Main Event – Junior Middleweights (8)
Chris Gilbert (11-1, 9 KOs), Windsor, VT 147 lbs.
Steven Matthews (4-0, 2 KOs), Greensboro, NC 158 lbs.
Co-Feature – Super Middleweights (6)
Mark “The Italian Bazooka” DeLuca (10-0, 7 KOs), Whitman, MA 163 lbs.
Gundrick “Sho-Gun” King (18-12, 11 KOs), Tuscaloosa, AL 165 lbs.
Super Middleweights (6)
Russell “The Haitian Sensation” Lamour (9-0, 4 KOs), Portland, ME 167 ½ lbs.
Dennis Ogboo (7-7, 6 KOs), Lexington, KY by way of Nigeria 171 lbs.
Junior Welterweights (6)
Brandon “The Cannon” Berry (6-0, 4 KOs), West Forks, ME 141 1/2 lbs.
Theo “The Unholy Terror” Desjardin (0-3), North Attleboro, MA 137 lbs.
(L-R) Vito Antuofermo, Chris Gilbert, Bobby Stephen, Steven Matthews and Earnie Shavers)
(L-R) Vito Antuofermo, Mark DeLuca, Bobby Stephen, Gundrick King, and Earnie Shavers
(L-R) Vito Antuofermo, Russell Lamour, Bobby Stephen, Dennis Ogboo and Earnie Shavers
(L-R) Vito Antuofermo, Theo Desjardin, Bobby Stephen, Brandon Berry and Theo Desjardin
(Amateur matches – to weigh in tomorrow)
Female Light Welterweights
Jen Amato, Keene, NH
Felecia O’Brien, Boston, MA
Middleweights
Ricky Ford, Claremont, NH
Ryan Clark, Manchester, NH
92 Pounds – Junior Olympians
Wyatt Stearns, Monroe, ME
Angel Tricoch, Haverhill, MA
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
DOORS OPEN: 7:30 p.m. ET, first bout 8 p.m. ET.
INFORMATION: www.fight2educate.com or www.verizonwirelessarena.com
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.
