Former world Jr. welterweight champion, DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley talks about his upcoming world title challenge against Marcos Maidana

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ROCKVILLE CENTER, NEW YORK (July 15, 2010)—This Saturday at Cannons Blackthorn Irish Restaurant and Bar in Rockville Center, New York, former two-time Heavyweight champion of the world, Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe will be on hand for a very special evening with his fans.

Bowe will not only be greeting his fans but signing autographs while filming his reality show.

The champ will be on hand from 7pm to 11pm and he will sign boxing gloves for $40 and photos for $30.

Cannon’s Blackthorn is located at: 49 North Village Avenue Rockville Centre, NY for further information call 516-594-1222 after 5pm

Bowe, a former Silver Medal winner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics captured the IBF/WBC/WBA Heavyweight championship in 1991 with his thrilling win over Evander Holyfield. After two defenses, Holyfield took the title back in the rematch.

He won the WBO championship in 1995 with a sixth round knockout over Herbie Hide. Bowe made one defense with a sixth round stoppage over former Cuban amateur star Jorge Luis Gonzalez before stopping Holyfield in the third and final installment of what has become one of the greatest trilogies of all-time

Ran Nakash 204 ½ – Victor Barragan 198
Felix Diaz 146 1/2 – Broderick Antoine 145 ½
Vyacheslav Glazkov 219 – Mark Brown 223 ½
Rustam Nabeev 113 ½ – Alejandro Solorio 112 ½
Maks Liminov 165 ½ – Julius Fogle 169
Imani Bell 282 – Lee Thomas 283 ½
Oz Goldenberg 129 ½ – Marcos Garcia 132

Venue: The Arena
1st Bell : 7:30 pm

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com former Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik could be heading for a December 4th showdown with undefeated and immensely popular Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. possibly in Cowboys Stadium.

That’s the fight we are looking to do,” Said Bob Arum, who promotes both Pavlik and Chavez Jr.

“We were sitting around having drinks and we came up with it,” Arum said. “We checked with [Chavez trainer] Freddie Roach and he loves the fight. Cameron Dunkin )who manages Pavlik) checked with the Pavliks and they love the fight, so let’s get it on.”

“When I got back [to Las Vegas] from San Juan, I checked with both sides again and everybody was on board,” Arum said. “We’re going to move ahead in the next couple of weeks and get the deal done. I think we can do a lot of business with that fight.”

“The fight will be at 160 and he’ll get a nutritionist, a dietitian, whatever he has to do,” Dunkin said. “He’s fired up about this fight. He is fully committed to the fight. He’s even willing to leave [his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio] to train.”

Arum said he has not spoken yet about the fight with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones yet, but “I spoke with his guy in general about the date and this is the kind of fight that is right up their alley — a white guy from the Midwest fighting the son of the Mexican legend in Cowboys Stadium with reasonable ticket prices. I think we can do 40,000 or 50,000 people.”

“We want the fight, we absolutely want the fight,” Dunkin told ESPN.com. “We were told by Bob that it was going to happen.”

“After we got back from Puerto Rico, Bob called me again to talk about the fight and I told him. ‘Everybody was on board so let’s make the fight happen,’ ” Dunkin said.

“I still need to know the money,” Dunkin said. “Bob said he’d give us a guarantee and a really good upside and everyone will make a lot of money. He said, ‘I can’t promise you a lot of guaranteed money, but if the fight does well everybody will make money.’ We’re fine with that. We’re willing to earn our way. I think it’s a very sellable fight. I think people would like to see it. I’ll tell you one thing — it’s a fun fight and it will be an action fight. Both of these guys can hit and both of them get hit.

“We’re ready to go. We’re just waiting for Bob to let us know what exactly he’s talking about financially. Other than that my guy is itching to go. When he heard it might be at Cowboys Stadium, he got really excited. He said that would be a lot of fun.”
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According to Dan Rafael, WBA Featherweight champion Chris John’s July 26 title defense against Fernando Saucedo due to a rib injury.

“He got an injury sparring in the ribs, so the fight won’t happen on the 26th,” Said John’s advisor Sampson Lewkowicz. “We’ll look for another date, but we won’t know when because it depends on what the doctor says.”

“It’s very, very disappointing, but s— happens in boxing,” Lewkowicz said. “He’ll follow up with the doctor and see how long he will need to rest and then we’ll reschedule the fight with the same opponent.”

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Golden Boy Promotions for 90 days due to The promotional company failure to turn in paperwork as relating to the May 15th fight card that featured Amir Khan’s WBA Super Lightweight title defense over Paulie Malignagii and Victor Ortiz’s uananimous decision over Nate Campbell at the Madison Square Garden Theather.

“The reason that it was issued was the lack of disclosure of information on their previous show at Madison Square Garden related to their promotional agreements,” said Ralph Petrillo, who is the commission’s director of Boxing.

“They are obliged to supply to the commission any promotional agreements for any boxers they have on that show. They didn’t do that,” Petrillo said.

New York attorney Judd Burstein, who is representing Golden Boy, told ESPN.com the paperwork was turned over to the commission Monday. He was contrite about the situation.

“The commission is not wrong. Their unhappiness was well justified,” Burstein said. “There were innocent errors of omission by Golden Boy. I became involved on Friday. Since then every single document the commission requested has been provided. We’re in talks with the commission to resolve this matter. There’s nothing to hide.”

