Gomi-Oliveira completes Affliction M-1 Global’s “Trilogy” PPV card

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Fedor Emelianenko-Josh Barnett headline August 1 in Anaheim

SEAL BEACH, California (July 6, 2009)—Japanese combat fighting superstar Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi has been added to the Affliction M-1 Global’s locked-and-loaded “Trilogy” card against upset-minded Rafaello “Tractor” Oliveira, completing the five-fight Pay-Per-View event, live August 1 from Honda Center in Anaheim.

The premier heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter in the universe, Russian icon Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (30-1-0), defends his WAMMA heavyweight title against No. 1 contender, Josh “The Babyfaced Assassin” Barnett (24-5-0), in the special main event.

GoDaddy.com presents Affliction M-1 Global’s “Trilogy,” featuring Fedor vs. Barnett in association with Golden Boy Promotions and Donald J Trump. The show is separated into two live broadcasts on the same night—a one-hour special will air on HDNet starting at 7:30 PM/ET (4:30 PM/PT), followed by the sensational Pay-Per-View event, “Trilogy,” commencing at 9PM/ET (6 PM/PT).
Gomi (30-5-0), 4-time All-Japan Combat Wrestling Champion, is a former Shooto welterweight and PRIDE lightweight title-holder. His strong wrestling background and ambidextrous striking ability make him a dual threat to contend with. The Japanese warrior will be fighting in the United States for only the second time in his pro career. Among his many victims is former UFC® champion, Jens Pulver. The once-beaten Oliveira (8-1-0), fighting out of Knoxville, has won three in a row in 2009, since suffering his only loss by doctor stoppage last October.

Also appearing is Strikeforce® Light Heavyweight Champion Renato “Babalu” Sobral (32-8-0), who takes on Armenian kick-boxing artist Gegard “The Dreamcatcher” Mousasi (25-2-1), making his American debut in an intriguing co-main event.

Also on the PPV card is former UFC® Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort (18-8-0) against Sengoku middleweight title-holder Jorge Santiago (21-7-0), while knockout specialist Gilbert “The Hurricane” Yvel (36-13-1), fresh off of his devastating first-round knockout of 3-time UFC® heavyweight title challenger Pedro “The Rock” Rizzo, squares-off with former UFC® heavyweight title challenger, Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello,.

The stacked undercard on HDNet features ex-IFL® Welterweight Champion Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron (17-4-0) versus former Cage Rage belt-holder Paul “Semtex” Daley (21-8-2), young lightweight prospects Chris “The Polish Hammer” Horodecki (12-1-0) and Dan “The Upgrade” Lauzon (12-2-0), and former IFL® heavyweight titlist “Big” Ben Rothwell (30-6-0) tangles with hot, unbeaten prospect Chase Gormley (6-0-0).

Two other HDNet fights include featherweight L.C. Davis (13-2-0) meeting former KOTC and Gladiator Challenge champion Javier “Showtime” Vasquez (13-2-0), and former IFL® lightweight challenger Deividas Taurosevicius (10-3-0) facing Mark “The Machine” Hominick (16-8-0). Two off-television matches are also on tap between heavyweights Jessie Gibbs (7-2-0) and Rob Broughton (10-4-1), as well as Brazilian light heavyweight Lucio Linhares (12-4-0) and Mikhail Zayats (8-3-0).

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Tickets for Affliction M-1’s “Trilogy” range between $50.00 and $600.00, are on sale at Honda Center Box Office (1.714.704.2500) and also online at Ticketmaster.com and all Ticket Master outlets (1.714.740.2000).

