Light Heavyweight contender Elvir Muriqi talks about his April 2nd fight in Brooklyn at the Aviator Sports Complex

Havoc Boxing Press conference from March 8, 2011 at Portobellos in New York City that promotes the big April 2nd card in Brooklyn at The Aviator Sports Complex that will feature Elvir Muriqi, Joel Castillo, Frank Galarza, Elton Dharry and Charles Vanderveer

NEW YORK CITY (MARCH 8, 2011)—Tuesday at Portobellos in New York City, Havoc Boxing Promotions held the kick off press conference for a big boxing event that will take place on Saturday April 2nd at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York.

In the main event, Light Heavyweight contender, Elvir “The Kosovo Kid” Muriqi (38-5, 23 KO’s) will take part in the ten round main event.

Also present was Light Heavyweight Joel Torres (7-0, 4 KO’s) who will be fighting in the eight round co-feature along with Jr. Middleweight Frank Galarza (2-0, 1 KO); Jr. Middleweight Charles Vanderveer (1-1, 1 KO) and Bantamweight Elton Dharry (6-5-1, 1 KO)

Also seeing action on April 2nd will be undefeated cruiserweight Santander Silgado (18-0, 16 KO’s); super featherweight Gary Stark Jr. (23-3, 8 KO’s); welterweight Tommy Rainone (13-4, 4 KO’s); light heavyweight Ronson Frank (16-0, 8 KO’s) & Jr. Welterweight Jose Peralta (5-1, 3 KO’s)

PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

ELVIR MURIQI (38-5, 23 KO’S)
“I love fighting. Can I make it without fighting? Yes but I love fighting and winning. I have the ability to one day be world champion. I feel like I haven’t lost since 2004 but sometimes things don’t go your way. I promise in April 2nd I will come in better shape than I did the last time. Everybody knows that I come to fight every time

Joel Castillo (7-0, 4 KO’s)
“I been training hard for quite a while and I plan to give it my all. Its my first co-main event and I look forward to the future and keep growing and making progress.”

Elton Dharry (6-5-1)
“I appreciate being on this show. I will show up to fight and show up to win”

Frank Galarza (2-0, 1 KO)
“This is my first time being on a Havoc card and I look forward to a great fight”

Charles Vanderveer (1-1)
“Feels good to be back in the gym training hard and working hard. April 2nd be there to see me.”

Robert Diaz (CEO Havoc Boxing Promotions)
“We are going with everything we planned from the beginning. We have fighters calling us wanting to participate on our shows. We are looking to do way more fighters per year due to all the fighters we have at our disposal. We just want to put on good shows and have good fights and give fighters opportunities”

Felipe Gomez (Matchmaker)
“The more shows that Havoc does the better it gets. This show will be better than the first two”

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SPECIAL THANKS ANTHONY CATANZARO AND PORTOBELLOS

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
New Legend Boxing Club (718) 487 4474 or
www.havocboxingnyc.com

The Aviator Sports Complex is located at:

3159 Flatbush Ave – Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234

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CHESTER, PA (March 8, 2011)—On Friday night, March 18th at the beautiful Harrah’s Casino in Chester, Pennsylvania, popular Jr. Welterweight “Rockin” Ryan Belasco will take on Bryne Green in the eight round main event.

The card is promoted by Joey Eye Boxing and David Feldman.

Belasco of Wilmington, Delaware has a record of 14-4-3 with three knockouts and not only takes on anyone but is usually in the most entertaining fight of the night.

Belasco has taken on quality opposition such as Elad Shmuoel (15-1); Brian Miller (1-0-1); Victor Vasquez (7-1); Andrew Farmer (12-1).

His most impressive win was the fifth round stoppage over Vasquez.

Belasco is riding a three fight winning streak which includes his most recent outing when he scored a six round unanimous decision over Gustavo Dailey on December 3rd in Dover, Delaware.

Like Belasco, Green of Vineland, New Jersey is no stranger to stepping up and fighting top competition.

Green won his first three bouts before dropping a decision to undefeated Victor Valenzuela (2-0). Green then defeated undefeated Luis Esqullin (1-0) and Edward Valdez before losing his last three bouts with the latest being to Vasquez (11-4-1) via split decision in a bout that Green dropped Vasquez on October 8th.

The co-feature is an evenly matched six round Super Featherweight bout between “Flawless” Anthony Flores and Georgi Kevlishvilli.

Flores is one of the top young prospects in the area as the twenty-three year old has a record of 9-2 with six knockouts.

The Philadelphia native won his first eight bouts which included wins over veterans Darrell Martin (2-2) and Ikem Orji (4-0). He suffered his fist setback to Valenzuela and drew with world ranked Carlos Vinan in a bout that many thought that Flores deserved the decision.

Flores is coming off a eight round defeat to world ranked and undefeated Arash Usmanee (8-0) on October 8th in Philadelphia.

Kevlishvilli of Moscow, Russia will be making his American debut and he sports an impressive record of 11-1 with three knockouts

Kevlishvilli won his first eleven bouts which included a win over undefeated Saichon SotornPitak (10-0). In his last bout, he then took on yet another undefeated fighter and was stopped in one round by Ayup Arsaev (8-0) in a battle for the WBC Baltic Featherweight title on October 3, 2009.

In a four round Cruiserweight bout, Taneal Goyco (3-1, 1 KO) squares off with Maurice Amaro (1-3) in a battle of Philadelphians.

Angel Ocasio (3-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia will take part in a four round lightweight bout when he takes on an opponent to be named.

In a four round female lightweight attraction undefeated Elizabeth Sherman (2-0, 1 KO) battles Jennifer Wood (1-1, 1 KO) of Richmond, VA

Popular Heavyweight Jamie Campbell (3-1, 1 KO) of Ridley Park, PA will take on KC Cunningham (0-3) of Philadelphia in a four round bout.

