FIGHT CAMP 360°: Fedor vs. Rogers UPDATE
Posted on | October 29, 2009 | No Comments
SHOWTIME Sports® Captures Brett Rogers in Training Camp
“I Am Living THE American Success Story…”
Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME®
30-Minute Documentary Also Available For Broadcast on CBS Affiliates
NEW YORK (Oct. 29, 2009)—SHOWTIME Sports cameras were entrenched in the training camp of undefeated American powerhouse Brett “The Grim” Rogers in Minneapolis earlier this week as he prepares for the highest profile fight of his career.
On Saturday, Nov. 7, Rogers faces world No. 1 ranked heavyweight fighter Fedor Emelianenko in the main event of “STRIKEFORCE/ M-1 GLOBAL: Fedor vs. Rogers” LIVE on the CBS Television Network (9:00 PM live ET /delayed PT) at the Sears Centre in Chicago.
SHOWTIME Sports is completing FIGHT CAMP 360°: Fedor vs. Rogers, a 30-minute documentary preview show for the landmark event. FIGHT CAMP 360°: Fedor vs. Rogers premieres on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 9:30 PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME and is available for broadcast on CBS affiliated stations nationwide.
Quotes and photos (via download) from Brett “The Grim” Rogers’ training camp follow.
Air dates and times for FIGHT CAMP 360°: Fedor vs. Rogers on SHOWTIME and SHOWTIME 2®.
Tuesday, Nov. 3 9:30p (premiere) SHO
Tuesday, Nov. 3 10:00p SHO2
Wednesday, Nov. 4 11p SHO2
Thursday, Nov. 5 10p SHO2
Friday, Nov. 6 10p SHO2
Saturday, Nov. 7 4:30p SHO
Note: all times ET/PT
The link for photos from Rogers training camp:
http://www.st-photoservices.com/blasts/FC360_Brett_Rogers.zip
Rogers Quotes:
“The hardest part has been having someone (camera persons) on the mat during training that I CAN’T hit. Normally, the rule is, if you’re on the mat, you’re fair game to get some.”
“It’s been fun to share my story. I feel that I am living the American success story. And I hope that others can take some level of inspiration from it.”
“I am really looking forward to seeing the show, but to be honest, I won’t be in the right frame of mind next week to really enjoy it. I’ll have to go back and watch it in a couple of weeks to digest it all.”
“The film crew has been here for more than five days. I tell you, it is a surreal experience to have the world watching you, watching me do what my fight team and I have been doing for five years in relative obscurity day in and day out. All of a sudden, to have my life become worthy of this attention is amazing, shocking almost. But we are having fun with it.”
“We’ve had various training partners roll through the past few days and it’s been odd to explain what the cameras are doing here. They aren’t expecting it. The first few days the crew was here, it was a bit suffocating. To have them shadow me through my every move, not just in training, but at home with my family, during meals, everywhere. After a few days, though, I kind of got used to it.”
Roger’s trainer and manager, Mike Reilly, on training camp:
“Brett has evolved as a fighter. He’s always been a tremendous athlete but now he’s a more well-rounded fighter. He’s developed so much over the past year and especially in this camp.”
“He is working as hard as he ever has. He is in better shape than ever, so I can now push him harder and expand the training to be much more complex. All of this is possible because he’s evolving.”
“We have new wrinkles in training, new sparing partners and sessions. With his striking in top form, I can have Brett focus on other facets of the game: grappling, submission defense, throws and kicks. We are coming in from new angles, we found a new range. We have taken conditioning to a new level. Fedor is in for a shock.”
Tags: Brett Rogers > CBS > Fedor Emelianenko > Fight Camp 360 > M-1 Global > Mixed Martial Arts > MMA > Russia > SHOWTIME > Strikeforce
Cool Boxing Links (10-28-09)
Posted on | October 29, 2009 | No Comments
Is The Times Ignoring the Boxing Ring?