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M-1 Global and M-1 Challenge

M-1 Global has been one of the leading Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organizations in the world for over a decade. International MMA stars who have fought under the M-1 banner have included Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko, Keith Jardine, Alistair Overeem, Yushin Okami, Ben Rothwell, Mike Pyle, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zenstov, Denis Kang, Martin Kampmann, Omar Suloev, and Chalid Arrab, to name a few. (www.m1mixfight.com)

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Golden Boy Promotions

Los Angeles-based Golden Boy Promotions was established in 2002 by Oscar de la Hoya, the first Hispanic to own a national boxing promotional company. Golden Boy Promotions currently has over 60 fighters under contract, from future hall of famers Bernard Hopkins, Sugar Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez to current world champions Ricky Hatton, David Haye, Joel Casamayor, Israel Vazquez and Gerry Peñalosa. Also included on the company’s roster are top contenders Jeff Lacy, Juan Diaz, Daniel Ponce De Leon, Jhonny Gonzalez, Librado Andrade, Rocky Juarez and Rey Bautista; 2004 Olympians Abner Mares, Vicente Escobedo and Rock Allen; and highly regarded prospects Danny Garcia, Jermell Charlo, Hylon Williams and Carlos and Juan Velasquez. (www.goldenboypromotions.com)

DERRIC “EL LEON” ROSSY CAPTURES WBC FECARBOX HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

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Press Release For Immediate Release

(Orlando Florida July 6, 2009) – This past Friday at Club Destiny in Orlando, Florida heavyweight contender, Derric “El Leon” Rossy (21-2, 12 KO’s) scored a third round TKO over Moises Droz (13-8, 10 KO’s) to capture the WBC Fecarbox Heavyweight title.

Rossy, a former Boston College football player took charge from the opening round, landing accurate punches to the head and body. As the fight continued, Rossy continued to apply pressure and mounted an all out assault in the beginning of the third round forcing the referee to halt the action.

After the bout Rossy went on to say, “I’ve learned a lot over the past year and I feel I’ll be ready to fight any of the top contenders in the heavyweight division. My goal is to get a big fight by the end of the year. I would love to fight Chris Arreola if he’s willing to step in with me.”

Rossy’s promoter Sal Musumeci agrees that a bout with Arreola makes sense as he stated, “Rossy is Puerto Rican-American and Arreola is Mexican-American. This type of match is what the fans are waiting to see. It’s rare to see two highly skilled Latin heavyweights do battle in the ring. The heavyweight division needs a fight like this to spice things up.”

In other action former “Contender” participant Alfredo Escalera Jr (18-2-1, 12 KO’s) won a unanimous decision against Hilaro Guzman in a six round cruiserweight bout.

Heavyeight Bolo Wills scored a first round KO over Andrew Greeley, improving to (24-2-1, 18 KO’s)

Flyweight Anthony Rodriguez improved to (8-0, 3 KO’s) with a unanimous decision Kevin Hudgins.

Super Middleweight Richard Grant floored Danny Pastrana in the first round, improving to (3-3, 1 KO’s)

This event was promoted by Final Forum Boxing Promotions in association with www.clubdestiny.tv. For more information visit www.finalforumboxing.com

ALISTAIR OVEREEM TO DEFEND STRIKEFORCE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST OLD RIVAL FABRICIO WERDUM ON AUG. 15

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Rematch Will Precede Carano vs. Cyborg Main Event
Live on SHOWTIME from HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif.

NEW YORK (July 6, 2009)–-STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Champion Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem (29-11) will put his coveted title on the line and, at the same time, attempt to avenge a previous defeat when he squares off with old nemesis and two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum (11-4-1) during the live, SHOWTIME® telecast of STRIKEFORCE: “Carano vs. Cyborg” from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 15.

“I’m very happy that I’m being given the opportunity to fight him again and I’m looking forward to beating him,” said the 29-year-old Overeem who, at 6-feet-5 inches tall and a chiseled 250 pounds, is considered one of the sport’s most impressive physical specimens. Overeem hails from The Netherlands and is a longtime member of the country’s Team Golden Glory, the fight squad that boasts a host of the world’s top martial arts fighters. “This is the one rematch I’ve wanted. I’m going to punish this guy.”

The 31-year-old Werdum, a native of Porto Alegre, Brazil, is similarly confident about his chances of conquering Overeem a second time. Werdum, who relocated to Huntington Beach, Calif., earlier this year to train with The United States affiliate of Brazil’s Chute Boxe fight camp, submitted Overeem with a kimura in the second round (3:43) of their first encounter, which took place at Pride: “Total Elimination Absolute” in Osaka, Japan, on May 5, 2006. The matchup was Werdum’s fifth of a six-fight stint under the defunct Pride organization.

