Santana/Stevens and Broadway Boxing

By Boxing News October 26th, 2006

Curtis Stevens/Marcos Primera rematch/Broadway Boxing

Edgar SantanaSpanish Harlem’s boxing sensation Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (19-2, 12 KOs) takes center stage in the main event when Broadway Boxing returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City on Wednesday, Nov. 15.

In a highly anticipated co-feature, Brownsville’s Curtis “Showtime” Stevens (13-1, 11 KOs) meets Marcos Primera (20-15-2, 13 KOs) in an eight-round super middleweight rematch of their controversial July 20 bout. When the two first met, Primera handed Stevens his first career loss with an eighth round stoppage.

Edgar Santana, a native of Manati, Puerto Rico, but now fighting out of Spanish Harlem, has made a name for himself during the last couple of years with his heavy hitting. Since his return from oblivion, Santana has reeled off ten straight Broadway Boxing victories, en route to 14 wins in his last 14 fights. Santana won his last fight with a unanimous 10-round decision over hardheaded Vladimir Khodokovski.

The Nov. 15 fight card also features middleweight Jaidon “The Don� Codrington (12-1, 10 KOs). Codrington has reeled off three straight wins since his big KO loss in Oklahoma and is fighting to keep that winning streak alive when he faces Johnny Brooks (5-4-1, 3 KOs) of South Carolina.

Noriko Kariya (5-1-1, 1 KO), the fighting sister of NHL superstar Paul Kariya, will see action as she takes on Elisha Olivas (5-4-1, 3 KOs) in a six-round bantamweight bout. The undercard also features Jamelle Hamilton (2-0, 2 KOs) of Brooklyn and Cleveland standouts Prenice Brewer (1-0-1, 1 KO) and Willie Nelson (1-0, 1 KO).

Broadway Boxing cards at the Manhattan Center have attracted the likes of Jay-Z, Hilary Swank and Rosario Dawson, Fat Joe and Camron, Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Jermain Taylor, Ike Quartey and Ricky Hatton. You never know who you’ll run into.

Tickets are priced at $150, $100, $80, $60, and $40 for standing room only and are available by calling DiBella Entertainment at 212.947.2577.

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