Les Bonano announced signing of professional boxer ‘Big’ Fred Kassi
Boxing: Haye calms fears over prep
Muhammad And Larry” Is An Instant Classic Boxing Documentary About A Not-So-Classic Fight
Referee Can Sue California For Allowing HIV-Positive Boxer to Fight
Jack Davis, educator and boxing official, dies at 83
Donated van will transport locals to boxing shows
Rodney King to fight in celebrity boxing event
Arum’s view of Pacquiao, Cotto training camps
Army to lift boxing ban in South Korea
Cotto’s biggest disadvantage may reside in his corner
Miguel Torres Learns New Tricks from Boxing Champ Miguel Cotto
Bob Arum “Manny Pacquiao, Bruce Lee style of boxing”
Westbrook Injury Compared To Boxing Concussion
Pasadena to honor Latino boxing coach
411 Boxing Fact or Fiction 10.27.09: Super Six World Boxing Classic Edition
Boxing veteran Campas still at it at age of 38
Can Harry Joe Yorgey’s lightning tame Angulo?
DMX Talks Boxing Debut, Says He Doesn’t Need To Train
Cool Wrestling Links (10-28-09)
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Busch, Logano Show Off Their Personalities On WWE’s ‘Monday Night Raw’
Big plans: Velasquez talks future opponents
Lesnar out for UFC 106 with illness
‘Hulk’ of a happening: Stratham resident co-authors book with wrestling superstar
Moc Wrestlers Fighting For Starting Spots
Ramblings of a Wrestling Fan: The “Things Are Looking Up” Edition
Sprague to host wrestling camp
Will THQ Step out of the WWE Ring?
Change highlights this year’s wrestling season
Take 5 with … Costenbader and Englert
Wrestler has 3 state titles, sights set on a 4th
Hulk Hogan returning to pro wrestling
This Week’s RAW Rating, Mickie James Surprises Indy Wrestling Promoter
Youth will play big role for Wisconsin wrestling
Classic Pro-Wrestling Mustaches
Hulk On Larry King: TNA, His Son Wrestling?, Suicide, More
Tags: COLLEGE WRESTLING > high school wrestling > Hulk Hogan > links > news > professional wrestling > reports > TNA > updates > wrestling
COOL MIXED MARTIAL ARTS LINKS (10-28-09)
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Women’s MMA draws fans for skill, sex appeal
Former champion Rampage Jackson ashamed of MMA and UFC after Machida decision
Updates on sanctioning of MMA in New York
Yahoo report: Lesnar out of UFC 106
Awesome Round 3 of Elena Reid Fight
MMA Top 10 Middleweights: Chael Sonnen Rises, Yushin Okami Falls
UFC 104 Roundtable with Kevin Iole and Jon Anik on Pro MMA Radio
‘Unbelievable’ Crowd Helps Make First MMA Event in Maryland a Success
First Screenshot for EA MMA Revealed
Takanori Gomi WANTS B.J. Penn Battle
DMX Gears Up For Upcoming MMA Bout
Critical Mass: Will The Bay State Regulate MMA?
BELFORT SAYS HE IS JUST AN EMPLOYEE
UFC TUF 10 Finale: Brian Stann v Rodney Wallace, John Howard v Dennis Hallman Confirmed
Tags: fighting > links > Mixed Martial Arts > MMA > news > reports > stories > updates
Takedown Wrestling Radio Report (10-28-09)
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
The mobile Brute Adidas studios will hit the road this Saturday for one of our first LIVE road shows of the year. Join Scott Casber and Steve Foster for what has now become a tradition on TDR.
We’ll talk with the wrestlers during and after practice, the coaches and some of the fans that will be on campus. our host for the weekend is Brad Penrith and his UNI Panthers. We’ll broadcast from their new Hall of Champions at West Gym. This will be an Audio and Video program. Please feel free to tune in at Takedownradio.com
After we get done at UNI we head across the street to the UNI Dome where Sandy Stevens will be holding court at the USAW’s Preseason National’s produced by Brian Keck. They are over 1000 athletes already and look to be way over double of their numbers from last year. We’ll tell this story on next weeks edition of TDR TV.
After that, we head to the Holiday Inn Cedar Falls to talk with Terry Brands, Jon McGovern and Dennis Hall at their first ever on line national coaches clinic for worldwrestlingresource.com
Missed an episode of TDR? Now You can get TDR on your PDA or iPhone at Lightsout.tv and at iTunes
Please note that Episode 29 of TDR TV is now up on all the top web sites around the country and is available for your viewing. TDR every week! It’s appointment Radio! Join us at Takedownradio.com. America’s Wrestling Radio Talk Show airs on Supertalk 1570 in Michigan, AM 1460 KXNO in Iowa and on a radio station near you or on line at many of our broadcast partners around the world including Livesportsvideo.com. We air 9 AM to 11 AM CST every Saturday morning and look forward to having you listen in.