“I am very confident. I have trained my whole life for this moment,” said the 6-foot-4 inch, 235- pound Werdum regarding the rematch with Overeem. “Coming in as the challenger in a title match is a huge motivating factor for me. Whether the fight is against Alistair or another fighter doesn’t necessarily matter to me. What matters is that I am fighting the champion.

“STRIKEFORCE is one of the biggest and most prestigious organizations in the world. To become the heavyweight champion for such a respected organization would be an honor that is beyond words.”

Last October, Werdum completed a four-fight stretch with UFC during which he toppled both former heavyweight championship challenger Gabriel Gonzaga and Brandon “The Truth” Vera. Prior to his debut in The Octagon, Werdum pulled off an impressive first round (3:24) submission (arm triangle choke) over two-time Russian National Sambo champion, Aleksander Emelianenko, brother of the world’s top heavyweight MMA fighter, Fedor Emelianenko.

Overeem was crowned the first STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Champion in history on Nov. 16, 2007, after he brutalized fellow heavy hitter Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello with a relentless offensive attack, finally stopping Buentello with a series of hard knee strikes to the midsection in the second round (3:42) of action at HP Pavilion.

Overeem made his debut with STRIKEFORCE at HP Pavilion on June 9, 2006, earning a one-sided, unanimous decision over Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort in the main event of the second STRIKEFORCE MMA card in history. The outcome marked Overeem’s second career win over Belfort.

The possibility of a rematch between Overeem and Werdum moved one step closer to becoming a reality on April 11 of this year when both fighters were guests at the STRIKEFORCE: “Shamrock vs. Diaz” mega-card at HP Pavilion. While Overeem was addressing the media at the post-fight press conference, Werdum stood up from the audience and issued a challenge to Overeem.

In the main event on Aug. 15, mixed martial arts’ (MMA) leading lady, the undefeated and extremely popular Gina “Conviction” Carano (7-0) will square off with rival powerhouse Cris “Cyborg” (7-1) in what is one of the most eagerly anticipated women’s battles of all time.

Carano and Cyborg, the consensus two best female fighters in the world, will be the first women in MMA history to headline a major MMA fight card. In addition, they will fight a scheduled five-minute, five-round fight for the first STRIKEFORCE 145-pound Female Championship.

In a third world title fight, STRIKEFORCE World Lightweight (155 pounds) Champion Josh “The Punk” Thomson (16-2) will put his title on the line against Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez (15-2), the man whom Thomson dethroned by way of unanimous decision at HP Pavilion on June 27, 2008.

Tickets for STRIKEFORCE: “Carano vs. Cyborg,” priced from $30, are on sale at the HP Pavilion box office (408-287-7070) as well as at all Ticketmaster locations (800-745-3000), Ticketmaster online (www.ticketmaster.com), and the official STRIKEFORCE website (www.strikeforce.com).

The live SHOWTIME telecast of STRIKEFORCE: “Carano vs. Cyborg” will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (tape delayed on the west coast).

After co-promoting two events live on SHOWTIME in 2007 and 2008, STRIKEFORCE in March 2009 signed a multi-year agreement to stage live MMA events on the premium cable television network.

About STRIKEFORCE
STRIKEFORCE is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose’s HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts series with “Shamrock vs. Gracie.” In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose.

EDDIE CHAMBERS ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS

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PHILADELPHIA (JULY 6, 2009)–Number-one ranked Heavyweight, “Fast” Eddie Chambers graced the FRONT cover of Monday’s Philadelphia Daily News following his dominationg victory over Alexander Dimitrenko this past Saturday in Hamburg, Germany.

