LAS VEGAS (April 11, 2012)—Just three days before their much anticipated rematch, USBA Cruiserweight champion Garrett Wilson and challenger Andres Taylor will be on www.alltimegreat.com to discuss their rematch that is set to take place this Saturday night at Ballys in Atlantic City.

The bout can be seen worldwide on www.gfl.tv for just $9.99 by clicking: http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Boxing/Garrett_Wilson_vs_Andres_Taylor_/1414

The bout will be for Wilson’s USBA and the vacant NABF title

Wilson (12-5-1, 6 KO’s) & Taylor (20-1-2, 7 KO’s) battled to highly contested draw on September 11, 2010. That bout set off a impressive five bout unbeaten streak for Wilson in which he beat some of the best Cruiserweights in America such as Aaron Williams (20-2-1); Four-time world title challenger Omar Sheika (30-10); Chuck Mussachio (17-1-2) and Pedro Martinez (6-4). The Sheika win was for the USBA title.

Like Wilson, Taylor has won four straight since the draw which includes his last bout when he scored an eight round unanimous decision over Gary Gomez.

After Wilson and Taylor duke it out, the panel will be joined by Lightweight prospect Osnel “Prince” Charles. The personable Charles (9-2, 1 KO) will take part in the co-feature when he meets Detroit’s Christopher Finley.

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Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that hot Featherweight prospect Gary Russell has been forced to withdraw from next Saturday’s Showtime televised fight due to an ankle injury.

“It was a misstep in the ring when he was training,” Said Golden Boy Promotions Richard. “Nothing is broken. It’s a sprain, but he can’t train and he can’t fight. It’s nothing that serious but nevertheless the doctor said he shouldn’t put any weight on it for the next two to three weeks and that he needs to let it rest. The good news is nothing is broken.”

“He really wanted to fight,” Schaefer said. “It was a Showtime card, good exposure. He tried to find a way to get it better but obviously that was not the case.”

Russell (19-0, 11 KOs) had been scheduled to face Dat Nguyen (17-2, 6 KOs) but Nguyen dropped out of the bout recently because of what Golden Boy Promotions termed “managerial issues.” Golden Boy had been looking for a new opponent for Russell to face

Schaefer said Russell, who also has nursed hand injuries, will return on June 30 on a Showtime card that Golden Boy is planning to take place in Washington, D.C., Russell’s hometown. It would be Russell’s first professional bout in his hometown.

Centennial, Colo. – April 10, 2012 – This Cinco de Mayo, boxing superstar and seven-time World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather will take on current WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Miguel Cotto in the big screen event, Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto Fight Live on Saturday, May 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Broadcast in high definition to nearly 440 movie theaters nationwide from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the highly anticipated match-up will give fans a ringside seat as Mayweathersteps up in weight to challenge Cotto for the super welterweight championship. Also featured on this blockbuster card, will be young superstar Canelo Alvarez facing six-time World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley.

Tickets for Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto Fight Live are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit the NCM Fathom website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

Presented by NCM Fathom Events, Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions, Miguel Cotto Promotions and O’Reilly Auto Parts, Rings Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto Fight Live is the latest boxing event to be broadcast live in select movie theaters across the country through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network. Fathom Events, Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions first teamed up in September of 2009 to bring the highly successful presentation of Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez fight to theaters. Fathom Events, Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy also presented live boxing on the big screen in 2010 and 2011 including Star Power: Mayweather vs. Ortizlast Mexican Independence Day weekend.

“I love the fact that people can see my fights in movie theaters across the country,” said Mayweather. “Everyone knows when I fight it is nothing but lights, camera, action. Seeing it on the big screen is going to give fans a great experience. I say buy some popcorn, candy and a soda and enjoy the show because they are definitely going to get their money’s worth.”

Mayweather (42-0, 26 KO’s) is recognized worldwide as one of the best fighters of this generation and is always a major attraction when he steps in to the ring. In his last ring appearance, Mayweather took on the younger Victor Ortiz and showcased his boxing skills, taking Ortiz to school in the first three rounds before knocking him out in the fourth. Throughout his extraordinary career, Mayweather has faced boxing’s best including Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Arturo Gatti, Zab Judah, Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez and Sugar Shane Mosley, yet remains an undefeated, seven-time world champion in five weight classes.

“This is the first time one of my fights will be shown in movie theaters in the United States. We have done it in Puerto Rico in the past, with great success,” said Cotto. “This gives my fans across the country a new way to watch me in the ring. It is exciting. Now there is no way to miss this great fight.”

Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) is Puerto Rico’s most exciting fighter, one of its greatest of all time and defined by his warrior spirit. He has held a world title every year since 2004 and has won 16 of the 18 world championships bouts in which he has fought. Capturing the WBA Super Welterweight title in June of 2010, Cotto took on then undefeated defending champion Yuri Foreman at Yankee Stadium, handing him his first defeat. He is coming off of the second defense of his title, which he defended with a spectacular tenth-round knockout of Antonio Margarito. With this knockout, he also avenged his July 2008 loss to Margarito.

“This fight card is going to be so electrifying with the action from both Mayweather vs. Cotto and Alvarez vs. Mosley that anyone watching it on the big screen in movie theaters across the country will have a fantastic experience on Cinco de Mayo weekend,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions. “We are pleased to have NCM Fathom as partners in this event and thank them for bringing championship boxing to the big screen for an unparalleled level of entertainment.”

With his ferocious and fan-friendly style in the ring, at just 21 years of age Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) is Mexico’s latest boxing superhero. After turning pro at just 15 years old, Alvarez tore through the local competition in Mexico and to date has only one blemish on his record – a four round draw with Jorge Juarez (which took place in 2006). Since then no one has come close to beating him. Alvarez took home his first world championship in 2011 and defended it with knockouts of Ryan Rhodes, Alfonzo Gomez and Kermit Cintron respectively later in the year. On May 5, he faces his most significant opponent to date in Sugar Shane Mosley.

Having defined the word “fighter” for nearly two decades, Mosley is one of the most revered boxers of this era. A stellar amateur that just missed out on the 1992 Olympics, Mosley has gone on to strike gold as a professional. With his stunning defeat of Oscar de la Hoya in 2000, Mosley jumped to the top of the list of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. He held that position until losing his belt to Vernon Forrest in 2002 but has since climbed back to the top by being a regular in boxing’s biggest super fights from 2005-2011. With this fight against Alvarez, Mosley looks to win his seventh world title at 40 years old.

“Over the past few years, boxing fans have filled movie theaters across the country to see Mayweather take on the best fighters in the world,” said Shelly Maxwell, executive vice president of NCM Fathom Events. “This bout promises to be as exciting as the first time Mayweather appeared on the big screen in 2009 as he now moves up in weight to challenge Cotto for the super welterweight championship.”

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About National CineMedia (NCM)

NCM operates NCM Media Networks, a leading integrated media company reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile technology. The NCM Cinema Network and NCM Fathom present cinema advertising and events across the nation’s largest digital in-theater network, comprised of theaters owned by AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) and other leading regional theater circuits. NCM’s theater advertising network covers 177 Designated Market Areas® (49 of the top 50) and includes over 18,600 screens (approximately 17,700 digital). During 2011, nearly 671 million patrons (on an annualized basis) attended movies shown in theaters in which NCM currently has exclusive, cinema advertising agreements in place. The NCM Fathom Events live digital broadcast network (“DBN”) is comprised of over 700 locations in 167 Designated Market Areas® (including all of the top 50). The NCM Interactive Network offers 360-degree integrated marketing opportunities in combination with cinema, encompassing 42 entertainment-related websites, online widgets and mobile applications. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) owns a 48.7% interest in and is the managing member of National CineMedia LLC. For more information, visit www.ncm.com or www.FathomEvents.com.

About Golden Boy Promotions

Los Angeles-based Golden Boy Promotions was established in 2002 by Oscar de la Hoya, the first Hispanic to own a national boxing promotional company. In 2007, in its fifth year of promoting, Golden Boy Promotions set a record by selling over 2.5 million in pay-per-view homes in a single night. Also in 2007, Golden Boy Promotions established the record for highest grossing pay-per-view homes in a single year with more than 4 million total. Golden Boy Promotions is one of boxing’s most active and respected promoters, presenting shows in packed venues around the United States on networks such as HBO, SHOWTIME, TeleFutura, Fox Sports Net and ESPN.

About “Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto”

“Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto,” a 12-round fight for Cotto’s WBA Super Welterweight World Championshipis promoted by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions. Also featured will be Canelo Alvarez vs. Sugar Shane Mosley, a 12-round fight for Alvarez’s WBC Super Welterweight World Championship which is presented in association with Canelo Promotions and Sugar Shane Mosley Promotions. The mega event is sponsored by Corona, Hatfields & McCoys on HISTORY™, DeWalt Tools, AT&T, O’Reilly Auto Parts and Puebla-Cinco De Mayo and will take place Saturday, May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.

LOS ANGELES, April 9 -The “Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto” pay-per-view card is set and some of the toughest competitors in boxing today will be featured when undefeated rising star Jessie Vargas faces-off against perennial contender Alfonso Gomez and, in the opening pay-per-view bout, exciting 154 lb. contender DeAndre “The Bull” Latimore takes on former World Champion Carlos “El Indio” Quintana. The two 10-round bouts will take place prior to the WBA Super Welterweight Championship between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto and the Canelo Alvarez vs. Sugar Shane Mosley WBC Super Welterweight title bout Saturday, May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Bet on this great fight

Twenty-two-year-old Las Vegas resident Jessie Vargas (18-0, 9 KO’s) is one of boxing’s fastest rising stars with notable wins over Arturo Morua, Walter Estrada and former World Champion Vivian Harris. Last September on the Mayweather vs. Ortiz card, Vargas proved that he is one of boxing’s top contenders with an exciting 10-round decision victory over fellow contender Josesito Lopez. Eager to keep his momentum going, Vargas scored a near-shutout win over Lanardo Tyner in February and is now hoping to add Alfonso Gomez to his collection of high-profile wins.

As a member of the cast in the hit boxing reality series “The Contender,” Alfonso Gomez (23-5-2, 12 KO’s) became the fighter to beat as he defeated the show’s top contenders, as well as other top-tier opponents such as Ben Tackie, Jesus Soto Karass and World Champions Arturo Gatti and Jose Luis Castillo. A two-time world title challenger who faced Miguel Cotto in 2008 and Canelo Alvarez in 2011, the 31-year-old from Guadalajara begins another quest for the title on May 5.

