COY EVANS TO RETURN ON FEBRUARY 27TH IN ALLENTOWN, PA

PHILADELPHIA (February 9, 2010)— on the heels of his first career knockout, Undefeated Featherweight prospect, Coy Evans returns to the ring on Saturday night February 27th at the Roadway Inn in Allentown, PA when he takes on tough veteran Robert DaLuz in a bout scheduled for six rounds.

Evans of Philadelphia has a record of 6-0-1 with one stoppage and is coming off a scintillating knockout over Vineash Rungea on January 15th at The Arena in Philadelphia.

Evans has been making noise in the Philadelphia fight scene with his previous performances and the twenty-five year old has been coming into his own and with a win on February 27th he will be looking rapidly step up his competition for the balance of 2010.

“Coy has been coming along nicely and we expect huge things from this year”, said Greg Robinson of Power Productions who promotes Evans.

“We are excited to keep Coy back in the ring and we expect him to be very busy in 2010 and we are very happy to have a promotional company behind us that will keep Coy active”, said Evans co-manager Moz Gonzalez.

DaLuz of Providence, Rhode Island is a veteran of thirty-nine professional fights and has been in the ring with many of the top featherweight prospects in the world such as former U.S Olympian Clarence Vinson, Cornelius Lock, Gary Stark Jr., Teon Kennedy, Eric Hunter, Robert Marroquin and Chris Avalos to name a few so this bout with be a test to see where Evans stands in terms of his progress..

“Those guys are good fighters and most had about ten fights or more when they fought DaLuz, we are very confident in Evans that we have him in with DaLuz in just his eighth bout.”, Said Robinson

With a win, Evans could see his first headlining appearance as he is tentatively scheduled to participate in an eight round main event on April 9th at The Arena in Philadelphia.

Evans works as an assistant to an attorney in Center City Philadelphia. He has a six year old daughter and just recently, Evans inked his first endorsement deal as he is now is sponsored by Unleashed Beverage Company and is managed by Eddie Woods & Moz Gonzalez (E & M Management) and is also promoted by Greg Robinson’s Power Productions.



IT WAS A KNOCKOUT WEEKEND ON GFL


NEW YORK (February 8, 2010)—This past weekend two big boxing events on the east coast took place and the action was as hot inside the ring as it was cold outside. Despite blizzard conditions, crowds in Philadelphia and Newark saw two incredible nights of boxing that started out on Friday from The Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia where USBA Jr. Middleweight champion Derek “Pooh” Ennis scored a fifth round stoppage over Edwin Vazquez.

The next night in Newark, New Jersey, former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek scored a unanimous decision victory over former U.S. Olympian Jason Estrada in Adamek’s second start as a Heavyweight. That bout was fought before an astonishing crowd of over 10,000 fans in the Prudential Center in Newark.

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In the main event, USBA Jr. Middleweight champion Derek “Pooh” Ennis tuned up for a spring title defense by dropping Edwin Vazquez twice in round five with a vicious body assault to score a knockout at 1:26 of that round in their scheduled eight round non title clash.

Ennis showed tremendous hand speed and clearly worked the body behind a solid jab. Vazquez showed a lot of heart and determination as he would not only mock Ennis but try to start some offense for himself.

In round five, Ennis dropped Vazquez with a blistering left to the body and moments later he did the same thing to the other side of Vazquez’ body with the right and the fight called off.

In one of the most anticipated undercard bouts, Former World Junior Amateur champion Joey Dawejko of Philadelphia needed just forty-seven seconds to dispose of Ricardo Johnson.

Dawejko landed a perfect counter right hand that thrilled the crowd that was heavily supporting the nineteen year old from the Tacony section of town.

Dawejko is now 2-0.

Former U.S Olympic alternate, Eric “The Outlaw” drilled out former world title challenger Roberto Bonilla at the end of round one of their scheduled six round featherweight bout.

Hunter dominated the action with blazing handspeed until a left to the live put Bonilla down and out at end of the first stanza.

In the fight of the night, Jackie Davis scored a four round unanimous decision over Melisenda Perez in a ladies four round war.

The two traded shots and thrilled the crowd and the fighters received standing ovations throughout the fight.

Swedish heavyweight Andreas Gustafson moved to 4-0 with a stoppage over Levay King at the end of round two of their scheduled four round bout.

Ronald Cruz scored an impressive third round knockout over the experienced Martinus Clay in a scheduled six round bout.

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It was a close knit battle where both combatants had their moments. But it was Adamek who gained the unanimous decision win and he may now be in position for an April 24th showdown with former world title challenger Chris Arreola.

Estrada was irate at the decision and now the fans all over the world will be able to give their opinion when they order this terrific Heavyweight scrap.

Fans can also witness a terrific three fight undercard that was headlined by undefeated New York based Middleweight, Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin make his return to the squared circle when he takes on veteran Fernando Zuniga.

Two of New Jersey’s better undefeated prospects in Middleweight Patrick Majewski and Dennis “Mamma’s Boy” Douglin were impressive in separate bouts.

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Robert Guerrero’s wife very ill; fight with Katsidis off


According to Dan Rafael of espn.com., a proposed bout between WBO “Interim” Lightweight bout Michael Katsidis and IBF Jr. Lightweight champion Robert Guerrero is off due to Guerrero’s wife being seriously ill as her bout Leukemia has returned.

“It’s a very tough situation,” co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN.com. “He can’t fight like that. That’s what we all told him and he finally agreed. It’s too much.”

Guerrero’s wife, Casey, was diagnosed with leukemia two weeks before then-featherweight titleholder Guerrero was scheduled to defend his belt against Martin Honorio in November 2007.

Guerrero left his wife’s bedside just a couple of days before the fight, knocked Honorio out in the first round, and returned to his wife and their two children.

Casey Guerrero’s leukemia eventually went into remission but is back. She underwent a bone marrow transplant recently and has been at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., for about 10 days, Guerrero’s co-manager Bob Santos said.

“They won’t really know if the bone marrow is going to take, so we’re hoping that it does,” Santos said. “Robert wanted to fight. He thought he could spend half the day with her and train the other half the day, but she started to take a turn for the worse. I told him point blank there is no way I would allow him to fight. Me and Shelly had to talk him out of it. This is a tough sport and if he’s going to fight somebody like Katsidis you have to be 100 percent focused. With this situation, how could he be?”

“She had just been diagnosed and there was a lot of hope and optimism,” he said. “The doctorshttps://theboxinghour.com/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id=12472&type=video&TB_iframe=true were like, ‘We can try this and we can do that.’ In this case, it’s hit or miss. We just don’t know if the [bone marrow transplant] is going to work. If this doesn’t work there is nothing they can do for you. She’s at a point where if this doesn’t work, unless there is divine intervention, she’s in big trouble.

“I got the call and they said it’s very serious,” said Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, who promotes Guerrero. “All of our prayers are with Robert and his wife and we hope that she can pull through. I feel so bad. They have two young kids. I hope that she will be able to make it. His wife is fighting for her life. That is way more important than any fight in a ring.”

Racial divisions emerge in an online world.(Business)

The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) January 10, 2011 Byline: Jesse Washington; The Associated Press When the personal-computer revolution began decades ago, Latinos and blacks were much less likely to use one of the marvelous new machines. Then, when the Internet began to change life as we know it, these groups had less access to the Web and slower online connections — placing them on the wrong side of the “digital divide.” Today, as mobile technology puts computers in our pockets, Latinos and blacks are more likely than the general population to access the Web by cellular phones, and they use their phones more often to do more things.

But now some see a new “digital divide” emerging — with Latinos and blacks being challenged by more, not less, access to technology. It’s tough to fill out a job application on a cellphone, for example. Researchers have noticed signs of segregation online that perpetuate divisions in the physical world. And blacks and Latinos may be using their increased Web access more for entertainment than empowerment.

A greater percentage of whites than blacks and Latinos have broadband access at home, but laptop ownership is now about even for these groups, after black laptop ownership jumped from 34 percent in 2009 to 51 percent in 2010, Pew found.

Increased access and usage should be good, right?

“I don’t know if it’s the right time to celebrate. There are challenges still there,” says Craig Watkins, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and author of “The Young and the Digital.” We are much more engaged, but now the questions turn to the quality of that engagement, what are people doing with that access.” For Tyrell Coley, 21, engagement mostly means entertainment. Last month the New York grocery clerk launched a Twitter conversation about “#femalesneedto.” The “hashtag” in the name allowed others to join in.

Within a few hours, #femalesneedto was the top trending topic on Twitter — meaning more of the site’s 17 million users were talking about it than anything else. Most comments came from black users and focused on relationships.

Coley is black, and so are most of his 3,756 Twitter followers. So are about 25 percent of all Twitter users, roughly double the percentage of blacks in the U.S. population, according to a February 2010 survey by Edison Research and Arbitron.

Many of Twitter’s trending topics have been fueled by black tweets. Coley uses his phone for 80 percent of his online activity, which is usually watching hip-hop and comedy videos or looking for sneakers on eBay. go to web site mytouch 4g review

This trend is alarming to Anjuan Simmons, a black engineer and technology consultant who blogs, tweets and uses Facebook “more than my wife would like.” He hopes that blacks and Latinos will use their increased Web access to create content, not just consume it.

Simmons has made professional connections and found job opportunities through social media. But when he first started using Twitter, the first thing he looked for was other black faces to connect with.

“We tend to see other African Americans as family. Even if we haven’t met someone, we often refer to other black people as ‘brothers’ or ‘sisters.’ Facebook and Internet access are what most of Miguel Amador’s customers want when they enter his two stores in Latino neighborhoods in Camden, N.J. His mobile-device sales are up 50 percent from a year ago. His top seller is the MyTouch 4G phone, which costs $499.

Amador, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, uses a laptop at home and a desktop in his store to run his business and update his Facebook accounts. One for personal use and one for his customers.

“For the Latino community,” he says, “people without Internet are missing about 65 percent of the opportunities in life.” Utopian idea The early days of the Internet were filled with visions of a Utopian space where race would disappear, famously captured by a 1993 New Yorker cartoon with one pooch sitting at a computer saying to another, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” But the reality has turned out much differently, says Peter Chow-White, an assistant communications professor at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and co-author of the forthcoming anthology “Race After the Internet.” He says there is “absolutely” still a racial divide online, in terms of broadband access and the ability of blacks and Latinos to make their voices widely heard. go to site mytouch 4g review

That’s what danah boyd found as she documented a form of “white flight” among teenagers from MySpace to Facebook in 2006-07.

A social-media researcher for Microsoft and a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, boyd interviewed teens in 17 states and spent more than 2,000 hours observing online practices.

She found that black youth were more likely to be on MySpace, while whites were leaving what some called MySpace’s “ghetto” environment for Facebook. Although few white teens explicitly said they were leaving MySpace to get away from blacks or Latinos, she said their comments were often closely tied to race and class.

“The higher castes of high school moved to Facebook,” one 17-year-old told her. “It was more cultured, and less cheesy. The lower class usually were content to stick to MySpace.” These movements “reflected a reproduction of social categories that exist in schools throughout the United States. Because race, ethnicity and socio-economic status shape social categories, the choice between MySpace and Facebook became racialized,” boyd wrote in an article to be published in “Race After the Internet.” Facebook, MySpace Today, Facebook has eclipsed MySpace in popularity, and Facebook says that blacks are about 11 percent of all U.S. Facebook users. But no ethnic group has increased its Facebook usage more than Hispanics, which went from about 3 percent to 9 percent of U.S. users since 2006, according to the site’s own analysis.

Amador says this trend, along with more Internet access in general, is speeding up the process of assimilation for Latinos by connecting them to their friends and families back home.

“When you’re far away from something, you have a strong feeling for it, and you want it more,” he says. “But now that we can get closer to those things, it makes us much more comfortable here.” CAPTION(S):

Frank Franklin Ii / The Associated Press: Tyrell Coley, 21, of Queens, N.Y., holds his iPhone displaying his Twitter account. For Coley, digital engagement mostly means entertainment. (0415375959) Matt Rourke / The Associated Press: Ritmo Records owner Miguel Amador meets with a customer in one of his Camden, N.J., stores. Most of his revenue used to come from CDs; now it’s mobile devices. (0415376798)



MCKENZIE NOT FIGHTING BELLEW

OVILL McKENZIE will not be challenging Tony Bellew for the vacant Commonwealth light-heavyweight title next month, despite reports claiming that the fight is on.

Instead, the Derby knockout artist who gets a British passport later this month is targeting winning the Lonsdale belt later this year.

McKenzie (18-9) proved he is of boxing’s most concussive punchers on Friday stopping Billy Boyle in Nottingham inside a round.