“This is not a situation where I will say the commission is acting irrationally by being upset,” Burstein said. “There was no willful intent or false statement made. The guy [David Itskowitch] who usually handles it went on his honeymoon and the guy [Armando Gaytan] who [handled it] didn’t know what the hell he was talking about. It’s a completely honest mistake.”

“We were in constant weekly e-mail contact with them after the fight asking them for it,” Petrillo said. “We went back and forth. They were going to check with their legal department was what we were told in the last [e-mail] about three weeks ago. They originally signed our disclosure form saying they would release [the contracts]. They said they hadn’t disclosed their contracts to other states.”

2008 Olympic Bronze Medal Winner Vyacheslav Glazkov talks about his July 14 fight with Mark “Oak Tree” Brown plus fighting in America

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Cruiserweight contender, Victor Barragan talks about his July 14th sgowdown with undefeated Cruiserweight in Philadelphia

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Undefeated Russian Super Flyweight, Rustam Nabeev talks about his July 14th fight in Philadeldhia agianst Alejandro Solorio

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Undefeated Heavyweight prospect, Joey Dawejko of Philadelphia talks about his July 14th fight

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Russian Promoter German Titov talks about the prospect of promoting Russian fighters in the United States

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Undefeated Middleweight Maks Liminov of Russia talks about his July 14th fight with Julius Fogle in Philadelphia

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No Limits Boxing Promotions Press conference to announce big night of boxing on July 14th at The Arena in Philadelphia

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Welterweight Lanardo Tyner talks about his upset win over Antwone Smith

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Undefeated Welterweight contender Mike Jones talks about his fifth round stoppage over Irving Garcia and a look ahead to a possible showdown with Andre Berto

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PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2010)—This Wednesday night at The Arena in South Philadelphia, 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winner, Felix Diaz will now take on Broderick Antoine in the eight round co-feature of a big night of world class boxing that will be promoted by No Limits Promotions in association with Joey Eye Boxing.

In the main event, undefeated Israeli Cruiserweight Ran Nakash of Haifa, Israel will risk his 24-0, eighteen knockout record against Victor Barragan, 11-5 with three knockouts of Oxnard, California.

Diaz of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic has been perfect as a pro as he has compiled a record of 5-0 with three knockouts.

Diaz has fought all over the world as he already as fought in his native Dominican Republic, Germany, Russia and the United States.

This will be Diaz second bout in the United States as in his second pro bout, Diaz scored a second round knockout over Omar Brown in Miami on September 18, 2009.

This will be Diaz third bout in 2010 as on January 23rd, he scored a third round knockout over Bronislav Kubin (9-1) in Cuxhaven, Germany.

In Diaz last bout, he scored a six round unanimous decision over twenty-four fight veteran Orlando Membreno on March 12th in the Dominican Republic.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Diaz became only the second fighter from the Dominican Republic to capture a Gold Medal in any sport.

His style has been described as an aggressive, fan friendly style.

In Antoine, Diaz will be facing a fighter who has a record of 10-10-1 with five knockouts.

The native of Troy, New York started his career just 2-5 but has improved as he continued to gain experience.

Just three fights ago, Antoine scored a third round stoppage over Norberto Frias (8-6-1) before embarking on a currant two fight losing streak.

Those two bouts have been to the most accomplished fighters that Antoine has faced. A seventh round stoppage loss to Ty Barnette (16-1) and in his last bout, Antoine went the distance before losing a six round unanimous decision to 2008 U.S. Olympic Alternate, Danny O’Connor (11-0) on May 22nd in Ucasville, CT.

The rest of the card reads as Follow:

Vyacheslav Glazkov (5-0, 3 KO’s) of Lugansk, Ukraine battles Mark “Oak Tree” Brown (15-3, 7 KO’s) of Salem, NJ in a six round Heavyweight bout.

Maks Liminov (12-0, 8 KO’s) of Prokopyevsk, Russia will fight Julius Fogle (15-5, 10 KO’s) of Cary, NC in a six round Middleweight affair.

Donatas Bonarevas (7-1-1, 2 KO’s) of Lithuania will take an opponent to be named in a middleweight bout scheduled for six rounds

Former world Jr. Amatuer champion Joey Dewejko (3-0, 1 KO) will take on Tauheed Wheeler (0-1) of Washington, DC in a four round Heavyweight bout.

Rustam Nabeev (5-0) of Tobolsk, Russia will tussle with Alejandro Solorio (3-2, 3 KO’s) of Huntington Beach, CA in a four round Super Flyweight bout.

Oz Goldenberg (1-0) of Israel will see action against Mike Latorre (Pro Debut) of Scranton, PA in a Lightweight bout scheduled for four rounds.

In a four round Heavyweight bout, Carmello Marrero (PD) of Reading, PA will take on William Miranda (1-0) of Allentown, PA.

Former Penn State Offensive Lineman, Imani Bell will make his pro debut against Lee Thomas (1-3) of Saginaw, MI in a four round Heavyweight bout

Tickets for this memorable night of boxing are priced at $100, $75, and $50 and can be purchased at following locals:

Peltz Boxing (2501 Brown Street) 215- 765 -0922
The Arena (7 West Ritner St.) 267-687-7560
Joey Eye 267-304-9399
Don Elbaum 610-933-7510

The Arena is located at 7 West Ritner Street in Philadelphia

Earlier this evening, welterweight rising star Alex Perez of Newark, NJ threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Newark Bears-Long Island Ducks game. Perez supported his hometown team from field level seats directly behind home plate, participated in a t-shirt toss and signed fight posters for fans during a special meet and greet session.

