt in BJJ and Judo Master, participated in the Ultimate Fighter trials before falling short of making it onto national airwaves. The wildly popular Killian entered the professional ranks in style last month, choking out Ray Elliot to a rousing applause from those in attendance.

Local favorites Jeremy Miller and Steven Baker will appear in separate bouts, while Pikesville’s Rich Langley and Ocean City’s Ruben Martinez battle it out for Free State bragging rights.

“July 31 is going to be a special night for fight fans and the Ocean City community,” said Promoter Jake Smith. “There is a lot of talent on this card and every fight has the makings to produce fireworks.”

Tickets starting at $15 are available by calling 1-800-626-2326 or logging onto ticketmaster.com. The Ocean City Convention Center is located at 4001 Costal Highway in Ocean City, MD.

All bouts are scheduled for three five minute rounds and the card is being promoted by Cage Time MMA. Steve Evans is the matchmaker.

Since their inception in April 2010, Cage Time MMA’s world class entertainment has received critical acclaim from both fans and nationally accredited media. Cage Time MMA Promoter Jake “The Snake” Smith has also put on successful boxing cards during the last six years.

Fernando Montiel tuned up literally and figuratively as pounded out Rafael Concepcion in round three of a twelve round Bantamweight fight to retain the WBC/WBO Bantamweight titles.

Montiel dropped Concepcion in the first seconds of round two from a perfect right. About a minute later, Concepcion walked into a left hook that sent him to seat of his pants for a second time in the round. Late in the round, Concepcion was docked a point for holding by referee Robert Byrd. Montiel ended things in the third when he landed a perfect right that knocked Concepcion down and out and Byrd stopped the fight without a count at 1:07 of round three.

Montiel, 118 lbs of Los Mochis, Mexixo will now look for a fall showdown with former Flyweight and Super Flyweight beltholder Nonito Donaire with a record of 43-2-2 with thirty-three knockouts. Concepcion, 118 lbs of Panama City, Panama is now 14-5.

Michael Medina scored a fourth round stoppage over Gilberto Flores in a scheduled ten round Jr. Middleweight bout.

Medina landed a barrage of punches that forced the referee to stop the bout at 1:41 of round four

Medina, 155 lbs of Monterrey, Mexico is now 24-2 with nineteen knockouts. Flores, 154 lbs of Tuianciago, Mexico is now 14-5.

Ramon Maas scored a four round split decision over Carlos Penaloza in a Featherweight bout.

Maas 122 lbs of Merida, Mexico is now 21-0. Penaloza, 123 1/2 lbs of Mexico is now 10-11-1.

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Carlos Velazquez remained undefeated as he scored a fifth round stoppage in Puerto Rico over Luis Arcos.

This was an entertaining bout throughout at the the two traded from the outset. Velazquez won most of those exchanges and finally got Arcos out of the way after he landed a clipping left hook that staggered Arcos and Velazquez humped on him an began to batter Arcos all over the ring until the referee stopped the bout at 1:119 of round five.

Velazquez, 129 1/2 lbs of Puerto Rico is now 13-0 with eleven knockouts. Arcos, 130 lbs is now 16-2-1.

Jonathan Vidal scored a sixth round knockdown en route to a six round unanimous decision over Felix Perez in a Bantamweight bout.

Vidal, 116 lbs of Guaynambo, PR is now 9-0. Perez of Carolina, PR is now 7-2.

Juan Gonzalez remained undefeated as he scored a second round stoppage over Christopher Rivera in a scheduled four round Lightweight bout.

Gonzalez scored a knockdown early in round two for a hard left cross. He finished the fight by backing up Rivera, who took a knee and began shaking his hand in discomfort and the fight was waved off.

The fight was waved off at 2:40 of round two for Gonzalez, 132 lbs of Toja Baja, PR and is now 9-0 with eight knockouts. Rivera, 129 3/4 lbs of San Juan, PR is now 3-5.

Jamiel Rivera won his pro debut with a unanimous decision over Manuel Torres (0-2) in a four round Light Flyweight bout.

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Wild Bill’s Fight Night Next Saturday Night: Special Guest MMA Star Rich Franklin!

PRIVATE DINNER WITH RICH FRANKLIN AND
RINGSIDE FIGHT TICKET FOR ONLY $100!!!

Saturday, July 24 at Wild Bill’s Fight Night is a stacked fight card featuring a main event for an NFC East Coast Championship, a co-main event between two Atlanta fighters that have absolutely hated each other for more than a year, a female pro MMA fight featuring one of Atlanta’s most powerful strikers and MMA star and former belt holder Rich Franklin will be at Wild Bill’s to witness it all!

Rich Franklin, one of the world’s most dominate MMA fighters and the guy that possibly ended the career of Chuck Liddell, will be at Wild Bill’s Fight Night on Saturday, July 24 for a meet and greet with all fans in the building. He’ll be signing autographs from 8:30 pm until midnight, but before that he’ll host a special Feast With the Beast at Wild Bill’s.

From 7 pm until 8:30 pm, a private group of 50 people have the opportunity to have dinner with Rich Franklin! For only $100 you get all you can eat wings, soft drinks, a Wild Bill’s Fight Night tshirt and a ticket in the first three rows for the fights that night! Also, make sure to bring a camera for photos and anything you want signed as you’ll have plenty of one on one time with Rich from 7 – 8:30 pm as they’ll only be 50 people in the room. You can sign up for this by CLICKING HERE and this is only valid for the first 50 that sign up!

The fights on Saturday, July 24 at Wild Bill’s promise to be explosive as local favorite Dustin Chovanic puts his 6-1 record on the line in the main event against New York’s Andrew Montanez. Montanez has fought three times at Wild Bill’s winning twice, only losing to Dan Lauzon. The two will be fighting for the vacant NFC East Coast Championship.

The co-main event will feature two Atlanta guys that have tried to fight each other for more than a year, but injuries have always prevented it. Jeff Boudreaux from Roberto Traven BJJ will square off against Will Kuhn from HardKnox MMA/X3 Sports. This promises to be a heated battle come fight night as the two have already exchanged words several times. To view a video from Boudreaux regarding his feelings toward Will, CLICK HERE .