McKenzie, 30, will now have his next fight on April 23 on the undercard of Rendall Munroe’s WBC super-bantamweight title final eliminator against Victor Terrazas.

Promoter Frank Maloney: “With the right fights, Ovill can become a big attraction in Midlands and get attention all over Britain.

“Ovill is starting to shift tickets and his popularity is growing all the time. With the right fights he can become star.

“He has been offered a fight with Bellew in March, but it isn’t happening. Ovill is after the British title.”

Bellew was ringside for McKenzie’s triumph against Boyle and his behaviour angered the Prizefighter cruiserweight winner and his team.

Maloney added: “Bellew was out of order with his aggressive cut throat gestures and should know better than to behave like that towards another professional.

“Ovill should have been enjoying his moment of glory, but had to put up with the sort of behaviour seen in American gangster films.

“What has Ovill done wrong to upset Bellew in the past?

“His antics has made sure the fight doesn’t happen for now. I hope Bellew can dwell on the incident now and realise he was wrong.”

More details of Maloney’s mega St George’s Day show on April 23 will be announced next week

Commentary: Immigration and Naturalization Service underfunded and overtasked by Congress and special interest groups

NPR Morning Edition March 20, 2002 | BOB EDWARDS 00-00-0000 Commentary: Immigration and Naturalization Service underfunded and overtasked by Congress and special interest groups Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon BOB EDWARDS, host:

Commentator Jan Ting is a former assistant commissioner at the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He says the INS is an easy political target.

JAN TING:

Politicians of both parties have echoed President Bush in bemoaning the INS’ failure of this magnitude, but what exactly was the magnitude of this particular INS error compared to, say, the intelligence failure which allowed the September 11th attacks to happen? And it wasn’t the INS that issued visas allowing the hijackers to enter the US in the first place. Unlike those failures, the INS’ six-month delay in mailing its status-change confirmation harmed no one, except the agency itself. site immigration and naturalization

This is an agency that is constantly underfunded and overtasked by Congress. Perhaps it’s because Congress is under political pressure. The travel industry opposes any enforcement of immigration laws that threatens its cash flow. Airlines, hotels, restaurants and theme parks want the government to keep issuing tourist visas quickly, without hassling applicants. Even now, the travel industry defends the Visa Waiver Program it persuaded Congress to enact in 1986. That’s the program that let European passport holders Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker, and Richard Reid, the alleged shoe bomber, board airplanes bound for the US without having to apply for a US visa. web site immigration and naturalization

In 1996, universities, trade and vocational schools prevented the implementation of a law that called for monitoring student visa-holders. Congress caved in. So now no penalty can be imposed on the Florida flight school that completed flight training for two of the September 11th hijackers, even though the school hadn’t received notification from INS of their student status.

INS is a troubled, demoralized agency. Its problems are not going to be fixed by changing the lines on an organizational chart. It’ s time for Congress and the executive branch to make immigration law enforcement a national security priority. They need to repeal the Visa Waiver Program and resume requiring visas of foreigners before they board US-bound airplanes. US consular officers must take their time reviewing visa applications, and they must reject any about which they have the slightest uncertainty. Colleges and trade schools that fail to monitor foreign students must lose the right to enroll them and collect their tuition.

Congress has to stop burdening the INS with complicated, politically motivated, new amnesty programs. Only then, with additional funding for personnel and recruitment, can INS’ fundamental problems be addressed.

EDWARDS: The comments of Jan Ting, a professor at Temple University’ s Beasley School of Law.

The time is 29 minutes past the hour.

BOB EDWARDS



Rios Batters Teron in Three!!!

Brandon Rios made a statement in the Lightweight division as he pummeled one-time prospect Jorge Teron in round three of a scheduled ten round fight in McAlllen, Texas.

Rios landed heavy power shots over all three rounds as he constantly had Teron backpedaling away from a vicious assualt of hooks to the face. Teron started to bleed from nose in round two as Rios was relentless in his attack. Rios started round three by landing a hard right that backed Teron into the ropes that was follwed by a huge left that sent the mouthpiece of Teron flying out of his mouth. After a brief break to put the mouthpiece in, Rios landed a barrage of punches that made referee Lupe Garcia step in and stop the bout at 1:13 of round three.

Rios, 135 lbs of Oxnard, CA is now 24-0-1 with seventeen knockouts. Teron, 6’0″ 134 1/2 lbs of Bronx, NY took many shots and didn’t go down but is now 23-2-1.

Tomas Villa scored a tenth round disqualification over Juan Ruiz in the final scheduled round of their Featherweight fight.

It was an entertaining battle with both guys giving supreme effort as well as both having moments in the fight. In round ten, Ruiz and Villa were in a clinch and when referee Rafael Ramos tried to break them, Ruiz threw two punches towards Villa and thats when Ramos called a halt to the action at the :18 mark.

Villa is now 21-6-4. Ruiz is 23-6

Jerry Belmontes was cut on the top of his forehead from a first round butt from Morris Chile but Belmontes stuck it out and won a workmanlike unanimous decision in a six round Featherweight bout.

Scores were 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55 for Belmontes, 126 1/2 lbs of Corpus Christie, TX and is now 11-0. Chule, 126 1/2 lbs of Nairobi, Kenya is now 7-9-1.

I’LL DITCH MY 7-YEAR ITCH; SPL CRUNCH NIGHT…(Sport)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) January 26, 2011 Byline: Anthony Haggerty ST JOHNSTONE v MOTHERWELL Tonight, McDiarmid Park, 7.45 STEVEN HAMMELL thought he’d be starting from scratch tonight after curing his seven-year scoring itch against Hibs – until team-mate Jamie Murphy robbed him of the goal.

Defender Hammell believed he’d ended his epic Motherwell drought during Saturday’s 2-1 win when his free-kick seemed to elude everybody and go straight into the net.

However, striker Murphy claimed the deftest of flicks with his head a nd even though the referee credited Hammell with the effort it was eventually awarded to his team-mate.

Hammell, left, confessed he has been ribbed mercilessly about it and revealed his lack of goals in claret and amber is even harder to stomach because he rattled in five at Southend where he spent just 18 months.

Banter He said: “I don’t know how he managed it but Murph somehow got it. go to web site 7 year itch

“It seems you just put your hand up and claim it these days and you get awarded the goals.

“I’ve watched it back and it’s a hard one. There’s been a bit of banter and my last goal was against Partick seven years ago.

“I scored five in my year and a half away from here so I don’t know what it is about Motherwell. It’s a bit puzzling but I just don’t seem to score.

“In my mind I scored at the weekend though so nobody is taking that one away from me.

“The referee put it in his report that it was my goal but that was probably because during every break of play I was in his ear telling him it was mine.

“I should score more goals but it doesn’t bother me too much. As long as we are defending well and keeping clean sheets that will do for me.” Motherwell travel to McDiarmid Park on SPL duty tonight and gaffer Stuart McCall is aiming to get one over a good pal who made a big impression on him as a rookie during their Ibrox days together.

McCall said: “I have a lot of time for Saints boss Derek McInnes and he is a good friend.

“I kept in touch with him and even went to watch a few players for him down south.

“Derek is a terrific lad who has done well and I am not surprised he has been linked with moves away from St Johnstone. He has settled into management well and he was always a great kid.

Tips “What struck me about Derek when he came to Ibrox was that he never thought he had made it when he arrived at Rangers.

“He never once got carried away with the whole Rangers thing, unlike a lot of youngsters.

“Derek always sought out help and advice and wanted to learn. That has continued throughout his career. I might have to phone him for some tips and see how to beat Rangers in Sunday’s League Cup semi-final.” Before then St Johnstone have to be taken care of and McCall is determined to build momentum with back-to-back wins tonight after securing his first victory as Well gaffer on Saturday.

McCall said: “Beating Hibs was huge for us because I had noticed we had gone 10 weeks without a win at home. see here 7 year itch

“Even though we had won in the cup at Dundee it starts to prey on your mind a bit as you begin slipping down the table so it was a result we needed.

“Hopefully we can kick on from here now.

“We have to aim to be in the top six but there will be a lot of clubs from Kilmarnock right down to Hibs who will fancy their chances of doing the same.

“Every club is chasing that but if we get a result at St Johnstone it would be beneficial in helping us achieve that target.” BET BOX Saints haven’t beaten Motherwell at home since 1998 so expect Stuart McCall’s men to arrive in Perth full of confidence. Well to score first pays 21-20. Mr Fixit CAPTION(S):

WELL CRAFTY: Murphy parties after denying pal Hammell, below, a rare goal



Valero retains title after Demarco quits after nine


Edwin Valero made a splash in his first premium cable performance of his career as showed newly added slick defense and boxing skills, incredible heart and courage and landed enough power shots to force Antonio DeMarco to quit on his stool to retain the WBC Lightweight title in Monterrey, Mexico

The heart and courage aspect took place early as an inadvertent elbow landed on the right side of Valero’s forehead and a deep, nasty gash was formed on Valero. That only seemed to light a fire under Valero but instead of turning into the man who was the all out knockout artist but as a slick boxer who paid very much attention to detail, ring generalship and combination punching. Valero continued to do that after the balance of the and landing some hard straight lefts while getting out of the way of any return fire in a Whitakeresque motion as he was lsick with both head and body movement

Vaero mixed it up to the bosy as well as the head while Demarco was able to land some but very few shots of note and seemed to lose steam in the later rounds.

DeMarco gave himself one more round following the eighth as he looked like a spent fighter and he had little success in the ninth and rather then to come out and face more punishment he decided to fight another day giving Valero the well earned an impressive victory.

Valero, 135 lbs of Miranda, Venezuela kept his perfect knockout streak alive at 27-0 with twenty seven knockouts. DeMarco, 135 lbs of Tijuana, Mexico is now 23-2-1

“This was definitely my best performance,’’ said the 5-foot-7½-inch, 28-year- old Valero after making the second title defense of the 135-pound belt he won in April 2009. “I learned I have to pace myself and can’t just come out in the beginning rounds so aggressively.

“I have to save some of that for the later rounds.”

Valero, the busier fighter throughout, connected with many powerful combinations upstairs and to the body, and was as strong in the last round as he was in the first.

“I wasn’t surprised the fight lasted nine rounds. I was expecting it to last the full 12,’’ he said. “I knew I had to keep doing what I was doing in order to win. They thought I wasn’t a boxer and that I couldn’t deal with his reach. They didn’t know that I was a lateral fighter. I showed them that I had a better defense and better legs.’’

A heretofore unknown despite his amazing knockout record – he won his initial 17 starts by first-round knockout — Valero was ecstatic after his debut on SHOWTIME.

“A star is born,” he smiled. “In me, the people have a great boxing champion and with tonight’s performance they have the proof. The fans now know that they will be happy to see my fights.’’

DeMarco fought patiently, perhaps too patiently. He lacked fire and intensity and seemed content to box and land an occasional single punch. If he was waiting for fatigue to set in with Valero, he still is.

“It wasn’t my night,” conceded the 5-foot-10, 24-year-old DeMarco, who entered the scheduled 12-rounder having won 12 and a row and going unbeaten in his last 16 (15-0-1) dating to May 2006. “He got the best of me. I went out there tonight to fight but my body did not respond.”

While dejected, DeMarco did not dispute his corner’s decision to halt the proceedings. “As a Mexican fighter, I did not want to quit, but my corner saw throughout the fight that Valero was the better fighter,’’ he said.’

Luis Carlos Abregu remained undefeated as he came back from a knockdown and score one of his own on the way to a unanimous decision over Richard Gutierrez in a ten round Welterweight bout.

Gutierrez drew first as he landed a perfect left hook that sent Abregu to the canvas in round two. In round three, Abregu landed a hard right hand that was followed by a couple of “cleanup” shots that sent Gutierrez to the deck. Gutierrez ate a few more hard shots but somehow got out the round. Abregi started bozing and landed some nice combinations and boxed weel for the next several rounds.

In round seven, an accidental headbutt caused a cut over the left eye of Abregu. The doctor looked at the cut and Abregu was deemed fit to continue and cruised down the stretch to win by scores of 98-90, 97-97 and 97-91.

Abregu, 147 lbs of Salta, Argentina is now 29-0. Gutierrez, 147 lbs of Miami, FL is now 24-4-1-1.

“I came in knowing that Gutierrez was tough,” said Abregu, who showed surprisingly good boxing skills, movement and defense. “He’s shown it in all his past fights. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy.

“I hurt both my hands in this fight, but whatever injury it is, it was worth it. This was a very hard fight and I am very proud of my performance. I won like I’d hoped. I wanted to be the best man tonight and I was.”