Perez, 11-0 (7 KO’s), battles rugged Brazilian Edvan Barros July 16 on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights at the Prudential Center. Tickets priced at $53, $78, $103 and $203 (ringside) can be purchased at Prudential Center Box Office by calling TicketMaster at 800-745-3000 or www.Prucenter.com

Former Cuban Olympian Erislandy Lara scored an easy first round knockout over William Correa in a scheduled ten round Middleweight bout in Denver, Colorado

Lara was all over Correa in round one as he dropped him with a perfect straight left that sent him face down. Correa got to his feet only to suffer more abuse. Lara was all over Correa and a big flurry sent Correa down for a second time. Again Correa got to his feet but the referee waved the bout off at 2:34 of round one.

Lara, 155 lbs of Mimi is now 9-0 with seven knockouts. Correa is now 8-4.

Derrick Wilson scored two first round knockdown en route to a six round majority decision over previously undefeated Ricky Lopez.

Wilson dropped Lopez early in round one from a big left hook and again from a right.

Wilson, 123 lbs of Fort Myers, FL won by scores of 58-54, 57-55 and 56-56 and is now 7-1-2. Lopez, 122 lbs of Denver, CO is now 7-1

Raul Carillo remained undefeated as he stopped Joel Vargas in round two of a scheduled four round Welterweight bout.

Carillo battered Vargas until finally putting him down in the second frame and the fight was stopped.

Carillo, 145 lbs of Longmont, CO is now 7-0 with six knockouts. Vargas, 148 lbs of Dodge City, KS is now 2-1-1.

Nohime Dennison scored a four round unanimous decision over Brittany Cruz in a four round ladies Jr. Featherweight bout.

Scores were 40-36, 40-36 and 39-37

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com disgraced former Welterweight champion, Antonio Margarito will appear before the Nevada Athletic Commission in effort of regaining his boxing license in that state.

“We have him on last because that will be the longest part of the meeting,” commission executive director Keith Kizer told ESPN.com on Tuesday.

“He’s going to have to answer some tough question here,” Kizer said. “He has to be here in person. It’s a heavy burden for him to satisfy, but it’s his burden to meet. He’ll have to explain anything the commissioners want to ask him about. I assume the commissioners will ask him a lot of questions. Some may be easy, some may be hard, but the burden is solely his.”

However, in the minutes before his fight with Shane Mosley on January 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, drama had unfolded in Margarito’s dressing room. It was there that Mosley trainer Naazim Richardson objected to the way Margarito’s left hand had been wrapped.

California officials eventually cut off the wrap to check it and discovered an illegal pad coated in a plaster-like substance, which had obviously escaped the notice of the commission inspector who oversaw the wrapping procedure. When the wrap on Margarito’s right hand was also cut off for examination, an identical illegal pad was also discovered.

Margarito’s hands we re-wrapped and he went on to lose the fight. Three weeks later, Margarito’s claim of ignorance at a hearing was rejected by the California State Athletic Commission and he had his license revoked in a 7-0 vote, as did trainer Javier Capetillo.

“I really believe he should get his license in Nevada,” Said Bob Arum, who promotes Maragrito. “He and his attorney will present the reasons and the Nevada commission will decide. We went to Nevada because that’s where we are planning for him to fight. If it’s not against Pacquiao in November, it would be against Cotto in December.

“I’m optimistic the Nevada commission will do the right thing, but I haven’t talked to anyone on the commission, not one person, and neither has [Top Rank president] Todd [duBoef].” Arum said they are approaching the Nevada commission now so they don’t have to rush like they had in Texas earlier this year.

“If Floyd elects not to step up to the plate and fight Pacquiao and Pacquiao elects to fight Margarito, if that happens, we need to make sure Margarito has a license,” Arum said. “You can’t go to Pacquiao and see if he will fight Margarito if the guy doesn’t even have a license. So we are doing this now instead of rushing around at the last minute.”

“This is not that different from other situations where people had things in their past that the commission wanted to ask them about before deciding about a license,” Kizer said. “We did it with people like Mike Tyson, Zab Judah and Roger Mayweather, who had all been disciplined in Nevada. Margarito’s situation was in California, but we have the same rules as they do. Margarito was revoked, and after a year you are free to apply anywhere. He sat out for [more than] a year, and now he can reapply.”

“They have full discretion and jurisdiction,” he said. “I know there will be a lot of people on both sides. If they do grant him a license, there will be a lot of people yelling, ‘They’re crazy for giving him a license.’ And if they don’t, there will be a lot of people yelling, ‘They’re crazy for not giving him a license.’ They’ll be criticized either way, so they don’t have to worry about it. The five commissioners will listen to what he has to say and make the decision.”

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According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, an agreement has been reached between Featherweight beltholder’s Yuriorks Gamboa and Elio Rojas in a bout that will take place on September 11 in a site to be determined.

“We’ve sent them a draft of the contract for them to review and we’re waiting for their comments, but we’ve agreed on the terms,” Carl Moretti of Top Rank, who promotes Gamboa told ESPN.com.

Before Salido got the fight with Gamboa, Rojas had been the target. However, according to Top Rank, issues between King and Rojas’ manager, along with the tight schedule, forced Top Rank to turn to Salido, who it also promotes.

Once Salido dropped out and there was more time to make a fight for Gamboa, Top Rank made another run at Rojas because that is who HBO preferred, Moretti said.