Twenty-six-year-old St. Louis-native DeAndre Latimore (23-3, 17 KO’s) now resides in Las Vegas and the change of scenery has done wonders for the aptly nicknamed “Bull.” As a former super welterweight title challenger who lost a highly controversial split decision to Cory Spinks in 2009, Latimore is looking to regain momentum and battle his way back into title contention. With three consecutive wins, including a memorable 10-round victory over Milton Nunez in February, he is closing in on another shot at 154-pound gold.

Moca, Puerto Rico’s Carlos Quintana (28-3, 22 KO’s) is a southpaw like the St. Louis native Latimore; however, “El Indio” is more matador than bull, with his excellent boxing skills, which led him to a world welterweight title win in 2008 over a then-unbeaten Paul Williams. With wins over top contenders including Joel Julio, Francisco Campos and Nurhan Suleymanoglu, the 35-year-old Quintana has won three of his last four bouts, most recently stopping Yoryi Estrella in nine rounds in February of 2011.

Latimore vs. Quintana is presented in association with DiBella Entertainment.

“Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto,” a 12-round fight for Cotto’s WBA Super Welterweight World Championship is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions. Also featured will be Canelo Alvarez vs. Sugar Shane Mosley, a 12-round fight for Canelo’s WBC Super Welterweight World Championship which is presented in association with Canelo Promotions and Sugar Shane Mosley Promotions. The mega event is sponsored by Corona, Hatfields & McCoys on HISTORY™, DeWalt Tools, AT&T, O’Reilly Auto Parts and Puebla-Cinco De Mayo and will take place Saturday, May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.

Limited tickets for “Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto” are still available, with a total ticket limit of ten (10) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

Three MGM Resorts International properties, Mandalay Bay, Monte Carlo and The Mirage, will host live closed circuit telecasts of “Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto.” Advanced purchased tickets for the closed circuit telecasts are priced at $75, not including handling fees. All seats are general admission and are on sale now at each individual property’s box office outlets or by phone with a major credit card at 866-799-7711.

HBO’s Emmy® Award-winning all-access series “24/7” premieres an all-new edition when “24/7 Mayweather/Cotto” debuts Saturday, April 14 at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT. The four-part series will air for three consecutive Saturday nights before the finale airs the night before the super welterweight championship showdown in Las Vegas.

Photo by Chris Farina / Top Rank

Championship Fighting Alliance continues the legacy delivering top-notch mixed martial arts events in South Florida by presenting CFA 06, April 13, 2012, at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida, featuring the main event between Wisconsin James “The unbreakable heavy hitter” Warfield versus Peruvian born Luis “baboon” Palomino for the CFA lightweight title LIVE on www.GFL.tv. The Miami favorite Palomino (18-7) walks in with a two winning streak as Warfield walks in with an impressive 22-9 record. Both men have competed in other respected promotions and have fights against notable fighters like UFC fighter Yves Edwards.

Warfield trains with Roufusport Mixed Martial Arts Academy, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where kickboxing great Jeff “Duke” Roufus is one of the top trainers. Notable names like Alan Belcher and Pat Barry train in the camp. While Palomino trains with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu master Daniel Valverde and respectable fighters like Valdir “BB Monstro” Araujo.

All eyes will be on the under card featuring fighters prepared to provide exciting and thunderous performances. Son of UFC veteran Dieuseul Berto, James “Little Tiger” Berto (16-9), who is fighting out of Winter Heaven, Fl. and is an EliteXC veteran, faces off against Iowan Abel Trujillo (7-4), who has two wins consecutively. Berto comes back for action in the cage after losing to Palomino in October.

CFA 06 will electrify fans with a promising war between MMA Masters standout Peter Grimes (10-8) and mixed martial arts veteran and international fighter Charles Bennett (25-24), who has fought in Pride-Bushido 9 and EliteX.

Two of the most competitive training grounds in Florida will collide when Frank “Buffalo” Carrillo (5-2), a Bellator veteran, of MMA Masters, based in Miami, FL, will meet in the cage against American Top Team, located in Coconut Creek, Fl., standout Bellator veteran Cristiano Souza (5-0). Both teams have a rivalry and whoever wins will sure enjoy the bragging rights.

Be sure not to miss an action packed night at the BankUnited Center April 13th. If you can’t be there in person please log on to www.CFAfights.com and enjoy.

Tickets for CFA 06 are priced at $29 General Admission, $39 Reserve seating and $49 Floor seats; $1,200 for a VIP table of 10(includes food and drinks.) Tickets will also be available at the BankUnited Center box office, online at cfafights.com or TICKETMASTER.COM. For more information please call (305)-520-5574.

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Miguel Alonso was a dear friend of the 15rounds.com family, and it brings me sad news to report he passed away in his sleep on Friday, April 6th, 2012, due to complications of the heart.

The Hispanic boxing community may remember Alonso from covering Forum fights back in the 70’s and 80’s, but he was better known for his extensive coverage of Pro Wrestling.

And that’s how I will remember him.

He was a friend of the family; and ever since my brother’s and I were kids, he would always get us comped at any major wrestling events here in Los Angeles, and a boxing event on occasion. But we were wrestling fans way before we became boxing fanatics, and Miguel Alonso would get us into the Sports Arena anytime the WWF was in town.

Thanks, Miguel. We’ll never forget your generosity, and definitely not the memories my brothers and I share.

R.I.P.

Raygoza-Molina Family

LULING, Texas – Here is a town that is home to 5,000 souls and represents the southernmost point of a golden corridor of Lone Star State cuisine. Luling to Lockhart to Spicewood, a 76-mile stretch that cuts through Austin and whose three towns’ populations total merely 26,000 people, somehow hosts six of the 50 best barbecue joints – according to Texas Monthly magazine – in all 268,580 square miles of the Republic.

Quite a feat, that. Smoked brisket, ribs and sausage are three things Texans know at least as well as their sports. “Good barbecue don’t need sauce,” they say down here, and it’s a fine way to keep straight the difference between Texas barbecue and its cousins in Memphis and Kansas City. El Paso, on this Republic’s western wing, does not have an entry on the cherished Top 50 list – the closest finalist is in Monahans, 250 miles away – but it has a whole lot of boxing fans.

Tuesday those fans learned they will be hosting an important event on June 16. Mexican middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will face Andy Lee, an Englishman of Irish stock and Detroit residence, in a Sun Bowl fight that will decide both a title and the second-best man in the middleweight division.

The best man in the division remains Sergio Martinez. Much was made, Wednesday, of Martinez’s signing a one-signature rebuttal contract to make a match with the winner of Chavez-Lee in September. September, of course, is a decade away in boxing years.

Chavez will make his fight with Lee in June because Chavez’s promotional handlers at Top Rank believe he is ready. Ready as he’s going to be, anyway. A day quickly nears when Chavez will no longer be able to make the middleweight limit – that day, in fact, may have passed weeks ago, uncommemorated – and before Chavez can be steered away from Andre Ward at 168 pounds, the thinking goes, he’ll have to honor a few obligations in a middleweight division where he has already made six fights.

Chavez’s middleweight title is a gift from the WBC, a way of celebrating the legacy of Chavez’s dad, many argue, and once Junior gets in the ring with a real middleweight in his prime, a man like Lee, the end of this fraud will attain an exclamation point. Possibly. But Andy Lee has not quite raced through the sport’s best 160-pounders either.

Lee is the charge of celebrated trainer Manny Steward, and therefore, in the star system television makes of boxing, credited with recent wins over Troy Lowry (27-10) and Alex Bunema (31-7-2) and Saul Duran (40-19-2) in a somewhat exaggerated way.

Chavez’s trainer, too, is a star-system story that now feels overworked. Freddie Roach, who took on Chavez as part of a 2010 post-diuretic rehabilitation tour Junior’s people launched, has not altered Chavez’s fighting style in any permanent-looking way. But he has added the thorny Alex Ariza to Team Chavez. And somewhere between the potential drama of Chavez getting his coddled ass beaten and the palpable suspense of Chavez’s every trip to the scale, boxing fans have been enticed out of hiding.

Chavez, steadily becoming the most interesting man in the boxing world, doesn’t always fight in the United States, but when he does he prefers Texas (stay angry, my friends). Chavez is favored here and will be in June. Boxing has a rich history of hometown favoritism that television recently rediscovered in time to feign shock over it, because shock is entertaining.

Reporters have begun likening Texas to Germany, where crowd favorites enjoy spectacular advantages. Coincidentally, Texas and Germany are just about the last places on earth 40,000 boxing fans still congregate from time to time. All soliloquies to fairness aside, boxing is an often-filthy place that does not work as the branded and sanitized thing airless television studios endeavor to make of whatever their medium touches. Television wants known unknowns; boxing, bless its heart, gives them unknown unknowns.

Chavez will probably sell as many tickets on June 16 in El Paso as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao combine to sell in Las Vegas, on May 5 and June 9 respectively, whatever television says about it. That used to be the measure of a star in prizefighting.

How did the rise of Chavez come to this? More naturally than anticipated, actually. Freddie Roach, speaking after his first abbreviated training camp with Chavez, which culminated in Chavez handling Irishman John Duddy, said Chavez came to him already understanding the geometry of the ring – from Chavez’s watching his father master it, and other men, as a boy. In a sport of time and space, Chavez’s geometric astuteness brought him into boxing 50 percent farther along than most.

Boxing is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s native language. Roach may polish the grammar of some Chavez flourishes, but his primary function lies in discovering opponents’ sentence patterns, and then having Chavez recite them a few hundred times in training camp.

Andy Lee speaks boxing fluently, too. Immersion in Manny Steward’s curriculum ensured that. Lee does things with a technical proficiency Chavez usually lacks. But Lee also appears to remember learning the language of boxing, where Chavez could not if he wanted to. That’s a difference.

A palate for Texas barbecue is an acquired quality. Brisket can seem dry and sausage too spicy. And the absence of sauce on ribs can be, to the uninitiated, a touch unsettling. Texans, raised on brisket tacos and such, need no curriculum on barbecue, though, and as connoisseurs, need no directions to this city, Lockhart or Spicewood.