UPDATE:
University of Northern Iowa Panthers Set to Stream Wrestle offs on TDR
Originally TDR was set to broadcast a regular room show at UNI this Saturday. Opportunity smiled and we now have the opportunity to present a live video stream of the UNI Wrestle-offs from the West Gym in Cedar Falls, Iowa. TDR starts at 9:06 AM CST for an hour pre-match show and then will continue through the wrestle offs. You can listen and watch by clicking on the live link on Takedownradio.com. That will take you to our partners at Livesportsvideo.com. We look forward to this first of the season event.
The University of Northern Iowa wrestling team will take to the mat for the first time in the 2009-10 season, hosting its annual inter-squad scrimmage. The wrestle-offs will begin Saturday,
Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. in the West Gym. The event is free and open to the public.
The Panthers are coming off a 22^nd place finish at the 2009 NCAA Championships after capturing their 24^th –straight West Regional title. The Panthers return seven national qualifiers including Trent Washington
and Christian Brantley. Both Washington and Brantley have found themselves ranked in preseason polls with Amateur Wrestling News ranking Washington No. 17 at the 141-pound slot and Brantley 11^th in the
heavyweight class. Intermat ranks Washington at No. 15 and Brantley at No. 12 for their respective weight classes.
UNI will open the regular season Nov. 14 at the Northwestern Duals where they will take on Eastern Michigan, Purdue and Stanford. UNI’s first home dual meet of the season will be Dec. 12 against Wisconsin at 2 p.m.
Tags: Scott Casber > Steve Foster > Takedown Radio > wrestling
Haye going Freaky on Valuev in WBA Heavyweight Title Fight
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Nov. 7 “David vs. Goliath” PPV card live from Germany
HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 28, 2009) – Three-time world cruiserweight champion David “The Haymaker” Haye is excited that his “David vs. Goliath” title fight Nov. 7 against World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai “The Russian Giant” Valuev is being broadcast in North America live on Pay-Per-View from Nuremberg, Germany.
Valuev-Haye is promoted by Wilfried Sauerland’s Sauerland Event and its Managing Director, Christian Meyer, in association with Don King Productions. The broadcast is being distributed in the United States and Canada by Integrated Sports for live viewing at 3 PM/ET – 12 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, TVN, DISH Network, Viewer’s Choice, Shaw PPV and Bell TV for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. A replay will be shown that same night at 9 PM/ET, 6 PM/PT.
“This is very important for me,” Haye spoke about the fight airing in North America. “I’m looking to increase my fan base all the time. I hope a lot of American and Canadian fans know of me from what I achieved at cruiserweight, but I’m sure this will be the first time they’ve been able to watch me live since my cruiserweight unification clash with Enzo Maccarinelli.
“I’ve done a lot of training in America in the past and I’d love to defend my heavyweight title there one day. It’s extremely important that my next few fights are shown in the States as there are no great heavyweights being from the USA nowadays. I want to bring back the excitement and charisma that a lot of great American heavyweights of yesteryear brought in the ring.”
The outspoken Haye, (22-1, 21 KOs), from London, England, plans to showcase his superior quickness and athleticism versus Valuev, after leaving the cruiserweight division in ruins as the unified WBA/WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion before moving up to heavyweight last year.
Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs), from St. Petersburg, Russia, is the two-time and current WBA heavyweight champion who holds the distinction of being the tallest and heaviest champion in history at an intimidating 7 feet and 325 pounds.
“The Hayemaker” has taunted Valuev since their fight was first announced. “Getting riled-up and angry is never good for any fighter,” Haye noted. “It doesn’t allow you to think straight or follow a game plan. You start to fight emotionally, rather than tactfully. If I have gotten under Valuev’s skin, it will only affect his performance in a negative way. He’ll fight angry, throw wild punches and become reckless. The more angry punches he throws, the more chances there will be for me to counter punch him and find holes in his defense.
“I’m as freakishly fast as Valuev is freakishly big. That’s the key to this fight. I’m never going to be bigger or stronger than a guy like Valuev, no matter how hard I train or now many weights I lift. My main advantage going into this fight is raw speed, agility and explosiveness. I’ll be able to hit him multiple times for every one punch he attempts to land on me.”