Lightweight Lonnie Jackson Jr. (1-0) of Philadelphia takes on debuting William Morgan of Philadelphia in a four round bout.

Luis Castro (3-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia returns after a two year layoff to fight Ramon Ellis (0-6) of Philadelphia in a four round bout in the Lightweight division

Rounding out the card will be the pro debut of Fred Jenkins Jr. of Philadelphia battling Scott Bronner in a Light Heavyweight bout.

THERE WILL BE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY MARCH 15TH AT HARRAH’S IN CHESTER—END ZONE SPORTS BAR AT 7PM EASTERN

Tickets are now on sale for $100 (VIP); $60 (Ringside) and $45 (General Admission) and can be purchased at the Harrahs Chester Gift Shop; By calling Joey Eye (267-304-9399); David Feldman (610-291-0806); 800-480-8020 and Peltz Boxing 215-765-0922 or on www.webtix.net

Exciting and popular Saul Alvarez won his first world title by capturing the WBC Super Welterweight champions with an exciting drubbing over Matthew Hatton at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

It was apparent early that it was going to be a Alvarez night as he loaded and landed thudding power punches with both hands. Hatton tried very hard and got through but simply didnt have the thunder behind his punches that Alvarez had.

It almost seemed that at least once per round that Alvarez would land a plethora of ripping power shots that Hatton not only took well but would come back with a flurry of his own. Alvarez just continued to pour on the offense for which Hatton had very little answers for.

Alvarez was docked a point in round seven for hitting on the break which proved to be the only blemish on what was an impressive performance for the young twenty year old sensation from Mexico.

Alvarez showed that in typical Mexican fashion that he could land gut wrenching left hooks to the body and had Hatton reeling several times including in the final minute. Hatton even came back and tried to the bitter end.

It wasnt enough as Alvarez, 151 3/4 lbs of Guadalajara, MX is now 36-0-1. Hatton 149 lbs of Manchester, ENG is now 41-5-2.

In his first step up fight, Adrien Broner took a closer then the scorecards read unanimous decision over former Jr. Featherweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon in a ten round Jr. Lightweight bout.

De Leon forced the action all night as he came forward and landed some good body shots over the first three rounds. Broner was effective but not active as he landed some nice counter rights off the back foot. De Leon tested Broner with volume as Broner slowly started mixing some combinations by using his superior hand speed.

The second half of the fight picked up as Broner started to engage a little more and that may have been the difference as eked out the decision by tallies of a ridiculous 99-91 score and two others that were more in line at 96-95.

Broner 129 3/4 lbs of Cincinnati, OH is now 20-0. De Leon, 128 1/4 lbs of Mexico is now 41-3.

WBC Lightweight champion Humberto Soto cruised to a ten round unanimous decision win over Fidel Monterrosa in a ten round Jr. Welterweight bout in Tepic, Mexico.

Soto scored a knockdown in round one with a big left hook and dominated the action the rest of the way and won by scores of 100-88; 100-90 and 98-92.

This was a rematch of a bout that Soto won last September 18th that was contested for his world championship.

Soto, 139 1/2 lbs of Los Mochis, MX is now 55-7-2 and will now face Urbano Antillon on the May 7th Manny Pacquiao – Shane Mosley undercard. That fight is also a rematch of a fight that many thought could have been the 2010 fight of the year that was won by Soto on December 4th.

Monterrosa, 139 1/2 lbs of Monteria, Colombia is now 25-3

Juan Carlos Vargas scored a second round stoppage over Alexis Gonzalez in round two of a scheduled six round bantamweight bout.

Vargas dropped Gonzalez with a vicious uppercut-left hook combination and The time of the stoppage was 2:59 of round two for Vargas, 118 lbs of Lagos De Moreno, MX and is now 7-3-1 with six knockouts. Gonzalez 118 lbs of Tepic, MX is now 1-8

Manuel Beltran Jr. scored a fourth round stoppage over Roberto Tamayo in a scheduled eight round Super Featherweight bout

Beltran landed a huge right that dropped Tamayo with a big right hand for that sent him down fir the ten count at 1:50 of round four.

Beltran 135 lbs of Los Mochis, MX is now 24-1 with seventeen knockouts. Tamayo, 135 lbs of Ciudad, MX is now 11-8-1.

Rodolfo Quantanilla scored a four round unanimous decision over Fidel Lopez in a Jr. Welterweight bout.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Quananilla, who is now 9-1-2. Lopez of Novajoa, MX is now 0-3

WOODHAVEN, NY (March 4, 2011)—An enthusiastic crowd packed Cordon Bleu Catering Hall in the Woodhaven section of Queens, New York and they were treated to a night of entertaining boxing that was promoted by New Legend Boxing Promotions.

In the main event, Juan Dominguez scored a third round stoppage over Gabriel Gomez in a battle of undefeated Featherweights that was scheduled for six rounds.

Dominguez dropped Gomez in round one with a hard right hand. Dominguez equaled that in round three by scoring a second knockdown in round three. Later in the round Dominguez dropped Gomez with a right to the top of the head and that’s when the fight was waved off at 2:05 of round three.

The co-feature, Mike Ruiz scored a third round stoppage over Jorge Barajas in a scheduled six round Welterweight bout. Ruiz dropped Barajas twice in round three with the first being a right off the ropes. He scored a second knockdown from a left to the body and moments later the fight was stopped by referee Eddie Claudio after a finishing barrage of punches from Ruiz.