“Style-wise, Rojas presents Gamboa with a different kind of fight than Salido,” Moretti said. “Salido is right-handed and in front of you and can punch. Rojas is a lefty, he’s taller than Gamboa and not easy to hit. He’s more of a pure boxer.”

“It’s Gamboa’s title against Rojas’ title. Pretty simple,” Moretti said.

“It shows that they really believe they have a shot to win the fight, which they do,” he said.

“He wanted this fight. He wanted Gamboa or [titlist] ‘Juanma’ Lopez, and now he has one, and when he beats him, he would go for another unification fight,” Victor Rojas, Elio’s uncle and one of his representatives, told ESPNdeportes.com.

To prepare for the fight, Rojas has hooked up with a new trainer, the highly regarded Kevin Cunningham. Cunningham, who is training unified junior welterweight titlist Devon Alexander for his Aug. 7 fight with former titleholder Andreas Kotelnik in Las Vegas, said Rojas joined the camp on June 30.

“They called me and asked me if I would train him,” said Cunningham, who first met Rojas several years ago at King’s training facility in Orwell, Ohio. “Elio is a good kid. He watched the way I run my camps when we were in Ohio and he has wanted me to work with him and this opportunity came up.

“This could be a very, very good fight. You’ve got Gamboa, who’s coming in with good hand speed and he can punch and he has had his way with everybody he’s fought so far. But I think Elio is the most talented opponent Gamboa would have seen so far in his career, so I like Elio’s chances. He’s going to have to be at his best and extremely sharp, but I see a lot of mistakes that Gamboa makes. I got nine weeks to get Elio ready and he will be ready.”

The planned co-feature is a lightweight title eliminator between Anthony Peterson (30-0, 20 KOs), of Washington, D.C., and Brandon Rios (24-0-1, 18 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., both of whom are promoted by Top Rank. The winner is supposed to become the mandatory challenger for titlist Miguel Acosta, another Top Rank fighter.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former world Heavyweight title challenger, Chris Arreola will take on fellow Mexican-American Heavyweight Manuel Quezada on August 13 in a bout that will take place at the Citizens Business Bank Center in Ontario, California.

The bout will be braodcasted on ESPN 2.

“This fight is an opportunity for Cris to jump back into the thick of things with a win,” Dan Goossen, who promoted both Arreola & Quezada said. “And this is something Quezada has been asking for for quite awhile. He’s been asking to fight Cris. He feels like he’s taken a backseat to Cris and he thinks he’s just as interesting and aggressive and exciting as Cris is in the ring. I know that Cris has never had any problem fighting Manny, but it never worked out that way the last few years. Now, obviously, here it is. They’re both coming off very disappointing losses and they need to win this one.”

“Cris has to perform and also this is Manny’s big shot,” Said Henry Ramirez, who trains Arreola. “You’ve got two guys whose backs are against the wall, my guy and Manny. Whoever loses is basically done. But I’m hoping Cris knows his back is against the wall. Manny is a tough guy. I like Manny a lot and I respect him a lot. I know him well. He’s a good friend of mine. But Cris has been in the gym and sparring for about a week.

“I think Cris knows the only way to get back to those paydays he had and to get back into the limelight is for him to take the fight seriously and to pull his head out of his ass. Is it pulled out yet? Little by little it’s coming out. For this fight he hasn’t missed any workouts — yet. But I know Cris. Let’s see if he can take this seriously.”

“Our conversations with HBO, as it relates to the heavyweight division, is if you’re not out there giving 100 percent and showing that aggressive style and the ability to draw fans and ratings, that it’s a hard road back to HBO, and Cris knows that,” Goossen said. “I believe the winner of this fight comes right into a fight with Adamek, either a rematch for Cris or a shot for Manny. Cris would love to have that rematch and Manny would love to pull the upset on Aug. 13 and jump into Cris’ shoes.

“I think Aug. 13 is a springboard to having one of the fighters come out and say, ‘I’m ready to take on everybody and to do it in tip-top shape.’ ”

Arreola is 28-2 with twenty-five knockouts. Quezada is 29-5 with eighteen knockouts.

On Saturday July 17th at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Philadelphia’s up and coming welterweight prospect, Raymond “Tito” Serrano (12-0, 6KO’s) will look to continue on his path up the contender ranks when he takes on Ghana’s Ayi Bruce (6-2, 4KO’s). Serrano-Bruce is scheduled for eight rounds, and will be one of the co-featured bouts of the evening on the Pay-Per-View telecast. The card, being presented by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, and billed as T-N-T at the Tropicana, will feature WBO #2 rated heavyweight David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s) taking on Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) in the main event.

Serrano is coming off a dominate eight round unanimous decision over Ronald Warrior Jr. in his last fight, which was televised live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” earlier this year.

The 21-year-old Serrano, is excited to be fighting in Atlantic City and is looking forward to the world-wide exposure he will get in fighting on PPV.

“This is very exciting fight for me,” stated Serrano. “Fighting so close to home, and fighting on PPV, is a dream come true for me. I have a lot of family in Puerto Rico and fighting on PPV will allow them to see me fight, so this is definitely a special fight for me. This will be my second consecutive eight rounder, and I feel that before this year is over I will be ready to move up to ten round fights, and start testing myself against some of the top prospects in the welterweight division. I am very focused, and very hungry. This will be my third fight in Atlantic City since turning pro, and just as in my previous two, I plan on putting on an exciting entertaining performance for all the fans in attendance.”