ENNIS; DAWEJKO; HUNTER; GUSTAFSON AND CRUZ SCORE EXPLOSIVE KNOCKOUTS AT A SOLD OUT BLUE HORIZON


PHILADELPHIA (FEBRUARY 6TH, 2010)—Despite warnings of two plus feet of snow, it was standing room only at The Legendary Blue Horizon and those fans who braved the elements were rewarded with one of the most action filled boxing cards that was reminiscent of the days that made The Legendary Blue Horizon the world’s number one boxing venue.

This night was part of the annual Valentine’s Day Special show promoted by Vernoca L. Michael and Blue Horizon Boxing Inc.

The American Red Cross was present and fans donated money to help the relief efforts in the Earthquake ravaged country of Haiti.

In the main event, USBA Jr. Middleweight champion Derek “Pooh” Ennis tuned up for a spring title defense by dropping Edwin Vazquez twice in round five with a vicious body assault to score a knockout at 1:26 of that round in their scheduled eight round non title clash.

Ennis showed tremendous hand speed and clearly worked the body behind a solid jab. Vazquez showed a lot of heart and determination as he would not only mock Ennis but try to start some offense for himself.

In round five, Ennis dropped Vazquez with a blistering left to the body and moments later he did the same thing to the other side of Vazquez’ body with the right and the fight called off.

In one of the most anticipated undercard bouts, Former World Junior Amateur champion Joey Dawejko of Philadelphia needed just forty-seven seconds to dispose of Ricardo Johnson.

Dawejko landed a perfect counter right hand that thrilled the crowd that was heavily supporting the nineteen year old from the Tacony section of town.

Dawejko is now 2-0.

Former U.S Olympic alternate, Eric “The Outlaw” drilled out former world title challenger Roberto Bonilla at the end of round one of their scheduled six round featherweight bout.

Hunter dominated the action with blazing handspeed until a left to the live put Bonilla down and out at end of the first stanza.

In the fight of the night, Jackie Davis scored a four round unanimous decision over Melisenda Perez in a ladies four round war.

The two traded shots and thrilled the crowd and the fighters received standing ovations throughout the fight.

Swedish heavyweight Andreas Gustafson moved to 4-0 with a stoppage over Levay King at the end of round two of their scheduled four round bout.

Ronald Cruz scored an impressive third round knockout over the experienced Martinus Clay in a scheduled six round bout.

FULL RESULTS

6 ROUNDS FEATHERWEIGHTS—Eric Hunter (12-5, 5 KO’s) 125 lbs of Philadelphia KO 1 (3:00) over Roberto Bonilla (22-12) 124 lbs of Ciudad Sandino, NIC

8 Rounds JR MIDDLEWEIGHTS—Derek Ennis (20-2-1, 13 KO’s) 154 lbs of Philadelphia TKO 5 (1:26) over Edwin Vazquez (22-15-2) 150 lbs of Santurce, PR

6 ROUNDS WELTERWEIGHT—Ronald Cruz (8-0, 5 KO’s) of Bethlehem, PA KO 3 (1:57) over Martinus Clay (13-24-4) 148 ½ lbs of Philadelphia

4 ROUNDS FEMALE WELTERWEIGHTS—Jackie Davis (4-0) 146 ½ lbs of Philadelphia U DEC over Melisenda Perez (6-2) 149 lbs of Kansas City, MO…scores were40-36; 40-36 and 39-37

4 ROUNDS HEAVYWEIGHTS—Joey Dawejko (2-0, 1 KO) 224 ½ lbs of Philadelphia KO 1 (:47) over Ricardo Johnson (1-1) 235 lbs of Cincinnati, OH

4 ROUNDS HEAVYWEIGHTS—Andreas Gustafson (4-0, 2 KO’s) 236 lbs of Norrkoping, Sweden KO (end of 2nd) over Levay King (0-2) 231 ½ lbs of PA

4 ROUNDS JR WELTERWEIGHTS—Clement Bethea (1-0) 139 lbs of Philadelphia, PA SPLT DEC over Henry Northan (0-2) 137 lbs of Philadelphia…Scores were 39-37; 39-37 for Bethea; 39-37 for Northan

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ADAMEK TAKES ON ESTRADA TONIGHT ON GFL

NEWARK, NJ (FEBRUARY 6TH, 2009)—Tomaz Adamek battles former United States Olympian Jason Estrada in a twelve round Heavyweight clash at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

All the action can be seen live on the world (except in Poland and South Africa) number site for streaming LIVE sports, www.gofightlive.tv

For just $9.99 fans can witness a 5 bout card beginning at 8pm.

WEIGHTS FOR CARD
Tomasz Adamek 220 ½ – Jason Estrada 237
Sadam Ali 145 – Jason Thompson 146
Peter Quilin 163 ½ – Fernando Zuniga 164
Patrick Majewski 165 – Anthony Pietrantonio 164
Dennis Douglin 162 – Eddie Hunter 167

An exciting card is on hand, including the IBF Heavyweight International Championship fight featuring Tomasz “Goral” Adamek, Gilowice, Poland & Jersey City, NJ, 39-1, 27 KO’s, vs. Jason “Big Six” Estrada, Providence, R.I., 16-2, 4 KO’s.

With a win, Adamek could be eyeing an April 24th showdown with Chris Arreola.

Before that, he cannot look past Estrada , who himself is a distinguished boxer and will be looking to spring the upset in order to facilitate his career towards Heavyweight glory.

He will have to withstand the nonstop assault of Adamek who is always in an exciting fight. That never say die style catapulted him to two world titles and has his eyes on the big Heavyweight prize.

Adamek and Estrada will look to wage war in front of over 10,000 fans in New Jersey where the action will be hot and furious

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Statement from Michael Katsidis


Hi everyone ! here is Michaels statement !
Today i propose a challenge to to Juan Diaz !
This is your lifeline ! Lets play who wants to be a millionaire !
It is your turn to phone a friend , call Golden boy and lets make this happen !
Since our last fight i have regained the WBO Lightweight championship of the world !
There has been talk for a bout against Robert Guerrero , a junior lightweight with little interest to me and nothing to gain !
Instead i choose a greater task with a personal meaning !
I propose to come Houston on the 27th of march and put everything i have gained on the line !
Juan this is your opportunity and i ask for a public response within the next 24 hours to show your willingness to accept this challenge !
With confidence , I will abide , come to Houston and and in front of 15000 or more fans defend my title !
MICHAEL KATSIDIS .



Joshua Clottey workout Photo Gallery

#1 Contender Joshua Clottey,Ghana hits the mitts with cornerman Bismarck Bruce as he prepares for his upcoming World Welterweight championship against Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao,General Santos City,Philippines. Top Rank’s “The Event”, will be held on Saturday,March 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas,Texas and televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View.

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Hernandez drills out Corley in Five!!!!

Freddy Hernandez scored a fifth round stoppage over former WBO Jr. Welterweight champion DeMarcus Corleyat 1:48 of a scheduled ten round Welterweight bout at the Chumash Hotel and Resort in Santa Ynez, California.

The two combatants fought very hard over the first four rounds with each guy taking turns controlling the action. Hernandez had a decided size advantage and in round five landed a booming right that froze Corley before he plummeted to the canvas for which referee Pat Russell stopped the fight.

Hernandez, 148 lbs of Lynwood, CA is now 28-1-1 with nineteen knockouts. Corley, 143 lbs of Washington, DC is 36-13-1.

“My corner kept telling me to throw the right hand more and pick up the pace,’’ said Hernandez, who came out for the fifth with renewed intensity. “We’d seen tapes and saw where Corley slowed down a little after three or four rounds.

“His experience gave me lots of difficulties. That and the fact he was a southpaw and that we only had a week’s notice to prepare. I fought a southpaw before (Damian Frias on Oct. 23, 2009, on ShoBox) but I had a month to prepare for that. I cut in all my fights so I wasn’t concerned about them.

“This is definitely my biggest victory. To knock out an experienced former champion who never gets knocked out is great.’’

“I got caught, simple as that,’’ Corley said. “It happens to the best. Instead of me going bing, bing, bing (punches) and moving out of range, I went bing, bing, bing and stood up and got caught with a clean shot. Until then, I was frustrating him and fighting my fight.

“But I’m not going anywhere. As soon as I can return to the gym, I will. I’m definitely going to fight again.’’

Francisco Contreras scored an emphatic first round stoppage over Juan Castaneda in a scheduled eight round Jr. Welterweight bout.

Contreras jabbed early until he landed a big right hand that wobbled Castaneda before two more shots put Castaneda down for the ten count at 1:38 if round one.

Contreras, 136 1/2 lbs of Irvington, NJ is now 13-0 with twelve knockouts. Castaneda, 137 lbs of La Paz, Mexico is now 16-3-1.

“I am happy to get this win.’’ the 5-foot-10-inch, 25-year-old Contreras said. “All the shots I was hitting him with were solid. It’s too bad for him he couldn’t continue, but if he had gotten back up, I would have knocked him down again.’’

Castaneda said he felt he twisted his ankle just before he got hit and again after he hit the canvas. “This is really a tough way to lose. I hope he’ll give me a rematch,’’ the 5-foot-7, 26-year-old’ Castaneda said. He got me with a great shot and I wanted to get up and keep fighting. But I just couldn’t.’’



Weights from Newark, NJ—Adamek-Estrada Saturday night on gofightlive.tv


RED BLUE

6 Rounds – Light Heavyweights

Ismayl Sillakh vs. Larry Pryor

Ukraine 7:10PM Start Time Houston, TX

9-0, 8 KO’s 6-5, 4 KO’s

185 -1/2lbs – Red 188 ½ lbs Yellow/black

4 Rounds – Cruiserweights

Patrick Farrell vs. Jon Schneider

Jersey City, NJ Bronx, NY

4-0, 3 KO’s 7-4-1, 5 KO’s

202lbs – Black/gold/green 192lbs – Gold/black

6 Rounds – Jr. Middleweights

Denis Douglin vs. Eddie Hunter

Morganville, NJ 8:00PM – GFL Seattle, WA

6-0, 3 KO’s 3-1-1, 1 KO

162 lbs – Blue Plaid 167 lbs – Black/White

6 Rounds – Super Middleweights

Przemyslaw Majewski vs. Anthony Pietrantonio

Random, Poland 8:30PM Youngstown, OH

11-0, 7 KO’s 6-3, 5 KO’s

165 lbs – red/white 164 lbs – Black

10 Rounds – Super Middleweights

Peter Quillin vs. Fernando Zuniga

Brooklyn , NY 9:00PM (EST) – Polsat live Ecuador

20-0, 15 KO’s 28-9, 20 KO’s

163 -1/2 lbs – Brown/White 164 lbs – Gray

4 Rounds – Junior Welterweights

Sadam Ali vs. Jason Thompson

Brooklyn, NY LIVE SWING Brooklyn, NY

4-0, 2 KO’s 5-4-1, 4 KO’s

145 lbs – Yemen/USA 146 lbs – Blue

12 Rounds – IBF Heavyweight International Championship

Tomasz Adamek vs. Jason Estrada

Gilowice, Poland Providence, RI

39-1, 27 KO’s 16-2, 4 KO’s

2200 ½ lbs – Red/white 237 lbs – Black/Red



‘Big Six’ tones up for Adamek–SATURDAY NIGHT ON GOFIGHTLIVE.TV


Providence, R.I., native and former 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada, left, stares down IBF International Heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek at the conclusion of Friday’s weigh-in at the Prudential Center. The two will face one another Saturday night with Adamek’s title on the line.

Estrada weighs in at a record-low for Saturday’s title bout

NEWARK, N.J. (Feb. 5, 2010) — On the eve of the biggest fight of his career, Jason “Big Six” Estrada is in the best shape of his life.

The former 2004 U.S. Olympian clocked in at a lean 237 pounds Friday at the weigh-in for his IBF International Heavyweight championship bout against Polish champion Tomasz Adamek, which will take place tomorrow night at the Prudential Center.

Until Friday, Estrada (16-2, 4 KOs) had never weighed in at less than 239 pounds in his professional career, but with eight weeks to train for this fight, he is in peak physical condition as he prepares to face the hard-punching champion in front of what figures to be a pro-Adamek crowd.

“I’ve never had this much time to train for a fight,” Estrada said. “I’ve always been told three weeks or four weeks (in advance). I’ve never had eight weeks. Never.

“You can always add more to your plate. I’ve never had a problem working hard, especially when it’s such a big opportunity.”

While Adamek is already looking ahead to a bout with heavyweight challenger Chris Arreola, Estrada is hoping to use his speed, footwork and experience at the heavyweight level to pull off the upset. A former cruiserweight world champion, Adamek (39-1, 27 KOs) has fought just once as a heavyweight, knocking out 42-year-old Andrew Golota in October.