Undercard winners included heavyweight Vinny Celentano; Former Polish amateur star, super featherweight Kamil Laszczyk; super featherweight Rafael Vazquez; undefeated female sensation Patricia Alcivar; Eilud Torres and Edward Valdez

FULL RESULTS

6 ROUNDS—FEATHERWEIGHTS—Juan Dominguez (7-0, 5 KO’s) 124 lbs of Brooklyn, NY TKO 3 (2:05) over Gabriel Gomez(4-1) 124 lbs of Philadelphia

6 ROUNDS—WELTERWEIGHTS—Mike Ruiz (11-4, 6 KO’s) 148 ½ lbs of Lynbrook, NY TKO 3 (1:22) over Jorge Barajas (5-5) 147 ½ lbs of Idaho Falls, ID

6 Rounds—Lightweights– Edward Valdez (4-8-2, 1 KO) 132 lbs of New York TKO 6 ( :49) over Angel Torres (2-5-2) 134 lbs of Yonkers, NY

6 ROUNDS – JR WELTERWEIGHTS—Eilud Torres (4-2-2) 140 lbs of Allentown, PA UD over Jonathan Cuba (5-3) 137 lbs of New York…Scores were 58-54; 57-55; 57-55

4 ROUNDS—FEMALE SUPER FLYWEIGHTS—Patricia Alcivar (4-0) 114 lbs Queens, NY UD OVER Laura Gomez (3-3) 118 ½ lbs Sonora, MX…Scores were 40-36 on all cards

4 ROUNDS—SUPER FEATHERWEIGHTS—Rafael Vazquez (5-0) 128 ¼ lbs of Brooklyn, NY UD over George Santiago (1-2) 131 lbs of Brooklyn, NY…Scores were 38-37; 39-36; 40-35

4 ROUNDS—SUPER FEATHERWEIGHTS—Kamil Laszczyk (1-0, 1 KO) 128 lbs of North Bergen, NJ TKO 2 (1:25) over Emil Brooks (0-3) 128 lbs of Buffalo, NY

4 ROUNDS—HEAVYWEIGHTS—Vinny Celentano (2-0) 228 lbs of Howard Beach, NY UD over Richard Mason (0-3) 213 lbs of Westbury, NY…Scores were 39-37 on all cards

PHOTO CREDIT: Claudia Bocanegra

Juan Dominguez 124 – Gabriel Gomez 124
Mike Ruiz 148 ½ – Jorge Barajas 147 ½
Edward Valdez 132 – Angel Torres 134
Jonathan Cuba 137 – Eilud Torres 140
Patricia Alcivar 114 – Laura Gomez 118 ½
Rafael Vazquez 128 ¼ – George Santiago 131
Kamil Laszczyk 128 – Emil Brooks 128
Vinny Celentano 228 – Richard Mason will weigh in on Fri.

Venue: Corden Bleu
Promoter: New Legend Boxing Promotions
1st Bell : 7:30 pm

Diego Sanchez scored a controversial three round unanimous decision over Martin Kampmann in a bloody welterweight bout at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Both guys thrilled the crowd with power punches with Sanchez being bloodied all over his face in round one and Kampmann was bleeding over his left eye in round two. The two landed huge punches in every round with round’s two and three being close rounds as Kampmann won the first round.

Sanchez, 171 lbs of Albuquerque, NM won on all cards 29-28 which was booed loudly by the crowd. Sanchez is now 25-4. Kampmann, 171 lbs of Las Vegas is now 17-5

Mark Munoz needed just fifty-four seconds to pound out CB Dollaway in a Middleweight bout.

Munoz, 186 lbs of Vallejo, CA is now 10-2. Dollaway, 185 lbs of Tempe, AZ is now 12-4.

Chris Weidman as he bloodies and batterd and stopped Alessio Sakara in a Middleweight bout.

Weidman, 186 lbs of Mineola, NY is now 5-0. Sakara, 186 lbs of Rome, Italy is now 19-8-1.

Brain Bowles scored a first round stoppage over Damaico Page in a Featherweight bout from a Guillotine choke at 3:30

Bowles, 135 lbs is now 9-1. Page, 136 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is now 12-6

Igor Pokrajac scored a first round stoppage over Todd Brown in a Light Heavyweight bout.

Pokrajac pounded Brown to a pulp and the fight was stopped at the end of round one.

Shane Roller scored a devastating second round stoppage over Thiago Tavares.

Time was 1:28 of round round two.

WOODHAVEN, NEW YORK (MARCH 2ND, 2011)—This Friday night undefeated prospects, Patricia Alcivar, Vinny Celentano & Rafael Vazquez to see action at the beautiful Cordon Bleu Catering Hall in Woodhaven, New York. This card will feature some of the top prospects on the East Coast.

The card is promoted by New Legend Boxing Promotions.

In the main event, undefeated Super Bantamweight Juan Dominguez will take on Gabriel Gomez in a battle of undefeated fighters scheduled for six rounds.

Dominguez has a record of 6-0 with four knockouts in a row.

The twenty-five year old native of Brooklyn is coming off a second round stoppage over Johnny Rodriguez this past December 19th in his birth country of the Dominican Republic.

Gomez of Philadelphia likewise has a perfect record of 4-0.

Gomez has fought mainly in the southwest such as Oklahoma and Texas.

The twenty-six year old has a victory over twenty-eight fight veteran Arturo Herrera. In his last bout, Gomez scored a four round unanimous decision over Omar Gonzalez on December 17th in San Antonio, Texas.

In the six round co-feature, Mike Ruiz (10-4, 5 KO’s) of Long Island, NY will battle Jorge Barajas (5-4, 2 KO’s) of Boise, Idaho.

Also seeing action in a six round bout will be Lightweight Edward Valdez (3-8-2, 2 KO’s) of Brooklyn, NY takes on Angel Torres (2-4-2, 1 KO) of Yonkers, NY.