Texas fight aficionados will need no directions to El Paso in June. They know Chavez-Lee will be a good fight because Chavez does not make bad ones.

Bart Barry can be reached via Twitter @bartbarry

MIAMI—Don King Productions will present the first boxing event at Casino Miami Jai-Alai on Saturday,
April 14 to celebrate completion of their $87-million expansion. The card will be headlined by local
favorite and World Boxing Council United States super welterweight champion Joey “Twinkle Fingers”
Hernandez (20-1-1, 11 KOs) against Shakir “The Assassin” Ashanti (16-12, 4 KOs), from New Bern, S.C.

An international undercard with South Florida appeal will include Brazilian light heavyweight knockout
artist Marcus “Happy” Oliveira (22-1-1, 22 KOs), from Sao Paulo, and Miami light heavyweight
Azea “Haitian Hitman” Augustama (12-1, 7 KOs).

Reserved and general admission tickets priced from $10 to $75 are on sale now and can be purchased at
www.TicketWeb.com or by calling toll free by phone at (866) 468-3399.

“I am very excited to be returning to Miami Jai-Alai with a great card to celebrate their expansion into
full-fledged casino gaming,” promoter Don King said. “Dan Licciardi and everyone at Casino Miami Jai-
Alai should be proud of their beautiful new multi-million dollar expansion.”

Miami Jai-Alai first opened in 1926 and has enjoyed a proud tradition in boxing since the 1960s. They
earned the moniker “Mecca of Miami” in the sport after having staged numerous world championship
matches—including events featured on both HBO and SHOWTIME. With construction complete, the
venue now becomes Casino Miami Jai-Alai with new restaurants, bars and over 1,000 Las Vegas-style
slot machines adjacent to the existing fronton where jai-alai continues to be presented live.

“Our official grand opening for the expansion will take place on Saturday,” Casino Miami Jai-Alai
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Dan Liccardi said. “We thought April 14 would
be a great time to treat our customers to another Don King boxing card. It’s an exciting time for us, and
boxing has been a part of what we do for decades, so we added it to our celebration lineup.”

Philadelphia, PA—Undefeated heavyweight Bryant “By By” Jennings today signed a new three-year agreement with Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc.

Jennings and Peltz tore up their old agreement and signed a new one which both believe will take the North Philadelphia heavyweight to the world title by the end of 2013.

The 27-year-old Jennings (left) came out of nowhere in 2012, scoring victories over previously unbeaten lefty Maurice Byarm, of Washington, DC, and the big one in his last fight March 24, a ninth-round stoppage of former WBO heavyweight champion Sergei Liakhovich, of Scottsdale, AZ.

“Mickey Mantle went from playing shortstop on a Class C baseball team to centerfield for the New York Yankees in 1951,” said promoter J Russell Peltz. “That’s exactly what happened to Bryant. He went from fighting six- and eight-round fights on non-TV cards to a pair of big wins on the NBC Sports Network Fight Night series. Suddenly, everyone is paying attention to him.

A pro less slightly more than two years, Jennings is 13-0, 6 K0s, and on the verge of the Top 15. He will be back in action Saturday evening, June 16, at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, on the NBC Sports Network Fight Series show headlined by heavyweights Tomasz Adamek, of Zywiec, Poland, and Eddie Chambers, of North Philadelphia.

Ironically, it was Chambers’ bad luck that led to Jennings’ good luck.

One week before he was scheduled to fight Liakhovich on Jan. 21 at the Asylum Arena in South Philadelphia, Chambers notified promoter Kathy Duva, of Main Events, that he had suffered a training injury and had to withdraw.

“Fred Jenkins (Jennings’ manager) heard about it and called me and asked me to throw Bryant’s name into the mix against Liakhovich,” Peltz said. “I told Kathy and then, a day later, she told me Liakhovich also couldn’t fight due to a training injury. Jolene Mizzone, of Main Events, offered us Byarm and I didn’t know if Fred and Bryant would fight a lefty on short notice but they agreed and they haven’t looked back since.”

After beating Byarm, Jennings finally got the Liakhovich match in Brooklyn, NY, and dominated from start to finish.

“I’m in a hurry and I don’t have time to waste,” said Jennings, who works a full-time job as a mechanic at the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia. “I want to fight for the world title by the middle of 2013 and I’ll fight anyone Russell and Fred put in front of me. If I can’t be the best, then I don’t want to be a career boxer. I’ve always done well at sports, whether it was football or basketball or track and that’s how I approach boxing. Either be the best or get out.”

Jennings played football and basketball at Ben Franklin High School in Philadelphia, and also participated in the shot put with the track team. He hung around North Philadelphia recreation centers for a few years before trying his hand at boxing and he went 13-4 in the amateurs, twice losing to veteran lefty Lenroy Thompson in the finals of two national tournaments.

“You have to learn to love boxing,” Jennings said. “It’s like dating a woman; sooner or later you learn to love her. Sometimes it can be love at first sight, but it wasn’t that way for me. I’m learning to love boxing, but I didn’t feel that way at first.”

AFTER THE BELL

Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc., also announced the signing of welterweight prospect Rafael Montalvo, of St. Clair, PA. Montalvo, 21, who lost in his pro debut in 2009 in Florida, returned last year and has scored a pair of impressive knockouts over Vinny O’Brien, of East Hanover, NJ, and DeCarlo Perez, of Atlantic City, NJ. He returns June 1 at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem. Earlier this year, Peltz signed lightweight Osnel Charles, of Atlantic City, NJ. Charles, 27, is 9-2, 1 K0. Charles goes against hard-hitting Chris Finley, of Detroit, MI, in a six-round bout on April 14 at Bally’s Atlantic City. Finley is 4-4, 4 K0s. Cruiserweights Garrett Wilson, of Philadelphia, PA, and Andres Taylor, of Johnstown, PA, headline the April 14 card in a 12-round fight for Wilson’s USBA crown and the vacant NABF belt. Wilson is one of five world-ranked fighters with Peltz Boxing. The others are welterweights Mike Jones and Ronald Cruz, junior middleweight Gabriel Rosado and super bantamweight Teon Kennedy.

The good news is that Juan Manuel Marquez will forego retirement. His tactical skill is an ongoing example of how a master craftsman never lets his attention stray from detail. He counters chaos with smarts. Marquez is a lesson for young prospects, old writers and just about anybody else with a job to do.

The bad news is that Marquez’ decision to fight on is more perilous than promising in his quest for a fourth fight with Manny Pacquiao.

“The main reason for me to continue is that I want a rematch with Manny,’’ Marquez said Wednesday in conference call for his April 14 fight with Sergey Fedchenko in Mexico City. “…I think I won the last fight.’’

So do a lot of other people, including the one seated in this corner. Marquez was a 115-113 winner here and on many other unofficial scorecards last November at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand. But the crowd that argued for Marquez and against Pacquiao’s escape with a majority decision has moved on, or back to where it has been all along.

Talk about Pacquiao-versus-Floyd Mayweather Jr. covers the sport like perpetual smog. It just won’t clear. Leave it to someone else to condemn the speculative pollution or decide whether the fight will ever happen. While you’re at it, leave me some nausea medicine. It’s sickening, but it’s there, nonetheless. It was there all over again Wednesday.

“I have to be realistic about this,’’ said Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum, who has the Filipino Congressman in tough on June 9 against Tim Bradley. “I don’t think that Mayweather will be available in the fall to fight Manny. He certainly doesn’t indicate that he wants to fight Manny. I think everyone would be better off if we thought about that fight for next year. But everything is open. First of all, Manny has a really tough fight with Bradley and secondly, everybody would certainly agree that Juan Manuel deserves a rematch.’’

But it is a rematch that Marquez deserves now, not at some speculated date that hinges on him overcoming a presumed tune-up against Fedchenko in his hometown and then a very dangerous Brandon Rios, who faces Yuriorkis Gamboa stand-in Richard Abril at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay, also on April 14, in a pay-per-view doubleheader produced by Top Rank and distributed by HBO.

“Everybody knows I was looking for the rematch with Manny but I don’t know what happened,’’ Marquez said. “The most important thing is I like to fight and I will fight on April 14. I am very happy about that. But I don’t know what happened with the rematch.’’

What happened is this: The public and media interest in Pacquiao-Mayweather suffered, yet remained at the top of the agenda despite a second rematch in which Marquez again showed he can beat Pacquiao. Despite a very good argument that Marquez beat the Filipino twice after a draw in the first bout, there is still a bigger market for Pacquiao-Mayweather than there is for Marquez-Pacquiao IV.

Now, here’s what could happen: As expected Marquez beats Fedchenko and Rios overwhelms Abril, an unknown Cuban. Then, Marquez and Rios fight.

“We are holding Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for the match if we make it,’’ Arum said. “But one step at a time. July 14 is the date we are holding it for.’’

Manager Cameron Dunkin looks at Rios and thinks of Johnny Tapia.

“I love what I do,’’ Rios said. “A lot of fighters do it for a job. I do it because I love it. It’s my high. It’s like my Ritalin. I am very hyper and it calms me down a lot. If I didn’t do this I don’t know where I would be right now. I think I’d be locked up.’’

Translation: Beware.

The 25-year-old Rios has dangerous energy and enough larceny in his heart to end the Marquez pursuit of a rematch. Marquez, 38, could go the way Erik Morales, 35, did on March 24 against 24-year-old Danny Garcia in Houston.

Despite being three years younger, Morales has suffered more wear, tear and scarring in his career than Marquez ever did. Also, Rios, who is poised to move up in weight to 140 pounds after losing his lightweight title for failing to make the 135-pound limit in December, possesses more explosive skill than Garcia. But Garcia-Morales serves as a road sign, a warning for Marquez, if he were to face Rios in another bout between the best of an aging generation and the cutting edge of a new one.

AZ NOTES
· Junior-welterweight prospect Jose Benavidez Jr. plans to test his right hand in limited work Monday at Central Boxing in downtown Phoenix. Benavidez underwent surgery on his right wrist, which was injured in November on the undercard of Pacquiao’s victory over Marquez. The cast was removed about two weeks ago. He has been undergoing rehab. “We’ll just do some light stuff to see how the right hand feels,’’ dad-and-trainer Jose Benavidez Sr. said.