The cover story penned by Bernard Fernandez has a picture of the victorious Chambers raising his hand’s with the headline “Phillys Fighting Chance” as Chambers will be fighting for the Heavyweight championship of the world in the next 6-8 months

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Philly heavyweight Chambers slims down, tops Ukrainian for chance at title
By BERNARD FERNANDEZ
Philadelphia Daily News

fernanb@phillynews.com

EDDIE CHAMBERS can’t guarantee he’ll never lose another boxing match. But the United States’ brightest heavyweight hope is at least certain of one thing.

No one will ever kick his “s” again.

“No more ‘Fat Eddie.’ I’m ‘Fast Eddie’ again, and I’m going to stay that way,” a smiling Chambers said yesterday afternoon at Philadelphia International Airport upon his return from Germany, where he achieved the most significant victory of his now very significant career. “Who knows? Maybe I can get an underwear commercial out of this.”

Slimmed down to 208 1/4 pounds, his lowest weight since he came in at 207 for a 2003 bout with Allen Smith at the Blue Horizon, Chambers outquicked and outhustled Ukrainian giant Alexander “Sascha” Dimitrenko to win a 12-round majority decision on the Fourth of July in Hamburg, Germany.

In a scene right out of 1985’s “Rocky IV,” Chambers, who was booed by the pro-Dimitrenko crowd as he made his way to the ring at the Color Line Arena, so won over a majority of the spectators that the announcement of his unexpected triumph was greeted by loud, sustained applause.

Chambers said he signed so many autographs afterward that he got a mild case of writer’s cramp, and would have signed more had his manager-trainer, Rob Murray Sr., not insisted it was time to return to the hotel so he could get some rest.

“All that was missing were Sylvester Stallone and an American flag to drape around my shoulders. Sascha even looks a little like Dolph Lundgren [who played Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV”],” Chambers said of the surreal setting.

In this case, though, real life proved more satisfying than anything Chambers could have imagined after seeing a movie. By dominating the 6-7, 253 1/2-pound Dimitrenko and handing him his first professional loss, Chambers, a half-foot shorter and whopping 45 1/4 pounds lighter, became the mandatory WBO challenger to WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, also of Ukraine, the man widely regarded as the best heavyweight on the planet.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, Chambers should get his shot at Klitschko (53-3, 47 KOs) within the next 6-to-8 months.

Chambers (35-1, 18 KOs), a Pittsburgh native who relocated to Philly in the spring of 2002 for the express purpose of refining his boxing skills, officially was credited with two knockdowns. Referee Geno Rodriguez gave Dimitrenko (29-1, 19 KOs) a standing eight-count in the seventh round when Dimitrenko doubled over in pain from a left hook to the body. The Ukrainian claimed his distress was the result of a low blow, but Rodriguez ruled the punch was legal.

Then, in the 10th round, Chambers sent Dimitrenko crashing to the canvas and his mouthpiece flying with a well-timed hook to the chin.

The decision for Chambers should have been a given, but British judge Paul Thomas, ignoring the obvious, submitted a scorecard that read 113-113. His colleagues, Glenn Feldman and Fernando Laguna, gave Chambers the victory by turning in cards that had him winning by margins of 117-109 and 116-111, respectively.

“I don’t speak German, but I knew something was wrong when people started booing again,” Chambers said of the change in the crowd when Thomas’ score was announced. “After the sixth or seventh round, I had won over the crowd. When the people booed, I knew something bad had happened. I have to say, I was worried.”

Chambers is admittedly undersized in this area of heavyweights who look like NBA power forwards, which is why he scaled 223 pounds, one less than his career-high, for his previous bout, a 10-round, majority decision over former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter, who came in at 265.

“I thought the extra weight would make me bigger and stronger, but it just made me slower,” Chambers said. “After the Peter fight, I took off 10 pounds in a week and a half. It came off easy. I vowed that I’d never get up over 215 again, even between fights.”

Murray said Chambers’ rout of Dimitrenko is a blueprint of how he can take down Klitschko.

“I didn’t like Eddie at 223 for the Peter fight,” Murray said. “He needed to be quicker, more fluid. But against Dimitrenko he showed how to beat a big man.