In a six round ladies Super Flyweight bout between undefeated Patricia Alcivar (3-0, 3 KO’s) of Queens, NY battling Laura Gomez (3-2) of Sonora, Mexico.

In a six round Jr. Welterweight bout, Jonathan Cuba (5-2, 4 KO’s) of New York will battle Eilud Torres (3-2-2, 2 KO’s) of Allentown, PA

In a four round Heavyweight bout, Vinny Celentano (1-0, 1 KO) of Howard Beach, NY takes on Richard Mason (0-2) of Long Island, New York

Rafael Vazquez (4-0, 3 KO’s) will see action against George Santiago (1-1, 1 KO) in a battle of Featherweights based out of Brooklyn, NY

Former Polish amateur star Kamil Laszczyk will make his pro debut against Emil Brooks (0-2) of Buffalo, New York in a four round Super Featherweight bout.

Tickets for this fantastic show are priced at $40; $60; and $80 with special VIP tables costing $1500 (seating for ten at the table) and can be purchased by calling New Legend Boxing Gym at 718-487-4474

Cordon Bleu is located at
96-01 Jamaica Avenue
Woodhaven, NY 11421

Brandon Rios won the WBA Lightweight title with an exciting ten round stoppage over champion Miguel Acosta at the Pearl Theatre in The Palms in Las Vegas.

Acosta boxed very well over the first four rounds as he showed a nice mixture of movement, boxing and power shots. Rios started to get into the fight in round five with his relentless pressure and landing power shots with the right hand.

Rios dropped Acosta for the first of three times with a jab and in the process opened up a cut around the right eye of Acosta. Acosta steadied himself to box well in round eight. Rios scored a second knockdown in round eight with a pair of left hands that sent Acosta on the seat of his pants. Rios landed some nice power shots in round nine. In round ten, Rios landed a big right in the corner that sent Acosta down for a third and final time as Acosta’s corner saved their man from any more punishment at 1:14 of round ten.

Rios, 134 1/2 lbs of Oxnard, CA is still undefeated at 27-0-1 with nineteen knockouts. Acosta, 134 1/2 lbs of Caracas, Venezuela lost for the first time in nine years (nineteen fights) and is now 28-4-2.

“A star was born tonight,” said Hall of Fame Top Rank promoter Bob Arum as Rios (27-0-1, 19 KOs) thrilled the crowd with an action-packed performance and 10th round knockout victory over Acosta at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The 32-year-old Venezuelan had the early upper hand over Rios by moving around the ring and landing hard punches to the head. Acosta (28-4-2, 22 KOs) was able to stifle Rios’ game plan by boxing the brawler with a strong jab through the first several rounds. But by the end of the fifth, Rios finished with a flurry and walked back to his corner with a sense of confidence that shined throughout the rest of the fight.

In the sixth, Rios, 27, was finally able to force Acosta to engage in an inside scrap. Rios, the naturally larger fighter, started unloading his heavy hands and eventually dropped Acosta with a left jab. “I’ve got a pretty good jab … when I use it,” joked the predominantly come-forward fighter.

With tears of joy in his eyes after the fight, the newly-crowned champ showed tremendous modesty in his reaction. “I proved I’ve got a good chin now,” Rios said with a smile. As for what’s next for Rios, the determined fighter said he would fight anyone in the lightweight division. “Whatever Bob Arum wants,” said Rios as Arum looked on with a proud smile.

Following his first loss since 2003, a disheartened Acosta admitted, “I’m more sad than hurt. I prepared for the fight but Brandon Rios has power.”

Antonio DeMarco scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Reyes Sanchez in a twelve round Lightweight elimination bout at The Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.

DeMarco cut Sanchez in the first minute of the fight as a right jab opened up a cut over the left eye of Sanchez. DeMarco took the early rounds as he landed the harder blows. Sanchez came back in the middle rounds as he applied great pressure as he landed some good shots but with little power behind it. There were some great exchanges at the end of the middle rounds. DeMarco steadied himself to win enough of the late frames to hold on the victory by scores of 117-111; 116-112 and 115-113.

DeMarco, 134 1/2 lbs of Tijuana, Mexico is now 25-2-1. Sanchez, 134 1/2 lbs of Mexico City is now 24-2.

Said DeMarco: “Sanchez is a great fighter and he threw a lot of punches. It was a great fight. I love fighting in Nebraska. The crowd was really into it. That really motivated me.”

Jesus Pabon scored a scintillating first round stoppage over Americo Santos in a scheduled twelve round bout at the Palm Bay Center in Palm Bay, Florida

Pabon dropped Santos with a perfectly times straight left hand and then with a with a left right combination and referee Frank Gentile stopped the bout at 2:45 of round one.

Pabon, 139 lbs of Carolina, Puerto Rico is 17-1 with eleven knockouts. Santos, 140 lbs of Garland, Texas drops to 26-4-1.

Francisco Ginorio scored two knockdowns in route to a four round unanimous decision over Franklyn Gonzalez in a Jr. Middleweight bout.

Ginorio scored knockdowns in round’s three and four to win by scores of 39-35; 38-36 and 38-36

Ginorio, 155 lbs of Palm Bay, FL is now 8-0. Gonzalez, 154 lbs of the Dominican Republic is now 13-8

Hotshot prospect Danny Garcia remained undefeated by scoring a second round stoppage over John Figueroa in a scheduled eight round Jr. Welterweight bout at the Four Points Sheraton in San Diego, California.

Garcia landed a hard left hook that wobbled Figueroa back to the ropes and then some hard straight right hands with a couple of left’s to the body forced the referee to stop the bout at fifty-two seconds of round two.

Garcia, 141 lbs of Philadelphia is now 20-0 with fourteen knockouts. Figueroa, 141 1/2 lbs of Salinas, PR is now 7-9-3.