“Golota was a big heavyweight in his day — a big puncher and a big, strong guy — but that is not the same Golota,” Estrada said. “To me that’s not really a fight that I would take as a justification to fight me in the heavyweight division. Maybe [Adamek] should have fought someone else.”

Adamek weighed in at 220 1/2 pounds Friday. Saturday’s “Heavy Artillery” show, promoted by Main Events and Ziggy Promotions in association with Classic Entertainment & Sports, begins at 7 p.m.



BOOTH: MASH MARSH AND I’LL RETIRE HAPPY

JASON BOOTH insists he will walk away from boxing a happy man if he wins a London belt outright tomorrow night (5th Feb).

Booth, 32, makes the third defence of his super-bantamweight crown when he faces Matthew Marsh (13-1) at Nottingham’s Harvey Hadden Centre, meaning the belt will be his for keeps if he wins.

It will be his 16th major title fight in a rollercoaster career spanning almost 14 years.

Booth says: “”If I could win the Lonsdale belt outright I will have achieved what I wanted to when I started out and I’ll be happy with that.

“I would like to go further, but anything after this is a bonus.”

Booth capitalised on Marsh’s misfortune last year, when the Londoner gave up this title because of weight-making problems.

Booth won the vacant crown against Mark Moran last April and has looked impressive in subsequent defences against Rocky Dean and Michael Hunter.

Booth, beaten just five times in 39 fights added: “I don’t think a lot of Marsh, but I know he is going to try, come forward and has a winning mentality.”

Marsh’s trainer Johnny Eames believes Marsh’s weight making problems are a thing of the past, after he started working with a professor who is a specialist in dietary problems.

He said: “Matthew needed a rest from boxing last year because all he has done since he was 12-years-old was making weight.

“He took a few months out of the gym and now has got professional advice and is doing the weight properly.”

“There is no way Booth can beat him over 12 rounds and everybody at the gym has piled on Matthew to win on points at 10-1.”

Tickets for the star studded Nottingham show priced £35 and £85 are available from www.frankmaloney.com and 0871 226



ERIC “OUTLAW” HUNTER ADDED TO A LOADED CARD THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE LEGENDARY BLUE HORIZON


PHILADELPHIA (February 4, 2010)—What do you get when you have a boxing card that features the Former World Jr. Amateur champion, European Amateur Champion; The USBA Jr. Middleweight champion; A U.S. Olympic Alternate; National Woman’s Amateur champion; An undefeated (7-0) Welterweight plus two potential slugfests featuring four Philly fighters?

All those ingredients will be stirred up into one boxing card this Friday night at The Legendary Blue Horizon that will make up the annual Valentine’s Day show.

The card is promoted by Vernoca L. Michael and Blue Horizon Boxing Inc.

The American Red Cross will be present and is encouraging the boxing fans of Philadelphia to help in the relief efforts after the devastating earthquake in Haiti that took place last month.

Just added today, former U.S. Olympic Alternate, Eric “The Outlaw” Hunter will take on former world title challenger Roberto Bonilla in a six round Featherweight bout.

The main event will feature USBA Jr. Middleweight champion, Derek “Pooh” Ennis battling Edwin Vazquez in a non-title bout scheduled for eight rounds.

Hunter, of Philadelphia has a record of 11-1 with four knockouts is still regarded as one of the top Featherweight prospects as the “Outlaw” is still just twenty-three years old and six straight wins since his only blemish when he dropped a six round split decision to Carlos Vinan back in 2007.

Hunter was a 2004 United States Olympic Alternate after he racked an amazing 187-4 record as an amateur.

Bonilla of Nicaragua has a record of 22-11 with thirteen knockouts and will defiantly present a test stern test for Hunter as Bonilla has fought some of the biggest names of the lower weight classes.

In Bonilla’s eighth fight he scored a sixth round knockout over former world title challenger Adonis Cruz (31-5-2).

Bonilla has shared the ring with Joel Luna Zarate (33-3-2); former IBF Bantamweight champion Luis Perez (19-1); Perennial contender Ricardo Vargas (36-9-3); in back to fights he lost to former world title challengers Evert Briceno (15-0) and Cecilio Santos (14-3-2).

The tough sledding was only just beginning for Bonilla as he has dropped five straight but to look at those five opponents any boxing fan could tell that Bonilla has been thrown to the wolves as that list reads:

In a bid to win the WBA Super Bantamweight title, Bonilla was defeated by top-ten pound for pound fighter Celestino Caballero (23-2); Former World Title challenger Rey Bautista (19-0); Former two-time world champion Oscar Larios (56-5-1); Daniel Diaz (14-1) and in Bonilla’s most recent bout he dropped a ten round unanimous decision to former world champion Eric Morel (40-2) on March 28, 2009.

In the main event, Ennis (19-2-1, 12 KO’s) takes on Vazquez (22-14-2, 8 KO’s)

Undefeated Welterweight, Ronald Cruz (7-0, 4 KO’s) takes on the upset specialist Martinus Clay (13-23-4, 5 KO) in a six round bout.

Former World Junior Amateur champion Joey Dawejko (1-0) makes his long awaited area debut when he takes on Ricardo Johnson (1-0) in a four round Heavyweight bout.

In what looks to be a Cruiserweight slugfest of Philadelphians, Tim Johnson (4-1, 2 KO’s) takes on Charles Hayward (2-2, 1 KO) in a bout scheduled for four rounds

Former European Heavyweight amateur champion, Andreas Gustafsson of Sweden, who holds an amateur win over currant WBA Heavyweight champion David Haye, will risk his 3-0 record against Levay King (0-1) in a Heavyweight bout scheduled for four rounds.

In a battle of Philadelphia Jr. Welterweights, Clemente Bethea makes his pro debut against Henry Northan (0-1) in a bout scheduled for four rounds.

Former U.S. ladies Amateur champion, Jackie Davis (3-0) takes on Melisenda Perez (6-1, 4 KO’s) in a bout scheduled for four rounds in the Welterweight division

QUOTES FROM WEDNESDAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE

Billy Briscoe (Trainer for Martinus Clay)—Martinus will fight anybody. It doesn’t matter because a fight is a fight. He will take this young boy into deep waters and drown him. Cruz will find out how tough it is to go from fighting somebody who is 1-4 to someone who has forty fights and who has fought some of the best fighters on the planet

Clemente Bethea—I am excited to what I have to do. I would like to thank promoter Vernoca Michael, who has already made an impact on me and things I need to do outside the ring.

Charles Heyward—I have trained extra hard for this fight. Tim Johnson better watch out on Friday night.

Joey Dawejko—I am really looking forward to my hometown debut.

Local Sports caster Keith Russell of ABC 6 will be a guest ring announcer

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Ticket prices for this great night of boxing are $200 for Queen Seating, $125 for Presidential Seats, $65 for VIP Seating, $55 for Ringside Seating and $45 for General Admission Seating. Tickets can be purchased by calling 215-763-0500 or through PayPal by clicking www.legendarybluehorizon.com/html/tickets.html Doors open at 6:30 PM / First Bout begins at 7:30 P.M.

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NYC’S HUSTLER HONEYS INVADE ATLANTIC CITY–FIGHT TO BE SHOWN LIVE ON WWW.GOFIGHTLIVE.TV


On Saturday night Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club – NYC, Hustler Honeys will be out in full force at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, adding to what is an already exciting night of fights being presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing. Headlining the show will be an exciting ten round welterweight showdown between Atlantic City’s own Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez (20-2, 11KO) and knockout artist Alexis Camacho (17-2, 16KO). Also on the card will be the always entertaining Vinny Maddalone (32-6, 23KO) taking on Dominique Alexander (19-7-1, 9KO), as well as number of the area’s up and coming talent.

Kicking off the show will be a pre-event party from 5:30-7pm, featuring a meet and greet for guests with the fighters on the card, promoter Joe DeGuardia, as well as all of the Hustler Honeys. Complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served throughout.

Following the meet and greet, the fights will begin shortly after at 7:30pm. During the fight’s the Hustler Honeys will continue their meet and greet with the fans in attendance as well as serve the beautiful ring card girls for the evening’s night of fights.

The Tropicana Casino and Resort is located at 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ and can be contacted by calling (609) 340-4000. The show, promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will be shown live on GoFightLive.tv. Tickets are priced at $100 (ringside), $50 and $30 with a limited number of V.I.P. packages available at $200. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Star Boxing office at (718) 823-2000 or visiting www.starboxing.com. Tickets may also be purchased at any Ticketmaster outlet, www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Tropicana North Tower Box Office.

ABOUT STAR BOXING:

Star Boxing, Inc. has been in operation since 1992. Star Boxing has worked to produce some of the most exciting and memorable boxing events in recent history. Star has continued to work with and develop a number of very exciting world champions, world rated contenders and young prospects. Star has consistently brought credibility, integrity, and exciting fights to the boxing industry. For more information on Star Boxing, visit the official website at www.starboxing.com.

ABOUT HUSTLER CLUB-NYC:

Opened approximately six years ago, Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club has become the pre- eminent upscale adult men’s cabaret in Manhattan. Fortified by the internationally- known Hustler brand, this venue has become the Mecca for New York’s sports and entertainment elite. It features floating balconies, VIP suites and the nation’s only heated roof deck and cigar lounge, complete with pay per view wide-screen television. Last but not least, the Hustler Honeys are amazing entertainers, creating an erotic experience to remember.

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The Tropicana Casino & Resort is a 24-hour gaming destination located on the beach and Boardwalk. Featuring more than 2,100 rooms and suites and home of The Quarter, a 200,000 square foot entertainment complex, Tropicana is the premier resort in Atlantic City. With more than 20 restaurants, 25 shops, 12 bars and lounges, 2 pools, an IMAX Theatre and a spa, Tropicana is consistently rated as the “Must-See Attraction” in Atlantic City. For more information, visit the new official Web Site at www.tropicana.net For more exclusive discounts, current information, pictures, and video, be sure to check out the Tropicana on the Web at www.facebook.com/TropAC or follow us on Twitter twitter.com/TropicanaAC.

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MIKE JONES BACK IN CAMP FOR FEB. 27 FIGHT WITH BRUSELES

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Unbeaten Mike Jones, of North Philadelphia, has settled into training camp 30 miles outside of Philadelphia in Langhorne, PA, for his Feb. 27 match at Bally’s Atlantic City, NJ, with former world-title challenger Henry Bruseles, of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, for the North American Boxing Association (NABA) welterweight title. Jones splits his workouts between the Newtown Athletic Club in Newtown, PA, and the Hard Rock Gym in Langhorne.

Jones, 27, is ranked No. 8 by the World Boxing Association (WBA), No. 11 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF), No. 16 by the World Boxing Council (WBC). His 19-0 record includes 16 knockouts.

Bruseles, 29, is 28-3-1, 15 K0s. He has won his last seven fights, scoring wins over Ben Tackie, Wilfredo Negron, Mario Ramos and Robert Frankel. Bruseles has been stopped once, by Floyd Mayweather.

Two other major fights on the card feature: Kendall Holt, of Paterson, NJ, vs. Kaizer Mabuza, of Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 rounds, IBF junior welterweight eliminator; Saul Roman, of Tijuana, Mexico, vs. Gabriel Rosado, of Philadelphia, PA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights.

Four preliminary fights complete the show, which begins at 8pm.

The Jones-Bruseles fight and the Roman-Rosado fight will be televised live by Fox Sports Espanol and Fox Sports Net (FSN) beginning at 10 pm as part of the Top Rank Live series.

Top Rank in association with Peltz Boxing is promoting the show.

Tickets are priced at $50 and $75. They are on sale at the offices of Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc. (215-765-0922) or online at www.peltzboxing.com.



‘Big Six’ puts pride on the line


NEWARK, N.J. (Feb. 4, 2010) — This is more than just a shot at a heavyweight title for Jason “Big Six” Estrada. A victory for Estrada over Tomasz Adamek on Saturday night would also be a win for his fellow Olympic teammates who’ve ventured into the professional ranks.

“I want to thank all of the Polish people that have come here to support Tomasz Adamek,” Estrada’s promoter, Jimmy Burchfield of Classic Entertainment & Sports, said during Wednesday’s press conference, “but Jason ‘Big Six’ Estrada is fighting for the United States of America.

“He’s fighting for his classmates of the 2004 Olympiad. He’s fighting for every future, past and present Olympian. We don’t come to this fight as an opponent. We come to fight. We come to win.”

Estrada, a 2004 U.S. Olympian, is 16-2 as a pro with four knockouts. Adamek, a former cruiserweight world champion now competing as a heavyweight, is 39-1 with 27 knockouts. Saturday’s IBF International Heavyweight title bout will take place at the Prudential Center.