· Antonio Margarito’s comeback at Tucson’s Casino del Sol on May 26 is close to a formal announcement. An opponent has yet to be found, but the casino and Margarito’s manager, Showdown Promotions, have agreed to the date and terms. TV Azteca also plans to televise. The bout, Margarito’s first since a rematch loss to Miguel Cotto in December, is scheduled for Casino del Sol’s outdoor arena. A Margarito bout at the southern Arizona venue promises to be the biggest draw there since Fernando Vargas attracted an overflow crowd of more than 5,000 in 2003 for a seventh-round stoppage of Tony Marshall.

· The Margarito bout figures to cap off a busy Arizona spring, including two cards in Phoenix and two in southern Arizona. On April 12, Phoenix super-bantamweight Alexis Santiago will be featured at El Zaribah Shrine on 40th Street in east Phoenix on a card (7:30 p.m. first bell) put together by Alma Canez of Estrella Promotions. Iron Boy Promotions follows on April 21 at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix with a hybrid card that will include an amateur bout featuring 15-year-old David Benavidez, who – yes — has sparred with his older brother, Jose Jr. On May 4, boxing is back at Desert Diamond Casino south of Tucson on a card put together by Michelle Rosado of Face II Face Promotions. Who said boxing was dead in Arizona?

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LAS VEGAS (April 5, 2012)—Undefeated Jr.Middleweight Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna has trekked out west and will prepare this week at the Famous Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas for his bout April 27th at Resorts in Atlantic City.

LaManna, 7-0 with five knockouts of Millville, NJ will be making second trip to the Mayweathers Boxing Club and is looking forward to working with the world class talent that is currently in the gym.

“From what I have been reading that besides Floyd, some of the best fighters in the world are in the gym”, said LaManna

“There are a lot of fighters in my weight class there as well. I know that just being there will raise my game to another level”

“I want to thank Frank Stea for facilitating this opportunity and the fans will see me put on a great show on April 27th”

LaManna’s opponent has yet to be named for the six round bout.

The main event will feature the USBA Light Heavyweight championship between Omar Sheika and Yusaf Mack.

Tickets for this championship night of boxing cost $80 and $50 and can be purchased by calling:

609-319-4400 or 973-277-2604

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TOTOWA, NJ – Main Events announced today that Tomasz Adamek and Eddie Chambers will face off in a battle of heavyweight contenders, on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at the Prudential Center, in Newark, NJ. The fight is the feature bout of the fourth edition of NBC Sports Network’s nationally televised “Fight Night” boxing series. The TV broadcast will begin at 9PM ET.

The competitive 10-round contest pits two former title challengers against each other
in an important fight that should move the winner up the heavyweight ladder, and place him closer to a second crack at one of the Klitschko brothers. Given the goal of both Adamek and Chambers is to win the heavyweight title, it figures that they are approaching this fight as a “must-win”.

Adamek, 45-2, 28 KOs, a former world light-heavyweight and cruiserweight champion, faced Vitali Klitschko for the WBC belt last September. Tomasz lost that bid for the heavyweight title by TKO after ten rounds, but bounced back nicely in March with an impressive points win over tough Nagy Aguilera in Brooklyn, NY. Adamek is driven to earn another chance at boxing’s biggest title.

Adamek spoke of Chambers, “”They say Eddie Chambers has fast hands and likes to throw punches. I am also fast and I like to throw punches. I think on June 16th we will have a very exciting fight.” Adamek is very pleased to be returning to Prudential Center, “For me the most important part of the fight is to please the boxing fans. At Prudential Center I always have many fans come to cheer me on, it is very loud, exciting. I think it will be a good show.”

In 2010, Eddie Chambers, 36-2, 18 KOs, took on IBF-WBO-IBO-Ring Magazine champion Wladimir Klitschko, in his lone try for the heavyweight crown, but was stopped in the 12th and final round. Since that bout, Chambers defeated Derric Rossy by lopsided unanimous 12-round decision, in Atlantic City last year. Chambers, a Pittsburgh-born Philly fighter, is considered by many to be the best American heavyweight on the scene.

“I never went away, but once I beat Adamek, I’m right back in the middle of it all,” said Chambers. “All respect to Tomasz. He’s exciting and has a lot of heart, but I’ll be ready for anything.”

The fight between the two contenders appears to be a fascinating clash of styles, with the aggressive Adamek likely to press Chambers, the quick-fisted boxer. Whichever fighter can do their thing better, should come out on top. But going in, this fight is too close to call.

The setting for the fight should also add a layer of excitement to the event. The Prudential Center is home turf for the Polish-born Adamek, who fights out of Jersey City. In the past, he has crammed “The Rock” numerous times with his loyal fan base, but Chambers should also expect solid support from his Philadelphia backers, just an hour’s drive away. With so much on the line between the two popular boxers, a boisterous crowd is expected to jam-pack the arena for this important heavyweight showdown.

Kathy Duva talked about the event, “This is the kind of competitive ‘pick ’em’ fight that the NBC Sports Network Fight Night Series is all about,” promoter Kathy Duva said. “We expect that Prudential Center will be a sea of red and white as Adamek makes his first appearance there in over a year. It will be a night of pure excitement and lots of fun. I can’t wait.”

Tickets will go on sale shortly. Details to follow.

Cornwall, Ontario (April, 5, 2012) – Rising junior welterweight star Tony “The Lightning” Luis of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada has been named an Ambassador of Goodwill by the World Boxing Council (WBC).

The current WBC Continental Americas champion at 140 lbs, Luis is 13-0 with 5 knockouts, building a great reputation both in and out of the ring. Luis, who was recently profiled by Yahoo Voices as a young fighter to look out for, has a college degree and is a full-time social worker in Cornwall.

Upon noticing many of the youngsters were angry and needed direction, Luis helped create a boxing program, which quickly became a successful outlet for the struggling youths. After leaving his first job and receiving an outstanding reference letter from his employer, Luis accepted a job working in an alcohol and substance abuse treatment center for young aboriginals.

Although he had initial worries of not being accepted since he is not of native descent, he connected well with the youths and put his full efforts into assisting them.

“Tony Luis is the kind of young man boxing needs,” said Jill Diamond, Chairwoman of the WBC Cares Program. “He is a champion in the ring and an inspiration to young people outside of it. We are proud to make him a Goodwill Ambassador for WBC Cares.”

The humble 24-year old was both thrilled and honored that the WBC chose to name him an ambassador.

“Being named a Goodwill Ambassador means the world to me,” exclaimed Luis. “It’s in my nature to help those in need and I’ll continue to do so for years to come. I appreciate the WBC for recognizing me and I hope to further represent them by winning more of their titles in the near future.”

Luis returns to the ring Saturday evening when he faces veteran Ferenc Szabo at the Claude-Robillard Center in Montreal.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (April 5, 2012)—Two of the finest prospects from Atlantic City will be on display on Wednesday night April 18th as undefeated Qa’id Muhammad and Joel De La Paz will be featured in separate bouts at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, New Jersey

The show is promoted by Gabe LaConte’s First Round Promotions & Greg Cohen Promotions

Muhammad, 6-0 with five knockouts is one of the best prospects in the lower weight divisions as the former Olympic alternate has shown explosive power and will be looking for a big year under new co-manager Vito Mielnicki.

The twenty-two year old Muhammad will take on Steve Johnson (7-4, 4KO’s) of St. Joseph, Missouri. Johnson holds a victory over highly regarded Victor Valenzuela (8-1).

Muhammad, along with fellow Atlantic City native, Gabriel Pham are promoted by First Round Promotions

Pham will be fighting on April 14th at Ballys in Atlantic City.

De La Paz, twenty-seven years old, will be returning to the ring after a sixteen month layoff has been chomping at the bit for his ring return.

“Everything is fine and I am excited to return and have a big victory”, said De La Paz.

De La Paz recently hooked up new manager Rich Masini

“Rich has been great and I know he will keep me active”

De La Paz’ will take on tough spoiler Fitzgerald Johnson (2-6, 1 KO) of Ashoboro, NC

In the eight round main event, Richard Pierson (10-2, 7 KO’s)of Paterson, NJ will take on Joshua Snyder (9-6-1, 3KO’s) of Berlin, MD

Undefeated Super Middleweight John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson (7-0,2 KO’s) of Newark NJ will take on Jamond Bourgeois (4-1, 1 KO) of Harvey, LA

Tommy Rainone (17-4, 4 KO’s) of New York will take on Josh Hammock (9-8, 6 KO’s) of Fort Smith, Arkansas in a six round Jr. Middleweight bout.

Mike Concepcion of Newark will make his pro debut against Dan Morales (0-4) of Albany, NY in a four round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Aaron Kinch (2-0-1, 1 KO) of Newark, NJ will take on Dennis Benson (1-1, 1 KO) of Norfolk, VA in a four round Heavyweight bout

Leandro Acevedo of Newark, NJ will make his pro debut when meets Marcus Clay (0-1) of Baton Rouge, LA in a four round Super Middleweight bout.

Tickets for this outstanding night of boxing are $200 (Front Row); $100 VIP and $50 for General Admission and can be purchased at:

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Newark, NJ
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Tacoma, WA (April 5, 2012) – Halquist Productions returns to the Emerald Queen Casino for “CageSport XIX” Saturday, April 28.

Tickets for this action-packed card start at $35 and are available at the Emerald Queen Box Office or on ticketmaster.com.

In the main event of the evening, unbeaten lightweight and submission specialist Julian Erosa of Yakima, WA puts his 6-0 record on the line when he battles grizzled Spokane, WA based veteran Ryan Mulvihill in a five round bout for the vacant CageSport Lightweight title. Both Erosa and Mulvihill scored impressive submission victories on the last CageSport card in February, but will have to take their game to the next level to claim the championship.

Co-headlining is the CageSport Bantamweight Championship fight between Aberdeen, WA’s favorite son Jeff Hatton, 6-0, and former Fight Night champion Omar Avelar of Olympia, WA. Hatton, a top-notch prospect, scored first round submissions in five of his bouts, while Avelar’s been victorious in his last two appearances on CageSport cards.

The Hatton-Avelar contest is also scheduled for five rounds.

“This title doubleheader is going to be something special,” said promoter Brian Halquist, CEO of Halquist Productions. “We’ve got some great fighters on this card and every ticketholder will get more than their money’s worth!”

Undefeated prospects Harrison Bevens and Austin Springer see action in separate bouts, while heavyweights Richard Foster and Mike Riddell are set to slug it out. Three additional undercard bouts featuring local talent will also take place.