Atlanta’s Maryellen Cano will fight North Carolina’s Linda Cunningham in a fight featuring two girls with stellar amateur careers that’ll both be making their professional debuts.

Former Atlanta fighter Ran Weathers, now training at Greg Jackson’s MMA, will return home to fight Lawson McClure from The HardCore Gym and Knuckle Up’s muay thai standout Eddie Walker is making his MMA debut versus Devan Plaisance from TN.

For more information visit www.FullThrottleMMA.com or www.UndisputedProductions.com or call the Fight Hotline at 678-TKO-0115.

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Last night on Counter Punch, on 790 The Zone in Atlanta, hosts Jose Santiago, Dymond Jones and David Oblas had world famous trainer Emmanuel Steward on air. Next Wednesday night, tune in and call in to win free fight tickets as Rich Franklin and Brian Bowles will be the call in guests.

Both former champions, both calling in during the radio show. ONLY on Counter Punch on 790 The Zone in Atlanta. Wednesday, July 21 at 7 pm EST.

Cruiserweight contender Ran Nakash remained undefeated by pounding out a ten round unanimous decision over Victor Barragan at the Arena in Philadelphia.

Nakash was more active and boxed effectively against Barragan, who gave a good account pf himself despite fighting much of the bout with a bloody nose.

Nakash, 204 1/2 lbs of Haifa, Israel won by scores of 99-91, 97-93 and 96-94 and is now 25-0. Berragan, 198 lbs of Oxnard, CA is now 11-6.

2008 Olympic Gold medal winner, Felix Diaz scored an eighth round stoppage over Broderick Antoine due to cuts in their scheduled eight round Welterweight bout.

Antoine was cut over his left eye and the fight was stopped thirty-five seconds into the final round.

Diaz, 146 1/2 lbs of the Dominican Republic is now 6-0 with 4 knockouts. Antoine, 145 1/2 lbs of Troy, NY is now 10-11-1.

2008 Olympic Bronze medal winner Vyacheslav Glazkov stopped Mark Brown in round three of their scheduled six round Heavyweight bout.

Glazkov dominated the bout until a big barrage on the ropes forced Benji Esteves to stop the bout.

Glazkov, 219 lbs of Ukraine is now 6-0 with 4 knockouts. Brown, 223 1/2 lbs of Salem, NJ is now 15-4.

Oz Golenburg remained undefeated by scoring a four round majority decision over Marcos Garcia in a Lightweight bout.

Scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 38-38 for Goldenburg, 129 1/2 lbs of Israel and is now 2-0. Garcia, 132 lbs of Camden, NJ is 0-3.

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Philadelphia, PA–When Derek “Pooh” Ennis defends his USBA junior middleweight title against fellow-Philadelphian ‘King’ Gabriel Rosado on Friday evening, July 30, at the Arena in South Philadelphia, it will bring back memories of some of the local showdowns that once made Philadelphia one of the boxing capitals of the United States.

The list of outstanding fights reads like a page out of Who’s Who in Philadelphia boxing history: Al Ettore vs. Gus Dorazio, Bob Montgomery vs. Wesley Mouzon, Charley Scott vs. Sugar Hart, George Benton vs. Joey Giardello, Gypsy Joe Harris vs. Kitten Hayward, Bennie Briscoe vs. Cyclone Hart….

You could go on and on.

“The formula for success in Philadelphia always has been to match two local fighters against each other,” says Nigel Collins, editor of The Ring magazine. “There is nothing like it anywhere else.”
Hall-of-Fame promoter J Russell Peltz, who is staging the Ennis-Rosado fight, agrees.

“In 1961, when I was 14 years old, my dad took me to the old Arena at 46th & Market Street to see Harold Johnson defend his light-heavyweight title against Von Clay,” Peltz said. “Johnson was from Manayunk and Von Clay was from West Philadelphia. It was an unusually hot night in late April and the Arena was not air-conditioned and you couldn’t move in there it was so packed. It was sweltering.

“We sat on the first row. Johnson was my boyhood idol and when he knocked Clay out in the second round, my emotions ran wild. I was ecstatic that Johnson had won but I was upset at Clay because I wanted to see more of the fight.

“It was the second time I had been to a fight in person and the first time at an all-Philly showdown. There were plenty to follow.”

Philadelphia long has been synonymous with tough fighters, guys who throw the left hook all night, even from left field. Fighters who stand toe-to-toe until only one of them is still standing.

“I remember the night George Benton fought Jesse Smith at the old Convention Hall in 1962,” Peltz said. “Benton was known as the Mayor of North Philadelphia and Smith ran with a fast crowd from West Philly. Benton was just too much for him and he dazzled the crowd with an incredible defensive display by staying in the pocket and making Smith miss all night while landing his own solid shots.

“I was at the Arena the night Gypsy Joe Harris got off the floor to stop Kitten Hayward in seven rounds. Again the place was packed, about 7,000 fans. We sat in the balcony—it was the only seats we could get at the last minute.”

After Peltz got in the business, he became part of the story.

“The Philly fans always liked to see the neighborhood wars,” he said. “There was a lot of interest and a lot of passion. I had been promoting less than two years when I made Cyclone Hart against Kitten Hayward at the Arena in May, 1971. North Philly against West Philly. Hart had knocked out all 18 of his opponents and he was stepping in against his most experienced opponent. Hayward had beaten Curtis Cokes and Bennie Briscoe and Emile Griffith and we sold nearly 1,000 tickets at the Arena box office the day the fight was announced.

“Hayward stayed at a hotel in South Jersey across from street from the Garden State Racetrack. He didn’t think a 19-year-old kid like Hart could beat him and he spent most of his time around the horses.

“Briscoe was in the co-feature and Augie Pantellas, a popular featherweight from the suburbs, was in the third 10-rounder. You couldn’t get in the place it was so mobbed. About 30 seconds into the first round, Hart did a little shoe-shine on Hayward along the ropes, just touching him, and then he unloaded a tremendous left hook that sent Kitten flying into the corner. Three more hooks and Hayward was down. When he got up, Hart was all over him until Zach Clayton stopped the fight. It lasted 60 seconds and made Hart an instant hero.”

