Boxing Blog – TSS Tidbits

WATCH EDDIE CHAMBERS PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE TODAY–WEDNESDAY AT 10 AM EASTERN TIME

On Saturday, March 20th, Eddie “Fast Eddie” Chambers will travel to Germany
to fight Wladimir Klitschko who currently holds the IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring
Magazine world heavyweight titles. As a boxer born in Pittsburgh and trained
right here in Philadelphia, we would like for you to join members of the media,
sports, business and civic communities for the official U.S. send-off of “Fast
Eddie” Chambers as he represents our country on this world stage.
The send-off will be held on Wednesday, March 10th at the offices of WURDAM
Radio (1341 N. Delaware Avenue, Suite 300) from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM with
a press conference to begin at 11:30 AM. Our invited guests include Governor
Edward G. Rendell, Mayor Michael Nutter and many famous faces around the boxing world

TO WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE FOR FREE, CLICK:

http://www.gofightlive.tv/showEvent.do?eventId=639

YONKERS, N.Y. (Mar. 8, 2010) – The youngest member of the fighting Frank brothers, undefeated light heavyweight Ronson, takes on 33-veteran Raynard “Flash” Darden in Friday night’s (Mar. 12) 8-round co-feature on the “St. Patty’s Day Brawl” pro card, presented by O’Shea Brothers Boxing Promotions, at the PAL Gym in Yonkers, New York.

New York State heavyweight champion Darrel “King David” Madison (14-1, 3 KOs), coming off of an 8-round split decision win last July against Nagy Aguilera, now rated No. 12 by the IBF, defends his title belt against dangerous southpaw Robert Wiggins (20-7-1, 12 KOs) in the 8-round main event.

Rosedale’s (NY) unbeaten light heavyweight Ronson Frank (13-0, 7 KOs), by way of Guyana, recently signed a promotional contract with O’Shea Brothers Boxing Promotions.

“Ronson has rich bloodlines and a lot of potential,” promoter Brian O’Shea said. “His older brothers, Steve (1984 Olympian) and Raul, are both former world title challengers. We’re showcasing Ronson on this card and have big plans for him in the future. With Madison-Wiggins on top, Ronson fighting in the co-feature, and a solid undercard, our March 12th show is loaded from top to bottom with some of the best, most entertaining fighters in the New York area.”

Bronx featherweight Maureen “The Real Million Dollar Baby” Shea (13-2, 7 KOs) is off the card due to a minor injury, but fellow Bronx featherweight Nydia “Da Phnominal” Feliciano (2-0-1, 0 KOs) faces national kickboxing champion Jennifer Han (0-1) in a 6-round bout.

In other 6-round bouts, undefeated Bronx super middleweight Hajro Sujak (5-0, 2 KOs) fights Rondu Campbell (2-4-1), while Astoria (NY) light middleweight (by way of Cyprus) Lambros “Lionheart” Karaolides (5-0, 4 KOs) tangles with Ashantie “Volcano” Hendrickson (1-5).

On the undercard in 4-round bouts are Bronx bantamweight Raul Lopez (2-0-1, 2 KOs) against Reinaldo Cintron (1-1, 1 KO), and Yonkers featherweight favorite Chazz McDowell (1-0, 1 KO) versus Filberto Nieto (1-5, 1 KO).

All fights and fighters are subject to change.

Tickets, priced at $50.00 (General Admission) and $75.00 (Ringside), are available to purchase by calling 914.216.9381. For more information go on line at www.osheabrosboxing.com or call 914.216.9381. Doors open 6:30 PM/ET, first bout 7:30 PM/ET.

SENSATIONAL JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT

VETERAN PEDRO NAVARRETE

MONTREAL, CANADA (March 8, 2010) Montreal fight fans were treated to another outstanding performance from sensational junior lightweight prospect Logan McGuinness as he battled Mexican veteran Pedro Navarrete in an eight round war on Saturday afternoon.

Fighting at the Montreal Casino for the fifth time in his young professional career, the 22 year old McGuinness improved his unbeaten record to 10-0-0 (4KO’s) as the Orangeville native displayed toughness belying his youth.

Starting off evenly in the first couple of rounds, McGuinness had a brief tough patch in the early going but was able to turn the tide as the battle raged on.

After a hard fought five rounds in which both combatants scored at will, McGuinness proved he had the tougher mettle, taking over the rumble in the sixth round with devastating power shots, while walking through the earlier damaging combinations from the Mexican warrior.

Firing away with brutal intensity in the final two rounds, McGuinness proved that he was equal to the large step up in competition.

Final scores at the end of rumble were 77-75, 77-75 and 79-74. With the loss, Navarrete moved to 24-7-3 (13KO’s).

On Saturday night, at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented a thrilling, action-packed night of professional boxing, that had the packed house in attendance asking for more. The five bout card was headlined by Atlantic City’s own, Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez taking on hard hitting Alexis Camacho.
Alvarez and Camacho wasted no time getting acquainted, as they both came out in the first firing.