Haye, whose only pro loss was 13 fights and five years ago to Carl Thompson (TKO5), has defeated four world cruiserweight champions: Enzo Maccarinelli (TKO1) for the WBA/WBC/WBO crowns, Jean Marc Mormeck (TKO7) for the WBC/WBA championships, Giacobbe Fragomeni (TKO9) for the European title and “King” Arthur Williams (TKO3).
“Beating Valuev by any means will confirm what I’ve said all along – I’m one of the top heavyweights in the world,” Haye concluded. “It will also fulfil my dream of becoming a world heavyweight champion. If I’m able to knock ‘The Beast’ clean out, them you’re looking at one of the biggest wins in the heavyweight division for years. That will be the evidence I need that my power has transferred up from cruiserweight and that I’m a genuine threat to every heavyweight on the planet.”
For more information about the Valuev-Haye PPV go to www.integratedsportsnet.com.
Integrated Sports is North America’s leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events is Integrated Sports. Among the many events brought to North American viewers by Integrated Sports include World Championship and world-class boxing matches featuring Ricky Hatton, Christian Mijares, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones, Jr., Ivan Calderon, Rocky Martinez, Nicolai Valuev, Amir Kahn, Marco Antonio Barrera, Arthur Abraham, and Ruslan Chagaev. In addition, Integrated Sports has distributed numerous International soccer matches showcasing teams like Club America of Mexico and the National Team of Argentina, and World Championship and world-class mixed martial arts shows featuring Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Bobby Lashley, Bob Sapp, Jeff Monson, and Roy Nelson. For more information on upcoming Integrated Sports events visit www.integratedsportsnet.com.
Don King Productions has promoted over 500 world championship fights with nearly 100 individual boxers having been paid $1 million or more. DKP also holds the distinction of having promoted or co-promoted seven of the 10 largest pay-per-view events in history, as gauged by total buys, including three of the top five: Holyfield vs. Tyson II, 1.99 million buys, June 1997; Tyson vs. Holyfield I, 1.6 million buys, November 1996; and Tyson vs. McNeeley, 1.58 million buys, August 1995.
DKP has promoted or co-promoted 11 of the top 20 highest-grossing live gates in the history of the state of Nevada including five of the top seven: Holyfield vs. Lewis II, paid attendance: 17,078, gross: $16,860,300 (NOTE: Also second-highest live-gate gross for any event in the history of the world.), date: Nov. 13, 1999; Holyfield vs. Tyson II, paid attendance: 16,279, gross: $14,277,200, date: June 28, 1997; Holyfield vs. Tyson I, paid attendance: 16,103, gross: $14,150,700, date: Nov. 9, 1996; Tyson vs. McNeeley, paid attendance: 16,113, gross: $13,965,600, date: Aug. 19, 1995; and Trinidad vs. De La Hoya, paid attendance: 11,184, gross: $12, 949, 500. Sept. 18, 1999.
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Tags: Boxing > David Haye > Germany > heavyweight > Nikolai Valuev > Nuremberg > WBA Title
“Hammerin’” Hank Lundy Philadelphia Dreamin’
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Spina-Del Valle headlines Saturday night’s “Fright Night At The Sun” at Mohegan Sun
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Oct. 27, 2009) – One of the hottest prospects on the East Coast, Philadelphia light welterweight “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy, is continuing the great “City of Brotherly Love” boxing tradition, determined to become Philly’s premier 135- to 140-pound fighter of contemporary times.
Lundy (15-0-1, 9 KOs) faces his toughest opponent, former WBC FECARBOX and WBA Fedecentro champion Aldo “El Pato” Valtierra (25-11, 13 KOs), Saturday night in the 10-round co-feature (Halloween) on the “Fright Night At The Sun” pro boxing card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
World-rated light heavyweight Joey “K.O. Kid” Spina (25-1-1, 17 KOs) headlines “Fright Night At The Sun” against former world champion Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle (36-6-1, 22 KOs) in the 10-round main event.