In the mid-1970s, Peltz staged all-Philly showdowns at The Spectrum featuring a group of middleweights which included Hart, Briscoe, Willie “The Worm” Monroe and Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts.
While Peltz won’t compare the upcoming Ennis-Rosado fight to those great ones of yesterday, he’s hoping all-Philly matchups can help to revive the once-great boxing town.

“The biggest stumbling block we face today is a new generation of fight managers who want their fighters to be 25-0 by fighting easy guys,” Peltz said. “This way the managers brag to their friends about their great fighter and his great record. They don’t want to put their fighters in tough and they certainly don’t want to fight guys from the same city. I love the excuses such as ‘they train side by side in the same gym’ or ‘they’re good friends’ or my favorite is ‘why should we knock off a local guy.’

“It’s a hard sell also because most of the TV networks frown on guys who have more than one or two losses so, in some cases, it’s hard to blame the managers. But boxing suffers along the way because there are too many shows featuring Cowboys and Indians and the fighters never get to experience being under fire. When we were kids, one of us would bet the blue corner all night and one guy would bet the red corner. I can go to most fights today, look at the lineup sheet, and make money by betting the corner with all the favorites in it.

“Philly is not alone in this. New York always had its neighborhood wars. Guys from the Bronx fought guys from Brooklyn. The Lower East Side against.Hell’s Kitchen. They did it in the small clubs and they did it in Madison Square Garden.”

Peltz recalled a couple of neighborhood wars he promoted at the Blue Horizon.

“We had plenty of showdowns there,” he said. “In 1985, I made a 12-rounder for the vacant Pennsylvania State Bantamweight title between Bryan “Boogaloo” Jones, of North Philadelphia, and Troy Fletcher, of West Philadelphia. Jones had had a big amateur career and Troy was Frank “The Animal” Fletcher’s brother. Jones was 8-0, Fletcher was 8-0-1 and the fight was so popular they were selling counterfeit tickets on North Broad Street. I wanted to know why you couldn’t move around upstairs and that’s when I sent a friend outside to buy one of the tickets and we saw that someone had made copies of the same ticket on a homemade printing press with the same number on it over and over.

“When Frankie Mitchell, of West Philadelphia, fought Anthony Boyle, of Kensington, in 1992 for the NABF lightweight title, fans started lining up at 5pm, three hours before the first bout. We still had general admission seating in those days and everyone wanted to be first in line for the front row of the balcony.”

For the time being, Peltz is concentrating on the Ennis-Rosado matchup.

Ennis, 29, is from the Germantown section of Philadelphia. His record is 21-2-1, 13 K0s, and he is ranked No. 12 in the world by the IBF. He is the defending USBA champion, a title he won by beating Eromosele Albert, of Miami, FL.

Rosado, 24, is from North Philadelphia. He is 14-4, 8 K0s, and has beaten ex-world champ Kassim “The Dream” Ouma, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and Saul Roman, of Mexico.

The seven-bout card begins at 7.30 p.m. and will be televised by www.gofightlive.tv.

Tickets priced at $50 and $75 are on sale at the offices of Peltz Boxing Promotions (215-765-0922) or online at www.peltzboxing.com.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (July 13, 2010)—On Saturday night August 7th, Havoc Boxing will make its initial foray in to boxing promotion as the upstart Promotion presents a terrific night of boxing at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York.

In the main event, Curtis “Showtime” Stevens will see action a Super Middleweight bout scheduled for ten rounds against Corey Cummings

Stevens, of the boxing hotbed of the Brownsville section of Brooklyn is one of the most feared punchers in the Super Middleweight division and has a record of 21-3 with fifteen knockouts.

Stevens started out his career as one of the most ballyhooed prospects in boxing as he racked up thirteen straight victories with eleven knockouts. After suffering a controversial stoppage defeat to veteran Marcos Primera, Stevens scored a eight round unanimous decision in the rematch that took place four months later.

After winning four consecutive bouts, Stevens dropped a ten round unanimous decision to former U.S. Olympian Andre Dirrell in a bout that was shown on HBO.

Stevens went on to win four consecutive bouts which included a three round pounding over then undefeated Piotr Wilczewski (22-0) in front of predominantly Polish crowd in Newark, New Jersey.

In Stevens last bout, he came out strong before dropping a twelve round unanimous decision to former member of the Contender Jesse Brinkley (34-5) in an IBF title elimination bout on January 29 in Brinkley’s hometown of Reno, Nevada.

Cummings of Baltimore, Maryland has a record of 17-4 with thirteen knockouts.

Cummings won his first fifteen fights which included twelve wins coming by knockout. He then lost two in a row with the second coming to former WBC Middleweight champion Keith Holmes.

Cummings dropped two of his next three which includes losses to former Light Heavyweight champion Montell Griffin and Interim Light Heavyweight champion Chris Henry.

In his last bout, Cummings scored a ninth round stoppage over Demetrius Davis on March 29, 2009 in Baltimore.

In the co-feature, Former world Bantamweight champion Mauricio Martinez will take part in a ten round bout against former Light Flyweight champion Mauricio Pastrana.

Martinez, a native of Panama has a record of 35-9-1 with twenty-three knockouts.

Martinez was 8-0-1 in his first nine bout before being stopped and overmatched against twenty-six fight veteran and future world champion, Freddie Norwood way back on May 31st, 1997. Martinez split his next four fights with a win over undefeated Antonio Diaz and two losses to future WBC Super Bantamweight champion Hecto Arcero Sanchez.

That did not dissuade Martinez as he went on to win nine straights, all by knockout which included winning the WBO Bantamweight title with a fifth round knockout over Lester Fuentes in Manchester, England and making one defense which was first round knockout over Esham Pickering in Pickering’s home country of England. Martinez lost the belt to Cruz Carvajal via ninth round stoppage on March 15th, 2002.