“Funny thing is when I was playing video games as a light heavyweight I was always playing as Tomasz Adamek,” Estrada said. “[I] loved his style and I still love what he did in the light heavy and cruiserweight division, but this is a different story. He’s among big boys now and it will be over his head to fight people like me. Experience, ring ability — everything is on my side.”

Adamek, a man of few words, has predicted a lopsided victory and, in some circles, has guaranteed to knock out Estrada — something no one has done in Estrada’s amateur or professional career.

“Jason is a very unorthodox fighter for this weight class, buy I always believed that no matter who I’m fighting against, it is up to me if I win or lose,” Adamek said. “I know his strengths. I’m sure he thinks he knows my weaknesses, but whatever we are saying now makes no difference whatsoever. You can prove yourself in only one way — by winning. And this is exactly what I intend to do on Saturday.”

Unlike many of his past fights, Estrada has had eight weeks to prepare for Saturday’s bout, which, in addition to his experience as a heavyweight, could give him the edge . Those questions will be answered once the bell rings Saturday night.

“I see some of the media and HBO looking past Jason Estrada,” Burchfield said. “You are all making a big, big, big mistake. Jason’s won every amateur title you can imagine. He’s fought the real fighters, so this is going to be a real fight.”



QUOTES FROM FINAL ADAMEK – ESTRADA PRESS CONFERENCE—FIGHT TO BE BROADCAST SATURDAY ON WWW.GOFIGHTLIVE.TV


Kathy Duva, CEO Main Events –“Tomasz has to win against Jason Estrada before he can realize his dream of being the heavyweight champion. It’s a tremendous fight, people are watching it closely. We are delighted to be promoting it.”

“A lot of people are asking me why Tomasz took this fight. It is one of those fights where it seems as if we brought in a young guy who pretty much plays to Tomasz’s “not so strengths”; I don’t want to say weaknesses because I don’t think Tomasz has any of those! Jason’s got strength, he’s got speed, he’s got movement. He’s got a lot of the things that have given Tomasz problems in the past. This fight will give Tomas a good opportunity to deal with all those things.”

“Tomasz is never afraid, he amazes me. He goes into each fight calm and cool, and always confident that he will win. We all believe in him. We know he will give us another great fight, in exciting Adamek fashion and add another victory to his record.”

Tomasz Adamek – “I never underestimate anyone, ever. This is boxing; you have to be prepared every time because you can lose not only the fight but also your health. I know what’s at stake on Saturday – for me and for Jason.”

“I’m always asked if I feel worthy to be in the heavyweight division and my answer always is – just watch me fight and you’ll know the answer. I don’t expect anybody to respect me because I was champion in two other weight classes – just enjoy what you see when I’m in the ring. I did not lose any strength as compared to being a light heavyweight or cruiser weight. Contrary – fighting at my natural weight helped me be a better boxer. I expect to weigh around 222 pounds for the fight. That’s natural weight and power, zero loss of energy.”

“Mine will be a great mix of European and American style boxing because of my two trainers – Roger Bloodworth and Andrzej Gmitruk.“

“Jason is a very unorthodox fighter for this weight class, buy I always believed that no matter who I’m fighting against, it is up to me if I win or lose. I know his strengths; I’m sure he thinks he knows my weaknesses. But whatever we are saying now makes no difference whatsoever. You can prove yourself in only one way – by winning. And this is exactly what I intend to do on Saturday. Don’t blink, don’t miss a second”.

“I will win.”

Jason Estrada – “Funny thing is when I was playing video games as a light heavyweight I was always playing as Tomasz Adamek. Loved his style and I still love what he did in light heavy and cruiserweight division. But this is different story, he’s among big boys now and it will be over his head to fight people like me. Experience, ring ability – everything is on my side. He’s making a big error thinking that beating aging Golota makes him a good heavyweight. Not at all.”

“I also understand that he has to say the things he’s saying – about putting me on canvas, talking about other fights after fighting me. He has to believe it, but believing and doing it are two different things.”

“This was my best training camp ever – by far. More than 8 weeks of very hard work, no injuries, no problems. I’m in my prime, I have to prove this now and help Adamek to fight Steve Cunningham again – as a cruiserweight. After this fight he will be finished in my division. I will prove that those are not just words this coming Saturday.”

Jimmy Burchfield, CES – “Main Events is the greatest promotion company in the whole sport. They only made one mistake; and that was picking Jason Estrada!”

“I want to thank all of the Polish people that have come here to support Tomasz Adamek, but Jason “Big Six” Estrada is fighting for United States of America. He’s fighting for his classmates of the 2004 Olympians. He’s fighting for every future, past and present Olympian. We don’t come to this fight as an opponent. We come to fight, we come to win.”

“I see some of the media and HBO looking past Jason Estrada. You are all making a big, big, big mistake. Jason’s won every amateur title you can imagine. He’s fought the real fighters, so this is going to be a real fight.”

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Mayweather signs contract; Fight with Mosley on for May 1st


According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Floyd Mayweather finally signed his contract and his mega showdown with Shane Mosley is officially set for May 1st in Las Vegas.

“He signed. It’s going to be a great fight,” said Judd Burstein, who is the attorney for Mosley.

“Al Haymon’s word is gold to me. He told me personally,” Burstein said. “We spoke and he said Floyd signed. It was a short but happy conversation. Shane is excited. We all know it’s going to be a great fight.”

“This one is definitely for the fans as I wasn’t going to waste anyone’s time with a meaningless tune-up bout and asked to fight Shane immediately,” Mayweather said. “I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best. I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won’t be great enough to beat me.”

Said Mosley, “I have always wanted to fight Floyd and now it is finally coming true. I am already in great shape and ready to show everyone on May 1 that I am stronger, faster and better than he is. I will have no problem beating him.”

“Floyd has been trying to make this fight for the last 10 years, so he is extremely excited about the opportunity to face Shane,” said Leonard Ellerbe, a Mayweather adviser. “He can’t wait to extend his undefeated record and perform at the highest level. More importantly, he is also happy to set the precedent for random blood testing in order to ensure fair and safe contests for all fighters.

“When two champions of this caliber meet in the ring, you can expect nothing but excellence and that is what we are going to see on May 1,” said Richard Schaefer CEO of Golden Boy Promotions who will promote the fight. “Shane Mosley is one of the greatest fighters of this era and I commend him for not only agreeing to the fight against Mayweather, but also agreeing to participate in a testing process that can only help the integrity of the sport.”



PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF BOXING CONVERGE IN ATLANTIC CITY SATURDAY NIGHT—LIVE ON GOFIGHTLIVE.TV


This Saturday February 6th at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presents an exciting six bout card, headlined by Atlantic City’s own welterweight contender Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez (20-2, 11KO) taking on exciting knockout artist Alexis Camacho (17-2, 16KO) being shown live on GoFightLive.tv. The show certainly brings together the past, present and future of Boxing in Atlantic City, and the industry in general. The ‘time machine’ factor adds to the other elements of this show that make it a bit more special then just your ordinary night of boxing in Atlantic City.

For starters, Alexis Camacho, one of the main event participants, recently began working with legendary trainer, and New Jersey native, Lou Duva. This will be Camacho’s first fight with Duva as his trainer. Duva, is one of the biggest names in boxing history, having trained countless world champions throughout his career, including most notably two of boxing’s all-time greats, Pernell Whitaker and Evander Holyfield. Certainly, Duva has a longstanding history with the great past of Atlantic City.

The show Saturday night at the Tropicana will be the first professional boxing event held there in a long time. DeGuardia, who has consistently promoted shows throughout Atlantic City for years, hopes the success of the show Saturday night will be the first of a soon to be series of Star Boxing promoted events at the Tropicana.

In addition to DeGuardia’s own events with his company Star Boxing, he has plans with the newly formed Boxing Promoters Association (which DeGuardia serves as the President) to bring boxing back to what it once was in Atlantic City. DeGuardia feels in time Atlantic City will again become a true fight city, where many of boxing biggest fights once took place.

“On Saturday night, significant elements of the past, present and future of boxing will all be at the Tropicana Casino in Resort,” stated DeGuardia. “Lou Duva was around when boxing was at an all-time high in Atlantic City, now on Saturday night he brings in one of his newest bangers. For awhile now Star Boxing has been consistently promoting shows in Atlantic City, we usually try to do at least a handful year in and year out, but this is the first time we are doing a show at the Tropicana in four years. The Tropicana is one of the the hottest night spots in all of Atlantic City, and we are looking to build off the success of this show Saturday with the intent of creating a regular series there. Further, I strongly believe that the future of the sport will strongly be dictated by the newly formed Boxing Promoters Association (BPA), which includes over 30 of the top U.S. promoters. There is nothing like seeing a live boxing event and Saturday promises to live up to the tradition and history of boxing in Atlantic City. We at Star Boxing and the BPA in general, truly believe that boxing is going to continue to flourish, and the fan base is going to continue to grow. I am very excited with the progress we have made thus far since the creation this past summer, and equally as excited to be returning to the Tropicana, to present an exciting an action-packed night of boxing this Saturday night. I am optimistic about the future of boxing in Atlantic City.”

The Tropicana Casino and Resort is located at 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ and can be contacted by calling (609) 340-4000. Tickets are priced at $100 (ringside), $50 and $30 with a limited number of V.I.P. packages available at $200. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Star Boxing office at (718) 823-2000 or visiting www.starboxing.com. Tickets may also be purchased at any Ticketmaster outlet, www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Tropicana North Tower Box Office.

ABOUT STAR BOXING:
Star Boxing, Inc. has been in operation since 1992. Star Boxing has worked to produce some of the most exciting and memorable boxing events in recent history. Star has continued to work with and develop a number of very exciting world champions, world rated contenders and young prospects. Star has consistently brought credibility, integrity, and exciting fights to the boxing industry. For more information on Star Boxing, visit the official website at www.starboxing.com.

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The Tropicana Casino & Resort is a 24-hour gaming destination located on the beach and Boardwalk. Featuring more than 2,100 rooms and suites and home of The Quarter, a 200,000 square foot entertainment complex, Tropicana is the premier resort in Atlantic City. With more than 20 restaurants, 25 shops, 12 bars and lounges, 2 pools, an IMAX Theatre and a spa, Tropicana is consistently rated as the “Must-See Attraction” in Atlantic City. For more information, visit the new official Web Site at www.tropicana.net For more exclusive discounts, current information, pictures, and video, be sure to check out the Tropicana on the Web at www.facebook.com/TropAC or follow us on Twitter twitter.com/TropicanaAC.

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U.S. Olympian Sadam “World Kid” Ali Ready to go Saturday night in Newark–WATCH ON GFL


BROOKLYN (Feb. 2, 2010) – 2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam “World Kid” Ali recently completed a strong training camp and now he’s ready to go Saturday night against fellow Brooklyn welterweight Jason Thompson in Newark, New Jersey.

Ali puts his perfect pro record (4-0, 2 KOs) on the line versus Thompson (5-4-1, 4 KOs) in a 4-round bout on Saturday night’s “Heavy Artillery” card, headlined by Tomasz Adamek and Jason Estrada, at the Prudential Center.

THE FIGHT CAN BE VIEWED LIVE ON WWW.GOFIGHTLIVE.TV

“Everything was good leading up to this fight,” the 21-year-old Ali said. “I had good sparring that got me ready to go. I never underestimate anybody. As a boxer, anybody who has the heart and guts to get into the ring with me, I respect.”

Ali was the first Arab-American member of the U.S. Olympic Team, as well as the first New York City based member of the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team in 20 years.



Bute to defend against Miranda on April 17th


According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute will defend against former Middleweight title challenger Edison Miranda in April 17th in Bute’s adopted hometwon of Montreal.

“It will certainly be a pleasure for me to box again at the Bell Centre and to defend my title for the fifth time in front of my fans,” said Bute, a native of Romania based in Montreal. “I am taking Miranda very seriously. He demolished many good fighters and is a notorious puncher. I will have to keep my concentration level on high to stay champion.”

HBO will carry live coverage of the bout in the United States and hopes to pair it with Kelly Pavlik defending the middleweight championship against junior middleweight titleholder Sergio Martinez from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Pavlik-Martinez is still in negotiations.

“This is another shot for Edison and with his new trainer, I think we’ll do fine,”Said Leon Margules, who is Miranda’s co-promoter. “We’re excited about the fight. I think he can knock Bute out. Edison wants to show he belongs with the top 168-pounders and this is a great opportunity for him.”

Stephan Larouche, Bute’s trainer, said the styles of the two fighters — Bute being the skillful boxer and Miranda the brawler — should make for an entertaining fight.