“I know some people had written Eddie off as a Blue Horizon fighter, a club fighter. They said he was too short, too light, can’t punch. A lot of people said some of the same things about Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey. They weren’t real big guys, but they could fight. This kid can fight.”

Murray said he believes Chambers is the best heavyweight in the world, and that at the very least he should be recognized as America’s best, although some have him a rung below Cristobal Arreola (27-0, 24 KOs), of Riverside, Calif., a more standard-sized big banger at 6-4, 255.

Wherever he deserves to be ranked, Chambers probably has established himself as the best Philadelphia heavyweight since Tyrell Biggs won the Olympic super heavyweight gold medal in 1984 and Tim Witherspoon twice held alphabet versions of the heavyweight title in the 1980s.

“Keeping my weight down will help me stay effective,” Chambers said. “I was sharper. I was faster. My movement was much better. I didn’t have a jiggly midsection. It makes all the difference. I was able to get on my toes and stay on my toes. I had more energy throughout the fight.

“I like the way my new body feels. I like the way it looks, too.” *

Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard heading West

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Fighting Edel Ruiz Friday in Reno

MANCHESTER, Conn. (July 6, 2009) – WBC Youth and USNBC featherweight champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard is a young man heading West to fight veteran Edel “Cuate” Ruiz this Friday night in Reno, Nevada.

The 23-year-old Remillard (17-0, 9 KOs), fighting out of Manchester, Connecticut, was originally supposed to fight Ruiz (32-22-4, 23 KOs) two months ago in Maryland. Ruiz became ill and was unable to fight that date, leading to a postponement of this interesting match-up between youth and experience that eventually landed in Reno.

“I’m excited about getting my career restarted,” Remillard said. “It’s only been a few months since I’ve fought, but (trainer) Paul (Cichon) have been working very hard in the gym, and we’re both a little anxious to showcase what I’ve learned. I’ve never been to Reno. I’m going from a venue that seats 2000 to close to 5000. It’s a big card and I’m really looking forward to fighting in front of a large crowd.”

Ruiz is a former WBO Latino, WBC CABOFE and WBC Continental Americas champion who has been in the ring against one present champion, Juan Manuel Lopes, as well as four former title holders (Paulie Ayala, Robert Guerrero, Jhonny Gonzalez and Joan Guzman, and two world title challengers (Jason Litzau and Fernando Beltran, Jr.).

“He’s had more than 50 fights, many against top fighters, and he’s still only 31,” Remillard noted. “The experience I’ll gain fighting him is exactly what I need at this stage of my career. I need to fight and beat a veteran like him to get to the next level where I want to be. Our weight class has so much talent. Ruiz is another step up the ladder. I’m looking for bigger fights but still take ‘em one at a time. Right now, this guy is in my way.

“I’m right on weight and will make 128 easy. I’ve been working in the ring with (his assistant trainer and former world cruiserweight contender) John Scully. He’s so strong and now that he’s retired and having fun, I think his reflexes are better than ever. I told him he could still beat most of the guys out there.”

Scully, however, won’t be in Remillard’s corner this weekend because “Iceman” is the head trainer for Matt Godfrey, who is fighting Shawn Hawk on this week’s ESPN Friday Night Fights show in Philadelphia. Former 2-time world champion James “Buddy” McGirt will be working Remillard’s corner with Cichon.

“This is a good fight for Matt,” Remillard’s manager Bret Hallenbeck added, “much more than a stay-busy fight. He’s in against a seasoned opponent in Ruiz, who has fought some of the top guys in the division. He’s definitely tougher than anybody Matt has fought to date. Every fight is a step forward for Matt and he’s learned something new each time out. He’s only 23 but getting closer and closer to a really big fight.”

-MR-

RING OF FIRE returns August 1st with SUMMERBRAWL!!

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The number one MMA event in the region, RING OF FIRE, returns with the 1st Annual SUMMERBRAWL series.

On Saturday, August 1st at the Brromfield Event Center, MMA fans will be treated to a minimum of 12 exciting bouts featuring 3 title matches.