Doors for “CageSport XIX” open at 6 pm and the first match takes place at 7 pm.

For more information, go to HalquistProductions.com

Friday, April 6, 2012 8:00pm ET featuring Spartan Fighting Championship 13 – The Arrival at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia. In the main event, Cornelius Godfrey (4-0) fights BJ Ferguson Jr. (7-2) for the vacant Spartan Fighting Championship Bantamweight Title. Both fighters are highly respected athletes and well-rounded mixed martial artists. Godfrey has never went to a decision, finishing all of his opponents inside of two rounds, usually with blistering punches but Ferguson Jr. is a different type of caliber of fighter than Godfrey has ever faced. Ferguson Jr. is a veteran of TUF 14 and Bellator, and relies on his grappling skills to get him through most fights, particularly the armbar which has proven to be quite a weapon for the Louisville, Kentucky fighter as he has finished four opponents with the move. This is a first-rate main event and the victor will not only become a new champion, but can lay claim as the best 135 lb fighter in the Southern regional promotions. In a featured match, Brandon Demastes (0-1) battles Augusta “Ice Ice Baby” Tindall (0-1) in a welterweight battle. Both fighters are looking for their first win in a relatively new career so this bout is very important for both gladiators. It will bring the winnerâ??s record to .500 and get him on the right track. Demastes showed great submissions as an amateur and will probably look to put Tindall on his back and work an armbar or choke to finish the fight. For Tindall, he likes to wear his opponents down and take them into later rounds where he can let his hands go with bad intentions. This bout might be a classic matchup of grappler versus striker if the two fighters stay true to their past history.

– Saturday, April 7, 2012 7:00pm ET featuring Dead Serious 3 from the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, New Jersey. In the main event, Chris Sladky (3-0) fights Mark Cugliari (2-1) for the Dead Serious Lightweight Title. Sladky won the belt in December with a first round submission and looks to defend his championship for the first time with the same results. Sladky has won two fights by rear naked choke, proving that he is an active grapple that once things hit the mat he goes for the win. For Cugliari, who is coming off of a submission victory (guillotine) in his last bout, he is more than willing to play the grappling game with Sladky. With two submission specialists, this title bout could turn into a slugfest as sometimes grapplers try to throw haymakers if they are facing another grappler. In the co-main event, undefeated Shane Burgos (4-0) battles RJ Starace (3-4) in a featherweight showdown. Burgos has shown that he has the cardio conditioning to win a fight on decision, and he also has a deadly submission game to go along with strong stamina. Starace fought for the Dead Serious Featherweight Title in his last fight, suffering a tough loss in round three. He will look back to get on his winning ways with a victory over the undefeated Burgos. The winner of this bout will be at the front of the line for a future 145 lb title shot with Dead Serious, so there is a lot riding on this defacto #1 Contender match.

– Saturday, April 7, 2012 9:00pm ET featuring Total Mayhem presents “We’re Back II” LIVE from West Haven, Utah. In the main event, “Disco” Dave Foley (3-4-1) battles Steve “Razor” Sharp (28-14) in a battle of Utah’s finest lightweights. Foley is a Utah mainstay in the MMA scene and looks to rebound from his last fight, a tough decision loss at Total Mayhem “Natural Disaster”. Foley is one of the most exciting fighters around as only two of his bouts have ever gone to decision and he has finished all three of his victories via submission. Sharp has tons more experience leading up to the fight and is even more of a veteran of the Utah fight community than Foley as Sharp has fought over a dozen times in his native Utah. Sharp is coming off a submission victory and will look to roll that up into two against Foley. This bout should be a hotly contest fight as both fighters have big followings in Utah and want to make their fans proud. On paper, Sharp has a huge edge when it comes to cage time, so if Foley can pull off the victory it will be a semi-upset. It will also get his fighting record to .500 and open up new opportunities for him. For Sharp, if he is able to look impressive in victory he might be getting a call up to a Zuffa brand or even Bellator.

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Pro-Wrestling: Impact Zone Wrestling (Weekly Free show): Apr 7, 2012 8:00pm ET.

Boxing: 2012 Canadian Women’s Elite Continental Championships, Apr 4-8, 7:00pm ET.

Concerts: Gulfster Presents Live Reggae Sunday – LIONIZE(Free) Apr 8, 7:30pm ET.

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Bethlehem, PA—World-rated welterweight Ronald Cruz fights for the second time in his backyard when he collides with Prenice Brewer, of Cleveland, OH, in a scheduled 12-round contest on Friday evening, June 1, on the inaugural boxing show in the new 1,800-seat Events Center at the Sands Resort Casino Bethlehem.

The seven-fight card, which will be televised live as part of the NBC Sports Network Fight Night series, also features King Gabriel Rosado, of Philadelphia, PA, against Joel Julio, of Monteria, Colombia, in a 10-round junior middleweight contest between top contenders.

At stake in the Cruz-Brewer match is the vacant WBC Continental Americas title.

Ranked No. 14 in the world at 147 pounds by the IBF, Cruz (right) is 16-0, 12 K0s. In his last fight Feb. 25 in Atlantic City, NJ, he earned a hard-fought, but unanimous 10-round decision over dangerous Allen Conyers, of the Bronx, NY. The fight with Conyers marked Cruz’ first main event in Atlantic City, NJ.

Cruz also has defeated Jeremy Bryan, of Paterson, NJ; Chris Fernandez, of Salt Lake City, UT; Anges Adjaho, of Buffalo, NY.

He was able to accomplish this after a 28-fight amateur career which he jammed into less than 18 months.

The June 1 match with Brewer will be Cruz’ second in his backyard. Last summer he headlined a card in a temporary tent at the Sands Casino Resort and he K0d cross-state rival Doel Carrasquillo , of Lancaster, PA, in five rounds.

Brewer (left), 24, earned this opportunity when he scored an upset victory over highly touted and previously unbeaten southpaw Emmanuel Taylor last Nov. 10 in Taylor’s backyard of Washington, DC.

The eight-round split decision over Taylor improved Brewer’s five-year pro record to 16-1-1, 7 K0s.

Brewer defeated Chris Fernandez via six-round decision while Cruz stopped Fernandez in six rounds.

Five additional bouts complete the card.

ABOUT JUNE 1

The Rosado-Julio and Cruz-Brewer fights top a seven-bout card at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem. First fight is 7.30 pm. Tickets are priced at $50 and $75 as well as luxury suite seats for $125.00. Tickets can be purchased through the offices of Peltz Boxing (215-765-0922) and at all Ticketmaster outlets (800-745-3000). Tickets also are on sale at www.peltzboxing.com, www.SandsEventCenter.com, and www.Ticketmaster.com. In Bethlehem, tickets are available at Deja Brew, Inc., 101 West 4th Street (610-865-2739) and at Pronto Insurance Notary, 232 East 3rd Street (610-419-6790). NBC Sports Network will televise the Rosado-Julio and Cruz-Brewer fights, beginning at 9 pm. The card is being promoted by Main Events and Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc., in association with the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem and www.goDaddy.com.

BROOKLYN – The Daily News Golden Gloves, the nation’s largest and most prestigious amateur boxing tournament, will relocate to Barclays Center in Brooklyn when it holds its two-day Finals event in April 2013.

“The Golden Gloves will be the lynchpin of our grass-roots boxing program at Barclays Center,” said Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark. “While Golden Boy Promotions will bring the best of professional boxing back to Brooklyn, we are excited to host such a New York institution as the Daily News Golden Gloves. There’s a rich heritage of boxing in Brooklyn and we are thrilled to make the sport a major part of our new arena.”

Since its inception, the iconic Daily News Golden Gloves has produced many boxing greats, including World Champions Emile Griffith, Jose Torres, Floyd Paterson, Howard Davis, and Brooklyn natives Riddick Bowe and Mark Breland, who won five Golden Gloves titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games.

”The Daily News is excited to announce that the iconic Golden Gloves Finals will take place at the new Barclays Center in 2013, beginning an exciting new chapter in the rich history of the tournament,” said Daily News CEO Bill Holiber. “The Barclays Center will bring a new excitement to the sport of boxing and as a true partner of the Golden Gloves, will help the Daily News continue our strong tradition of supporting amateur boxing in New York.”

The Golden Gloves tournament, which will celebrate its 86th anniversary at Barclays Center, begins with several weeks of elimination bouts held throughout the New York metropolitan area beginning annually in January and then culminates with the Finals at the Barclays Center, where male and female championship bouts will be held over two days in April.

Opening on September 28, 2012, Barclays Center will launch with a three-month grand opening celebration, which will include a major professional boxing event. In July of 2010, Barclays Center formed a programming alliance with Golden Boy Promotions, the world’s leading boxing promoter and whose president is Oscar de la Hoya. As part of the partnership, Barclays Center will hold at least one boxing event a month, in addition to the Daily News Golden Gloves Finals.

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Scheduled to open in September 2012, Barclays Center will be a major sports and entertainment venue in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. Developed by Brooklyn-based real estate developer Forest City Ratner Companies, and designed by the award-winning architectural firms AECOM (www.aecom.com/architecture) and SHoP Architects (www.shoparc.com), Barclays Center will have one of the most intimate seating configurations ever designed into a modern multi-purpose arena, with unparalleled sightlines and first-class amenities. Barclays Center will offer approximately 18,000 seats for basketball and up to 19,000 seats for concerts, and will also have 100 luxury suites, four bars/lounges, three clubs, and a restaurant.

Barclays Center will host an extensive variety of events, including premier concerts, monthly major professional boxing cards, top college basketball, family shows, professional hockey, and NETS Basketball. Some of the special programming that is already scheduled includes JAY Z, who will open the building on September 28 with the first of his multiple concerts, Andrea Bocelli, the Barclays Center Classic men’s college basketball tournament, Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship, Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Legends Classic, Islanders vs. Devils game, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Disney on Ice, and the New York Masters equestrian show jumping. Current programming alliances with Barclays Center include Golden Boy Promotions, IMG, Feld Entertainment, Lagardère Unlimited, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

In addition to Barclays, the naming rights partner, Founding Partners for Barclays Center include Cushman & Wakefield, EmblemHealth, Foxwoods Resort Casino, MetroPCS, and Stolichnaya. Other sponsors include: Anheuser-Busch, The Coca-Cola Company, Haier America, HighPoint Solutions, LIU Brooklyn, New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, Phillips-Van Heusen, Tyco, and Willis.

