JULY 15th, 2010, RENO – Let’s Get It On Promotions and current USBA light heavyweight champion, Otis “Triple OG” Griffin, have entered into a long-term promotional agreement. Griffin, with a record of 22-6, 9 KOs is also ranked #10 in the world by the IBF.

Griffin, who was the winner of Fox’s The Next Great Champ boxing reality TV show in 2004, has been on an impressive winning streak. In April of 2009, he traveled to Florida to fight former super middleweight world champion, Jeff Lacy, and lost a majority decision in Lacy’s native Tampa, FL. Most boxing fans and writers believe that Griffin won seven out of the ten rounds, and was on the wrong end of a hometown decision. Since then, Griffin has been on a rush, coming off of three impressive wins.

In November, Griffin made his way to New England to fight the popular Joey McCreedy. Although Otis was the underdog going into his opponent’s hometown, he executed a perfect game plan and came out with a unanimous decision victory. In May, Otis traveled to New York to challenge the dangerous Byron Mitchell for the vacant light heavyweight USBA title. Again the underdog, Griffin pulled off the win with his excellent boxing.

Griffin is slated to headline on August 28th in Fallon, NV on the third annual “Rural Rumble” show. Being from Sacramento, CA, his regional fans will have a chance to see him fight on the West Coast.

“Otis is in a great spot right now,” says Terry Lane of Let’s Get It On Promotions. “He is looking at a world title shot soon. He is a perfect fit for Let’s Get It On Promotions.”

“The partnership with Let’s Get It On Promotions will help me achieve my dream of becoming a world champion,” says Griffin. “I feel great at 175-pounds and there are some great opportunities out there for me.”

Griffin and Lane will be participating in a discussion panel this Saturday about the business of boxing at the African American Cultural Center at 220 Bell St, Reno, NV. The discussion panel begins at noon and will also feature former Nevada State Athletic Commissioner Luther Mack. The discussion series is part of the continuing month-long events commemorating the historic Johnson vs. Jeffries fight. It is open to the public.

More details on Otis Griffin’s August 28th fight, and additional information about Rural Rumble 2010 will be announced shortly.

ABOUT LET’S GET IT ON PROMOTIONS

Reno, Nevada based “Let’s Get It On Promotions” was founded in 2000 by legendary boxing referee Mills Lane. In early 2005 he was joined by sons Terry and Tommy in the operations of the company. Along with super-middleweight world title challenger Jesse Brinkley, Let’s Get It On Promotions also promotes light heavyweight contender Otis Griffin, middleweight prospects Brandon Gonzales, and Derek Hinkey, and lightweight prospect Bayan Jargal. For more information, please visit www.letsgetitonboxing.com.

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SYDNEY, Australia (July15, 2010) – The final Impact FC press conference was held in Sydney, Australia (photos attached) to promote “The Uprising” featuring former UFC Champion and Hall of Fame Member, Ken Shamrock taking on former UFC Champion, Hall of fame member and PRIDE Veteran, Pedro ”The Rock” Rizzo in an exciting PPV event on July 17. In the Co-feature, English MMA fighter, Paul Daley who is ranked as the #8 welterweight in the world by Sherdog.com and ranked #5 by MMA Weekly will do battle with Brazilian MMA fighter, Daniel Acacio who is most notable for his fights in PRIDE Fighting Championships and his aggressive fighting style.

The Uprising from Sydney, Australia will go live in the USA at 10:00pm on the East Coast (ET) and 7:00pm on the West Coast (PST) and Canada on July 17th with a card stacked full of action-packed bouts. In addition, the exciting main event from “The Uprising” series from the Brisbane Entertainment Center, Brisbane, Australia, July 10, featuring former UFC heavyweight champion, Josh “The Babyfaced Assassin” Barnett (25-5-0) and Jungle Fight veteran, Geronimo “Mondragon” Dos Santos (18-9-0) will also be included in the Pay-Per-View.

“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.

Hackensack, NJ (July 15) – It was just over a year ago that Bobby “The Celtic Warrior” Gunn put forth a gutsy effort against IBF/Ring Magazine Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek. Gunn’s performance was commended by fight fans and various media outlets, who penned about his tremendous heart. The Hackensack, NJ native expected his showing against Adamek to help him land another notable bout, but this hasn’t been the case.