“Styles make fights. I know this is a boxing cliché, but it’s the truth,” Larouche said. “Once again we have two world-class athletes with different styles that, when mixed together, have all the ingredients to explode. The fans are in for a treat.”



NEW ATTITUDE ALVAREZ WILL EMERGE SATURDAY NIGHT IN ATLANTIC CITY—FIGHT LIVE THIS SATURDAY ON WWW.GOFIGHTLIVE.TV


On Saturday February 6th, Atlantic City’s welterweight contender Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez (20-2, 11KO) will look to get his career back underway and once again begin his ascent into the upper echelon of the welterweight division when he takes on Mexican knockout artist, Alexis Camacho (17-2, 16KO). The show, promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, will take place at the Tropicana Casino and Resort and be broadcast live on GoFightLive.tv.
SHAMONE “THE TRUTH” ALVAREZ

The 33-year-old Alvarez began his professional career in 2002, and went onto to string together 19 consecutive victories, including picking up the WBO NABO welterweight title. In 2007 Alvarez squared off against Joshua Clottey in an official IBF title eliminator, dropping a decision to the eventual IBF welterweight champion.

After the loss Alvarez took some time off from the sport. He returned just under a year later to win a ten round decision over Terrance Cauthen in December of 2008.

The win over Cauthen put Alvarez in yet another official IBF title eliminator, this time against Delvin Rodriguez. The fight, which took place in March of last year, saw Alvarez lose a razor thin decision in a fight that many argued Alvarez could have won.

In October, Alvarez was scheduled to face undefeated Canadian contender Antonin Decarie (now 23-0), but the week of the fight, Alvarez injured his knee while running and had to pull out.

Alvarez is now back and according to the contender, more ready and hungrier than ever.

“This is my time,” stated Alvarez. “Physically and mentally I am one-hundred percent ready and focused to climb back into the world title picture. In both my losses I know what I did wrong and I have learned from them. You are going to see the old but at the same time the new and improved Shamone Alvarez when I get in that ring from now on. When I first came up I was very aggressive and took the fight right to my opponents. In my two losses my lack of aggressiveness cost me the fights, and cost me the world title opportunities. I’m on my third strike, trust me I don’t plan on striking out.”

In the fight against Camacho, Alvarez will be facing a big puncher and someone who will not be afraid to mix it up with him, something that Alvarez is well aware of, and looking forward to.

“I have watched tapes of him and I know that he can crack. You look at his record and you see that he obviously has some power but he has never been inside the ring with someone who is on my level. From what I have seen of him he is a typical Mexican style fighter, he comes forward, he throws big punches, he is durable, but he is there to be hit, and as you will see come Saturday night, he will be hit.”

While Alvarez states that he is not looking past the task at hand, he does have big expectations for himself in 2010.

“2010 is going to be a big year for me. God-willing everything goes well on Saturday, I am looking at a possible March 27th date to fight for the IBO title. Once I pick up the IBO belt, I will then hopefully have a chance to go to Canada to take on Decarie as we have unfinished business. At that point I will be ready to challenge any of the world champions in the welterweight division, it’s just a matter of who gives me that shot. There is no more playing around. You are going to see the dog come out of me this year, and for all those welterweight contenders and champions out there, look out because I’m coming for you.”

The Tropicana Casino and Resort is located at 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ and can be contacted by calling (609) 340-4000. Tickets are priced at $100 (ringside), $50 and $30 with a limited number of V.I.P. packages available at $200. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Star Boxing office at (718) 823-2000 or visiting www.starboxing.com. Tickets may also be purchased at any Ticketmaster outlet, www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Tropicana North Tower Box Office.

ABOUT STAR BOXING:
Star Boxing, Inc. has been in operation since 1992. Star Boxing has worked to produce some of the most exciting and memorable boxing events in recent history. Star has continued to work with and develop a number of very exciting world champions, world rated contenders and young prospects. Star has consistently brought credibility, integrity, and exciting fights to the boxing industry. For more information on Star Boxing, visit the official website at www.starboxing.com.

ABOUT TROPICANA CASINO & RESORT:
The Tropicana Casino & Resort is a 24-hour gaming destination located on the beach and Boardwalk. Featuring more than 2,100 rooms and suites and home of The Quarter, a 200,000 square foot entertainment complex, Tropicana is the premier resort in Atlantic City. With more than 20 restaurants, 25 shops, 12 bars and lounges, 2 pools, an IMAX Theatre and a spa, Tropicana is consistently rated as the “Must-See Attraction” in Atlantic City. For more information, visit the new official Web Site at www.tropicana.net For more exclusive discounts, current information, pictures, and video, be sure to check out the Tropicana on the Web at www.facebook.com/TropAC or follow us on Twitter twitter.com/TropicanaAC.



3 BIG BOXING EVENTS LIVE THIS WEEKEND ON GOFIGHTLIVE.TV


NEW YORK (FEBRUARY 1, 2010)—This weekend there will be THREE BIG BOXING BROADCASTS STREAMED LIVE!! On the world number-one site for live combat-sports action, www.gofightlive.tv

The weekend kicks off on Friday night from Philadelphia as a terrific eight bout card will originate from the number-one boxing venue in the world, The Legendary Blue Horizon.

In the main event, the USBA Jr. Middleweight champion Derek “Pooh” Ennis (19-1-2, 12 KO’s) tunes up for a spring title defense when he takes on veteran Edwin Vazquez (24-14-2, 8 KO’s).

In one co-feature, undefeated Ronald Cruz (7-0, 4 KO’s) face his most experienced opponent against the upset-minded Martinus Clay (13-24-4, 5 KO’s) in an eight round Jr. Middleweight bout.

There will be a very much anticipated heavyweight special attraction as former world junior amateur Heavyweight champion Joey Dawejko (1-0) makes his long awaited area debut when he squares off against Ricardo Johnson (1-0)

Fans can also witness Swedish heavyweight Andreas Gustafson (3-0, 1 KO) battle Levay King in f our round bout.

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SATURDAY FEBRURAY 6TH—ADAMEK VS ESTRADA—8pm eastern

One of the most exciting fighters in the world, former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (39-1, 27 KO’s) makes his second start in the Heavyweight division after he dismantled former top contender Andrew Golota last fall in what was deemed the biggest sporting event in the history of Poland.

Adamek will battle former US Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada (16-2, 4 KO’s) of Providence, Rhode Island in the twelve round Main Event for the IBF International title.

A lot is on the line as Adamek has been rumored for a possible April 24 can’t miss showdown with the equally exciting Chris Arreola.

One thing stands in the way of that fight as Estrada is highly motivated and is more than capable to spring the upset in front of what will be rocking Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey where Adamek has become an overwhelming hometown favorite since moving to nearby Jersey City.

This will be Adamek’s fourth fight at “The Rock” with each crowd being bigger and louder than the previous fight and Saturday will look to be no exception as Adamek could only be a couple fights away before challenging for the Heavyweight championship of the world.

Estrada has big expectations coming out of the 2004 Olympics and this is a golden opportunity to throw his name in the middle of the wide open Heavyweight division.

There will be a five fight undercard that features undefeated and very popular middleweight prospect, Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin as he takes on perennial contender Fernando Zuniga.

Quillin of New York has a perfect record of 20-0 with fifteen knockouts and is eager to get back to action after an assortment of injuries have kept him out of the ring for the last sixteen months.

Quillin did not take the easy route back by agreeing to fight Zuniga.

Zuniga, who has a record of 28-9 with twenty knockouts, and been in with some of the biggest names of the middleweight divisions including William Joppy, Thomas Tate, Charles Brewer and Sam Soliman.

Just two fights ago, Zuniga scored an upset victory over than 19-1-2 Carlos Deleon. Zuniga just completed a six week tour as a main sparring partner for Bernard Hopkins as Hopkins prepared for his big fight with Enrique Ornelas.

If that isn’t enough, fans all over the world will be treated to an undercard of some of the best undefeated prospects in the country which include cruiserweight Patrick Farrell (4-0); Jr. Middleweight Dennis Douglin (6-0); Super Middleweight Patrick Majewski (11-0); and 2008 US Olympian Sadam Ali (4-0)

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STAR BOXING—THE EVE OF THE SUPER BOWL—SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6TH AT 7PM EASTERN

Joe DeGuardia Star Boxing usually puts on some of the most competitive boxing shows in the country and this tremendous card from the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City will be no exception as this card will feature an interesting Welterweight contest between Atlantic City’s own Shamone Alvarez battling knockout artist Alexis Camacho of Texas.

Alvarez, 20-2 with eleven knockouts will have the home ring advantage as he will be fighting in front of the hometown fans for the thirteenth time and he will be looking to get back in position to fight for a welterweight title.

Alvarez was on the brink of a title shot on two occasions but dropped close to decisions to former world champion Joshua Clottey and former title challenger Delvin Rodriguez.

Camacho of Austin, Texas has a record of 17-2 with sixteen knockouts, like Alvarez desperately needs a win to surge his career forward to a significant fight.

He has been training in New Jersey under the guidance of the Hall of Fame trainer Lou Duva.

After scoring a decision in his first bout, every one of Camacho’s wins have come early and on Saturday night he will be looking to add Alvarez to that list of opponents did not see the final bell against Camacho. For the record, Alvarez has never been stopped.

In the co-feature, it will be an eight round Heavyweight bout between the always exciting blood and guts warrior, Vinny Maddalone taking on Dominique Alexander.

Maddalone has a record of 32-6 with twenty-three knockouts and is known for his crowd pleasing efforts and he always gives his all no matter if he is in with a more talented fighter.

He is coming off a spirited effort in which he dropped a eight round unanimous decision to former undisputed Cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck less than two months ago in Mormeck’s hometown of Paris, France.

Alexander is 19-7-1 with nine wins coming early. Alexander has shared the ring with former IBF Cruiserweight champion Kryztof Wlodarczyk, former world heavyweight title challengers Kali Meehan and Fres Oquendo as well as top prospect Odlanier Solis.

Alexander is coming off a majority decision win over Galen Brown (32-12-1) last August.

A solid undercard will also be shown on the broadcast the will feature popular Light Heavyweight Chuck Mussachio (14-1-2, 5 KO’s) ; undefeated Light Heavyweight prospect Yathomas Riley (7-0, 5 KO’s) and eighteen year old Thomas LaManna, who will be making his pro debut.

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MANNY PACQUIAO WORKOUT PHOTO GALLERY

Seven-time world champion and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao,General Santos,Philippines hits the speed bag at the Wildcard Boxing Club as he prepares for his upcoming World Welterweight championship against Joshua Clottey,Ghana. Top Rank’s “The Event”, will be held on Saturday,March 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas,Texas and televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View

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MADDALONE FIGHTS ON–FIGHT THIS SATURDAY ON GOFIGHTLIVE.TV


On Saturday February 6th, heavyweight fan favorite, Vinny Maddalone (32-6, 23) will get the weekend fireworks started early when he takes on Dominique Alexander (19-7-1, 9KO) in an eight round heavyweight match-up at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. The show, promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, and broadcast live on GoFightLive.tv, is headlined by welterweight prospect, Atlantic City’s own, Shamone ‘The Truth” Alvarez (20-2, 11KO) taking on knockout artist Alexis Camacho (17-2, 16KO).
VINNY MADDALONE

The Queens native Maddalone is no stranger to the bright lights of Atlantic City, having fought there four times before, one of which was named ESPN’s 2004 Fight of the Year.

“I’m excited to be returning to A.C.,” says Maddalone. “There is a lot of fight history in this city, so it’s extra special for me anytime I have the opportunity to fight there.”

Maddalone is coming off a hard fought decision loss back in December to former two-time cruiserweight champion, Jean Marc Mormeck. The fight which took place in Mormeck’s native France, saw Maddalone press the action and take the fight head on to Mormeck from the opening bell. Mormeck as well as Maddalone , is known for being a banger, but it was evident from the first time Mormeck felt Maddalone’s power he wanted no part in the brutal exchanges and began circling and boxing from the outside.

“I was surprised when he started moving like he did,” stated Maddalone. “From the tapes I have seen of him he usually stood right there in front of you, but then again that was at cruiserweight. I could tell right away in the first round when I hit him that I could hurt him.”

In what was an exciting fight, that brought the sold out crowd to their feet multiple times throughout the contest, Maddalone went on to lose by decision. Although Maddalone lost, as was the case when he fought in Europe in 2008; he dropped another hard fought decision loss to undefeated top five rated heavyweight Denis Boytsov; he further added onto his fan base, a base that has now begun to stretch worldwide.

“I’m a throwback fighter. Anytime I am in that ring you know you are going to see an exciting fight, and the people in Europe, as do my fans here in the U.S, appreciate that. Fighting is my life, it’s what I love to do, and come February 6th you can expect nothing less out of me. As I do every time I step into that ring, I am going to leave it all on the line and give the fans something to be excited about.”