Martinez went on to win nine in a row which set him up for another challenge of the WBO Bantamweight title. Martinez lost a controversial majority decision to Ratancchi Singwangcha in Singwangcha’s homeland of Thailand. Martinez won three in a row before being stopped by future world champion Gerry Penalosa.

Since the loss to Penalosa, Martinez has gone 4-2 with his latest outing being a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Heriberto Ruiz on March 20, 2009.

Pastrana has a record of 35-14-2 with twenty-three knockouts.

The native of Monteria, Colombia won his first fifteen bout before scoring a huge upset as he took a twelve round split decision over Michael Carbajal to win the IBF Light Flyweight title on January 18th, 2007 in Las Vegas.

Pastrana made two defenses before losing his belt on the scale before his scheduled title defense against Carlos Murillo on August 29, 2008.

Pastrana simply moved up in weight and captured the WBA Interim Flyweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Jose Bonila.

After winning his first twenty-three bouts, Pastrana suffered his pro loss as he dropped a twelve round unanimous decision to Jorge Lacierva.

In the last decade, Pastrana has fought for world titles such as losing a bid to win the IBF Super Flyweight title to Felix Machado on June 16, 2001. Losing twice to IBF Bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez and being stopped in eight by WBA Super Bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero.

Pastrana has dropped four in a row with his most recent bout being an eighth round disqualification loss to Mike Oliver on June 26th, 2010 in Uncasville, CT

In an eight round Light Heavyweight bout, Ronson Frank of Rosedale, New York 15-0 with seven knockouts will risk his undefeated mark against rough and rugged Ariel Espinal, 8-14-4 with three knockouts of Brooklyn.

Uundefeated Light Heavyweight Will Rosinsky will see action an eight round bout against Miguel Hernandez.

Rosinsky has a record of 12-0 with seven knockouts and has quickly become one of the most popular fighters in the New York area.

The native of Brooklyn has developed a string fan base as he has fought eleven of his twelve pro bouts in New York and has been steadily stepping up the competition.

In his last bout, Rosinsky made his second appearance at the famed Madison Square Garden and stopped Angel David Gonzalez in three rounds as part of the Ivan Calderon – Jesus Iribe undercard that took place on June 12th.

Hernandez of Chicago has a record of 20-11 with ten knockouts.

Popular Super Featherweight, Gary Stark Jr. 22-3 with eight knockouts of New York City will return to the ring against Pedro Rincon Miranda, 30-17-2 with twenty-five knockouts of Cartagena, Colombia in a six round bout.

Undefeated Featherweight, Joselito Collado, 10-0 with three knockouts of Jamaica, Queens will take on Ever Luis Perez, 12-19 with nine knockouts of Cartagena, Colombia in a six round bout.

Christian Martinez, 4-0 with four knockouts of New York City will tussle with Hector Rivera, 2-5 with one knockout of Paterson, NJ in a six round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Former 2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali will fight a six round Welterweight bout against an opponent to be named.

Ali has a record of 7-0 with three knockouts. The Brooklyn native, who will be fighting on July 16th in Newark, New Jersey is coming off a four round unanimous decision over forty-two fight veteran and perennial spoiler Martinus Clay on May 21st in New York.

Light heavyweight Andy Mejia, 7-0 with three knockouts will take on an opponent to be named in a six round bout.

In a four round Featherweight bout, Chazz McDowell, 2-0 with one stoppage of Yonkers, NY will take on Jamel Brown, 0-1 of Bronx, New York.

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Norwalk, CT (July 12) – Even though he has tasted defeat just once in twenty seven professional bouts, Tarvis Simms’ career has not gone as planned.

In 2005 when he was a perfect 24-0, Simms entered the hometown of title contender Robert Frazier for what looked to be a step in the right direction. After ten rounds of stifling the local favorite, silencing his adoring fans in the process, the bout was surprisingly ruled a draw. The official scorecards left Simms both shocked and disgusted, but what happened next was simply unimaginable.

Although he was world rated and seemingly on the cusp of landing a match up with an elite middleweight, the Norwalk, CT native found himself on the shelf for an extended period of time. Before he knew it, two and a half years of his blossoming career were gone.

“I was always in shape and ready to go”, Simms said in regards to the long layoff. “I was constantly in contact with different promoters across the nation to get on cards but nothing panned out.”

Simms resurfaced in 2007 and scored five consecutive victories during next two years, defeating the likes of former world champion Carl Daniels and spoiler Marcus Upshaw. After defeating Upshaw, Simms’ long awaited opportunity came, albeit when he least expected it.

Nine days before fight night, Simms got a call about facing top rated super middleweight Allan Green on the Showtime Network. Even though he returned to the gym 48 hours prior to the fight offer, he accepted the potential career defining opportunity.

As per the short notice, Simms struggled to make weight and still put forth a valiant effort come fight night, but it wasn’t enough. He ultimately dropped competitive a ten round decision and hasn’t fought since.

With his lone defeat now nine months behind him, the 39 year old southpaw is itching for what may very well be his final opportunity. As a skilled technician who has taken minimal punishment during his career, Simms is eager to show that he can outpoint any middle or super middleweight on the planet.

“I’m willing to fight any of these top guys, just give me fair notice and a reasonable offer”, exclaimed Simms. “I know Kelly Pavlik is on the comeback trail, so if he wants to get it on I’ll take the next plane to Youngstown. I am ready to prove to the world that age 39, I haven’t lost a step. All I need is an opportunity.”

World champion Juan Manuel Lopez and wife Barbara will be married in a church on Sunday.

“We were first married in a civil ceremony,” said Juanma. “At the time that was all we could afford. Now we are going to have a nice church wedding. We are both excited and can’t wait,” Juanma said.

The guest list is over 250 friends and family.

Lopez announced the wedding plans following a riveting performance and knockout win over challenger Bernabe Concepcion on Saturday at the Coliseo in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

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MATT KOROBOV UPDATE

Unbeaten middleweight Matt Korobov of Russia is back in the gym, working with chief trainer Kenny Adams in Las Vegas. Korobov was out for weeks with a nasal septum deviation.

“Everything is fine now. Matt is training every day,” said manager Cameron Dunkin.