Valtierra is a typical Mexican fighter – tough and well-conditioned with a straight-forward attack. He’s fought on national television numerous times and has only been stopped once in 36 pro fights. Fighting undefeated fighters like Lundy isn’t a new experience for Aldo, whose most recent action resulted in an upset victory against previously unbeaten and rated prospect Jorge Luis Teron (22-0-1). Valtierra also has knocked off 15-0 Frankie Zepeda on ESPN2 and went the distance with former world champions Steven Luevano, Hector Acero Sanchez and Julio Pablo Chacon, along with world-title challengers Daniel Attach and Rogers Mtagwa.
“Hank is a throwback type of fighter,” promoter Jimmy Burchfield said. “He’s a gym rat who is always working out. He’s comfortable now with a great team — manager Ivan Cohen, and head trainer Sloan Harrison – so, all he has to be concerned with now is training and fighting. There’s a 2 ½-mile run in Lincoln Woods (R.I.), where I’ve brought Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard to train. It’s all hills, but Hank flies around it and is barely breathing hard at the end. He is really coming into his own and ready to fight a ranked guy. Hank wants to fight for a title and beating Valtierra should get him there. This is without question Hank’s toughest fight as a pro.”
In his last action in September, Lundy stopped Justo Sanchez in the sixth round to capture the vacant UBC light welterweight crown. Hank’s most notable wins to date were a fifth-round TKO against previously unbeaten Jason Cintron (10-0) and 4-round decision over previously undefeated Esteban Almarez (7-0). The only blemish on Lundy’s pro record is a controversial draw with 8-0 Darnell Jiles Jr. on ESPN (Mar. 28, 2008), in which most observers felt Hank won.
“I want to be the first big lightweight/junior welterweight from Philly,” the 25-year-old Lundy explained. “It’s a lot on my shoulders, but I welcome it because I want to give fans what they want to see. Most know that ‘Hammerin’’ Hank is coming to fight. I don’t do nothing else but train hard. It’s search-and-destroy for me. I love my family, but I get away from everybody when I go into training for a fight. That’s why I want to destroy my opponent; he kept me away from my family. I keep it easy. Most Philly fighters today are in the gym to train for a fight. I keep it up after a fight. When a call comes for a fight, I’m ready to go because I’ve been training hard, staying focused and there’s no pressure. I will be world champion someday.”
“Being a Philly fighter is a big key for me. I know my opponent knows he’s fighting a tough Philly fighter, probably the toughest he’s ever fought, so he trains harder than usual for me. He knows it’s going to be a war. In any gym in this city, you walk in and can see a main-event type fight in a sparring session. I’m smart enough to know what guys to spar and what gyms to go to for it.”
On the undercard in separate 4-round bouts are a pair of promising Hartford (CT) prospects from Puerto Rico, Hartford junior middleweight David Bauza (2-0, 2 KOs) against Rafael Jastrzebski, and light welterweight Edwin Soto (1-0, 1 KO) of New Havem versus pro-debuting Rasheed Francis.
In other 4-round fights on the undercard, 2008 Olympian Sadam Ali (3-0, 2 KOs) meets a welterweight opponent to be determined; lightweight Ryan “The Polish Prince” Kielczewski (5-0, 2 KOs), the 2008 National Golden Gloves Tournament runner-up from Quincy (MA), faces Israel Suarez (2-2); another undefeated Philadelphia lightweight, Frank Trader (6-0, 2 KOs), takes on Gustavo Daily; and 2008 New York Golden Glove champion light heavyweight Joe Smith, Jr., of Long Island, makes his long-awaited pro debut vs. TBA. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets for “Fright Night At The Sun,” priced at $27.00, $50.00 and $80.00, are available to purchase by calling CES (401.724.2253/2254), going online at www.cesboxing.com or at the Mohegan Sun Box Office. Ticketmaster customers may log on to www.ticketmaster.com, call Ticketmaster’s national toll-free charge by phone (1.800.745.3000) or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.
For more information contact CES (401.724.2253/2254/www.cesboxing.com) or Mohegan Sun (www.mohegansun.com). Doors open at 6:30 PM/ET, first bout at 7:30 PM/ET.
-CES-
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Don’t judge Kielczewski by his deceiving angelic appearance
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Spina-Del Valle headlines Saturday night’s “Fright Night At the Sun” card at Mohegan Sun
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Oct. 27, 2009) – Appearances are often misleading, especially in boxing. Unbeaten lightweight Ryan “The Polish Prince” Kielczewski will be a perfect example Saturday night when he fights on the undercard of the “Fright Night At The Sun” pro boxing show, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
World-rated light heavyweight Joey “K.O. Kid” Spina (25-1-1, 17 KOs) headlines “Fright Night At The Sun,” which will be taped live and shown on NESN at dates and times to be announced, against former world champion Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle (36-6-1, 22 KOs) in the 10-round main event.