In the 2nd, the southpaw Alvarez began finding the range for his left hand, landing two short overhand lefts that rocked Camacho.

As the fight progressed from each round to the next, Alvarez got stronger and stronger. To Camacho’s credit, he showed guts, and a very good chin, as he continued to press forward as Alvarez’s punches found their mark time and time again.

In the 7th Camacho seemed to be tiring and Alvarez began pouring it on. Just when it looked as though Camacho might be getting back into the fight, landing some vicious punches to the body of Alvarez, a huge straight left hand from Alvarez sent Camacho flat on his back. The referee began his count, but the ringside doctor had seen enough and climbed through the ropes, halting the contest at 1:30 of the 7th round.

It was a very impressive showing for Alvarez as he looks to get himself back into title contention. With the win Alvarez improves to 21-2, 12KO while Camacho drops to 17-3, 16KO.

MADDALONE DOMINATES
In the co-feature bout of the evening, heavyweight fan-favorite, Vinny Maddalone, improved his record to 33-6, 24KO, with a vicious five round beat down of Dominique Alexander (19-8-1, 9KO).

Maddalone came out in the first, stalking Alexander. It was evident that Alexander was going to look to box and stay on the outside against the heavy-handed Maddalone. Maddalone had an answer for that though as he began unleashing thunderous right and lefts to the body of Alexander.

In the third round the body shots began to take their toll and Alexander’s movement slowed, allowing Maddalone to pin him against the ropes and bomb away. A big overhand right dropped Alexander just as the third round was coming to an end.

Maddalone continued where he left off in the 4th, dropping Alexander with a barrage of punches midway through the round and again at the end.

In the 5th a huge left hook to the body dropped Alexander for the fourth time, and the referee had seen enough, calling a halt to the contest at 1:09.

Other Results:

Chuck Mussachio W6 Richmond Dalphone
Ismael Garcia W4 Josh Mercado
Joey Dawejko W4 Kimani Cunningham

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/sports/07lathan.html

PURSE OFFER RESULTS

Bullit Knockout Promotions of Poland has won the rights to promote the vacant WBC cruiserweight world championship fight between Krzysztof Wlodarczyk of Poland and Giacobbe Fragomeni of Italy with a purse offer of $616,000 (U.S. dollars). OPI 2000 Promotions of Italy offered $477,717.00

Arena Box-Promotion of Germany has won the rights to promote the WBC interim welterweight world championship fight between Luis Collazo of the U.S.A. and Selcuk Aydin of Turkey with a bid of $210,000 (U.S. dollars). Don King Productions offered $201,000.

Edward Shaw, 92, beloved father of our good friend Gary Shaw, passed away on Thursday.

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, March 9, beginning at 10 a.m. ET at:

Jewish Memorial Chapel
841 Allwood Road
Clifton, NJ 07012
(973) 779-3048

The Shaw family will be sitting Shiva, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, at the residence of Judy and Gary Shaw:

Judy and Gary Shaw
33 Divan Way
Wayne, NJ 07470

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in Edward Shaw’s memory to the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge: http://www.rbari.org/donate.html

Expressions of sympathy can be sent to Gary’s home address or his email (boxing1111@aol.com)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (March 5, 2010) – WORLD-FAMOUS FREDDIE ROACH hit the big Five-Uh Oh today.

“Fifty, it’s the new 49,” said Freddie as he entered his boxing laboratory also known as the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California today.

Named Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) an unprecedented four times and the trainer of 27 world champions, Freddie is also boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound goodwill ambassador.

Freddie will be spending the day doing what he loves to do most, working with his fighters, including Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao who is preparing for his world welterweight title defense against former world champion and current No. 1 contender Joshua Clottey. THE EVENT: Pacquiao vs. Clottey will take place Saturday, March 13 and will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View from the $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where over 35,000 tickets have already been sold.

Roach’s morning will be spent on the phone doing a series of interviews around the country, ending with The Jim Rome Show at 1:35 p.m. ET / 10:35 a.m. PT. Santa Anita will also be feting Roach, on Sunday, March 7, where he will take part in the winner’s circle ceremony, presenting the trophy for the afternoon’s feature race — The Joe Hernandez Stakes. The first post time will be at 12:30 p.m. PT.

The following link will take you to an outstanding story written by Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports commemorating Freddie’s big day and his career. http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=AlRWjgWZUCe1VaI2vNw636yUxLYF?slug=ki-freddieroach030310&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS

From WBC President José Sulaiman:

The WBC is very happy with the great activity that we are having in March and April in Japan. On March 27, WBC flyweight world champion Koki Kameda of Japan will fight WBC interim champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam of Thailand to determine the undisputed WBC flyweight champion of the world.

