“Iceman” John Scully Presents: JOHNNY DUKE MEMORIAL AMATEUR BOXING SHOW

Posted on | December 5, 2008 | No Comments

Former NABF Super Middleweight Champion SCOTT PEMBERTON and former two-time WBA World Champion JOSE ANTONIO “El Gallo” RIVERA will attend and help in handing out trophies. Also slated to attend are 1996 U.S. Olympian LAWRENCE CLAY-BEY, former NABF lightweight champion PITO CARDONA, former IBO super bantamweight champion MIKE OLIVER and HOPEFULLY (I should know on Thursday night or early Friday for sure) two-time former welterweight champion (and 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist) MARK BRELAND.

Former New York City GG Champion and lightweight contender BRIAN ADAMS will also appear as will, possibly, Manchester’s unbeaten featherweight, MATT “SHARPSHOOTER” REMILLARD.

Weigh-in starts at 5 PM…tickets are just $15 for ringside and $10 for general admission. ALL proceeds will go towards the purchase of a plaque commemorating Johnny Duke and his more than forty years of training boxers at the Bellevue Square Boys Club in Hartford, Connecticut. The plaque will be permanently affixed to the brick wall that now lines the site of the former gym. Duke trained many notable Hartford area boxers, most notably future two-time welterweight champion MARLON STARLING.

Bouts will be held at the brand new LION’S DEN GYM (SPECTACULAR FACILITY!) 1385 Newfield St. in Middletown, CT

TENTATIVE BOUT LINEUP:

1… 90 JO: Luis Rosa, Hamden vs. Luis Santiago, Whitley Bros., Holyoke
2… 139 JO: Rikki Soumpholphakdy, Champions of Life, Middletown vs Carlos Perez, Silver City
3… 125 JO: Terin Swanson, Hamden vs. Lirim Lajqi, WESTCHESTER
4… 141 Novice: Donovan Whitley, Whitley Bros. vs. Ryan Paris, Manchester PAL
5… 132 JO: ADRIAN AYALA, HAMDEN VS. Emmanuel Andujar, Holyoke
6… 141 Novice: Nelson Perez, Hudson, Mass. vs Miguel Martinez, Whaling City (New London)
7… 152 Novice: Marco, WHITLEY’S vs Dante Longwa, STAMFORD
8… 141 Novice: Mike Rappa, Rhode Island vs. Carlos Hernandez, Stamford, CT
9… +201 MASTER’S: Stan Tompkins, L.A. Boxing vs. Doug Glazier, Framingham (Mass.) P.A.L.

Intermission

10… 141 OPEN: Jose Vargas, Untouchables, Holyoke vs Edwin Badillo Soto, Hamden
11… 165 OPEN: David Seallis, Bridgeport vs Charles Foster, HAMDEN
12… 185 OPEN: Ron Scott, Malone’s vs. Pedro (Tyson), Holyoke
13… 132 OPEN: Joey “Chip” Perez, Champions of Life, Middletown vs Julio Perez, Hudson, Mass.