A win in Atlantic City, could set up another trip for Maddalone back to Europe. There have been talks of Maddalone fighting on the undercard of Mormeck’s next fight, and if both win, Maddalone- Mormeck II could be on the horizon.

“I would love another opportunity to face Mormeck. It was an exciting fight that the fans loved, and want to see again, but first things first, I must take care of business this Saturday.

The Tropicana Casino and Resort is located at 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ and can be contacted by calling (609) 340-4000. Tickets are priced at $100 (ringside), $50 and $30 with a limited number of V.I.P. packages available at $200. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Star Boxing office at (718) 823-2000 or visiting www.starboxing.com. Tickets may also be purchased at any Ticketmaster outlet, www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Tropicana North Tower Box Office.

ABOUT STAR BOXING:
Star Boxing, Inc. has been in operation since 1992. Star Boxing has worked to produce some of the most exciting and memorable boxing events in recent history. Star has continued to work with and develop a number of very exciting world champions, world rated contenders and young prospects. Star has consistently brought credibility, integrity, and exciting fights to the boxing industry. For more information on Star Boxing, visit the official website at www.starboxing.com.

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PACQUAIO WINS FIGHTER OF YEAR AND DECADE


According to Dan Rafael of espn.com Manny Pacquiao won the 2009 fighter of the year and also won the fighter of the deacde award by the Boxing Writers Association of American (BWAA)

Pacquiao, who will be presented with his third Sugar Ray Robinson trophy in the past four years, heads the list of honorees who will be invited to receive their awards on June 11 in New York at the BWAA’s 85th annual banquet.

Freddie Roach, who has trained Pacquiao since 2001 and been an integral part of his success, will receive the Futch award for trainer of the year for the fourth time. He also won it in 2003, 2006 and 2008.

“Manny and I are a great team and to win this award you need a great fighter,” Roach told ESPN.com Sunday. “Hopefully, [junior welterweight titlist] Amir Khan will be my next guy. It’s my favorite award because its named after my trainer [the late Eddie Futch].”

Futch trained Roach during his fighting career before taking him under his wing as an assistant trainer.

“I give Eddie all the credit for where I am today,” Roach said. “He gave me great guidance during my apprenticeship with him.”

Lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and former titlist Juan Diaz will share the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier award for fight of the year. Their Feb. 28 all-action slugfest was an instant classic as Marquez went to Diaz’s hometown of Houston and stopped him in the ninth round to retain the title.

Also to be honored by the BWAA:

• ESPN’s Joe Tessitore, the longtime blow-by-blow voice of ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights,” was selected as the Sam Taub award winner for excellence in broadcast journalism.

• Jerry Izenberg, one of America’s foremost sports columnists for the Newark (N.J). Star-Ledger for almost 60 years, will receive the John F.X. Condon award for long and meritorious service to boxing.

• Alexis Arguello, the Hall of Famer who won world championships in three weight classes, will receive the Marvin Kohn good guy award posthumously. Arguello died in July at age 57.

• Showtime broadcaster Nick Charles, who is fighting a battle with bladder cancer, and former heavyweight contender George Chuvalo, will share the Bill Crawford award for courage in overcoming adversity. Two of Chuvalo’s sons died from drug overdoses and a third son, as well as his first wife, committed suicide, and now he speaks to high school students about drug use.

The Nat Fleischer award for excellence in boxing journalism, the highest award the BWAA presents to one of its members, has not been announced yet. Balloting for the lifetime achievement award is ongoing. It is voted on only by past winners.

Photo by Chris Farina of Top Rank



Diaz, Cyborg, Herschel Walker, Bobby Lashley and Lawlor score stoppages at Strikeforce Miami

Nick Diaz scored an exciting first round knockout over Mariusz Zaromskis in a wild round to retain his Strikeforce Welterweight title at the Bank Once Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Both guys landed heavy shots that included Zaromskis landing a hard shot that sent Doaz down to the floor but Diaz popped right up and and began to pound away on the face of Zaromskis as he landed some huge shots until he landed a booming right hook that put Zaromskis down and out at the 4:38 mark of round one.

Diaz, of Stockton, California is now 20-8-1 with twelve knockouts. Zaromskis of London is now 13-4.

“I’ll fight anybody,’’ said Diaz, who has been victorious in seven of his last eight and hasn’t lost in more than two years. I felt real good fighting again at 170. But the guy I really want is Gegard Mousasi.’’

Cris Cyborg retained her Strikeforce Lightweight title as she stopped a tough Marloes Coenen in round tyhree of their scheduled five round five.

Cyborg controlled most of the action throughout the fight by Coenen showed toughness and got in some big punches for herself until Cyborg pounded her on the ground and the fight was stopped at 2:07 of round three.

Cyborg, 144 1/2 lbs of Curitiba, Brazil is now 9-1 with seven stoppages. Coenen, 143 3/4 lbs of Amsterdam is now 17-4.

I’m very happy to win this fight,’’ said Cyborg shortly the heated scrap was stopped at 3:40 of the third. “It was a good fight. I think I could have done more but she was the toughest fighter I’ve faced and has a great heart. I admire her a lot.’’

Coenen, a strikingly attractive submission whiz who couldn’t take down Cyborg, wanted the fight to continue. “This is extremely disappointing to say the least,’’ she said. “This was for a world title. It should have been allowed to go a little longer. I wanted to fight.’’

Former NFL Star and Olympic Bobsledder Herschel Walker proved that life begins at forty-seven years old as he made a successful pro debut by stopping an over matched Greg Nagy in round three of a scheduled three round Heavyweight fight.

Walker showed versatility as he was effective with strikes and on the ground and was in control for just about every second of the fight until it was stopped at 2:17 of round three.

Walker, 214 1/4 lbs looked in pronominal shape to winhis pro debut. Nagy, 210 1/2 lbs of Phoenix, AZ is 1-2

“I feel good but I didn’t do many things right and I still have a lot to learn,’’ said Walker, the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner and a two-time Pro Bowl competitor. “The experience itself was exciting and I thank my opponent for fighting me. It’s tough to fight an old man. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

“I thought I’d be more nervous. I’m an MMA fighter now. I earned a little bit of a stripe tonight. This is one of my biggest athletic achievements ever.’

“Ruthless” Robbie Lawlor scored one of the most devastating one punch knockout over Melib Manhoef in round of their scheduled three round bout.

Manhoef dominated the fight as he was viciously kicking Lawlor’s legs and landing hard body shots until Lawlor landed a “Hayemaker” right hook that landed squarely on Manhoef’s chin and he was knocked out cold before he crumbled to the ground and for good measure, Lawlor landed a hard right to jaw the jaw and the fight was stopped at 3:33 of round one.

Lawlor of Granite City, IL is now 17-5-1 with fourteen knockouts. Manhoef of Amsterdam, Netherlands is now 24-7-1

“I knew this guy was really a killer, but I knew I would catch him,’’ Lawler said. “When he looks to finish, he really loads up. I just lured him in and got him.

“He was chopping and chopping and he was really hurting me with the leg kicks. When I felt the first one land, I knew I could get one more in and finish, and that’s what I did.’’

Former WWE Superstar Bobby Lashley remained undefeated as he pounded Wes Sims for much of their two-plus minute Heavyweight bout.

Lashley had the 6’8″ Sims on tne ground and continued to pound Sims until the referee stopped the bout at 2:06 of round one of their scheduled three round fight

Lashley, 252 1/4lbs of Coconut Creek, Fla is now 5-0 with two knockouts. Sims. 258 1/4 lbs of Lancaster, OH is now 22-13-1-2.

“Anytime you win and learn something, it’s a good night,’’ he said. “Sims is a tall guy who came in with nothing to lose, almost like he didn’t care, and those are the guys that are usually the hardest to fight.

“I want to continue to step up.



Arce wins WBO Super Flyweight crown via technical decision


Jorge Arce captured the WBO Super Flyweight champion via a technical decision over a nasty cut was opened up over the right eye of Angky Angkota during round seven of their scheduled twelve round main event in Mexico City.

Arce continously cornered the smaller Angkota and wailed away on the game native of Indonesia. Angkota showed a lot of spunk and courage as he would try to fire back some wild shots. Angkota tried to “goad” Arce as he made body gyrations towards Arce in round seven in an effort to convince Arce that his punches were not effective.

Later in that round, the fighters clashed heads and a nasty cut started to drip blood down the right side of Angkota’s face.

When the scores were read, Arce 115 lbs of Los Mochis, Mexico was ahead by scores of 60-54, 60-54 and 58-56 to win a fourth world title and is now 53-6-1. Angkota, 115 lbs of Semerang, Indonesia is now 23-5.

“This is for my baby who was either born tonight or tomorrow”,said Arce

Former world title challenger Eduardo Escobedo scored a ten round unanimous decision over Joksan Hernandez in a Featherweight bout.

Escobedo dropped Hernandez in round three from a nice counter shot. The action was wildly entertaining especially at the outset of round’s eight and ten as the two stood toe to toe which was much to the delight of the crowd.

Escobedo, 126 lbs won his sixth straight fight since dropping a shot at then WBO Super Bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon in 2007, won by scores of 97-92, 97-93 and 96-93 to raise his record to 27-3. Hernandez is now 17-2.

Alonso Lopez scored a third round stoppage over Sergio Cruz at 2:02 of round three of a scheduled four round Super Flyweight bout featuring debuter’s.

Photo by Chris Farina / Top Rank



Nonito Donaire Media Photo Gallery

Nonito’ The Filipino Flash’ Donaire,Philippines works out during a media day for his upcoming championship fight on “Latin Fury 13/Pinoy Power 3”, a Top Rank Pay Per View on Saturday,February 13 from the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas. Donaire takes on top-rated Gerson Guerrero of Mexico in the main event.

Photos by Chris Farina / Top Rank

Nordstrom’s Opens Store in Pennsylvania’s King of Prussia Plaza.(Originated from Philadelphia Daily News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 1, 1996 | Conroy, Theresa Mar. 1–Today we enter the land where all footwear dreams come true: Nordstrom’s in King of Prussia is opening. here nordstrom coupon code

We’re talking shoe heaven — a footwear department as large as KatManDu nightclub, stocked with the handiwork of designers like Via Spiga, Ferragamo, Stuart Weitzman, Gianni Versace and David Aaron.

Nordstrom’s, which opens today (March 1) in King of Prussia Plaza, is a full-service department store, but with shoes like this, who needs clothes?

The chain is serious about its roots, which began way back in 1901, when John W. Nordstrom hooked up with shoemaker Carl F. Wallin to open the Seattle shoe store, Wallin & Nordstrom.

After Wallin and Nordstrom retired from the business in the late 1920s, Nordstrom’s sons, Everett, Elmer and Lloyd — God bless them — took over and built the largest independent shoe chain in the country. The chain expanded beyond shoes in 1963, when the Nordstrom boys bought Best Apparel, a clothing store.

Today, there are 79 Nordstrom stores in 15 states.

The King of Prussia store carries 150,000 pairs of men’s and women’s shoes (the majority, of course, are for women). The store’s officials like to boast that if you lined all the shoes up, they’d reach from King of Prussia to Center City. As if you’d let these shoes anywhere near the expressway. in our site nordstrom coupon code

Unlike almost any other department store in the area, Nordstrom’s has a substantial stock of women’s shoes from size 3 up to size 13 and men’s sizes from 6 to 16.

Nordstrom’s also brings other gems to the Philadelphia world of shopping. The handbag department is nearly as outstanding as the shoe area, and the young contemporary clothing department rivals Macy’s.

An interactive cosmetics department, which Nordstrom’s developed after interviewing Philly shoppers about what intimidates them, eliminates the traditional glass counters attended by sales clerks with big eyelashes and dark brown lip liner. In this Nordstrom’s, shoppers can pick up their own lipstick and eyeliner, just like in the drugstore (but better, because the store carries makeup brands like the elusive M.A.C.).

Nordstrom’s is known in finer shopping circles for its focus on customer service. During Tuesday’s(2/28) preopening gala, the salespeople pampered customers but never resorted to that annoying practice of following them around using the, “Can I help you? Can I help you?” routine.

One thing the store has little room to brag about, though, is its selection of women’s apparel. While not as disappointing as, say, the alleged lighter side of Sears, the clothes in stock at Nordstrom’s aren’t quite up to the Lord & Taylor standard.

There isn’t much to choose from among Nordstrom’s popular designer bridge labels (DNKY and Emanuel), but the higher priced Designer Gallery on the third floor does offer some goose bumps from Ellen Tracy and Criscione.