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Dan Rafael of espn.com is reporting that WBC Middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez will defend his crown against Andy Lee June 16th in El Paso,Texas.

Contracts are not signed yet, but both sides said they are confident the deal will be finalized. Adding intrigue to the fight is that Chavez promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank and Lou DiBella, Lee’s promoter, are also working on a deal under which the winner of Chavez-Lee would challenge lineal middleweight champion Sergio Martinez — who is promoted by DiBella — in September.

“The Chavez-Lee fight is done between me and Bob. We’ve agreed to everything and we are putting everything to paper,” DiBella told ESPN.com. “And now we’re working on the contract for the winner to face Martinez. Arum and I have had substantive conversations and I’m confident we will get that done in short order too.”

Arum is on vacation, but Top Rank president Todd duBoef tweeted, “Andy Lee set for June 16 against Chavez Jr. in El Paso at Sun Bowl.”

“We have agreed in principle to the terms but we need to see a contract. But I’m optimistic,” Billy Keane, Chavez’s manager said. “I’m hoping that a contract will come that will reflect the terms we verbally agreed on.”

“I think it’s a very exciting and hard fight,” said Steward, who once trained the great Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. for three consecutive junior welterweight world title fights in 1994. “I think it will be a very tough fight. Chavez has developed into a real fighter. He’s become a serious fighter. He has very high energy in the ring. He cuts off the ring very well and smothers you. He gets inside and works the body like his daddy did. Him and Andy, they’re both big guys for middleweights, they’re both good punchers and they both get hit, which makes it a good fight.”

Said DiBella, “These are two long, lean middleweights, two big guys. Chavez is improving and is big and strong and will have the home-field advantage in El Paso. We might as well be going to Mexico. But Andy is a lefty, he’s strong and he can box. Andy Lee will be the best guy Chavez has ever fought.”

“I’ve taken my swipes at the kid, so I’m giving the kid props for taking the fight. That’s the kind of fight a champion takes,” DiBella said. “It also says to me he is serious about Martinez if he wins because he’s taking on a lefty, and I don’t think he’d be doing that if he didn’t think he’d fight Martinez if he won. This is a fight that Andy has been waiting for. He was p—– that he didn’t get Martinez in March, so he is thrilled with this opportunity. He knows it is the opportunity of a lifetime. HBO got themselves a good fight here.”

“I feel very good about it,” he said. “I know it’s not the ideal situation for us because everything is against Andy, but I have the confidence that he has the ability to score a knockout. We know what we’re going up against with the whole situation. But this is the type of opportunity we can’t pass up.”

“I’m actually looking forward to it,” he said from the Kronk Gym in Detroit. “I like having that bunker mentality when everything is against you. We’re gonna train hard and Emanuel will have the right plan and we will go in there and get that belt. It’s my turn. I’ve waited a long time and it’s been a long journey. The time is right for me physically and mentally and I am just glad it’s here.

“I never thought I would get this fight. But I spoke to Lou and he said the fight’s a go, so it’s very hard to contain my excitement. I don’t even know what I’m getting paid yet and I don’t even care. I’m fighting a champion and I will take that belt.”

“That is 100 percent the fight Julio wants subject to a reasonable deal,” Keane said of a pay-per-view fight with Martinez later in the year. “All we’re looking for is a reasonable deal. We’re not looking to hold anyone for ransom, just to be treated fair and reasonably.

“It certainly doesn’t hurt to have Julio have a southpaw look and a southpaw training but their styles are so drastically different that I don’t think Andy Lee is any great preparation for Sergio Martinez. But it doesn’t hurt to get that southpaw look.”

“We wanted to fight Sergio for a long time and Andy got tired of being on his undercards, but we always wanted Martinez,” Steward said. “Now we can get him by beating Chavez.”

“I can beat up Chavez and it will make me a star and then I can beat Martinez and that will make me a superstar,” Lee said. “It’s very exciting to be two fights away from that. This will be a vindication of my lifetime of work. I’ve been in the gym already today. I know what’s ahead of me. I know there is hard work to do. I’m ready for it.”

Photo by Chris Farina /Top Rank

RE: Amateur Show this Saturday Night 6:00 PM

This will be the Junior Olympic New York City Championships.

The weigh in will begin at 4:00PM and the first bout will begin at 6:00PM.

All our bouts are pre-matched. They are sanctioned by USABoxingMetro. All boxers must have their boxing book with them in order to participate.

The ticket price is $20 per person. Children 6 and under are not charged. All registered amateurs with their books in hand pay $15 per person.

This show will be shown live and free of cost on: www.gofightlive.tv

The blow by blow for these fights will be done by our very own Champion Sonya Lamonakis.

HOBOKEN, NJ (April 1, 2012) – The “Island Assault 4: The Battle” pay-per-view-event, featuring a trilogy showdown between three-time world champion Brian “Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (30-3, 16 KOs) and former two-time world champion Omar Nino Romero (30-42, 12 KOs), has been rescheduled from its original March 31 date to Saturday night, May 12, live from Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Viloria will defend his World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) title belt against Romero in the 12-round main event. Viloria was a 2000 U.S. Olympian who won his first 20 pro fights, until he lost the World Boxing Council (“WBC”) light flyweight championship to Romero by way of a 12-round unanimous decision in 2006. Three months later, their rematch ended in a draw and was later changed to a “no contest” when Romero failed the post-fight drug test.

The completion of the Viloria-Romero trilogy will have to wait a little longer as the Nevada State Athletic Commission prevented the WBO from sanctioning the fight due to unpaid penalties on Romero’s part. From 2006, Romero has amassed a total of $11,500 in penalties which he needs to pay before the fight is sanctioned.

The fight will now be held May 12 and will still be staged at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

“Island Assault 4:The Battle,” presented by Solar Sports, is being distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9:00 PM/ET – 6:00 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, DISH Network and Avail-TVNfor a suggested retail price of only $29.95. “Island Assault 4: The Battle” will also be available via on-line PPV on Ustream.tv at http://www.ustream.tv/integratedsportsppv.

For more information about the “Island Assault 4: The Battle” PPV event go to www.integratedsportsnet.com. Follow Integrated Sports Media on Twitter @IntegratedPPV.

Integrated Sports Media: North America’s leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events has presented World Championship and world-class boxing matches featuring Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko, Ricky Hatton, Cristian Mijares, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones, Jr., Tomasz Adamek, Ivan Calderon, Rocky Martinez, Nicolai Valuev, Amir Khan, Marco Antonio Barrera, Arthur Abraham, David Haye, John Ruiz, Wilfredo Vasquez, Jr., Brian Viloria, Giovani Segura and Ruslan Chagaev as well as world championship and world-class mixed martial arts shows featuring Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Bobby Lashley, Mirko Filipovic, Bob Sapp, Jeff Monson, and Roy Nelson. In addition, Integrated Sports Media distributed numerous International soccer matches featuring teams like Real Madrid,Club America of Mexico and the National Teams of Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador and the USA. For more information on upcoming Integrated Sports events visit www.integratedsportsnet.com.

CHESTER, PA (March 30, 2012)—Undefeated Dennis “The Assassin” Hasson will risk his perfect mark when he takes on his toughest test when he squares off with Taneal Goyco in one of the co-featured bouts on Friday May 4th at Harrahs in Chester.

The show is promoted by Joey Eye Boxing Promotions.

In the main event, Tony Ferrante will take on Tommy Karpency will fight for the Pennsylvania State Light Heavyweight championship in a ten round bout.

Hasson of Philadelphia has a perfect record 13-0 with five knockouts.

Since coming off a one year Hiatus, Hasson has hooked up with new trainer and former world title challenger Dave Tiberi and his coming off two consecutive big knockouts when he stopped William Santiago in three and Eddie Caminero in two in a six week span with the Caminero win coming on March 17th

Goyco of Philadelphia has a record of 4-3 with two knockouts has faced top competition.

Goyco won his first three bouts and has a devastating first round knockout over Dennis Morris. Goyco has dropped two in a row which includes his last outing when he dropped a six round unanimous decision to highly regarded Derrick Webster (10-0) last October 28th. This will be Goyco’s third appearance at Harrahs in Chester.

In a six round Lightweight bout, Victor Vasquez (14-6-1, 7 KO’s) will take on an opponent to be announced in a six round bout.

In a six round Heavyweight rematch, Jamie Campbell (4-2, 2KO’s) of Ridley Park, PA will attempt to avenge a defeat to William Miranda (5-4-1) of Allentown, PA

Tyrone Crawley Jr. (1-0) of Philadelphia will fight take on a an opponent to be named in a four round Welterweight bout.

Joey Tiberi (7-1, 5 KO’s) of Newark, DE will take part in a four round Lightweight Bout against an opponent to be named.

Alex Barbosa (2-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia will take on an opponent to be named in a four round Bantamweight bout.

Big Heavyweight John Mercurio (4-0, 3 KO’s) returns in a four round bout against an opponent to be named.

Tickets are now on sale for $100 (VIP); $65 (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 or on www.webtix.net

Newtown, PA—The New Ray Robinson, of Philadelphia, PA, and Terrance The Heat Cauthen, of Trenton, NJ, will headline the first professional boxing card at the Newtown Athletic Club (NAC), located at 120 Pheasant Run, Newtown, PA.

Both fighters have multiple rivalries on the line. The two will find out not only which city has the better fighter, but also which fighter is the better southpaw. The Robinson-Cauthen bout tops a seven-bout card which begins at 7.30 pm. in the 1,000-seat venue at the Newtown Athletic Club’s Sports and Events Center.

Robinson (left) and Cauthen know each other and have sparred in the past. Both fighters are kind- hearted, fun-loving guys, until they enter the ring.

Robinson (13-2, 5 K0s) is less experienced than Cauthen (36-7, 9 K0s), but will not underestimate him. Robinson has faced prospects Brad Solomon, of Lafayette, LA, and Shawn Porter, of Akron, OH. both still undefeated, as well as Darnell Jiles,Jr., of Rochester, NY. He has also boxed journeymen such as Harrison Cuello, of The Bronx, NY, and, in his most recent bout Jan. 21, Doel Carrasquillo, of Lancaster, PA.
Though Robinson and Cauthen have no common foes, Robinson did earn a unanimous decision over Carrasquillo, who knocked out Shamone Alvarez, of Atlantic City, NJ, the same fighter Cauthen lost a majority decision to in July of 2008.