Since giving his all against the hard hitting Pole, Gunn had a number of bouts fall out and is yet to return to the squared circle. With one year down the tubes, the 36 year old Gunn acknowledges he’s in the final chapter of his career and is only interested in facing world rated fighters.

“From world title fights to unsanctioned referees and early stoppages, I have seen it all,” exclaimed Gunn, a former IBA Cruiserweight champion. “I am a seasoned pro and have earned my stripes, so at this point it only benefits me to face noteworthy opponents.”

Flash back to July 11 2009, when heavily hyped Ran Nakash dismantled William Bailey on the Adamek-Gunn undercard. Ringsiders were buzzing about Nakash’s performance and were in agreement that he was ready for a step up. From that day forward, the unbeaten Nakash was linked to a match up against Gunn. Unfortunately, the bout is yet to happen despite Gunn’s willingness to battle him anytime, anywhere and any place.

Last night, following Nakash’s victory over Victor Barragan in which he attended, Gunn spoke with the media about his eagerness to fight the world rated Israeli. Those at ringside were once again discussing the potential match up, but Gunn was far more concerned with landing a fight than making a splash.

“This guy is a perfect opponent for me and I have wanted to face him for quite some time” said Gunn, a former Canadian National Amateur Champion. “He’s a very strong fighter, but he comes straight forward and gets hit with a ton of jabs. I know I can outbox this guy without a doubt.”

Gunn also hopes that Nakash’s post fight statements hold true.

“He told a number of media members after his victory that I’m the kind of guy he is looking to fight, but actions speak louder than words. I am ready to fight, but is he? Documentation beats conversation seven days a week Ran, sign the contract and let’s do this!”

Undefeated and World ranked cruiserweight, Ran Nakash talks about his win over Victor Barragan and looks forward to a possible September fight with Bobby Gunn

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ROCKVILLE CENTER, NEW YORK (July 15, 2010)—This Saturday at Cannons Blackthorn Irish Restaurant and Bar in Rockville Center, New York, former two-time Heavyweight champion of the world, Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe will be on hand for a very special evening with his fans.

Bowe will not only be greeting his fans but signing autographs while filming his reality show.

The champ will be on hand from 7pm to 11pm and he will sign boxing gloves for $40 and photos for $30.

Cannon’s Blackthorn is located at: 49 North Village Avenue Rockville Centre, NY for further information call 516-594-1222 after 5pm

Bowe, a former Silver Medal winner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics captured the IBF/WBC/WBA Heavyweight championship in 1991 with his thrilling win over Evander Holyfield. After two defenses, Holyfield took the title back in the rematch.

He won the WBO championship in 1995 with a sixth round knockout over Herbie Hide. Bowe made one defense with a sixth round stoppage over former Cuban amateur star Jorge Luis Gonzalez before stopping Holyfield in the third and final installment of what has become one of the greatest trilogies of all-time

Ran Nakash 204 ½ – Victor Barragan 198
Felix Diaz 146 1/2 – Broderick Antoine 145 ½
Vyacheslav Glazkov 219 – Mark Brown 223 ½
Rustam Nabeev 113 ½ – Alejandro Solorio 112 ½
Maks Liminov 165 ½ – Julius Fogle 169
Imani Bell 282 – Lee Thomas 283 ½
Oz Goldenberg 129 ½ – Marcos Garcia 132

Venue: The Arena
1st Bell : 7:30 pm

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com former Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik could be heading for a December 4th showdown with undefeated and immensely popular Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. possibly in Cowboys Stadium.

That’s the fight we are looking to do,” Said Bob Arum, who promotes both Pavlik and Chavez Jr.

“We were sitting around having drinks and we came up with it,” Arum said. “We checked with [Chavez trainer] Freddie Roach and he loves the fight. Cameron Dunkin )who manages Pavlik) checked with the Pavliks and they love the fight, so let’s get it on.”

“When I got back [to Las Vegas] from San Juan, I checked with both sides again and everybody was on board,” Arum said. “We’re going to move ahead in the next couple of weeks and get the deal done. I think we can do a lot of business with that fight.”