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STEVEN BADGLEY

U.S Army Chief Warrant officer Steven Badgley, who fought at Madison Square Garden last month, has been tranferred from Fort Drum, N.Y. to a base in Colorado. “I’m very busy training as a soldier right now, but I do plan to stay in boxing,” he said.

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HERNAN ‘TYSON’ MARQUEZ

Mexican fighter Hernan ‘Tyson’ Marquez, who lost to Nonito Donaire in a 115-pound fight on Saturday night in Puerto Rico, said he plans to return to the 112-pound divison. “That is where I belong,” he said. …..

Donaire said he will moving from the 115 pound division to bantamweight at 118 pounds.

Down on the scorecards by a wide margin, John Molina scored a come from behind stoppage over previously undefeated Hank Lundy in round eleven of a scheduled twelve round Lightweight bout at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Lundy came out boxing very well from the southpaw stance as he featured different punches from round to round. He showed a deft jab in the first and started landing the straight left from the southpaw stance over the next few stanza’s. In round five, Lundy’s shots were beginning to show their effect as Molina started to swell under the right eye. Molina came back towards the end of the frame as he got through with a couple of right hands.

The fight started to turn in round eight as Lundy got caught with his hands down and Molina clocked Lundy with a perfect right hand that sent the previously undefeated fighter from Philadelphia to the canvas. The fight got very exciting as the two stood toe to toe over the last thirty seconds of round ten.

In round eleven, Molina landed a couple of shots on the ropes which was mad easier as Lundy left himself wide open by holding on to the ropes. Lundy was chastised by referee Ricky Gonzalez. Moments later, Molina backed Lundy up on the ropes and landed a flurry for which all but two big right hands and Gonzalez jumped in, maybe a bit prematurely and stopped the fight at 2:17 of round eleven.

Molina, 135 lbs of Covina, CA is now 21-1 with seventeen knockouts. Lundy, 135 lbs of Philadelphia, PA is now 18-1-1.

Vladine Biosse remained undefeated by scoring an eight round unanimous decision over Joey McCreedy in a Supper Middleweight tussle.

Biosse was more pinpoint with his punches against the hard charging McCreedy in the entertaining battle of New England rivals. Biosse was crisp with combination’s and featured the uppercut in his arsenal.

Biosse had a 151-49 punch advantage and won by scores of 79-73, 79-73 and 78-74 for Biosse, 165 lbs of Providence, Rhode Island and is now 7-0. McCreedy, 166 lbs of Lowell, MA is now 11-5-2.

“I wanted everybody to know that, even though I haven’t been in this game too long, I’m an athlete,” Biosse said after the fight. “Any chance I get, in life, not just in boxing, I overcome adversity and did that tonight. I’m hoping for bigger and better fights. Joey’s tough. He gave it his best, never quit, and tonight I was the better man in the ring.”

Photo By Emily Harney

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SYDNEY, Australia (July 9, 2010) – The much-anticipated “Uprising” series begins today as July 10th breaks in Australia. In just hours “The Brisbane Entertainment Centre, in Brisbane, Australia, will be fraught with mayhem when “The Uprising 1” takes place with an incredible fight card featuring some of the biggest names in MMA, including Pride and UFC veterans.

Headlining the event is former UFC heavyweight champion, Josh “The Babyfaced Assassin” Barnett (25-5-0) and Jungle Fight veteran, Geronimo “Mondragon” Dos Santos (18-9-0) who will battle it out for dominance in the cage. This mega match will be part of the exciting PPV on July 17th that will be available in approximately104 million homes, plus available worldwide (excluding US and UK) on-line. Other battles taking place on the mat in Brisbane will be former welterweight UFC fighter, Karo “The Heat” Parisyan against Ben ‘Knuckles 5 Percenter’ Mortimer who replaced Luis Dutra Jr. who sustained an injury during training, former UFC welterweight champion Carlos Newton taking on American, Brian Ebersole, UFC veteran, Abu Dhabi Champion, NAGA Champion, Jeff Monson matched against Brazilian fighter, Bira Lima, and DREAM middleweight champion Paulo Filho against, Keith Johnson, as well as a newly added bout between Queenslander Jai “The Tooth Fairy” Bradney and Thiago “Minu” Miller.

In addition to the Barnett/Santos match, the exciting PPV presents “The Uprising 2” live from Sydney Australia on July 17, a phenomenal stacked card tournament showcasing Ken Shamrock, Pedro Rizzo, Paul Daley, Daniel Acacio, Bob Sapp, Soa Palelei, Murilo Bustamante, Jesse Taylor, Paulo Filho and Denis Kang. Adding even more excitement are Australian fighters Murilo “Ninja” Rua, the older brother of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Australian kickboxing legend, Peter Graham going head-to-head with the #1 ranked heavyweight MMA fighter in Australia, Jim Yorke and popular MMA star, Glover Teixeira taking on Croatian fighter, who is now based in Perth, Marko Peselj. Popular Australian surfer and MMA star, Ritchie “Vas” Vaculik is matched against Aussie fighter Luke Hume and Australian MMA rising star, Shane Nix will go up against Manuel Rodriguez from Sydney.

The landmark event, the first Australian MMA event ever to be broadcast on PPV, will be available in over 45 million homes on InDemand, on Dish Network in 22 million homes, on TVN US Cable/Telco in 12 Million homes, in Canada on Bell Express View to 9 million, on Viewers Choice in Canada in 3 million homes , on Sky in the UK in 10 million homes, on Virgin Media in the UK to over 3 Million, and on GoFightLive- Worldwide Online excluding US and UK. In rhw USA, at GoFightLive.com WORLDWIDE, at PrimeTimeLive.co.uk UK, and at MAIN EVENT.com.au AUSTRALIA.

“The Uprising,” is presented by Impact FC, Saturday, July 17th, 2010 at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT in the United States from local pay-per-view providers for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, disgraced former Welterweight champion Antonio Margarito was told by the Nevada Athletic Commission that he first my be granted a boxing License in the State of California before they would consider a license in it’s state.