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Atlantic City, NJ–The weigh-in for the July 9 Mike Jones-Irving Garcia fight will take place at 5pm Thursday, July 8, at the Atrium (6th floor) in Bally’s Hotel & Casino and it is open to the public

Jones will defend his NABA and NABO welterweight titles in a scheduled 12-round bout against Garcia on a show dubbed The Fireworks Continue in the ballroom of Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall.

“I’ve had a tremendous camp and I’m in great shape–I’m ready,” said Jones. The 27-year-old Philadelphian is 21-0, 17 KOs, and ranked as high as the No. 2 in the world by the WBO behind champion Manny Pacquiao.

“As each fight goes by, I get in better and better shape,” Jones said. “I take nobody for granted. When it’s time to shine, I’m gonna shine.”

Garcia: “I’ve worked very hard to come into this fight in my best physical condition. This is a difficult fight but not an impossible one to win.”

The 31-year-old Garcia is 17-4-3, 8 K0s.

Also weighing-in will be welterweights Antwone Smith, of Miami, FL, and Lanardo Tyner, of Houston, TX, the co-featured attraction, as well as the fighters in the eight undercard fights.

On fight night, July 9, the first of 10 bouts begins at 8.30 pm. The show is being promoted by Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc., and DiBella Entertainment in association with Caesars Atlantic City.
Showtime will televise the two main fights as part of its popular ShoBox series, The New Generation, starting at 11pm.

Tickets priced at $50, $75 and $100 are on sale at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall, Peltz Boxing Promotions (215-765-0922) and all Ticketmaster outlets (800-736-1420). They also can be purchased at Boardwalk Hall and online at www.Ticketmaster.com.

Demetrius Hopkins scored a ten round unanimous decision over Mike Arnaoutis in a battle former Jr. Welterweight title challengers but this fight was fought and Welterweight at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California.

The fight went pretty much as most pundits expected it with Hopkins looking to fight at ranges using his long jab, sometimes even doubling it up then bringing the right hand behind it while Arnaoutis would try to get inside. Try he did but without much success as Hopkins pot shotted at ranged and would stuff right hands in the face of Arnaoutis.

Arnaoutis, who has been prone to cuts was opened up as early as round two as he began to bleed over his left eye brow and later in the fight his features were bruised up all all over his face. Arnaoutis did mount some offense he landed some solid left hands but he could not follow up with anything behind it. Hopkins showed solid ring generalship as he coasted down the stretch to the unanimous decision victory by scores of 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91

Hopkins, 147 lbs of Philadelphia will now look for a world title shot at 147 pounds with a record of 30-1-1. Arnaoutis, 146 lbs of Atlantic City is now 22-6-1.

Knockout artist, Francisco Contreras scored an eight round unanimous decision over Erick Cruz in a Lightweight bout.

Contreras controlled the action in a bout that did not have a great flow of action with the exception of a right hand that got through by Cruz that briefly got the attention of Contreras.

Contreras, 135 1/2 lbs of Irvington, NJ won by scores of 80-72, 80-72 and 78-74 to remain undefeated at 15-0. Cruz, 135 lbs of Manati, PR, took the bout on short notice and is now 7-4-3.

Long and lean Joseph Elegele scored a third round stoppage over late-sub Willie Walton in a scheduled four round Welterweight bout.

Both southpaws landed shots that staggered the other in round one. In round two, Elegele dropped Walton just as the bell sounded at the end of the round from a straight left to the top of the head. In round three, Elegele scored the possible premature stoppage when he landed a flurry in the corner that had referee Wayne Hedgepath unexpectedly stop the bout at 1:37 of round three.

Elegele, 143 lbs of Melbourne, FL is now 9-0 with seven knockouts. Walton, 145 1/2 lbs of Salt Lake City, UT is now 4-2.

Charles Hayward scored a six round unanimous decision over Mazur Ali in a Light Heavyweight bout to highlight a seven bout card at Merighi’s Savoy Inn in East Vineland, New Jersey

Hayward was very workmanlike as he mixed up the jabs and landed some solid right hands as he went upstairs to the head worked the body evenly. Ali would occasionally catch Hayward walking in but it wasn’t enough as Ali was also docked a point for holding in the fight.

Hayward, 174 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 60-53, 60-53 and 57-56 to raise his record to 5-2. Ali, 178 lbs of Brooklyn, NY is now 6-7.

Joel De La Paz scored three explosive knockdowns, all from punishing left hooks and needed just forty-four seconds to dispose of Randy Campbell in a four round Light Heavyweight bout.

After the third knockdown, Campbell’s corner mercifully threw in the towel. De La Paz, 167 lbs of Atlantic City is now 5-0 with four knockouts. Campbell, 167 lbs of Bowerston, OH is now 3-3.

Continuing the tradition of Delaware’s first family of boxing, Joey Tiberi made a successful pro debut as he scored a first round stoppage of Javier Dennis in a scheduled four round Lightweight bout.

This was a sloppy bout as Tiberi was having a tough time getting any rhythm against the awkward Dennis. Tiberi than landed a flurry that spun Dennis Around one more big shot sent him down and out and the fight was quickly halted at 2:27 of round one.

Tiberi, 135 lbs of Bear, DE is 1-0 with one knockout. Dennis, 134 lbs of Reidsville, NC is now 1-4.