“The fight will be at 160 and he’ll get a nutritionist, a dietitian, whatever he has to do,” Dunkin said. “He’s fired up about this fight. He is fully committed to the fight. He’s even willing to leave [his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio] to train.”

Arum said he has not spoken yet about the fight with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones yet, but “I spoke with his guy in general about the date and this is the kind of fight that is right up their alley — a white guy from the Midwest fighting the son of the Mexican legend in Cowboys Stadium with reasonable ticket prices. I think we can do 40,000 or 50,000 people.”

“We want the fight, we absolutely want the fight,” Dunkin told ESPN.com. “We were told by Bob that it was going to happen.”

“After we got back from Puerto Rico, Bob called me again to talk about the fight and I told him. ‘Everybody was on board so let’s make the fight happen,’ ” Dunkin said.

“I still need to know the money,” Dunkin said. “Bob said he’d give us a guarantee and a really good upside and everyone will make a lot of money. He said, ‘I can’t promise you a lot of guaranteed money, but if the fight does well everybody will make money.’ We’re fine with that. We’re willing to earn our way. I think it’s a very sellable fight. I think people would like to see it. I’ll tell you one thing — it’s a fun fight and it will be an action fight. Both of these guys can hit and both of them get hit.

“We’re ready to go. We’re just waiting for Bob to let us know what exactly he’s talking about financially. Other than that my guy is itching to go. When he heard it might be at Cowboys Stadium, he got really excited. He said that would be a lot of fun.”
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According to Dan Rafael, WBA Featherweight champion Chris John’s July 26 title defense against Fernando Saucedo due to a rib injury.

“He got an injury sparring in the ribs, so the fight won’t happen on the 26th,” Said John’s advisor Sampson Lewkowicz. “We’ll look for another date, but we won’t know when because it depends on what the doctor says.”

“It’s very, very disappointing, but s— happens in boxing,” Lewkowicz said. “He’ll follow up with the doctor and see how long he will need to rest and then we’ll reschedule the fight with the same opponent.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Golden Boy Promotions for 90 days due to The promotional company failure to turn in paperwork as relating to the May 15th fight card that featured Amir Khan’s WBA Super Lightweight title defense over Paulie Malignagii and Victor Ortiz’s uananimous decision over Nate Campbell at the Madison Square Garden Theather.

“The reason that it was issued was the lack of disclosure of information on their previous show at Madison Square Garden related to their promotional agreements,” said Ralph Petrillo, who is the commission’s director of Boxing.

“They are obliged to supply to the commission any promotional agreements for any boxers they have on that show. They didn’t do that,” Petrillo said.

New York attorney Judd Burstein, who is representing Golden Boy, told ESPN.com the paperwork was turned over to the commission Monday. He was contrite about the situation.

“The commission is not wrong. Their unhappiness was well justified,” Burstein said. “There were innocent errors of omission by Golden Boy. I became involved on Friday. Since then every single document the commission requested has been provided. We’re in talks with the commission to resolve this matter. There’s nothing to hide.”

“This is not a situation where I will say the commission is acting irrationally by being upset,” Burstein said. “There was no willful intent or false statement made. The guy [David Itskowitch] who usually handles it went on his honeymoon and the guy [Armando Gaytan] who [handled it] didn’t know what the hell he was talking about. It’s a completely honest mistake.”

“We were in constant weekly e-mail contact with them after the fight asking them for it,” Petrillo said. “We went back and forth. They were going to check with their legal department was what we were told in the last [e-mail] about three weeks ago. They originally signed our disclosure form saying they would release [the contracts]. They said they hadn’t disclosed their contracts to other states.”

2008 Olympic Bronze Medal Winner Vyacheslav Glazkov talks about his July 14 fight with Mark “Oak Tree” Brown plus fighting in America

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Cruiserweight contender, Victor Barragan talks about his July 14th sgowdown with undefeated Cruiserweight in Philadelphia

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Undefeated Russian Super Flyweight, Rustam Nabeev talks about his July 14th fight in Philadeldhia agianst Alejandro Solorio

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Undefeated Heavyweight prospect, Joey Dawejko of Philadelphia talks about his July 14th fight

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Russian Promoter German Titov talks about the prospect of promoting Russian fighters in the United States