In a battle of undefeated Super Middleweights, Marco Antonio Periban needed just one crushing right hand to dispose of Dion Savage Jr. in a scheduled eight round bout.

Periban landed the right that dropped Savage. Savage got to his feet but the referee called the bout off at thirty-three seconds

Periban, 169 lbs of Mexico City is now 11-0 with eight knockouts. Savage, 168 lbs of Michigan is now 10-1.

Pablo Armenta scored a four round unanimous decision over Alejandro Cruz in a Lightweight bout.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Armenta, 133 lbs of San Diego and is now 5-0-1. Cruz, 133 lbs of Mexico City is now 3-13-2.

Adrian Vargas made a successful pro debut with a four round unanimous decision over Fanky Martinez in a Jr. Welterweight bout.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Vargas, 139 1/2 lbs of National City, CA. Martinez, 138 1/2 lbs of Costa Rica is 0-2.

Hanzel Martinez remained undefeated with a four round majority decision over Alejandro Solorio.

Martinez, 121 lbs won by scores of 39-37; 39-37 and 38-38 to go to 10-0. Solorio, 118 lbs is 4-3.

Michael Stewart and David Torres fought to a ten round majority draw in a Jr. Welterweight bout at Dover Downs in Dover Delaware.

In round three, Torres landed a heavy right hand that buckled Stewart. Torres came out strong in round four by landing a hard left and right at the outset of the round. Stewart came back by ducking under some punches and landing a big right. Torres rocked Stewart early in round five with a pair of hard left hooks. Stewart got through with a hard right of his own only to get nailed by a big left hook.

Stewart came out strong in round six by landing a pair of big right hands. In round seven, Stewart landed a nice right off the ropes only to get caught by a Torres right hand. In round nine, Torres landed a nice left to the head out of a break. He then started to work the body with a three punch combination. With both guys tired down the stretch, It was Torres who was a bit more active despite getting hit by a Stewart right at the bell.

Scores were 96-94 for Torres and 95-95 on two cards. Stewart, 140 lbs of New Castle, DE is now 46-7-3. Torres, 140 lbs of Othello, WA is now 21-2-2.

In a terrific back and forth slugfest, Mike Tiberi scored a razor thin unanimous decision over Eloy Suarez in a eight round Middleweight bout.

Tiberi did enough to win the early rounds with his jab and right hands behind it.

Suarez pushed the action in some of the rounds and started finding a home with his jab. In round eight he got through again but it wasnt enough as Tiberi won by 77-75 tallies on all cards.

Tiberi, 163 lbs of Smyrna, DE is now 16-1. Suarez, 163 lbs of San Antonio, TX is now 11-10-1.

Amir “Hardcore” Mansour scored his third straight explosive knockout since returning after nearly a nine year absence when he destroyed Alexis Mejias in round two of their scheduled eight round Heavyweight bout.

Mansour drilled Mejias with a straight left that stopped Mejias in his tracks before a booming left plummeted Mejias to the canvas where he lie motionless for several minutes.

Mejias had a neck brace applied but started moving and walked out under his own power.

The time was thirty-five seconds of round two for Mansour, 223 lbs of Penns Grove, NJ and is now 12-0 with nine knockouts. Mejias, 235 lbs of Paterson, NJ is now 11-7

Anthony Caputo Smith scored a second round stoppage over Shawn Kirk in a sxheduled six round Light heavyweight bout.

Smith dropped Kirk three times in round two all with body shots and the was waved at 2:16 of round two.

Smith, 181 1/2 lbs of Kennett Square, PA and is now 9-0 with seven knockouts. Kirk, 186 lbs lbs of Lexington, KY is now 4-9.

Ronica Jeffrey remained undefeated with a four round unanimous decision over Carla Torres in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

It was a competitive fight with Jeffrey getting the better of the exchanges.

Jeffrey, 126 lbs of Brooklyn won by scores of 40-36; 40-36 and 39-37 to go to 5-0. Torres, 128 lbs of Cleveland is now 1-1

In the opening bout, Dan Biddle rocked Kenneth Farr all over the ring in scoring a four round unanimous decision.

Biddle had Farr in trouble a few times but no knockdowns were scored.

Scores were 40-36; 40-35 and 40-34 for Biddle, 196 lbs of Hockessin, DE and is now 6-1. Farr, 199 lbs of Rocky Mount, NC is now 0-5

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (February 25, 2011)—With very few top American Heavyweights in recent years, a new name is ready to crash the party and influx some life into what many boxing insiders say is the lowest time in American Heavyweight boxing.

Enter Franklin “Yah Yah” Lawrence.

The native of Indianapolis, Indiana has scored two impressive knockouts over perennial contender Lance “Mount” Whitaker and most recently on January 29th he beat up and battered former United States Olympian Jason Estrada to win the WBC Interim Caribbean Heavyweight championship.

“I am still absorbing that I have these belts”, said Lawrence, who now sports a record of 14-2-2 with nine knockouts.

“I think because I will fight anyone that I should be recognized more and that motivates me.”

“I was hurt that going into my last bout that Estrada was getting all the recognition. All he ever does was handpick his opponents and I had to earn my spot”

“I should have earned my spot before that and now its time for me to bring back the old days where people look like fighters and fight like true champions”

People who knew Lawrence before the Estrada fight know all about his gift of gab and he even knows that is still more to learn with each fight.

“I defiantly have been a little more confident since that fight as I learned a few new tricks that night”

“I am an exciting fighter and I give the people their monies worth”

Lawrence doesn’t believe that being thirty-five years old is a deterrent on still being able to rise to the top of the Heavyweight division.

“If I started my career sooner, I would be way ahead but I am always in shape as I was back in the gym just four days after the Estrada fight working on my cardio”

Lawrence looks to represent his home state of Indiana and bring back the Heavyweight championship to the Hoosier state.