The son of former WBA Heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon, Isiah Seldon bullied and mauled his way to a four round unanimous decision over Damion Reid in a Super Middleweight bout.

Seldon was steady in his aggression as he continuously trapped Reid against the ropes and would land little flurries.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Seldon, who had his father as his chief trainer and the 166 native of Atlantic City is now 1-0. Reid, 166 lbs of Reidsville, NC is now0-3.

Carlos Perez and Hector Collado battled to a four round draw in a Welterweight bout.

Scores were 38-38 on all cards. Perez, 146 lbs of Pleasantville, NJ is 0-0-1. Collado, 146 lbs of Union City, NJ is now 0-1-1.

In a close bout, Joseliz Cepeda scored a four round split decision over Joshua Orocho in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

It was a back and forth tussle and the scores read as such as Orocho won a card by a 39-37 tally but they were over ruled as the two remaining cards favored Cepeda by scores of 40-36 and 39-37.

Cepeda, 127 lbs of Santa Domingo, DR is now 1-1. Arocho, 128 lbs of Vineland, NJ is 0-1.

The opener Raul Lopez score a systematic one sided unanimous decision over Geraldo Rosas in a Super Bantamweight bout.

In between numerous head clashes, Lopez was effective in beating the body of Rosas, who was tough in defeat.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Lopez, 122 lbs of Bronx, NY and is now 4-1-1. Robles, 122 lbs of Union City, NJ is now 0-1.

The card promoted by Mike Indri’s Dignity Promotions.

NEW YORK / YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND (July 2, 2010)—This Friday night at the Doncaster Dome in Yorkshire, England, Jamie McDonnell will make the first defense of his European Bantamweight title in front of his hometown fans when he takes on Rodrigo Bracco of Italy in a bout scheduled for twelve rounds and the bout, along with a eight bout undercard will be streamed on www.gofightlive.tv

The fights will be available on Saturday July 3rd at 12:30 am eastern time and will be available FREE of charge just by clicking: http://www.gofightlive.tv/showEvent.do?eventId=730

McDonnell has a record 14-2-1 with six wins coming by knockout and he won the crown in his last bout as he stopped Frenchman Jerome Arnould (22-3-1) in ten rounds in Arnould’s homeland in France.

McDonnell has won six straight fights which also includes his exciting split decision over Ian Napa back on January 22nd for which McDonnell captured both the British and Commonwealth Bantamweight titles.

Bracco of Italy has a record of 11-2 with five knockouts.

This will be Barcco’s first fight outside his native land and has won two straight bouts which includes his last bout when he won the Italian Bantamweight title with a tenth round stoppage over previously undefeated Pio Antonio Nettuno on March 19th.

The ten round co-feature will be a Jr. Welterweight bout between Curtis Woodhouse taking on Stefy Bull.

Woodhouse has a record of 13-1 with eight knockouts and has won three in a row by knockout.

The Yorkshire resident is coming off a fourth round stoppage over Maurycy Gojko on April 25th.

Bull is a veteran of thirty-six bouts and has produced an impressive record of 29-6-1 with seven knockouts.

Bull is also a Yorkshire resident and has won four straight with his latest victory being a second round stoppage over Dean Hickman (15-6-1) on May 21st.

The rest of the card as Follows:

6 Rounds – Jr. Welterweights—Scott Haywood (20-5-1, 4 KO’s) vs. Rick Godding (11-0, 1 KO)
6 Rounds – Flyweights- Usman Ahmed (6-3-1) vs. Luke Wilton (7-2-1, 3 KO’s)
4 Rounds – Welterweights – Steven Swinburn (0-0-1) vs. Joe Smith (0-1)
4 Rounds – Heavyweights – Damian Campbell (PD) – Lee Swaby (25-25-2, 11 KO’s)
4 Rounds – Jr. Welterweights – Tommy Coyle (4-0, 1 KO) vs. Daniel Thorpe (23-103-3, 9 KO’s)
4 Rounds – Jr. Welterweights – Chad Gaynor (3-0. 2 KO’s) vs. Johnny Greaves (2-50, 1 KO)
4 Rounds – Middleweights – Liam Cameron (4-0, 1 KO) vs. Dee Mitchell (9-7, 2 KO’s)

The card is promoted by Frank Maloney Promotions and this is the second show in as many weekends that a Frank Maloney Promotions show has been streamed on www.gofightlive.tv

“We had a lot of great feedback and views on the Tyson Fury – John McDermott rematch”, said David Klarman, president of www.gofightlive.tv

“Frank Maloney has been one of the great promoters in all of Europe and puts on great fights and we hope to be able to show the fans around the world these great fights that will take place this weekend and beyond.”

Raul Lopez 122 vs Geraldo Rosas 122
Joshua Arocho 128 vs Joseliz Cepeda 127
Joey Tiberi 135 vs Javiar Dennis 134
Joel DeLaPaz 167 vs Randy Campbell 167
Carlos Perez 146 vs Hector Collado 146
Ismail Garcia 159 vs Bryan Smith (failed to show for weigh-in fight cancelled)
Isiah Seldon 166 vs Damion Reed 166
Mazur Ali 178 vs Charles Hayward 174

Venue: Merighi’s Savoy Inn
Promoter: Mike Indri’s Dignity Promotions

Undefeated welterweight Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, was given a citation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives proclaiming June 28, 2010 as “Mike Jones Day” at the Newtown (PA) Athletic Club, his training site for several weeks prior to his fights. The proclamation was presented to him by Adrianne Sellers, legislative assistant to Pennsylvania State Representative Steve Santarsiero. Jones, who is ranked the #2 welterweight by the WBO behind champion Manny Pacquiao, has been preparing for his July 9 fight when he defends his NABA and NABO titles against Irving Garcia at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall.