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Undefeated Middleweight Maks Liminov of Russia talks about his July 14th fight with Julius Fogle in Philadelphia

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No Limits Boxing Promotions Press conference to announce big night of boxing on July 14th at The Arena in Philadelphia

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Welterweight Lanardo Tyner talks about his upset win over Antwone Smith

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Undefeated Welterweight contender Mike Jones talks about his fifth round stoppage over Irving Garcia and a look ahead to a possible showdown with Andre Berto

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Welterweight contender Demetrius Hopkins talks about his recent win over Mike Arnaoutis and a possible title shot with Andre Berto

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PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2010)—This Wednesday night at The Arena in South Philadelphia, 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winner, Felix Diaz will now take on Broderick Antoine in the eight round co-feature of a big night of world class boxing that will be promoted by No Limits Promotions in association with Joey Eye Boxing.

In the main event, undefeated Israeli Cruiserweight Ran Nakash of Haifa, Israel will risk his 24-0, eighteen knockout record against Victor Barragan, 11-5 with three knockouts of Oxnard, California.

Diaz of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic has been perfect as a pro as he has compiled a record of 5-0 with three knockouts.

Diaz has fought all over the world as he already as fought in his native Dominican Republic, Germany, Russia and the United States.

This will be Diaz second bout in the United States as in his second pro bout, Diaz scored a second round knockout over Omar Brown in Miami on September 18, 2009.

This will be Diaz third bout in 2010 as on January 23rd, he scored a third round knockout over Bronislav Kubin (9-1) in Cuxhaven, Germany.

In Diaz last bout, he scored a six round unanimous decision over twenty-four fight veteran Orlando Membreno on March 12th in the Dominican Republic.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Diaz became only the second fighter from the Dominican Republic to capture a Gold Medal in any sport.

His style has been described as an aggressive, fan friendly style.

In Antoine, Diaz will be facing a fighter who has a record of 10-10-1 with five knockouts.

The native of Troy, New York started his career just 2-5 but has improved as he continued to gain experience.

Just three fights ago, Antoine scored a third round stoppage over Norberto Frias (8-6-1) before embarking on a currant two fight losing streak.

Those two bouts have been to the most accomplished fighters that Antoine has faced. A seventh round stoppage loss to Ty Barnette (16-1) and in his last bout, Antoine went the distance before losing a six round unanimous decision to 2008 U.S. Olympic Alternate, Danny O’Connor (11-0) on May 22nd in Ucasville, CT.

The rest of the card reads as Follow:

Vyacheslav Glazkov (5-0, 3 KO’s) of Lugansk, Ukraine battles Mark “Oak Tree” Brown (15-3, 7 KO’s) of Salem, NJ in a six round Heavyweight bout.

Maks Liminov (12-0, 8 KO’s) of Prokopyevsk, Russia will fight Julius Fogle (15-5, 10 KO’s) of Cary, NC in a six round Middleweight affair.

Donatas Bonarevas (7-1-1, 2 KO’s) of Lithuania will take an opponent to be named in a middleweight bout scheduled for six rounds

Former world Jr. Amatuer champion Joey Dewejko (3-0, 1 KO) will take on Tauheed Wheeler (0-1) of Washington, DC in a four round Heavyweight bout.

Rustam Nabeev (5-0) of Tobolsk, Russia will tussle with Alejandro Solorio (3-2, 3 KO’s) of Huntington Beach, CA in a four round Super Flyweight bout.

Oz Goldenberg (1-0) of Israel will see action against Mike Latorre (Pro Debut) of Scranton, PA in a Lightweight bout scheduled for four rounds.

In a four round Heavyweight bout, Carmello Marrero (PD) of Reading, PA will take on William Miranda (1-0) of Allentown, PA.

Former Penn State Offensive Lineman, Imani Bell will make his pro debut against Lee Thomas (1-3) of Saginaw, MI in a four round Heavyweight bout

Tickets for this memorable night of boxing are priced at $100, $75, and $50 and can be purchased at following locals:

Peltz Boxing (2501 Brown Street) 215- 765 -0922
The Arena (7 West Ritner St.) 267-687-7560
Joey Eye 267-304-9399
Don Elbaum 610-933-7510

The Arena is located at 7 West Ritner Street in Philadelphia

Earlier this evening, welterweight rising star Alex Perez of Newark, NJ threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Newark Bears-Long Island Ducks game. Perez supported his hometown team from field level seats directly behind home plate, participated in a t-shirt toss and signed fight posters for fans during a special meet and greet session.