In the Main Event, Colorado’s fastest rising star Tyler THUNDER Toner takes on the Brazilian Fabio JUNGLE BOY Serrao for the Ring Of Fire Feather Weight Championship.

ROF 145 LB Championship

Tyler Toner Fabio Serrao
9-2 5-1
Aurora, CO Manaus, Brazil

Toner is touted as the next great thing to come out of Ring Of Fire. The promotion has a long history of producing some of the sports biggest names, including most recently Donald Cerrone, Shane Carwin and Eliot Marshall. Toner is also a Strikeforce veteran, but his biggest career win thus far happened just last month in Japan. “Thunder” was able to score a 1st round knockout over Shootboxing legend Kenichi Ogata in one of the biggest upsets in Shootboxing history. Toner is mainly known for his aggressive style, with a strong stand up game honed by mentor Duane BANG Ludwig. Toner will be vacating his ROF Young Guns title to vie for the ROF 145 Championship belt.

Facing Toner will be Fabio JUNGLE BOY Serrao. Serrao is a Brazilian JiuJitsu Black Belt under the legendary Oswaldo Alves. Originally hailing from Manaus, Brazil, he currently trains with BJJ Black Belt and Vale Tudo fighter Eduardo Mori. He has a 5-1 MMA record with 3 submission victories. Being a student of the game and wanting to improve his skills he has sought out Sakasem THE PUNISHER Kanthawong to polish his Muay Thai. Serrao is a also a NAGA Absolute Grappling Champion.

In the feature bout of the evening the dynamic Fabian THE FREAK Acuna clashes with IFL veteran Jon GUNS Gunderson for the Ring Of Fire Light Weight Championship.

ROF 155 LB CHAMPIONSHIP

Fabian Acuna Jon Gunderson
5-1-1 18-7
Santiago, Chile Las Vegas, NV

Fabian Acuna is one of the most exciting fighters on the ROF roster. He has been called a “155 lb Cung Le”. After nearly a six year layoff, “The FREAK” returned to action at ROF 34 and needed less than 3 minutes to dispatch Contender Asia star James Martinez. Born and raised on the tough streets of Santiago, Chile, Acuna is on of three brothers with a fighting spirit. A young Acuna channeled his aggression through traditional martial arts first competing in bare knuckle karate matches. Acuna then tried his hand in kickboxing bouts but found the format too limiting. After debuting MMA in 2001 at ROF 3 and winning by a spinning elbow knockout, the tough Chilean has never looked back. Acuna is now making up for lost time and hopes the ROF belt will spring board him in to the big leagues.

Facing Acuna for the vacant belt will be Jon GUNS Gunderson. Gunderson is a former member of Ken Shamrock’s Nevada Lions in the now defunct IFL. His career high came in challenging Ryan Schultz for the IFL Championship in February of last year. He has the advantage over Acuna in experience with a 18-7 record. Stylistically this should be a barn burner since Gunderson started his career with a base in boxing. He now trains in Las Vegas at Extreme Couture with some of the best fighters in the world. Gunderson is wanting to get back in the limelight and looks for a win at ROF to give him that push.

The Ring Of Fire SUMMERBRAWL main card is filled with top notch fighters and will also see the return of a few local favorites.

The now vacant 145 Young Guns belt will be up for grabs and Colorado’s Brian Wood, and Hawaii’s Patrick Kui Gonsalves will have first dibs. The aggressive Justin Salas will face Throwdown Light Weight contender Eddie Pelczynski in a 155 lb contender bout. In a battle of K-1Veterans, Andre Walker faces Swedish fighter Andreas Spang at 185 lbs. And in single bouts former ROF Champion Christian RELENTLESS Allen, and Mike NO EXCUSES Baldwin return to the RING OF FIRE stage.

The preliminary card will feature 2 womens bouts and highlight the top up and coming prospects in the region.

The full fight card will be released next week.

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FINAL FORUM BOXING PROMOTIONS TEAMS UP WITH CLUB DESTINY FOR JULY 3 BOXING EVENT

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Final Forum Boxing Promotions teams up with Club Destiny Friday July 3, 2009 in Orlando Florida for the first of a monthly series of boxing events.