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Mike Jones vs. Irving Garcia: The Fireworks Continue on July 9, 2010 at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall is promoted by Peltz Boxing Promotions in association with DiBella Entertainment and Caesars Atlantic City. The 12-round main event will be for Jones’ NABA and NABO welterweight titles.

Tickets are $100, $75 and $50 and are available at Ticketmaster.com (800-736-1420) and through Peltzboxing.com (215-765-0922)

NEW YORK (July 1, 2010) – World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) is set to defend his title against Filipino Bernabe Concepcion (30-2-1, 17 KOs) on July 10 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).

Saturday’s 12-round world title fight is promoted by Top Rank Inc.

Lopez, The former WBO super-bantamweight champion, knows Concepcion will be one of the fastest fighters he’s ever faced. “I’ve seen Bernabe Concepcion fight several times and I’ve really studied his style. I know he’s working with Manny Pacquiao – they work with the same people. He’s a very strong fighter. He’s a young fighter – a hungry fighter. He really wants to be a world champion. He’s a difficult opponent.

“He’s a very intelligent fighter, so we need to be very intelligent, too. We need to fight him with a lot of pressure and a lot of speed – we need to be very fast that night.”

In what should prove to be an equally entertaining co-feature bout, Nonito Donaire (23-1, 15 KOs) will battle Hernan Marquez (25-1, 18 KOs) for the interim WBA super flyweight championship. Donaire is currently ranked in the top five on several publications’ pound-for-pound lists and is the former IBF world flyweight and IBO world flyweight champion.

Lopez, who will be making the first defense of his second world title, made the move up to featherweight in his last fight, a January TKO win over Steven Luevano at Madison Square Garden in New York, and is currently on the longest layoff of his five-year pro career. Luevano was the third world champion Lopez has fought and vanquished in his last seven fights.

Luevano is the only common opponent between Lopez and Concepcion with Concepcion losing to him by disqualification in the seventh round in August, 2009.

On June 7, 2008, Lopez defeated Daniel Ponce de León by technical knockout to win his first title – the WBO super bantamweight championship. He defended the title five times until Jan. 23, 2010, vacating it after defeating Luevano for the organization’s featherweight championship.

Against Lopez, Concepcion will face the biggest puncher he’s ever encountered. The 22-year-old began his pro career at 110 pounds before settling into the super-bantamweight division in 2005. He later moved up to 126 pounds in 2009.

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In his last fight in February of this year, he won a 10-round unanimous decision over Mario Santiago in Las Vegas. Before that, against Luevano, Concepcion blatantly belted the defending WBO featherweight champ with an after-the-bell shot at the end of the seventh round earning him the disqualification.

In preparation for his 12-round co-feature bout against Marquez, Donaire will be looking to drop close to 10 pounds to get down to the 115-pound limit. The “Filipino Flash” has been sparring with heavier fighters like Glenn Gonzales and Luevano.

Donaire, 27, won the interim WBA super flyweight title in August 2009, and has made one successful defense. He is unbeaten in world title bouts. Marquez is just 21 and goes by the nickname “Tyson” because as an amateur his father said he hit as hard as Mike Tyson.

Gus Johnson will call the action with Al Bernstein serving as expert analyst and Jim Gray as the ringside reporter. The executive producer is David Dinkins Jr., with Ray Smaltz producing and Bob Dunphy directing.

For information on all SHOWTIME Sports telecasts, including exclusive behind-the-scenes video and photo galleries from its events, please visit the website at http://www.sports.sho.com.

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Photo by Chris Farina/Top Rank

PHILADELPHIA (JULY 1, 2010)—Yet another medalist from the most recent Olympics has been added to a special night of boxing on Wednesday night July 14th at The Arena in South Philadelphia as heavyweight bronze medalist Vyacheslav Glazkov will take on the immensely popular Mark “Oak Tree” Brown in a bout scheduled for six rounds.

This show will be the first in the brand new Comcast Boxing Series that will be televised around the country and is promoted by No Limits Promotions

The main event will feature undefeated Israeli sensation, Ran Nakash taking on former Light Heavyweight champion Lou Del Valle in a bout scheduled for ten rounds.

Glazkov of Lugasnk, Ukraine could have done better than the bronze but an elbow injury forced him out of the competition just before his third fight.

As a pro, Glazkov has been perfect as he is 5-0 with three knockouts. He has spread out his victories as he has won two fights each in Russia and Ukraine with his remaining win coming in the Dominican Republic.

In his last bout, the twenty-five year old scored a third round stoppage over Ivan Shvayko on April 24th in Kiev Ukraine.

Brown of Salem, New Jersey has a record of 15-3 with seven knockouts.

He is one of the most popular fighters in the tri-state area with his gregarious personality and antics outside the ring.

In the ring, Brown won his first seven bouts before being stopped by then undefeated knockout artist Joey Abell (6-0) on July 7, 2006.

After that first defeat, Brown won eight consecutive fights which included his incredible come from behind stoppage victory over then undefeated Tony Grano (14-0-1).

Already down multiple times, Brown came back in the eighth and final round to stop Grano and claim the vacant WBF title.