Perez, 11-0 (7 KO’s), battles rugged Brazilian Edvan Barros July 16 on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights at the Prudential Center. 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

Former Cuban Olympian Erislandy Lara scored an easy first round knockout over William Correa in a scheduled ten round Middleweight bout in Denver, Colorado

Lara was all over Correa in round one as he dropped him with a perfect straight left that sent him face down. Correa got to his feet only to suffer more abuse. Lara was all over Correa and a big flurry sent Correa down for a second time. Again Correa got to his feet but the referee waved the bout off at 2:34 of round one.

Lara, 155 lbs of Mimi is now 9-0 with seven knockouts. Correa is now 8-4.

Derrick Wilson scored two first round knockdown en route to a six round majority decision over previously undefeated Ricky Lopez.

Wilson dropped Lopez early in round one from a big left hook and again from a right.

Wilson, 123 lbs of Fort Myers, FL won by scores of 58-54, 57-55 and 56-56 and is now 7-1-2. Lopez, 122 lbs of Denver, CO is now 7-1

Raul Carillo remained undefeated as he stopped Joel Vargas in round two of a scheduled four round Welterweight bout.

Carillo battered Vargas until finally putting him down in the second frame and the fight was stopped.

Carillo, 145 lbs of Longmont, CO is now 7-0 with six knockouts. Vargas, 148 lbs of Dodge City, KS is now 2-1-1.

Nohime Dennison scored a four round unanimous decision over Brittany Cruz in a four round ladies Jr. Featherweight bout.

Scores were 40-36, 40-36 and 39-37

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com disgraced former Welterweight champion, Antonio Margarito will appear before the Nevada Athletic Commission in effort of regaining his boxing license in that state.

“We have him on last because that will be the longest part of the meeting,” commission executive director Keith Kizer told ESPN.com on Tuesday.

“He’s going to have to answer some tough question here,” Kizer said. “He has to be here in person. It’s a heavy burden for him to satisfy, but it’s his burden to meet. He’ll have to explain anything the commissioners want to ask him about. I assume the commissioners will ask him a lot of questions. Some may be easy, some may be hard, but the burden is solely his.”

However, in the minutes before his fight with Shane Mosley on January 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, drama had unfolded in Margarito’s dressing room. It was there that Mosley trainer Naazim Richardson objected to the way Margarito’s left hand had been wrapped.

California officials eventually cut off the wrap to check it and discovered an illegal pad coated in a plaster-like substance, which had obviously escaped the notice of the commission inspector who oversaw the wrapping procedure. When the wrap on Margarito’s right hand was also cut off for examination, an identical illegal pad was also discovered.

Margarito’s hands we re-wrapped and he went on to lose the fight. Three weeks later, Margarito’s claim of ignorance at a hearing was rejected by the California State Athletic Commission and he had his license revoked in a 7-0 vote, as did trainer Javier Capetillo.

“I really believe he should get his license in Nevada,” Said Bob Arum, who promotes Maragrito. “He and his attorney will present the reasons and the Nevada commission will decide. We went to Nevada because that’s where we are planning for him to fight. If it’s not against Pacquiao in November, it would be against Cotto in December.

“I’m optimistic the Nevada commission will do the right thing, but I haven’t talked to anyone on the commission, not one person, and neither has [Top Rank president] Todd [duBoef].” Arum said they are approaching the Nevada commission now so they don’t have to rush like they had in Texas earlier this year.

“If Floyd elects not to step up to the plate and fight Pacquiao and Pacquiao elects to fight Margarito, if that happens, we need to make sure Margarito has a license,” Arum said. “You can’t go to Pacquiao and see if he will fight Margarito if the guy doesn’t even have a license. So we are doing this now instead of rushing around at the last minute.”

“This is not that different from other situations where people had things in their past that the commission wanted to ask them about before deciding about a license,” Kizer said. “We did it with people like Mike Tyson, Zab Judah and Roger Mayweather, who had all been disciplined in Nevada. Margarito’s situation was in California, but we have the same rules as they do. Margarito was revoked, and after a year you are free to apply anywhere. He sat out for [more than] a year, and now he can reapply.”