On the same card, WBC strawweight champion Oleydong Sithsanerchai will fight Japanese challenger Yasutaka Kuroki in a voluntary defense, and a WBC female championship bout between Momo Koseki of Japan and Gun Joo Shim of South Korea will be contested.

On April 30, one of the greatest double-header championship fights has also been confirmed to take place in Japan. In the main event, WBC bantamweight world champion Hozumi Hasegawa of Japan, who is the longest reigning current champion in any division, will make his eleventh title defense against the most difficult challenge in his career, the tough Mexican Fernando Montiel, who is a three-time world champion.

The fight between Hasegawa and Montiel is a dream match for fight fans around the world and will certainly capture the attention to determine the best bantamweight in the world today.

In the co-featured fight, WBC super bamtamweight world champion Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan will make his fourth title defense against a very difficult opponent, WBC International super bantam champion Balweg Bangoyan of the Philippines.

The WBC is very excited with the great activity of our sport in Japan, and we wish all promoters the best of luck.

Quotes From the “ShamRock’d” Press Conference

(Twin River, Lincoln, RI)

Jimmy Burchfield (CES, President): “This is going to be a great show, a few days before St. Patrick’s Day (Irish), and the night of St. Joseph’s Day (Italian). In boxing, though, we’re all one ethnic group. At this show we’ll have Vinny Paz representing the Italians, Micky Ward the Irish.”

Micky Ward: “It’s going to be a great show. Jimmy always puts on a great card with competitive fights. That’s what fans want to see. I’m training a couple of guys fighting (Joey McCreedy and Sean Eklund). I’m not going to tell you they’re both going to win. They’re both ready and will give it their best — may the best man win.”

Vinny Paz: “I love Micky Ward. He ducked me. (“You were too light,” Ward said.) He’s a great guy and warrior. Jimmy Burchfield is my man.”

Danny O’Connor: “It would be easy for me to be up here and take all the credit, but it’s a team effort, and I don’t think they get enough credit – Leon Margules (promoter), Dave Keefe (head trainer and co-manager) and Rob Valle (co-manager). I want to thank my friends, family and fans. You keep me motivated. I want you to know how much I appreciate it. I am exciting to be in my first main event. It’s so close to home a lot of my fans will be able to watch me. I trained for this fight with (world champion) Juan Urango at the Fight Factory in Tampa. I consistently had good sparring. I’m going to keep doing what’s been successful. I’m improving each fight and, hopefully, this time I’ll top my last fight here.”

Jaime Clampitt: “Jimmy has always been a huge supporter of female boxing, something I’ve been quite involved in. It’s so tough for us getting fights and I thank Jimmy. This is a really exciting time for me. My daughter has her first birthday on St. Patrick’s Day. I gave birth last year and here I am fighting again. I feel better than before. I want to thank everyone for supporting me all the way.”

Eddie Soto: “I didn’t have to take this fight but Eklund deserved it. I was to say I was only down once, the other time I slipped (in their first fight won by Soto). I’m very strong and coming to fight hard for all my Latino fans out there. It (first fight vs. Eklund) could have gone either way. I wasn’t a judge and didn’t score the fight. I’m ready. Don’t leave your seats if the lights go out because it’s only going to be from all of our punches”

Sean Eklund: “Eddie (Soto) didn’t have to take this fight; you’re showing you’re a man. Me and Eddie will deliver. I’m looking forward to this fight, especially getting away from training with Micky. It’s been brutal.”

Joey McCreedy: “I love fighting at Twin River. I’m going back to the future with Dicky Eklund and Micky Ward at my side. It brings back good memories. Like Micky said, me and Sean are ready. I feel bad for whoever I’m fighting. I’m like a pit bull in a cage. They’re going to let m out March 19th. We’re a big family at CES; you gotta go hard or go home. It’s do or die for me.”

Keith Kozlin: “I’m really excited to be back fighting at Twin River. It’s a great place. My family and friends live it here. Jimmy always puts on great shows like this show here. I’m proud to be part of it. It’s going to be a great night of boxing.”

“ShamRock’d” FACT SHEET

Name: “ShamRock’d” Pro Card

Date: Friday night, March 19, 2009

Venue: Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, RI

Promoter: Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc.

Matchmaker: Ted Panagiotis

Tickets: $35.00, $50.00, $75.00 and $100.00 and are available to purchase by calling CES (401.724.2253/2254), going online at www.cesboxing.com or www.twinriver.com, at Twin River’s Players Club booth at Twin River, or any TicketMaster location.

Information: Contact CES (401.724.2253/2254/www.cesboxing.com) or the Twin River Event Center (877.82.RIVER/ www.twinriver.com) for more information. Doors open at 6 PM/ET, first bout at 7 PM/ET.

(Twin River has waived its 18+ rule for “ShamRock’d.” Anybody under the age of 18 must be accompanied at all times by an adult and they must enter through the West entrance.)

Contact Pat Sullivan (Pat@CESBoxing.com/401.724.2253) for information about a special CES KO ticket value package.