The California State Athletic Commission revoked Margarito’s license following his Jan. 24, 2009 ninth-round knockout loss to Shane Mosley in a welterweight championship fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles over a hand-wrapping scandal that erupted in the dressing room in the moments before he was supposed to walk to the ring.

“If I would have noticed there was something irregular or wrong I would have been the first person to say I can’t go out and fight,” Margarito said through a translator.

“I think he needs to go to California and clean this matter up,” commissioner Raymond “Skip” Avansino said during the hearing. “They should be the first to rule.”

Commission chairwoman Pat Lundvall, the lone dissenting vote, argued strongly on Margarito’s behalf both for taking a vote and for licensing him.

“I do not think he has a duty legally or morally to go back to California,” she said. “It is incumbent upon this commission to act upon the application. … There is no value in kicking the can down the road.”

“We were hopeful that the commission would rule on the application after hearing our presentation and hearing Antonio answer all of their questions. He did and he did magnificently,” David Marroso, Margarito’s attorney, told ESPN.com after the hearing. “We’re disappointed in their decision to, using their words, kick the can down the road, but we heard their instructions. Antonio, his family, the lawyers and Top Rank will huddle and decide what options we’ll pursue.

“We believe he has paid his price. He’s taken responsibility. We will assess our options and keep fighting just like he’s always done. We will continue to fight. He didn’t become Antonio Margarito by just staying down.”

“I understand their position, but don’t necessarily agree with it,” said Top Rank president Todd duBoef, who was at the hearing while Top Rank chairman Bob Arum was in Puerto Rico promoting Saturday’s Juan Manuel Lopez-Bernabe Concepcion featherweight title fight. “He has served his punishment in California and is not looking to fight in California, so why apply there for a license?

“The Margarito side doesn’t believe the California commission was objective [when the license was revoked] and that they could not get an objective hearing from California now. They were hoping that Nevada would be more objective and see that a commission that Margarito is currently in litigation with would be compromised.”

“Before the fight, my trainer Javier Capetillo, my former trainer, put a knuckle pad made of gauze on my hand,” Margarito said through a translator. “I learned later the knuckle pad had something irregular on the inside but I didn’t know that truthfully in the moment. The knuckle pad didn’t seem different to ones he had put on my hands before.

“I never felt anything hard or irregular. Everything I felt was that it was a knuckle pad that was normal. In that moment, I was focused on one thing and that was preparing myself to go out to the fight with Mosley.”

“I thought about it and talked to my family and decided not to fight,” Margarito said.

“I accept responsibility because they are my hands and that is why I have taken steps to make sure this never happens again.”

“We could take the commission’s instructions and proceed to California,” Said Marroso. “This is not something we expected so it’s not something we had thought through. We’ll let Antonio digest this. We’re going to digest it and huddle and come up with a game plan. It won’t be long until the game plan is set and we act on it.”

Margarito, 32, could go to California, he could fight again outside the United States or he could apply in another state.

“I think everybody was disappointed,” Said Todd duBoef of Top Rank, which promotes Maragito. “I think he’s being victimized by red tape and a process prohibiting him from making a living. I sat next to his wife and you know she wonders where the next paycheck is coming from and that’s very difficult.”

Photo by Chris Farina / Top Rank

Welterweight prospect Mike Jones stopped Irving Garcia in round five of a scheduled twelve round bout to remain undefeated at Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Atlantic City, NJ

The action picked up in round two as Jones started to unleash some lethal offense he started pumping his jab that set up some nice combination’s while Garcia was able to sneak in a couple of decent right hands. The fast action continued in round three as Garcia landed several big right hands that more than just got the attention of Jones. Jones shot back later in the round with a hard combination that backed up Garcia. Jones started to unleash the heavy artillery at the end of round four and carried that mometum into round five when he drilled Garcia with countless shots on the inside as he was battering the visitor until a body shot that may have strayed a little low put Garcia down for referee Randy Neuman’s ten count at 1:22 of round five.

Jones, 146 1/2 of Philadelphia is now 22-0 with eighteen knockouts. Garcia, 146 1/2 lbs of Vega Baja, PR is now 17-5-3.

Lanardo Tyner scored an upset ninth round stoppage over Antwone Smith in a scheduled ten round Welterweight bout.

It was a close fight throughout as the the two fighters stood close and there wasn’t any running from either man. Smith started to forge a head slightly as he started putting punches together in the middle rounds. Smith started to swell up from his right eye from the continuous assault of Tyner as he seemed to pick up a second wind as the fight headed into the last third of the fight.

In round nine, Tyner landed a huge left to the body that was followed by a right to the head that dropped Smith to the canvas. Looking beaten up, referee Earl Morton ended Smith’s night at 1:15 of round nine.

Tyner, 148 lbs of Houston, TX is now 24-3 with fifteen knockouts. Smith, 145 1/2 lbs of Miami is now 18-2-1.

Ardick Butler scored an opening second knockdown of Manuel Guzman but he wishes that the fight could have been over right then and there as Guzman came back to score an explosive second round knockout at 2:53 of round two of their scheduled four round Jr. Middleweight bout.

Butler scored his knockdown from a right hand shortly after the fight began. In round two, Guzman uncorked an overhand right the knocked Butler out cold for several minutes.

With the victory, Guzman, 146 1/2 lbs of Lancaster, PA is now 7-9-2 with three knockouts. Butler, 148 lbs of Philadelphia is now 5-2.

Ryan Belasco boxed his way to a unanimous decision over Kevin Carmody in a six round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Scores were 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55 for Belasco, 137 1/2 lbs of Wilmington, DE and is now 12-4-3. Carmody, 138 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia is now 10-13-2.

Jason Sosa stayed undefeated as he pounded out a four round unanimous decision over Bryheim Douglas in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

Sosa was more active and landed some good shots on the inside while Douglas was very game as he landed some good shots but it was Sosa who got the better of the action.

Scores were 40-36, 40-36 and 39-37 for Sosa, 128 1/2 lbs of Camden, NJ and is now 3-0-1. Douglas, 129 lbs of Philadelphia is now 3-4-2.