After one more victory, Brown has dropped his last two fights. He was stopped by former world title challenger Fres Oquendo (29-5-1) and his last bout, Brown almost pulled off another miracle finish in the rematch with Grano.

After losing just about all of the first nine rounds, Brown dropped Grano in the tenth and final round but was unable to stop Grano in the rematch the took place on March 12th.

That bout is just one of the seven world class bouts scheduled for July 14th.

In the main event, Nakash (24-0, 18 KO’s) will battle former light heavyweight champion, Del Valle (36-6-2, 22 KO’s) in what will be by far Nakash’s toughest foe to date.

In the eight round co-feature, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist, Felix Diaz (5-0, 3 KO’s) of Santo Domingo, DR will take on Corey Rodriguez (4-1-1, 3 KO’s) of Saint Anthony, Minnesota

In an intriguing Middleweight bout, Maks Liminov (12-0, 8 KO’s) of Prokopyevsk, Russia will take on battles tested Phil Williams (11-3-1, 10 KO’s) of Minneapolis, MN in a bout scheduled for six rounds.

Former world Jr. Amateur champion, Joey Dawejko (3-0, 1 KO) will take on Keon Graham (2-2) of Akron, Ohio in a four round Heavyweight bout.

Oz Goldenburg (1-0) of Tel Aviv, Israel will battle pro debuting Kenny Brown of Philadelphia in a four round Lightweight bout.

William Miranda (1-0) of Allentown, PA will take on debut Carmello Marrero of Reading, PA in a four round Heavyweight bout.

Former Penn State Offensive Lineman, Imani Bell of Philadelphia will be making his pro debut against Levay King (0-2) in a four round Heavyweight bout.

Tickets for this memorable night of boxing are priced at $100, $75, and $50 and can be purchased at following locals:

Peltz Boxing (2501 Brown Street) 215- 765 -0922
The Arena (7 West Ritner St.) 267-687-7560
Joey Eye 267-304-9399
Don Elbaum 610-933-7510

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former three division world champion, “Sugar” Shane Mosley will take on former Contender Season one and Jr. Middleweight champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora on September 18th at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.

“With Shane, you have somebody who fights everybody and with Sergio you have a guy who has really wanted a big challenge,” Said Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer. “It’s a fight he’s wanted for a long time and to do it in his backyard on Mexican independence weekend makes it an even more meaningful fight for him. For Shane, he loves fighting at Staples Center and he is looking forward to this fight as well.”

“Ten years ago, Sugar Shane Mosley fought a young man from East L.A., Oscar De La Hoya, at Staples Center,” Schaefer said. “We felt if we could bring Shane back there 10 years later against another top Hispanic fighter, Sergio Mora, who is also from East L.A. and who also has history at the Staples Center, it would be a great fight to anchor our big card on the holiday weekend. It’s the perfect fight for Los Angles and will cap a week of great activities to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence.”

“We were supposed to spar one time back around 2003 or 2004 when I was up in Big Bear [Calif.] and I was looking forward to that,” Mora told ESPN.com. “He has the fastest hands I’ve ever seen in person or on TV. I was suited up to spar with him, but they didn’t need me that day. I wanted to work with him, but they had too many sparring partners. Now we’re supposed to fight for real. I like it that way.”

“We want to make it a great, fun card,” Schaefer said. “We’re still discussing having fights on the pay-per-view from Mexico.”

“I went through three camps before the Green fight,” Mora said. “It was a good comeback fight. I got hit, I got in some rounds and I got the stoppage. It was enough for September. I am really excited and motivated for the fight.”

“I told Richard when I signed with Golden Boy that I was willing to fight at 154 pounds as long as I had 10 weeks to get ready,” he said. “This is more than 10 weeks and I have already had six weeks of camp getting ready for Candelo. So I’ll take a week or so off and then get back in camp. I’m bringing in my nutritionist, Robert Ferguson, and as long as he’s on board and I have 10 weeks, I can make the weight and feel strong.”

“Shane Mosley has been counted out too many times, so I am not going to count him out at all,” Mora said. “I am not going to go by that performance at all.”

Photo by Chris Farina/Top Rank

SHERMAN OAKS, CA (June 29, 2010) – The toll road of redemption can be long and dangerous, but nevertheless a necessary one. On Friday, July 9, John Molina, Jr. (20-1,16 KOs) will look to make his opponent pay the price as he forges forward to take the WBO/NABO Lightweight Championship from undefeated “Hammerin” Hank Lundy (18-0-1, 10 KOs) as the 12-round main event on the “Let Freedom Ring” card presented live on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights.

NABO #9-rated Molina who is promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions, rebounded from his sole loss last year against former WBO/NABO lightweight champion Martin Honorio, with two solid wins just one month apart from each other earlier this year. Stated Molina, “I am excited to get back on television and I will make sure I stay there. You learn a lot more in defeat then in victory regardless of the circumstances and it is the worse feeling in the world. I will do everything needed to do in the ring so I never feel like that again.”

“Lundy talks a lot and as far as I’m concerned he can keep it up. As a matter of fact, I like it. It’s been very amusing. I’m going to do my talking in the ring and he’ll know what I mean when I walk away with the belt. I have respect for him and what he has accomplished but come fight time nothing will stop me. I am going to do what I have to do to be victorious.”

The event is promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES) at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, R.I. with the Lundy-Molina bout promoted in association with Goossen Tutor. Check your local ESPN2 listings for time.