“In me, Indiana has a true champion. I am doing as well as the Colts, The WNBA team here and all the sports. I want to represent Indiana to the fullest. Lamon Brewster was from here but he has been in California for some time so I believe that I am the man here in Indiana and soon the world will know that”

Franklin Lawrence is promoted by Fisticuffs Promotions and his next bout will be announced shortly.

Photo Credit: Sara Rivest.

CHESTER, PA (February 21, 2011)—On Friday night March 18th boxing returns to the Harrahs Casino in Chester, Pennsylvania that will feature some of the Delaware Valley’s top prospects on a card promoted by Joey Eye Boxing along with David Feldman.

“We had a great opening show here at Harrahs”, said promoter Joey Eye.

“We had a few little rough edges that we smoothed out and we believe that we will have some great, fan friendly shows going forward”

In the featured eight round Jr. Welterweight bout will popular “Rockin” Ryan Belasco .

Belasco of Wilmington, Delaware has a record of 14-4-3 with three knockouts and not only takes on anyone but is usually in the most entertaining fight of the night.

Belasco has taken on quality opposition such as Elad Shmuoel (15-1); Brian Miller (1-0-1); Victor Vasquez (7-1); Andrew Farmer (12-1).

His most impressive win was the fifth round stoppage over Vasquez.

Belasco is riding a three fight winning streak which includes his most recent outing when he scored a six round unanimous decision over Gustavo Dailey on December 3rd in Dover, Delaware.

Belasco’s opponent will be named shortly.

There will be two six round co-features.

In the first co-feature will be Jr. Lightweight Anthony Flores.

Flores of Philadelphia has a record of 9-2-1 with six knockouts.

Flores won his first eight bouts with five coming by knockout with included wins over undefeated Ikem Orji and twenty-two fight veteran Carlos Diaz before suffering his first pro defeat to undefeated Victor Valenzuela.

In his last three bouts, Flores has gone 1-1-1 with a draw with world ranked Carlos Vinan, a stoppage over Gustavo Daily and in his last bout, Flores dropped a eight round unanimous decision to undefeated and world ranked Arash Usmanee on October 8th in Philadelphia.

In the second six round co-feature, undefeated Heavyweight Joey Dawejko will take on an opponent to be named.

Dawejko of Philadelphia has a record of 4-0 with one coming by knockout.

The former world amateur champion is coming off a four round unanimous decision on January 22nd at Harrahs in Chester over Taffo Asongwed.

Fighters pitted to see action in four round bouts will be lightweight Angel Ocasio (3-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia, PA; cruiserweight Taneal Goyco (3-1, 1 KO) of Philadelphia, PA; heavyweight Jamie Campbell (3-1, 2 KO’s) of Ridley Park, PA; lightweight Lonnie Jackson Jr. (1-0) of Philadelphia.

Those fighters will all face opponents to be named.

Two other four round bouts will feature ladies lightweight Elizabeth Sherman (2-0, 1 KO) of South Philadelphia taking on Jennifer Wood (1-1, 1 KO) of Richmond, VA.

Jr. Middleweight Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (1-0, 1 KO) of Milville, NJ taking on debuting Heath Kline.

Tickets are now on sale for $100 (VIP); $60 (Ringside) and $45 (General Admission) and can be purchased at the Harrahs Chester Gift Shop; By calling Joey Eye (267-304-9399); David Feldman (610-291-0806) or on www.webtix.net

Super Middleweight Donovan George talks about his explosive 1st round knockout over Cornelius White

“Fast” Eddie Chambers post fight interview after his second win over Derric Rossy

undefeated Welterweight Mike Jones works out in advance of his rematch with Jesus Soto Karass

Number-one ranked Super Bantamweight Rico Ramos scored a solid yet not spectacular ten round unanimous decision over two-time world title challenger Alex Valdez at Ballys in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Ramos was effective at times with the right hand but their were many lapses for Ramos who in recent fights had picked up momentum as he is graduating from prospect to contender.

With his experience, Valdez did the things that prospects get asked to see if they are ready for championship level opposition as he was more then competitive throughout the ten round affair.

The action picked up slightly over the last few rounds with Ramos handspeed being the difference in the bout .

Said Ramos, “After that head butt, I had to come back because I didn’t want it to dictate my fight.”

“It was tough. I didn’t think it would be this tough,” said Ramos. “There were a lot of head butts and holds but I’ve got no complaints.”

Despite dropping the decision, Valdez said after the bout, “I exposed that [Ramos] is still very green and protected.”

Don George came off his first professional loss in style as he annihilated previously undefeated knockout artist Cornelius White in one round of their scheduled eight round Super Middleweight bout.

George dropped White for the first time with a huge right hand. Clearly hurt, White continued to eat a huge flurry that was culminated by a big right hand that sent White to the canvas for a second time. George jumped on White and yet another twenty punch flurry sent White into the ropes and eventually down and thats when referee Randy Neumann stopped the fight just 2:02 into the fight.

George, 168 lbs of Chicago, IL is now 21-1-1 with eighteen knockouts. White, 167 1/2 lbs of Houston is now 16-1.

After the fight, an ecstatic George exclaimed, “I’m back. Some people are pretty upset out there because I was paid to lose. They thought I was an opponent.

“I feel great. I’ll fight for SHOWTIME again next week, if they want.”

In what was the most anticipated bout on the card Eddie Chambers made his first appearance since his his disappointing title challenge to Wladimir Klitschko last March as he took on Derric Rossy in a rematch of a bout that took place almost three years to the date.

The bout was mandated as part of an IBF elimination bout.

It was Rossy who looked to be more the active fighter early as he would throw short combinations that got his loud cheering section into the bout.