Steven Martinez kept his perfect knockout streak in tact as he stopped Jason Thompson in round two of a scheduled four round Jr. Middleweight bout.

Martinez was caught with a right hand and looked to be dropped at the end of round one but it was ruled a slip by the referee. In round two, Martinez shook off the late round punch and went on the offensive dropped Thompson with a big right and. Thompson got to his feet only to eat a vicious flurry that had the fight stopped 2:37 of round two.

Martinez, 152 1/2 lbs of Bronx, NY is now 5-0 with all wins coming early. thompson, 151 1/2 lbs of NY is now 5-6-1.

Anthony Caputo remained undefeated as he scored a second round stoppage over Walter Edwards in a scheduled four round Light Heavyweight bout.

Caputo rocked Edwards at the bell at the end of round one witha huge right hand. Caputo was methodical in round two until a flurry on the ropes forced referee Steve Smoger to stop the bout at 2:44 of round two.

Caputo, 179 lbs of Kennett Square, PA is now 5-0 with four knockouts. Edwards, 173 1/2 lbs of Wilson, NC is now 1-5.

Josh Mercado scored a four round unanimous decision over Kywame Hill in a four round Welterweight bout.

Mercado was more aggressive and he was egged on by a loud cheering section as he hails from nearby Cape May, NJ.

Scores were 39-37 on all cards for Mercado, 145 lbs of Cape May and is now 5-1. Hill, 143 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia is 1-5.

Miguel Corsino needed just fifty-eight seconds to dispatch of Epi Cosme Rodriguez in a scheduled four round Welterweight bout.

Corsino scored two knockdowns, the first was set up by a huge right hand that was follwed by a flurry that dropped Rodriguez. With Rodriguez clearly hurt, Corsino landed a two huge uppercuts that was follwed by a left hook that sent Rodriguez down for a second time as referee Steve Smoger waved off the action.

Corsino, 145 lbs of Camden, NJ is 2-0 with both wins coming by knockout. Rodriguez, 145 1/2 lbs of Harrisburg, PA is now 0-3.

In the opening bout, Rafael Jastrzebski scored a four round unanimous decision over Joe Dunn in a Super Middleweight bout.

Jastrzebski battered and blooded Dunn by landing countless flurries for which the debuting Dunn had no answer for.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Jastrzebski, 167 lbs of Atlantic City, NJ who is now 3-6-1. Dunn, 162 lbs of Philadelphia is now 0-1.

NOTE: WEIGHTS (July 8, 2010) – Up-and-coming middleweight prospect Mike Jones and his opponent Irving Garcia both tipped the scales at 146.5 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in from the Atrium at Bally’s Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J.

Philadelphia’s Jones (21-0, 17 KOs) will make his SHOWTIME debut against the tough Puerto Rican Garcia (17-4-3, 8 KOs) in the 12-round main event of Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation event live at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) on SHOWTIME®.

Miami’s Antwone Smith (18-1-1, 10 KOs) weighed in at 147.5 and the talented Lanardo Tyner (23-3, 14 KOs) of Houston, Texas, measured 148 pounds. The two will face off in a 10-round welterweight fight in the ShoBox co-feature.

Jones is ranked among the Top 10 welterweights by all four major world sanctioning bodies in one of boxing’s deepest divisions: No. 2 by the WBO, No. 3 by the WBA; No. 7 by the IBF and the WBC.

The fight is being promoted by Peltz Boxing Promotions in association with DiBella Entertainment.

What the fighters had to say on Thursday:

MIKE JONES

“He’s (Garcia) a good fighter but I come to win.”

IRVING GARCIA

“I am in the best physical shape. I’m planning to give the fight of my life.”

ANTWONE SMITH

“I wish him the best of luck. It should be a great, all-action fight.”

LANARDO TYNER

“I just hope he (Smith) wants it as bad as I want it.”

Curt Menefee will call the action from ringside with Steve Farhood and Antonio Tarver serving as expert analysts. The executive producer of ShoBox is Gordon Hall with Richard Gaughan producing and Chuck McKean directing.

For information on SHOWTIME Sports Programming, including exclusive behind-the-scenes video and photo galleries, complete telecast information and more, please go the new SHOWTIME Sports website at http://www.sho.com/sports.

About ShoBox: The New Generation

Since its inception in July 2001, the critically acclaimed SHOWTIME boxing series, ShoBox: The New Generation has featured young talent matched tough. The ShoBox philosophy is to televise exciting, crowd-pleasing and competitive matches while providing a proving ground for willing prospects determined to fight for a world title. The growing list of fighters who have appeared on ShoBox and advanced to garner world titles includes: Leonard Dorin, Scott Harrison, Juan Diaz, Jeff Lacy, Ricky Hatton, Joan Guzman, Juan Urango, David Diaz, Robert Guerrero, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Malignaggi, Kendall Holt, Timothy Bradley, Bernard Dunne, Yonnhy Perez, Yuri Foreman and Andre Ward.

About Showtime Networks Inc.

Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL® XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL® ON DEMAND. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®.

NABO LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

MAIN EVENT – 12 ROUNDS – ESPN FNF

“Hammerin’’ HANK LUNDY JOHN MOLINA, JR.

NABO Lightweight Champion/WBO #7 NABO #9

Philadelphia, PA Covina, CA

18-0-1 (10 KOs) 20-1 (16 KOs)