“They have full discretion and jurisdiction,” he said. “I know there will be a lot of people on both sides. If they do grant him a license, there will be a lot of people yelling, ‘They’re crazy for giving him a license.’ And if they don’t, there will be a lot of people yelling, ‘They’re crazy for not giving him a license.’ They’ll be criticized either way, so they don’t have to worry about it. The five commissioners will listen to what he has to say and make the decision.”

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According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, an agreement has been reached between Featherweight beltholder’s Yuriorks Gamboa and Elio Rojas in a bout that will take place on September 11 in a site to be determined.

“We’ve sent them a draft of the contract for them to review and we’re waiting for their comments, but we’ve agreed on the terms,” Carl Moretti of Top Rank, who promotes Gamboa told ESPN.com.

Before Salido got the fight with Gamboa, Rojas had been the target. However, according to Top Rank, issues between King and Rojas’ manager, along with the tight schedule, forced Top Rank to turn to Salido, who it also promotes.

Once Salido dropped out and there was more time to make a fight for Gamboa, Top Rank made another run at Rojas because that is who HBO preferred, Moretti said.

“Style-wise, Rojas presents Gamboa with a different kind of fight than Salido,” Moretti said. “Salido is right-handed and in front of you and can punch. Rojas is a lefty, he’s taller than Gamboa and not easy to hit. He’s more of a pure boxer.”

“It’s Gamboa’s title against Rojas’ title. Pretty simple,” Moretti said.

“It shows that they really believe they have a shot to win the fight, which they do,” he said.

“He wanted this fight. He wanted Gamboa or [titlist] ‘Juanma’ Lopez, and now he has one, and when he beats him, he would go for another unification fight,” Victor Rojas, Elio’s uncle and one of his representatives, told ESPNdeportes.com.

To prepare for the fight, Rojas has hooked up with a new trainer, the highly regarded Kevin Cunningham. Cunningham, who is training unified junior welterweight titlist Devon Alexander for his Aug. 7 fight with former titleholder Andreas Kotelnik in Las Vegas, said Rojas joined the camp on June 30.

“They called me and asked me if I would train him,” said Cunningham, who first met Rojas several years ago at King’s training facility in Orwell, Ohio. “Elio is a good kid. He watched the way I run my camps when we were in Ohio and he has wanted me to work with him and this opportunity came up.

“This could be a very, very good fight. You’ve got Gamboa, who’s coming in with good hand speed and he can punch and he has had his way with everybody he’s fought so far. But I think Elio is the most talented opponent Gamboa would have seen so far in his career, so I like Elio’s chances. He’s going to have to be at his best and extremely sharp, but I see a lot of mistakes that Gamboa makes. I got nine weeks to get Elio ready and he will be ready.”

The planned co-feature is a lightweight title eliminator between Anthony Peterson (30-0, 20 KOs), of Washington, D.C., and Brandon Rios (24-0-1, 18 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., both of whom are promoted by Top Rank. The winner is supposed to become the mandatory challenger for titlist Miguel Acosta, another Top Rank fighter.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former world Heavyweight title challenger, Chris Arreola will take on fellow Mexican-American Heavyweight Manuel Quezada on August 13 in a bout that will take place at the Citizens Business Bank Center in Ontario, California.

The bout will be braodcasted on ESPN 2.

“This fight is an opportunity for Cris to jump back into the thick of things with a win,” Dan Goossen, who promoted both Arreola & Quezada said. “And this is something Quezada has been asking for for quite awhile. He’s been asking to fight Cris. He feels like he’s taken a backseat to Cris and he thinks he’s just as interesting and aggressive and exciting as Cris is in the ring. I know that Cris has never had any problem fighting Manny, but it never worked out that way the last few years. Now, obviously, here it is. They’re both coming off very disappointing losses and they need to win this one.”

“Cris has to perform and also this is Manny’s big shot,” Said Henry Ramirez, who trains Arreola. “You’ve got two guys whose backs are against the wall, my guy and Manny. Whoever loses is basically done. But I’m hoping Cris knows his back is against the wall. Manny is a tough guy. I like Manny a lot and I respect him a lot. I know him well. He’s a good friend of mine. But Cris has been in the gym and sparring for about a week.

