Fight To Educate Weigh-In Alert

WHO: Main Event – Middleweights (8)
Chris Gilbert (11-1, 9 KOs), Windsor, VT
vs.
Steven Matthews (4-0, 2 KOs), Greensboro, NC

Co-Feature – Super Middleweights (6)
Mark “The Italian Bazooka” Deluca (10-0, 7 KOs), Whitman, MA
vs.
Gundrick “Sho-Gun” King (18-12, 11 KOs), Tuscaloosa, AL

Light Heavyweights (6)
Russell “The Haitian Sensation” Lamour (9-0, 4 KOs), Portland, ME
vs.
Dennis Ogboo (7-7, 6 KOs), Lexington, KY by way of Nigeria

Junior Welterweights (6)
Brandon “The Cannon” Berry (6-0, 4 KOs), West Forks, ME
vs.

Theo “The Unholy Terror” Desjardin (0-3), North Attleboro, MA

(Plus amateur matches)

WHAT: 13TH annual Fight To Educate Pro-Am Boxing

WHEN: Thursday, September 18, 2014

WHERE: Verizon Wireless Center, Manchester, New Hampshire

LEGENDS: Former world middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), world heavyweight title challengers Chuck “Bayonne Bleeder” Wepner (25-14-2, 17 KOs) and Earnie “The Acorn” Shavers (74-14-1, 68 KOs), and two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (44-9-1, 30 KOs)

CHARITIES: Proceeds from the 13h annual Fight To Educate will benefit SEE Science Center (www.see-sciencecenter.org), The Bobby Stephens Fund for Education (www.stepheneducationfund.com), and New Horizons for New Hampshire

TICKETS: $50.00 and $25.00 (general admission), $10 tickets for Veterans and Senior Citizens 60+, are available to purchase at the Verizon Wireless Arena Box office, by going online at:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/venueartist/8748/1616837/?brand=verizonarena

VIP DINNER: Call Stephen Singer at 603.669.4100 for more details about sponsorship opportunities, including VIP table (of 8 for $1000) sponsorships for a night of professional boxing and Black Tie dinner. This special offer also includes an auction and meet-and-greet with the aforementioned boxing legends Antuofermo, Wepner, Shavers and Ruiz.

DOORS OPEN: The dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. ET, doors for boxing open at 7:30 p.m. ET, first bout scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.

INFORMATION: www.fight2educate.com or www.verizonwirelessarena.com

WEIGH IN: Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 – 5:30 pm ETat U.S. Trust, 900 Elm Street, 17th floor, Manchester, N.H. (NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

OTHER: Fight To Educate, presented in part this year by Matrix Aerospace, is a unique charity event that combines a love of boxing with the vision of assisting children and seniors in need who without fundraisers like this could be ‘down for the count.’ During the past 12 years,
Fight To Educate has raised more than $750,000 in donations benefiting local New Hampshire non-profit organizations.