135 LBS. 135 LBS.

NEW ENGLAND SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

CO-FEATURE – 8 ROUNDS – ESPN FNF

“IRISH” JOEY McCREEDY VLADINE BIOSSE
New England & EBA Super Middleweight Champion Former URI Football Player
Lowell, MA Providence, RI by way of Cape Verde
11-4-2 (6 KOs) 6-0 (4 KOs)
166 LBS. 165 LBS.
4 ROUNDS – SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
KEITH KOZLIN ERIC PINARETTA
Warwick, RI New Bedford, MA
5-1 (3 KOs) 2-3 (2 KOs)
170 LBS. 168 LBS.
4 ROUNDS – SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
JOE GARDNER DEMARCUS “Main Event” CLARK
Woonsocket, RI Shreveport, LA
4-1-1 (1 KO) 1-2 (1 KO)
169 LBS. LATER
4 ROUNDS – SUPER LIGHTWEIGHTS
DIEGO PEREIRA RICARDO CALAZADA
Lincoln, RI Las Vegas, NV
4-0 (2 KOs) 2-1 (1 KO)
142 LBS. 142 LBS.
6 ROUNDS – FEMALE WELTERWEIGHTS
ALEKSANDRA MAGDZIAK LOPES KALI REIS
Marshfield, MA Providence, RI
2-1 (1 KO) 2-0 (1 KO)
150 LBS. 148 LBS.
4 ROUNDS – LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHTS
DUSTIN REINHOLD JOEL NIEVES
Former So. New England Golden Gloves Champion Upset Minded
Fall River, MA Allentown, PA
1-1 (1 KO) 0-2
154 LBS. 153 LBS.
4 ROUNDS – CRUISERWEIGHTS
ERIC ESTRADA KEON GRAHAM
Providence Fire Fighter Potential Spoiler
Providence, RI Akron, OH
Pro Debut 2-2 (0 KOs)
195 LBS. 200 LBS.

(All Fights and Fighters subject to change)

Name: “Let Freedom Ring” Pro Card

Date: Friday night, July 9, 2009

Venue: Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, RI

Promoter: Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc.

Matchmaker: Ted Panagiotis

Television: ESPN Friday Night Fights (10-12 PM/ET)

Tickets: $35.00, $50.00, $75.00 and $100.00 and are available to purchase by calling CES (401.724.2253/2254), going online at www.cesboxing.com or www.twinriver.com, at Twin River’s Players Club booth at Twin River, or any TicketMaster location.

Information: Contact CES (401.724.2253/2254/www.cesboxing.com) or the Twin River Event Center (877.82.RIVER/ www.twinriver.com) for more information. Doors open at 6 PM/ET, first bout at 7 PM/ET.

(Twin River has waived its 18+ rule for “Let Freedom Ring.” Anybody under the age of 18 must be accompanied at all times by an adult and they must enter through the West entrance.)

PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Hank Lundy: “I’d like to thank ESPN for showcasing my talents again. There were fireworks on July 4th and there will be even more tomorrow night. You can teach fighters how to fight but, if if you don’t have heart, you don’t have it. Anybody who knows Hank Lundy knows I’ll fight anybody. Training in Philadelphia I’ve fought everything including elephants and lions.”

John Molina, Jr.: “You have two great fighters in a no holds barred fight. My only prediction is you’re going to see a great fight. There will be fireworks tomorrow night.”

Joey McCreedy: “It’s going to be a tough fight, a war – the Fight of the Year. Me and Biosse are both hard-headed, stubborn who will fight anybody. I love the kid and his whole team. There’s no hate; we’re fighters, He’s in real good shape, I’m in real good shape. I’m glad to be sharing the spotlight with him on ESPN. It’s a make or break fight for both of us.”

Vladine Biosse: “My dream was to fight professionally and do it big-time. As a boxer I’ve taken a step forward every fight. It doesn’t get any better than this. I want to thank Joey for taking this chance and giving me an opportunity to share the ring with him. You’re going to get my best, as always. He’s coming to fight, I’m coming to fight. It’s going to be a great fight. Keep your eyes open, it’s going to be war.”

Photo by Emily Harney

Newark, NJ (July 8) – Unbeaten welterweight sensation Alex Perez will throw out the ceremonial first pitch this Saturday at Riverfront Stadium prior to the Newark Bears’ 7:05 pm showdown with the Long Island Ducks.

A lifelong Newark resident with an 11-0 professional ledger, Perez’ next bout takes place just minutes away at the luxurious Prudential Center July 16 as part of ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights telecast. Perez will battle an opponent TBA in the eight round televised co-feature to the Zab Judah-Jose Armando Santa Cruz showdown.

Tickets priced at $53, $78, $103 and $203 (ringside) can be purchased at Prudential Center Box Office, by calling TicketMaster at 800-745-3000 or www.Prucenter.com

LAS VEGAS (July 7, 2010)—Today the International Boxing Federation (IBF) ordered the camps of top available contenders, Yoan Pablo Hernandez and BJ Flores to have a free negotiating period until July 20th to complete a deal for the two fighters to engage in an elimination bout for the top contender spot for the right to face IBF Cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham.

If a deal is not reached the bout will go to purse bid.

“I am very excited about facing Yoan Pablo Hernandez in this tremendous opportunity to be the IBF mandatory challenger.” said Flores.

“He is a very good fighter but I am 200% confident in victory. He will not beat me!!”

The potential of facing off with IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham has Flores’ mouth watering.

“it is very hard not to think about facing the best fighter in your division when you feel it is so close. First things first with Yoan and then we will have the opportunity of a lifetime to face the most accomplished cruiserweight in the division, Steve Cunningham. This is the break I have needed for a long time. A fair opportunity to face the BEST in the division”

Even though Flores has been inactive he has stayed busy working as sparring partners for World Light Heavyweight champion Chad Dawson and former WBA Heavyweight champion John Ruiz. Flores also was the main Sparring partner for current WBA Heavyweight champion David Haye before his April 3rd title defense with Former champion Ruiz.

“Even though i have been out of the ring I am always working out and always staying sharp. I put in a lot of hard work and hard rounds with those three former champions and learned many valuable lessons in the last year. People always are asking me when I am fighting again. The time is NOW… Stay tuned!! ”

On the part about staying sharp and sparring and putting in rounds i want to add in that “I have been lifting weights and doing ply metrics over the last year to become more explosive. This year off has given my body a chance to heal and I have no injuries and have become way stronger and gained valuable experience being in the camp of three different world champions. I will be in the best shape of my life to make sure this fight doesn’t go the distance…I can’t wait!”

Flores of Las Vegas has a record of 24-0-1 with fifteen wins coming by knockouts, can also be seen as a guest studio analyst on ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights for which his next appearance will be July 16th for the Zab Judah – Jose Armando Santa Cruz fight from Newark, New Jersey.