But after round three, it was Chambers who won majority of the rounds and by decisive margins as he used his still lighting quick handspeed to befuddle Rossy. The fight started getting repetitive and Rossy started bleeding from the nose in round four.

At the beginning of round six, Chambers landed a booming overhand right that sent Rossy to the canvas. Chambers had Rossy in trouble but for some odd reason Chambers momenterily took his foot off the gas pedal but landed another big right and left at the bell.

The punch of choice were rights that were piston-like that continuously found a landing spot on Rossy’s face.

Rossy would mount some offense here and there as he basically lived on the ropes for the entire fight as he tried to dodge the artillery that Chambers was firing off. The fruits of Chambers work showed up as a cut started steaming down the right of Rossy in round nine.

Chambers gave two more big efforts as he sent Rossy to the ropes with big rights in round ten and rocked him once more as Rossy was able to make it to the final bell.

Chambers, 208 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 120-107; 117-110 and 115-112 to raise his record 36-2. Rossy, 237 1/2 lbs from Medford, NY is now 25-3.

Former U.S. Olympian Ricardo Williams dropped veteran and former world title challenger John Brown two times in the final round of their scheduled six round Welterweight bout before the bout was mercifully stopped at 1:37 of that final round.

Williams battered Brown all over the ring for five rounds of the bout that was never competitive. Brown was cut over his right eye as early as round one and the bout did not get any better for the Atlantic City native.

Williams, 147 1/2 lbs of Cincinnati, OH is now 17-2 with ten knockouts. Brown, 146 lbs of Atlantic City is now 24-19-2.

Thomas LaManna needed just fifty-one seconds to take out Anthony Williams in a scheduled four round Jr. Middleweight bout.

LaManna and Williams came out winging shots that pleased the crowd until LaManna drilled Williams into the ropes and on the canvas. When Williams got to his feet referee Randy Nuemann stopped the bout.

LaManna, 155 1/2 lbs of Milville, NJ is 1-0. Williams, 153 1/2 lbs of Wilson, NC is 0-3

World Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez talks about his March 12 title defense against Serguy Dzinzurak

Middleweight contender Andy Lee talks about his March 12 fight with Craig McEwan

Promoter Gary Shaw talks about the March 12 battle between Sergiy Dzinzurak and Sergio Martinez as well as Tim Bradley, Alfredo Angulo and Chad Dawson

Undefeated Scottish Middleweight Craig McEwan talks about his March 12 showdown with Andy Lee

WBO Super Welterweight champion Sergei Dzinzurak talks about his March 12 showdown with World Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez

Atlantic City, NJ (February 9) – This Friday, #4 IBF ranked heavyweight contender
“Fast” Eddie Chambers (35-2, 18 KOs) will take on the #11 heavyweight contender
Derric Rossy (25-2, 14 KO’s) in an IBF Title Elimination bout on the undercard of
the SHOWTIME ShoBox: The New Generation broadcast taking place at the world-famous
Bally’s Atlantic City.

Rossy will look to avenge the February 2007 match against Chambers when he was stopped
in the 7th after a back and forth battle for six rounds. Chambers realizes Rossy
had only 15 bouts in their first meeting and he has improved dramatically, now
possessing a seven-fight win streak.

EDDIE CHAMBERS
CAMP NOTES

On Training: “I have had world class sparring with Steve Cunningham, Chazz Witherspoon
and Yusaf Mack. Its good work and we help each other in the process. There are
a lot of top fighters at Shular’s Gym”

Recovering from the Klitschko Loss: “I had a long talk with Emanuel Steward and
he told me after a loss like I had against Wladimir that I should get away from
the sport for a few months and let my body regenerate. I kept my body in shape
by being in the fitness gym and I slowly migrated back to the boxing gym and by
the end of 2010 I felt I was ready to get back in the ring and this is a great
opportunity for many reasons, most of being that it’s a fight that will put me at
the front of the championship pecking order”

“I been training and focused for this fight. I have put the Klitschko fight behind
me long ago and am looking forward to getting back in the mix for the title”

The first fight with Rossy: “The first fight doesn’t mean anything. That was a
few years ago. He is a different and improved fighter. I have to have the mindset
that I have never fought him before. I have seen him on ESPN and he looks much
improved.

“Along the same lines I did have a decisive victory over him and I am sure that
has been on his mind. Yes he has improved he probably will have a different game
plan but that won’t work either.”

On the IBF Elimination bout: I am grateful that the IBF kept me in this position
to where I am able to have this significant fight which will be the first step back
into regaining my number-one spot so I can fight for the title yet once again.

Final Thoughts: “On Friday night the fans will see what they have always seen and
that’s hard working Heavyweight contender with a lot of skill and a game plan specifically
for an improved Derric Rossy. He may be improved the game maybe different but the
outcome will be the same.

Photo by Claudia Bocanegra

Michael Perez remained undefeated with an eighth round stoppage over Marcos Herrera in the final scheduled round of their Lightweight bout in Lares, Puerto Rico.

Perez bloodied Herrera as early as round two and continued to the pressure until round eight when he rocked Herrera with a barrage of punches that sent him to the corner and the bout was stopped at 1:36 of the final round.

Perez, 136 lbs of Newark, NJ via Puerto Rico is now 12-0-1 with six knockouts. Herrera, 135 lbs of Denver, CO is now 6-4-1.

Good looking Featherweight prospect Jayson Velez stopped John Molina after five rounds in a scheduled eight round bout.

Velez, 123 1/2 of Juncon, Puerto Rico is now 15-0 with twelve knockouts. Molina, 123 1/2 lbs of Cartegna, Colombia is now 28-15-3.

Eddie Gomez remained undefeated with a second round stoppage over Jose Ramon Sanchez in a scheduled four round Middleweight fight.