“I think Cris knows the only way to get back to those paydays he had and to get back into the limelight is for him to take the fight seriously and to pull his head out of his ass. Is it pulled out yet? Little by little it’s coming out. For this fight he hasn’t missed any workouts — yet. But I know Cris. Let’s see if he can take this seriously.”

“Our conversations with HBO, as it relates to the heavyweight division, is if you’re not out there giving 100 percent and showing that aggressive style and the ability to draw fans and ratings, that it’s a hard road back to HBO, and Cris knows that,” Goossen said. “I believe the winner of this fight comes right into a fight with Adamek, either a rematch for Cris or a shot for Manny. Cris would love to have that rematch and Manny would love to pull the upset on Aug. 13 and jump into Cris’ shoes.

“I think Aug. 13 is a springboard to having one of the fighters come out and say, ‘I’m ready to take on everybody and to do it in tip-top shape.’ ”

Arreola is 28-2 with twenty-five knockouts. Quezada is 29-5 with eighteen knockouts.

On Saturday July 17th at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Philadelphia’s up and coming welterweight prospect, Raymond “Tito” Serrano (12-0, 6KO’s) will look to continue on his path up the contender ranks when he takes on Ghana’s Ayi Bruce (6-2, 4KO’s). Serrano-Bruce is scheduled for eight rounds, and will be one of the co-featured bouts of the evening on the Pay-Per-View telecast. The card, being presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, and billed as T-N-T at the Tropicana, will feature WBO #2 rated heavyweight David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s) taking on Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) in the main event.

Serrano is coming off a dominate eight round unanimous decision over Ronald Warrior Jr. in his last fight, which was televised live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” earlier this year.

The 21-year-old Serrano, is excited to be fighting in Atlantic City and is looking forward to the world-wide exposure he will get in fighting on PPV.

“This is very exciting fight for me,” stated Serrano. “Fighting so close to home, and fighting on PPV, is a dream come true for me. I have a lot of family in Puerto Rico and fighting on PPV will allow them to see me fight, so this is definitely a special fight for me. This will be my second consecutive eight rounder, and I feel that before this year is over I will be ready to move up to ten round fights, and start testing myself against some of the top prospects in the welterweight division. I am very focused, and very hungry. This will be my third fight in Atlantic City since turning pro, and just as in my previous two, I plan on putting on an exciting entertaining performance for all the fans in attendance.”

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Atlantic City, NJ–The weigh-in for the July 9 Mike Jones-Irving Garcia fight will take place at 5pm Thursday, July 8, at the Atrium (6th floor) in Bally’s Hotel & Casino and it is open to the public

Jones will defend his NABA and NABO welterweight titles in a scheduled 12-round bout against Garcia on a show dubbed The Fireworks Continue in the ballroom of Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall.

“I’ve had a tremendous camp and I’m in great shape–I’m ready,” said Jones. The 27-year-old Philadelphian is 21-0, 17 KOs, and ranked as high as the No. 2 in the world by the WBO behind champion Manny Pacquiao.

“As each fight goes by, I get in better and better shape,” Jones said. “I take nobody for granted. When it’s time to shine, I’m gonna shine.”

Garcia: “I’ve worked very hard to come into this fight in my best physical condition. This is a difficult fight but not an impossible one to win.”

The 31-year-old Garcia is 17-4-3, 8 K0s.

Also weighing-in will be welterweights Antwone Smith, of Miami, FL, and Lanardo Tyner, of Houston, TX, the co-featured attraction, as well as the fighters in the eight undercard fights.

On fight night, July 9, the first of 10 bouts begins at 8.30 pm. The show is being promoted by Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc., and DiBella Entertainment in association with Caesars Atlantic City.
Showtime will televise the two main fights as part of its popular ShoBox series, The New Generation, starting at 11pm.

Tickets priced at $50, $75 and $100 are on sale at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall, Peltz Boxing Promotions (215-765-0922) and all Ticketmaster outlets (800-736-1420). They also can be purchased at Boardwalk Hall and online at www.Ticketmaster.com.