The 20-year-old Kielczewski (5-0, 2 KOs), fighting out of Quincy (MA), faces Israel Suarez (2-2) in a 4-round bout. When he goes up those three steps and into the ring, Ryan K. will go through a transformation worthy of The Incredible Hulk on Halloween Night, changing from the boy who looks like a choirboy into a cold, calculated prize fighter.
“I have no idea what happens to me,” said Ryan as he tried to explain his noticeable change. “If somebody bumps into me on the street, I’m the first one to say sorry. It’s what I’ve been trained to do, I guess.”
The angelic-looking Kielczewski was truly born to box. His father, Ricky, Sr., taught his oldest son, Ricky, Jr., to box when he was only six years old. Five years later, 4-year-old Ryan was tagging along with his father and older brother to shows. In fact, Ryan was caught sleeping on the “apron” at one show in a popular picture.
Ryan had been bitten by the boxing bug, so he bugged his dad to box, and right from the start everybody knew he was going to be successful in the ring. His father decided to keep Ryan away from all other sports, even at an early age, so Ryan could fully concentrate on becoming a boxer.
“I wanted to play football in high school,” he said, “but I realized boxing was my way out. I couldn’t afford to get hurt playing football, so I stayed in the gym and have no regrets. I’ve always loved to entertain and I can’t wait to fight at Mohegan Sun for the first time. It’s a great opportunity for me.”
Kielczewski registered a 118-26 amateur record, including gold-medal performances in the 2007 and 2008 New England Golden Gloves Tournament (he was named Outstanding Boxer in the latter). The highlight of his outstanding amateur career, however, came early last year when Kielczewski was runner-up in the National Golden Gloves Tournament.
“I was at the top as an amateur but started at the bottom as a pro like everybody else, 0-0,” Ryan noted. “I can’t wait to break into the rankings and start fighting in 8- and 10-round bouts. I’m only 20 and it’ll be three years before I’m probably fully developed. I don’t know if it’ll be as a lightweight, but my goal is to someday be world champion.”
UBC junior welterweight champion “Hammerin’” Hank Lundy (15-0-1, 9 KOs), one of the hottest prospects on the East Coast, is scheduled to fight an opponent to be determined in the 10-round co-feature.
Promising Puerto Rican prospects now fighting out of Hartford – middleweight David Bauza (2-0, 2 KOs) against Vaughn Anderson (0-1) and New Haven light welterweight Edwin Soto (1-0, 1 KO) versus Deroy “Guyanase Gladiator” Beaton (1-0) — are showcased in 4-round matches.
In other 4-round fights on the undercard, 2008 Olympian Sadam Ali (3-0, 2 KOs) meets welterweight Osvaldo Rivera (2-1, 1 KO), while 2008 New York Golden Glove champion Joe Smith, Jr., of Long Island, and David Brown make their pro debuts in light heavyweight matches. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets for “Fright Night At The Sun,” priced at $27.00, $50.00 and $80.00, are available to purchase by calling CES (401.724.2253/2254), going online at www.cesboxing.com or at the Mohegan Sun Box Office. Ticketmaster customers may log on to www.ticketmaster.com, call Ticketmaster’s national toll-free charge by phone (1.800.745.3000) or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.
For more information contact CES (401.724.2253/2254/www.cesboxing.com) or Mohegan Sun (www.mohegansun.com). Doors open at 6:30 PM/ET, first bout at 7:30 PM/ET.
-CES-
Tags: Andre Wilson > Anwar Oshana > Boxing > Bruno Girard > Carl Daniels > Connecticut > Eddy Smulders > Frank Trader > Gerry Cooney > Girard > Hartford > Jesse Brinkley > Jimmy Burchfield > Joe Smith Jr. > Joey Spina > Lou Del Valle > Manu Ntoh > Mike Oliver > Mohegan Sun > New York > New York Golden Gloves > Phil Capobianco > Philadelphia > Providence > Rhode Island > Roy Jones Jr. > Ryan Kielczewski > Uncasville > Virgil Hill