In the main event Derric “El Leon” Rossy (20-2, 11 KO’s) takes on Moises Droz (13-7, 10 KO’s) for the WBC Fecarbox Heavyweight title. Also on the card is Denzel Washingtons famed heavyweight, Damian Wills (23-2-1, 17 KO’s) who battles Andrew Greeley in an 8 round contest, and from the recent “Contender” series, Alfredo Escalera (17-2-1, 12 KO’s) faces Hilario Guzman in a six round bout. Two other bouts to be featured.

Final Forum Boxing will make a special presentation to former world champion, Pinklon Thomas who is helping youth in the community through his organization “Project Pink”. This five-fight boxing event will be aired on webcast live at 8 P.M. EST on www.clubdestiny.tv

Orlando, Florida a premier entertainment destination has spawned a premier destination club. Destiny Nightclub located in the middle of Central Florida’s hottest entertainment district has taken Orlando by storm. Orlando known as one of the major “club hubs” in America recently introduced Destiny Nightclub a 23,000 square foot, two level-monster that puts all other clubs to shame. Destiny Nightclub boasts the largest capacity of any club in the city and can be rented as a private venue for events of all sizes.

With heavy-hitter celebrity DJs spinning each and every weekend, Destiny has garnered a reputation for the Best and is considered to be the biggest and best hotspot in all of Orlando. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Destiny Nightclub is located at 7430 Universal Blvd. Orlando Fl, 32819.

Chambers Gets an Old School Philly Education

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by Steve Kim of maxboxing.com

This 4th of July contest isn’t the first title eliminator for Chambers on German soil. His bout versus Povetkin in January of 2008 was for the IBF version. In a bout that he controlled early, he inexplicably stopped fighting and was overtaken down the stretch by Povetkin.

“In the fight with Povetkin, Povetkin’s eye was swollen, everything like this and Buddy McGirt is my dear friend and Buddy was trying to do the best he could. Buddy was brought in late in that. Nobody mentioned the eye. Certain buttons have to be pushed in an athlete,” said Murray.

Chambers promises to not repeat the same mistake. He knows that Dimitrenko enjoys the home canvas advantage this weekend.

“It taught me one thing,” Chambers says of lone professional defeat, “no matter how much you have something under control, especially in boxing, it’s not to say you can’t lose control. And for me, I’ve seen it. So when you get control, assume control, do not give up anything. Just because it seems like it’s getting easy don’t back down, don’t pull off the gas. First of all, I’m NOT fighting at home, I’m not necessarily going to get a fair decision. I’m not going to say it’s going to be a bad decision or anything like that, but you never know with the decisions.
“But first of all, I gotta win and win impressively anyway, just to get a draw. So that fight in itself really taught me what I really have to do and the pressure I gotta put on these guys.”

Chambers, despite not being the biggest heavyweight out there, has a solid set of tools: fast hands, elusiveness and the ability to relax. But he can frustrate you at times with the way he fights. In his victory over Peter, he showed an alarming lack of urgency that made what could’ve been a decisive outcome into a fight he had to eke out. Chambers says that part of the reason he couldn’t let his hands go as often as he wanted is because he jammed his right wrist.

But he conceded,” I wasn’t 100-percent happy, honestly, I felt I could’ve done more. I rocked him a few times, I really did some serious damage to him mentally, physically throughout the whole fight and I think I had complete control but in doing so I don’t think I finished the fight the way I needed to. Maybe I could’ve finished it before it was supposed to be done – meaning stopping him early. I had all those opportunities, all these things could’ve been done but I didn’t follow up and in that part I was a little disappointed. But with the victory, I was satisfied.”

Perhaps one thing that also held him back was the fact that Chambers weighed in closer to 220-pounds than he did to 210.
“I’m not going to say all of that was it, the fact is, me being big or small, I can fight with anybody,” he says. “But I think if I would’ve been smaller, lighter, I would’ve been able to get off more combinations, sharper shots.”