Cauthen (right) will be the hometown fighter since Newtown, PA, is close to his backyard and in a facility where he once worked. Even though Cauthen is from Trenton, NJ, he is well-known in Philadelphia, having fought there as an amateur and as a pro.

Cauthen has grown since boing in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. In 44 pro fights, he has boxed Paul Williams of Aiken, SC, Alexis Camacho, of Austin, TX, and Sechew Powell,of Brooklyn, NY.

This fight represents a must-win for each man in order to regain the spotlight.

On the undercard: welterweight DeCarlo Perez, of Atlantic City, NJ; and Philadelphians Naim Nelson, junior welterweight; Amir Shabazz, light-heavyweight; Kareem Cooley, lightweight; and junior middleweight Jimmy Lowry.

ABOUT MAY 12

The Robinson-Cauthen fight tops a seven-bout card at the Newtown Athletic Club (NAC). First fight is 7.30 pm. Tickets priced at $50, $75, and $100 are on sale at the offices of Peltz Boxing (215-765-0922), www.peltzboxing.comand at the Newtown Athletic Club. The card is being promoted by Bam Boxing Promotions, Inc., in association with the NAC.

Please visit our site www.bamboxingpromotions.comand sign up for our mailing list to find out about our future events!

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (April 2, 2012)—On Friday night April 27th, The biggest boxing weekend in Atlantic City kicks off with an important USBA Title clash when Omar Sheika takes on Yusaf Mack.

The show is promoted by Nedal Abuhumoud’s Nedal’s Promotions and Andre Kut’s KEA Boxing.

Sheika of Paterson, New Jersey has been a mainstay at the top of the Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions for sixteen years. He won his first fourteen bouts and went on to beat former world champions Simon Brown and Glen Johnson.

The thirty-five year old Sheika challenged Joe Calzaghe, Eric Lucas; Jeff Lacy and Markus Beyer for world Super Middleweight supremacy but each time came up just a little bit short.

Sheika, 33-11 with twenty-one knockouts is coming off an action packed ten round unanimous decision over Tony Ferrante on February 24th in Chester, PA

Mack of Philadelphia has a record of 29-4-2 with seventeen knockouts and his been at the top of the Super Middleweight and Light heavyweight rankings for the better part of the last half decade.

The thirty-two year old Mack was undefeated in his first twenty-four bouts (22-0-2) which included wins over Donnell Wiggins, Shannon Miller (for the USBA Super Middleweight title), Richard Grant (title defense) and Christian Cruz (title defense) as well as a draw with former world title challenger Randy Griffin.

Mack also has big wins over Jose Juan Vasquez (16-1-1); Daniel Judah (22-2-3) and Chris Henry (23-1). He won the USBA Light Heavyweight crown with a split decision over Otis Griffin

Mack has only lost to top fighters in former world champions Alejandro Berrio & Glen Johnson as well as former world title challenger Librado Andrade.

In his last bout, Mack put up a terrific effort before being stopped by IBF Light Heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud.

An exciting undercard with some of the best prospects on the east coast has been assembled and appearing in separate featured bouts will be:

Undefeated Super Middleweight Derrick Webster (12-0, 7 KO’s) of Glassboro, NJ in an eight round co-feature

Przemyslaw Opalach (9-1, 8 KO’s) of Poland in eight round Middleweight bout

Juan Rodriguez Jr. (8-0, 3 KO’s) of Union City, NJ in a six round Welterweight bout

Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (7-0, 5 KO’s) of Millville, NJ in a six round Welterweight bout

Alando Swain (5-1, 1 KO) of Trenton, NJ in a four round Middleweight bout

Tyrone Luckey (4-1-1 4 KO’s) of Middletown, NJ in a four round Lightweight bout

Their Opponents plus more bouts will be announced shortly.

Tickets for this championship night of boxing cost $80 and $50 and can be purchased by calling:

609-227-6959; 609-396-3005 and 609-586-3225

For more information on Nedal’s Promotions, Click: www.nedalspromotions.com

For More information on KEA Boxing, click: www.keaboxing.com

BRONX, NY (April 2, 2012) Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returns to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York with ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights on Friday, May 18th.

Priced at $75, $50, $40 and $30, advance tickets go on sale this Thursday, April 5th and are available through Ticketmaster, (www.Ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000) or at the Times Union Center Box Office, (1-800-30-EVENT), and at select Wal-Mart Music Centers. Tickets are also available by calling Star Boxing at 718-823-2000 or on www.starboxing.com.

The May 18th event marks the return of Star Boxing to the Times Union Center, following an action packed debut on February 4th.

Headlining ESPN2’S Friday Night Fights is a terrific junior welterweight ten round bout between 22 year old undefeated Philadelphia prospect Raymond “Tito” Serrano, 18-0-0 (8KO’s) and the also unbeaten and defending NABO Champion Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield, 15-0-1 (9KO’s) of San Francisco, California.

“We’re very excited to return to the Times Union Center and the great boxing fans in the Albany, New York region with ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights. The support we received from the fans and media for our first show convinced us to bring another terrific event to the area” said DeGuardia

“Serrano and Mayfield each understand this is an outstanding opportunity and we expect a sensational fight from the opening bell.”

A native of Puerto Rico, Serrano returns to ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights following a dominant ten round decision win over Kenny Abril on February 10th at the Mohegan Sun Casino. A pro since the age of 18, Serrano is seen by many in boxing as having the skills needed to become a world champion.

The big talking Mayfield is coming off two excellent wins in 2011, a tenth round stoppage of former world champion Stevie Forbes on June 17th in Austin, Texas and a ten round decision over Patrick Lopez on October 1st in Tunica, Mississippi.

Additional bouts on this card will be announced shortly by Star Boxing.

The Times Union Center is location at 51 South Pearl Street in Albany, New York, 12207. Doors on the night of the event will open at 6:30pm with the first bell scheduled for 7:30pm.

ABOUT THE TIMES UNION CENTER:

Upstate New York’s premiere sports and entertainment facility, the Times Union Center, located in Albany, NY, is excited to welcome boxing back after a 14 year hiatus. Hosting boxing in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1997, the Times Union Center offers the perfect atmosphere for championship events, and our fans are ready for championship boxing to make its long awaited return to the biggest stage in the Albany. Nestled between Hall of Famer Mike Tyson’s hometown of Catskill, NY, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY, the Capital Region is a great boxing community for both fighters and fans locally and in our surrounding areas. Albany, NY is easy to get to from anywhere! Amtrak offers direct trains from New York City, Buffalo and all points in between, and major interstates from points east, west, north and south intersect in the capital region making it easy to drive from all parts of the state. For more information, please visit their website atwww.timesunioncenter-albany.com

HAMILTON, NJ (MARCH 31, 2012)—Former four-time world Heavyweight title challenger, Jameel “Big Time” McCline scored an eight round split decision over veteran Livin Castillo in front of a near capacity crowd at the Hamilton Manor in Hamilton, New Jersey

The six bout card with promoted by Nedal’s Boxing and Andre Kut’s KEA Boxing.

McCline used his seven-plus inch height advantage to jab and set up right hands that forced Castillo to stay on the outside and fight defensively. In round one, McCline buckled Castillo with a long right hand and it looked like it could be a short night for McCline.

Castillo showed veteran tactics and was able to stay away from serious damage and even sneak in some straight lefts but none ever had much affect on McCline who enjoyed a fifty-six pound weight advantage.

McCline was docked a point in round five for throwing Castillo to the canvas.

McCline of New York won by scores of 77-74; 76-75 while Castillo won a card by a 77-74 tally.

In the scorching co-feature, Eberto Medina scored a mild upset when he won a six round unanimous decision over Przemyslaw Opalach in a Middleweight bout

Medina showed tremendous grit and took the fight to the previously undefeated Opalach and seized control half way through the fight. Opalach fought a good fight but Medina was pinpoint in his punching and landed numerous shots and pounded out the decision by scores of 60-54; 60-54 and 59-55.

In a four round ladies bout, Nydia Feliciano spoiled the professional debut of Mikalya Nebal by scoring a four round unanimous decision in a Super Bantamweight bout.

Alando Swain scored a four round unanimous decision over Eddie Edmonds in a Middleweight bout.

Jose Calderon scored a devastating first round stoppage over Jason Sia in a Jr. Welterweight bout. Calderon caught Sia with a left hook that put Sia down and out at2:49 of the opening frame.

In the fight of the night, Tyrone Luckey and Ramon Ellis waged a four round war that ended in a draw in their Lightweight bout.

Ellis and Luckey stood toe to toe and traded bombs from the opening bell that thrilled the fans in attendance.

A bout between KEA Boxing’s Juan Rodriguez Jr. and Daniel Crabtree was scratched just an hour before first bell due to a Crabtree Illness.

Nedals Promotions & KEA Boxing Return Friday April 27th at Resorts in Atlantic City that will be headlined by the USBA Light Heavyweight title bout between Omar Sheika and Yusaf Mack

FULL RESULTS

8 ROUNDS HEAVYWEIGHTS—Jameel McCline (41-11-3) 271 LBS of New York S DEC over Livin Castillo (16-12) 215 lbs of Ecuador…Scores were 77-74; 76-75 for McCline and 77-74 For Castillo

6 ROUNDS MIDDLEWEIGHTS—Eberto Medina (6-7-1) 157 ½ lbs of Ecuador U DEC Pryzemyslaw Opalach (9-1) 161 lbs of Poland…Scores were 60-54; 60-54 and 59-55

4 ROUNDS FEMALE SUPER BANTAMWEIGHTS—Nydia Feliciano (5-2-3) 120 lbs of New York U DEC Over Mikayla Nebal (0-1) 120 ½ lbs of Hilliard, OH…Scores 40-36 on all cards

4 ROUNDS MIDDLEWEIGHTS—Alando Swain (5-1) 156 lbs of Trenton, NJ U DEC over Eddie Edmonds (2-2-2) 157 lbs of Newark, NJ…Scores were 40-36; 40-36 & 39-37

4 ROUNDS JR. WELTERWEIGHT–Jose Calderon (4-1, 4 KO’s) 143 lbs of Puerto Rico KO 1 (2:49) over Jason Sia (0-5) 141 lbs of Hamilton, NJ

4 ROUNDS LIGHTWEIGHTS—Tyrone Luckey (4-1-1) 132 lbs of Middleton, NJ MAJ DRAW with Ramon Ellis (2-7-2) 138 ½ lbs of Philadelphia…scores were 39-37 for Luckey; 38-38 and 38-38

For more information on:

Nedals Promotions, click: www.nedalspromotions.com

KEA Boxing: www.keaboxing.com

15rounds.com would like to congratulate Florida staff writer Johnny Schulz for winning the Ringside world amateur masters championship in Kansas City.