Gomez floored Sanchez with an overhand right and the referee waved off the fight at 2:31 of round two.

Gomez is 3-0 with three knockouts. Sanchez is now 2-9-1.

Braulio Santos needed just sixty-seven seconds to win his pro debut over Jose Padilla in Super Featherweight bout scheduled for four rounds.

Padilla is now 0-3.

Brian Vera scored an upset split decision over former world champion Sergio Mora in ten round Middleweight bout at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

It was a close fight throughout with Vera being the aggressor while Mora looked for spots to counter and he did that very nicely at times. Vera would get inside consistently with short combination’s and flurries. At times Mora would set combination’s up with his jab but he did not do that enough.

Late in the fight, the blood was flowing as in round seven Mora was cut around left eye from a punch and in round eight the right was split open due to a headbutt. There were some good exchanges in the final round with Vera being cut around his right eye just moments before the final bell sounded.

Vera, 163 of Fort Worth, Texas won two cards by a 96-94 tally while Mora won a card 96-94.

Vera, who also scored an upset over Andy Lee is now 18-5. Mora, 163 of East Los Angeles, California was coming off a draw with legendary Shane Mosley and is now 22-2-2.

Chris Chatman needed a last round knockdown to fight a majority draw with heralded and previously unblemished in an eight round Jr. Middleweight bout.

Hatley scored a knockdown in the first minute of the fight and almost had Chatman out before the opening frame was complete as he peppered Chatman with clean shots. The fight never seemed to get a good rhythm to it as Chatman regained his composure and continued to press the action started getting through with some good shots. Hatley won most of the middle rounds until he seemed to tire late.

Chatman scored a knockdown with a left hand with over a minute to go in the fight and had Hatley holding on until the final bell to get the draw.

18 year old Ray Ximenez Jr. scored a four round unanimous decision over Alfredo Berto in a Bantamweight fight.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Ximenez, 117 lbs of Dallas and is 2-0. Berto, 118 lbs is now 1-4.

Hatley, 153 lbs of Dallas, Texas was a former national amateur champion won a card by 77-73 but that was over ruled by the two remaining judges at 75-75.

Hatley is now 14-0-1. Chatman, 153 lbs of San Diego was fighting his third consecutive undefeated fighter and now 9-1-1.

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VERONA, NY (January 31, 2011)—This past Saturday night, Franklin “Yah Yah” Lawrence scored an impressive tenth round stoppage over former U.S. Olympian Jason Estrada to capture the WBC interim Caribbean Heavyweight title at the beautiful Turning Stone Casino and Resort.

What was not known that before the fight, Lawrence signed a promotional contract with Fisticuffs Productions.

“We came to an agreement hours before the fight”, said Dave Escalet of Fisticuffs Productions.

“We had got some great feedback about Franklin through our matchmaker Nick Tiberi and I give him a lot of credit for seeing the talent in Franklin and giving us a heads up about him”

“The fighter showed character and he and his manager Robert Chambers signed a long term agreement. Some fighters would have just waited to see what would happen during the fight but he believes in our team with Fisticuffs”

“He has two quality knockouts in a row and that should be put him in a significant fight and we look forward to helping secure that opportunity for him”

“He also has a great outgoing personality that is a breath of fresh air for the Heavyweight division he is willing to fight his way to the top and we will look to get him the best possible opportunities to make that happen”

The exciting fight between Lawrence and Estrada is now available for just $9.99 by clicking:

http://www.gofightlive.tv/Events/Fight/Boxing/Heavyweight_Championship_Boxing__at_Turning_Stone/901

Before the stoppage over Estrada, who previously had never been stopped, Lawrence took out former contender Lance “Mount” Whitaker on September 11, 2010.

Lawrence, thirty-five years old of Indianapolis, Indiana has a record of 14-2-2 with nine knockouts.

Former world Heavyweight title challenger, Chris Arreola stopped Joey Abell in round one of a scheduled ten round Heavyweight bout of knockout artists at the Pechanga Resort in Temecula, California.

Abell had a little success early as he landed a couple of decent left hands. Arreola then landed a huge right that rocked Abell on the ropes. Arreola then landed three vicious shots that led to referee Tony Crebs possible early stoppage at 2:18 of the opening frame.

Arreola, 249 1/2 lbs of Riversidce, CA is now 30-2 with twenty-six knockouts. Abell, 238 1/2 lbs of Champlin, MN is now 27-5.

Josesito Lopez fought through a nasty cut from round one and came back to stop previously undefeated Michael Dallas Jr. in round seven of a scheduled ten round Jr, Welterweight bout.

Dallas showed the speed early and cut Lopez over the left eye in round one. Dallas fought very well over the first four rounds . Slowly but surely, Lopez started imposing his well and landed a nice left that rocked Dallas in round seven. Lopez jumped on Dallas with two shots and referee Raul Caiz stopped the bout at 1:47 of round four.

Lopez, 140 lbs of Riverside, CA is now 29-3 with seventeen knockouts. Dallas, 139 3/4 lbs of Bakersfield, CA is now 17-1-1.

Former U.S. Olympian Shawn Estrada remained perfect by dropping Jon Schmidt three times in round one of a scheduled four round Super Middleweight bout.

Estrada, 167 lbs of East Los Angeles is now 11-0 with ten knockouts. Schmidy, 166 lbs of North Minneapolis, Mn is now 10-2.

Matt Villeuneuva kept his perfect knockout streak in tact by scoring a second round stoppage over Jose Luis Cardenas in a scheduled four round Super Flyweight bout

Villeuneuva, 114 lbs of Burbank, CA is 5-0 with five knockouts. Cardenas, 115 lbs of Santa Ana, CA is now 6-12-2.