Expect a much slimmer, trimmer Chambers this time around.

“I see something now at 209-pounds,” says Murray, who gets excited at the mere thought of it. “I remember Holyfield at his best, 6’1, 212. When Ali was really jumping around, he was 210, 211. He slowed down as he got older and heavier.” To Murray, a smaller Chambers is a better Chambers. “I’ve seen him heavy and I’ve seen him light. I like what I see lighter. In other words, if you go back to the great heavyweight fighters, champions: Jack Johnson, 6’1, 190-something pounds, maybe at 200. Joe Louis, 190-something pounds. Rocky Marciano, 195-pounds, Most of the great fighters were smaller guys. It goes back to football; your last line of defense is what? Defensive backs, they’re stopping jokers and they weigh 190-195 pounds, they’re not big guys.”

Even in an era where world-class heavyweights look more like defensive ends than free safeties, Murray believes that less is more.
“What I’m saying is, speed is the thing that will get you through everything. Speed and talent and being able to break the defense and do all the things you can possibly do. The lighter Eddie is, the sharper he is.”

Win this fight, and he gets a shot at Wladimir Klitschko.

“I gotta tell ya’, we all know that Eddie’s shown the ability to go out there and be a mesmerizing heavyweight. One that’s fast, accurate, can take a shot, can give better than the other guy,” said his promoter, Dan Goossen. “But what we’ve seen with that, is a lack of consistency throughout the fight. For some reason I believe that Rob Murray Sr. has got in his head and I don’t know if you’ve seen this in some of the other interviews he’s done, but he’s never been so verbally aggressive in what he’s going to do in a fight since we’ve been involved with him and I actually believe what he’s saying now. That he believes and if he does, then I think we’re in for a great performance and one that might shock a lot of people because I think Eddie Chambers has finally realized how good he is.
“But what he’s gotta do is achieve that success.”

BERRY BERRY GOOD

Those of you that know me at all know that I’m pretty set in my ways. I take pride in being pretty old-fashioned. Well, some of you may want to sit down – I turned in my beloved old Nextel flip-phone for a Blackberry. Yup, I went from 1999 to about 2005.

First Kim Jong-Ill gets nuclear weapons, now I get a Blackberry. Don’t let us Koreans have too many gadgets, we can get crazy. I’m actually taking pictures and videos with my new thing-a-ma-jig and sending them to people. I even put up my own screen saver. I still can’t believe it. And get this, you can even browse the internet on this thing. Seriously, when did they come up with that?!? It’s amazing. What will they think of next?

I mean, now I’m even thinking of replacing my abacus for a calculator (I’m thinking of going with a Texas-Instruments model) and perhaps even replacing my Vic20 computer. Is this Apple company reputable? You know, progress ain’t such a bad thing.

Now, here’s the kicker, I even got my own Twitter account (stevemaxboxing) and you won’t believe this, I actually tweeted (that’s what the kids call it, right?) from my new thing-a-ma-berry. On this new fangled contraption I plan on giving out whatever boxing scoops and flurries that came up throughout the day.

As for my Walkman, sorry folks, that stays. I have waaaaay too many cassette tapes of Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, Public Enemy, RUN-DMC and Billy Ocean that I still listen to while working out.

FRIDAY FLURRIES

OK, so who got the better end of the Trevor Ariza-Ron Artest swap? I think Artest will give the Lakers a lot of toughness and grit, but he has a tendency to kill ball movement at times…..So that means the Lakers will re-sign Lamar Odom and Shan-Wow Brown, right?…..Seriously, with all the questions about who really fathered Michael Jackson’s kids, doesn’t it give the song ‘Billie Jean’ a whole new meaning?…Is there a better one-man wrecking crew than the Padres’ Adrian Gonzalez?….The newest fighter training at the Wild Card Boxing Club is heavyweight Brian ‘Fresh’ Minto…..Get this folks, I’m also using a Jawbone earpiece….I still can’t believe I’m on Twitter. The world may come to an end. Have a great 4th, everyone….

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