Schulz won tow bouts as he defeated Robert Vanacore from Huntington NY who was in the 2010 NYC Golden Gloves and over 50 fights. He then defeated Canadian Adam Congiu who was previously unbeaten at 18-0. Schulzscored a knock down in the first round!!!

SAN ANTONIO – The Illusions Theatre made its debut as a boxing venue here Saturday. Named in a nod to irony, Illusions is not a theater at all. Rather, it is a northern edge of Alamodome festooned with pastel-lighted bunting and a perimeter of dark sheets, in a cavernous oaf’s loveable attempt at intimacy.

Two miles north of Alamodome and eight hours before Illusions Theatre opened for boxing, the Pearl Farmers Market made its weekly appearance on the grounds of a renovated complex of shops and restaurants that stand where J. B. Behloradsky Brewery was founded in 1881 along the banks of San Antonio River. On Saturday mornings, there is a booth hosted by Restaurant Gwendolyn – a concept dining spot with food prepared from 19th century recipes and only with 19th century implements – whose owner and executive chef, Michael Sohocki, also created the menu for a quirky and teeming eatery called The Cove, which features organic foods and is bookended by a carwash and a landromat.

All four downtown spots – Alamodome, Pearl Farmers Market, Restaurant Gwendolyn, and The Cove – are, in their own ways, about sustainability. And in some part, so was Saturday’s boxing card.

People unfamiliar with South Texas might be surprised to learn of its outstanding commitment to sustainability. John Mackey and Rene Lawson founded Whole Foods just 80 miles from here. Texas politics may be unpalatable to many Americans, but they have exceedingly little to do with the people who reside in these hundreds of miles between Austin and Mexico.

Agricultural sustainability, as an idea, is, like most things worth considering, more complicated than advertised. Eating locally grown foods is the wisest dietary course, yes, but the popularity of Pearl Farmers Market and The Cove raises an interesting question: Will a revolution of local organic eating not cannibalize itself eventually? As an urban area grows, and its consumption of healthy foods grows with it, is it not fated to become another victim of capitalism’s creative destruction – with demand outpacing supply while farmland is overworked even as its acreage contracts to accommodate an expanding metropolis?

Texas boxing remains sustainable because of its fanbase. Most of the last decade, as show after show moved to desert casinos where sellouts to scalpers happened before tickets went on sale, our sport’s intelligent commentators begged for a more sustainable model of putting local draws in their hometown settings, reducing ticket prices and allowing our sport to play to full houses. Texas answered that call.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), whose officials supervise boxing, has its flaws. It has a reputation for appointing judges that favor local fighters. It employs referees whose collective discretion attracts scrutiny. But many of its recent controversies – such as the scorecards for Tavoris Cloud versus Gabriel Campillo – are disagreements on subjective matters that only appear objective because television invents a form of populist outrage then reports it. Much of the discontent with Texas boxing is discontent with the moment – Great Recession, social media, uncertainty – projected on boxing, never at a loss for outrageous happenings, and subsequently projected on Texas, where more boxing happens than in other states.

Would that those who regularly malign the TDLR had been ringside immediately after Saturday’s main event between Evgeny “Mexican Russian” Gradovich and Frankie “Little Soldier” Leal. Twenty-nine brutal minutes of combat, minutes in which Gradovich often got the better of Leal but not by much, found Leal vulnerable to a crisp left hook from Gradovich. Leal hit the blue mat. He rose well before referee Rafael Ramos’ 10-count was through. Then Leal stumbled a step rightwards.

Ramos immediately stopped the match. Other TDLR officials climbed through the ropes and signaled for cornernmen and hangers-on to remain off the canvas while they conducted an evaluation of Leal’s lucidity. Although Leal was conscious and able to answer questions, TDLR officials removed him from the ring on a gurney and immediately transported him and his team to a local hospital, where Leal was able to respond to doctors.

It was a timely reminder that TDLR’s primary obligation is not to tackling cornermen, overruling referees or concurring with made-for-television scorecards. It is to fighter safety. If you keep fighters safe, most other offenses are forgivable.

Former lineal middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, for whom the majority of ringside personnel gathered at Illusions Theatre, has not been a picture of sustainability lately. Saturday marked Pavlik’s second appearance in a prizefighting ring in 23 months. He wore Miami Dolphins teal and orange, and even more tattoos. He also stretched his Florida opponent with a left-hook lead in the second round.

Acreage and sustainability: Pavlik now nears the logical end of his body-art project, a project whose expansion has been inversely proportionate to his success as a prizefighter. Pavlik’s body will never again resemble that of the man who stopped Jermain Taylor, a single tattoo on each shoulder, but there is near-universal hope that his form someday approximates it.

That hope is prevalent among those Top Rank people who, Saturday, composed their typical picture of professionalism. Men like publicist Ricardo Jimenez – who often handles his employer’s underdogs and invariably becomes their friend and loyal fan – are why Top Rank shows are a model of organization.

Top Rank’s people gathered on the south side of the ring, Saturday, with the media. Behind them was a black curtain and behind that a few hundred yards of empty Alamodome floorspace. Since it failed at its first purpose – attracting an NFL franchise – Alamodome has been quite a few things. Illusions Theatre is a latest try at making something sustainable of the Alamodome idea.

Someday, this city’s planners sagaciously might choose to employ Alamodome’s enormous and usually empty lots as the landing for a downtown-shuttle service. In the meantime, Illusions Theatre and Texas boxing deserve plaudits for their Saturday efforts.

Bart Barry can be reached at bart.barrys.email (at) gmail.com

Tacoma, WA (April 1, 2012) – Lightweight hopeful Jose “Loco” Hernandez took another step in the right direction after pounding out a unanimous decision over Peter Oluoch Saturday evening at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma.

Headlining the 86th edition of Halquist Productions’ “Battle at the Boat”, Hernandez picked his spots but did so with bad intentions, firing vicious shots every time he moved his hands. Oluoch had his moments and hung in tough, but Hernandez’ hard punches ultimately earned him the victory.

Hernandez, of Fort Worth, TX, improves to 13-5-1 with 5 wins by knockout. Oluoch, a Kenya native, is now 11-6-2 (6 KO’s).

In the co-featured bout of the evening, crowd favorite and retired marine Nate Serrano got back in the winners circle by stopping 6’2 Nick Balestra in the second round of their welterweight affair.

The towering Sacramento, CA native briefly silenced the pro-Serrano crowd by scoring a flash knockdown in the second, but the tides quickly turned. Serrano, who hails from nearby Yakima, WA, popped up immediately and decked Balestra. Balestra made it back to his feet but had no time to recover, meeting the canvas seconds later after being tagged by Serrano. The game visitor attempted to make it back to his feet but fell through the ropes, which forced the referee to stop the bout at 1:54.

Serrano raises his professional ledger to 4-1 with 3 knockouts. Balestra slips to 2-2-1 (1 KO).

In other undercard bouts, Lisette Medal defeated Sarah Pucek in an exciting five round ladies bout, while Ray Lampkin, Isaac Tadeo and Jonathan Zumudio also emerged victorious.

Fans were also entertained by Halquist Productions’ new ring announcer Danny Bonaduce.

“This was a very good event,” said Promoter Brian Halquist. “None of the fights were boring, Danny was awesome as the MC and most importantly, the fans had a great time.”

The next edition of “Battle at the Boat” takes place June 2 at the Emerald Queen.

During the last 23 years, Halquist Productions built a reputation in the boxing world for their loyalty, honesty and integrity. In 1997, Halquist Productions ran their inaugural “Battle at the Boat” series, which remains successful to this day. Halquist Productions promoted many world title bouts and their fight cards have been seen on ESPN, HBO and Showtime.

Sergio Thompson scored a shocking second round stoppage over former world champion Jorge Linares in a scheduled twelve round Lightweight bout in Cancun, Mexico.

The two traded heavy blows in round one with each guy getting rocked. Linares seemed little worse for wear as he finished the round with a bad cut around his left eye. Thompson jumped on Linares with a furious barrage of punches the ultimately dropped Linares. Linares beat referee Bill Clancy’s count but emerged with a nasty cut around that left eye. Clancy took Linares to see the ringside doctor where the fight was called off at 2:27 of round two.

Thompson, 134.2 of Mexico is now 21-2 with nineteen knockouts. Linares, 134.6 of Venezuela had a July 7th rematch with WBC champ Antonio DeMarco washed down the drain with the loss and is now 31-3.

Super Middleweight Marco Antonio Periban got off the canvas to score a first round stoppage over Gerardo Diaz in a scheduled ten round bout.

Periban was dropped in round one from a counter right hand. Periban came back in round two to score the stoppage as he was non stop punching and landing on Diaz which forced Diaz corner to stop the fight at 2:52 of round two.

Periban, 167 1/2 lbs of Mexico City is now 16-0 with eleven knockouts. Diaz, 164 1/2 lbs of Guadalajara, MX is now 12-2-1.

Francisco Vargas kept his perfect win to knockout ratio in tact by stopping Carlos Fernando Perez in three rounds.

Vargas is 7-0-1 with seven knockouts. Perez is now 12-3.

Jorge Romero scored a fourth round stoppage over Eduardo Canales in a six round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Romero,136.6 lbs of Culican, MX is now 21-5 with eighteen knockouts. Canales, 137 lbs of Varacruz, MX is now 13-2.

Josue Guerrero scored a first round stoppage over Andres Uribe in a scheduled four round Welterweight bout.

Guerrero dropped Guerrero twice with the second coming from a devastating left hook and the fight was stopped at 1:27

Guerrero, 146.6 lbs of Cancun, MX is now 2-1 with two knockouts. Uribe,140.8 lbs of Conzumel, MX is now 1-4