When it comes to prices, Nordstrom’s is within reach, especially compared with Neiman Marcus, which opened last weekend. Neiman’s is a clothing museum worth a visit, even if it’s just to touch that $2,600 Richard Tyler suit.

But when you’re looking to buy those new shoes, head directly to Nordstrom’s.

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Avalos pounds out Nieves in Three!!!


Chris Avalos remained undefeated as he pounded out Jose Nieves at 2:20 of round four of a scheduled ten round Bantamweight bout at the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

After a slow first round, Avalos dropped Nieves in round two with a hard right to the body. In round four, Avalos landed a combination that dropped Nieves for a second time. Avalos finished the fight as landed yet another flurry of punches that sent Nieves down for referee Rocky Burke at 2:20 of round four.

Avalos, 118 lbs of Lancaster, CA is now 15-0 with twelve knockouts. Nieves, 119 lbs of Carolina, Puerto Rico is now 17-2-3

“Avalos turned the fight with one shot,” said ShoBox’s expert commentator Steve Farhood. “As soon as Nieves backed to the ropes, in essence, the fight was over.

“He kept his poise and took what was given to him, and, when he turned it up, it turned out that Nieves couldn’t handle it.”

“I’m beyond happy, but I didn’t think it would end that quickly,” Avalos said. “I thought it would go into the sixth round. He was a good fighter, I take nothing from him. I was just the better fighter tonight.”

Archie Ray Marquez remained undefeated with an eight round unanimous decision over Derrick Campos in an entertaining Lightweight scrap.

Campos did not do much of anything over the first three rounds as Marquez used his height and reach to box well and stay out of the way of anything Campos could offer. Campos started to turn up the pressure in the middle rounds and had a little success.

Marquez was more consistent over the last three rounds and scored a knockdown when he landed a hard right to the head and the feet of the two fighters collided and Campos hit the ground on what was ruled a knockdown.

Marquez, 131 lbs of Albuquerque, NM won by scores of 80-71, 79-72 and 77-74 to raise his record to 9-0-1. Campos, 132 lbs of Topeka, KS is now 20-8.

“I like his style, but he needs to work on his power,” said Tarver, who served as ShoBox’s guest analyst. “He needs to turn his opportunities into power shots, rather than boxing away. I look forward to seeing him again and I think he has a bright future.”



FORMER WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPION, JOEY DAWEJKO TO MAKE PHILLY DEBUT ON FEBRUARY 5th AT THE LEGENDARY BLUE HORIZON

PHILADELPHIA (January 29, 2010)—On Friday night February 5th one of the most anticipated area debuts in quite some time will take place as former world Junior amateur heavyweight champion Joey Dawejko will fight a four round Heavyweight bout as part of the Special Valentine’s Day card at The Legendary Blue Horizon.

The card is promoted by Vernoca L. Michael and Blue Horizon Boxing promotions Inc.

There will be members from the Red Cross at the Blue Horizon where a station will be set up for donations for relief in regards to the recent Tragic Earthquake that took place earlier this month in Haiti and the boxing community is encouraged to help those in need.

Dawejko from the Tacony section of Philadelphia picked up boxing as a youngster after his grandfather took him to the local Golden Gloves that was ironically held at The Blue Horizon and Dawejko wanted to give boxing a try.

Dawejko started to have success as a junior boxer which facilitated Dawejko to step up the competition. In 2008, Dawejko traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico to compete in the prestigious world Junior Championships.

Four victories later Dawejko captured the championship when he defeated Eric Brechlin of Germany by a score of 9-1 Dewejko won his four bouts by a combined score of 43-16, and Dewejko was anointed the future of USA Boxing.

Dewejko didn’t want to wait another four years for the next Olympics to come around and decided to turn pro after finishing his amateur career with a record of 56-12.

“The wait for the Olympics plus I felt to go out on top was the perfect ending and it was time to go pro”, said the then eighteen year old prodigy.

Dewejko received a phone call that former Heavyweight champion of the world Hassim Rahman needed a sparring partner and Dewejko jumped at the chance to work with Rahman.

“I was still an amateur when that happened. It actually was before the world junior championship. I guess he liked what he saw in those sessions and we kept in touch.”

After sparring with Rahman for a second camp, Dawejko signed a contract with Rahman as the former champ is now the manager of young Dawejko.

Since then Dawejko has sparred with former WBC Heavyweight champion Samuel Peter as he prepared to take on Eddie Chambers.

Dawejko turned pro on September 26, 2009 in Kinder, Louisiana against thirteen fight veteran Royphy Solieau. Dawejko scored a knockdown in pounding out a six round unanimous decision.

Dawejko showed that he was a throwback as he fought six rounds in his pro debut rather than the four rounder’s that most fighters take in the first fight.

Now in Dawejko’s second start he will get to perform in front of the hometown fans.

“I go to just about all the fights at The Blue Horizon and sometimes I get lost in thought as I am always envisioning being in that ring and performing for the knowledgeable crowd that Blue Horizon has and I can’t wait until February 5th to display my skills in front of them”

Rahman will be ringside to watch his protégé fight undefeated Ricardo Johnson (1-0) of Ohio in the four round bout.

In the main event, USBA Jr. Middleweight champion, Derek “Pooh” Ennis (19-2-1, 12 KO’s) of Philadelphia will take on Edwin Vazquez (22-14-2, 8 KO’s) of Santurce, Puerto Rico in an eight round non-title bout.

In an eight round co-feature, former world title challenger Israel “Pito” Cardona (36-10, 28 KO’s) of Hartford, CT takes on the upset specialist Martinus Clay (13-24-4, 5 KO’s) of Philadelphia.

In a four round Heavyweight bout of Philadelphian’s, Tim Johnson (4-1, 2 KO’s) takes on Charles Hayward (2-2, 1 KO)

In a four round Ladies Welterweight bout, Jackie Davis (3-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia takes on Cassandra Lindsay (3-4, 2 KO’s) of Columbus, MS

Andres Gustafson (3-0, 1 KO) of Norrkoping, Sweden will travel across the Atlantic to do battle with Levay King (0-1) in a four round Heavyweight attraction.

In a battle of Phildelphia based Jr. Welterweight, Clement Bethea will make his pro debut against comebacking Henry Northan (0-1).

Northan, will be making his first ring appearance in nearly seven years.

Also seeing action is exciting undefeated Ronald Cruz (7-0, 4 KO’s) of Bethlehem, PA against an opponent to be named in a four round bout.

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On February 6th at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek, the IBF Heavyweight International Champion (37-1, 27 KO), will take on Jason “Big Six” Estrada (16-2, 4 KOs) of Providence, Rhode Island, in a 12 round title defense. The fight is promoted by Main Events and Ziggy Promotions in association with Classic Entertainment and Sports Inc.

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Three exciting undefeated fighters will also be featured on the GoFightLive show: Patrick Farrell, of Jersey City, 4-0, 3 KO’s; Saddam Ali, Olympian from Brooklyn, NY, 4-0, 2KO’s; and Denis Doughlin, of Morganville, NJ, 6-0, 3KO’s.

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The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant said the PSX is a “crossover” between game machines and consumer electronics devices. Its game controller can be used to quickly search and select functions.

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Like its effects on us, Krispy Kreme expands Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. will expand its development into the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the company announced Wednesday.

Six new Krispy Kreme stores were opened in the first quarter, bringing the total number of stores to 282. Krispy Kreme also announced last quarter its fourth international venture, with plans to develop 20 stores over the next six years throughout Mexico.

Amazon free-shipping yields years away Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has been touting his company’s free-shipping offer for months, but it will be years before the Internet retailer sees the full benefits of the promotion, he told shareholders Wednesday.

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GM prays redemption will boost sales General Motors Corp. is using an unconventional approach to boost North American sales, acknowledging in new advertisements quality blunders to underscore progress made in recent years.

The world’s largest automaker will begin a long-term advertising campaign next week aimed at consumers who shy away because of concerns about quality. The initial installment is called “The Road to Redemption.” April steel imports down by 20 percent The United States imported 1.8 million net tons of steel in April, down 20.2 percent from March, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.

The total includes 1.5 million net tons of finished steel, down 16.3 percent from March, according to the group, whose figures are based on preliminary Census Bureau data.

Czechs renew talks to help steel maker The Czech government agreed to make a second attempt to negotiate permission from the European Commission to provide 2 billion koruna ($75 million) in public support to a privately owned steel maker, to save jobs in the northeastern Czech Republic.

The ministers of foreign affairs and trade will resume talks with the commission on help to Trinecke Zelezarny AS. The company is based in Trinec, a region where unemployment is almost twice the national 10 percent.

The Czechs wants EU permission to include Trinecke in the government’s 14 billion-koruna plan to reorganize the steel industry, already approved by the Commission. The country closed its talks on individual policy in December and must adhere to EU competition rules as it prepares to join the bloc in May 2004.

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UNBEATEN UZBEKISTAN PROSPECTS MAKE UNITED STATES PROFESSIONAL DEBUTS JANUARY 29 ON UNDERCARD OF CAMPILLO VS. SHUMENOV REMATCH FOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLES ON FOX SPORTS NET FROM HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO IN LAS VEGAS

LOS ANGELES, January 25 – A pair of unbeaten prospects from Uzbekistan, light heavyweight Gayrat Ahmedov and junior middleweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov, are set to make their United States debuts in separate bouts on January 29 on the Gabriel Campillo vs. Beibut Shumenov II card at The Joint at Hark Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ahmedov (12-0-1, 8 KOs), a four-time Uzbekistan National Amateur Champion, and Hudaynazarov (9-0, 6 KOs) a 2007 World Military Games Gold Medalist, have been training in North Carolina with veteran trainer Don Turner in preparation for their January 29 bouts. Both fighters are promoted by Las Vegas-based KZ Event Productions, owned and operated by the Shumenov brothers, January 29 main event challenger Beibut and Chingis.

In his last fight, Ahmedov knocked out Douglas Otieno (19-2, 9 KO’s) in the opening round on the Campillo-Shumenov I card, capturing the PABA light heavyweight belts that Shumenov relinquished prior to challenging Campillo in their WBA Light Heavyweight Championship match last August in Kazakhstan.

“I’m excited for this fight because one of my goals has always been to fight in Las Vegas,” the personable Ahmedov explained. “I have trained in Las Vegas, but this will be my first time fighting there. The Shumenov brothers are the reason I am fighting in the United States and I’m thankful to them. Beibut is a fighter himself, so he knows what it takes to be a champion and understands what a fighter goes through so he treats us like people.”

Ahmedov continued, “If everything goes as planned and I win this fight, Beibut has talked about getting me a shot at a world title in 2010. Because Beibut and I are like brothers, so even though we are in the same weight class, we will never fight each other. We want to both be world champions together, just for different organizations.”

Ravshan also fought on the Campillo-Shumenov I event, stopping veteran Joseph Miyumo (30-7-5, 17 KO’s) in the sixth round to keep his perfect pro record intact. “I’m very happy to be fighting January 29 in Las Vegas,” Ravshan said. “It’s been one of my dreams to fight there. I want to thank my promoter, KZ Event Productions, for giving me the opportunity to fight in the United States. I want to wish Beibut luck in his bout and that I hope that he wins the world title. This is a very important fight for him and all of us with KZ Event Productions and I’m very happy to be promoted by KZ and grateful for what they’ve given me. I will not let them or the fans down on January 29 as I’m going to give everybody a good fight to watch, so don’t miss it.”

Ahmedov and Hudaynazarov are scheduled to be in 6-round bouts versus opponents to be determined.

“Campillo vs. Shumenov II” features the 12-round WBA Light Heavyweight Championship rematch between the defending champion, Spain’s Gabriel Campillo (19-2, 6 KOs), and IBA World title-holder, Beibut Shumenov (8-1, 6 KOs). The evening of boxing will be presented by KZ Event Productions and Golden Boy Promotions with Campillo vs. Shumenov presented in association with Sampson Boxing LLC. The bout will be televised live on Fox Sports Net (FSN) and its regional sports network affiliates beginning at 11 pm ET / 8 pm PT (check local listings). Doors will open at 6 pm and the first bell rings at 7 pm.

In the event’s opening televised fight, former Cuban amateur star Erislandy Lara (9-0, 5 KO’s) takes on veteran junior middleweight Grady Brewer (26-11, 15 KO’s), winner of hit reality television show The Contender II, in a 10-round bout.

Tickets for this action-packed night of boxing are priced at $150, $125, $100, $50 and $40 (general admission standing room tickets). Tickets may be purchased at the Hard Rock Hotel Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000.

For more information, visit www.kzeventproductions.com or www.goldenboypromotions.com or follow Golden Boy on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GoldenBoyBoxing