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When I report for work tomorrow morning I will wear my Twins hat in honor of Mr. Glancey. Rest in peace Jim.
Jim Amato
MOYER, FORMER JR MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP DEAD ON COAST
Portland OR - July 3, 2010
Denny Moyer, the former jr. middleweight champ who fought everyone over two generations of boxing, has died, it was learned. Moyer passed away June 30 at a local Portland Oregon nursing home.
To say Moyer fought the best of his generation is limited - Moyer was a true veteran who fought the crossroad generation of the 1950's to the early 1970's. Among those he fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzon, Emile Griffith, Art & Ferd Hernandez, Joe DeNucci, Vito Antefuermo, Ralph Dupas, Joey Archer, Benny "Kid" Paret, Don Jordan, Gasper Ortega, and many others . . .
Standing a little over 5'8 and weighing about 150, Moyer was a true fighter who made a living at the sport. He fought all over the world - his last hurrah coming in Rome in 1972 when he was defeated in a controversial ending after 5 rounds against then champion Carlos Monzon.
Moyer career ledger after retirement in 1975 stands at 97-38 - 4 with 25 KO's.
JLM
MORE: Blog ---A DENNY MOYER STORY
Undercard Announced for July 16th Judah – Santa Cruz, Prudential Center, Newark
The undercard for the July 16th Zab “Super” Judah vs. Jose Armando Santa Cruz is shaping up to be a true boxing fan’s treat with abundant local flavor. The main event featuring Zab Judah, Brooklyn, NY 38-6, 26 KO’s vs. Jose Armando Santa Cruz, Michoacán, Mexico, 28-4, 17 KO will be a 10 round junior welterweight crowd pleaser. Zab promised that the match up will be full of action and excitement and that he has a few surprises in store for the fans.
On the undercard, undefeated welterweight, Alex Perez of Newark, NJ, 11-0, 7 KO’s will bring exciting local action to Prudential Center as he takes on New York City’s, Vincent Arroyo, 10-1, 7 KO’s. These are two excellent welterweight prospects that have trouble getting matches and have decided to fight each other in a true crossroads fight. In his last bout, Arroyo upset Paterson’s Jeremy Bryan.
In his second appearance at Prudential Center, Brooklyn, NY’s, Sadam “Worldkid” Ali, 7-0, 3 KO’s, will defend his unblemished record when he takes on Philadelphia’s, Julius Edmonds, 7-7, in a 6 round welterweight battle. In his last fight at Pru Center Ali thrilled the large number of fans who came to cheer him by scoring a unanimous decision 4 round decision against Jason Thompson.
Patrick Farrell, 5-1, 3 KO’s of Jersey City always brings a big crowd of supportive, boisterous fans when he fights near his hometown. He will fight a cruiserweight match against Newton “The Butcher” Kidd, Bronx, NY 7-7-1.
Polish fans will be pleased to see that a local “Pole” will also be featured on this card. Heavyweight, Adam Kownacki of Brooklyn, NY, 3-0, 3 KO’s, will try to keep the red and white spirit prevailing at “The Rock” as he takes on Damian Clement, of Dayton, Ohio.
Still craving more local flavor? Nicky DeMarco, 2-2, 2 KO’s, will draw his fans from Staten Island across the river to witness his 4 Round rematch against the Bronx’s Jose Guzman, 5-7-1, who intends to bring a boisterous contingency of his own. In their last meeting DeMarco lost a 4 round decision to Guzman.
Newark’s Angel Concepcion, 1-0, will try to better his record in front of his hometown crowd when he takes on Light Heavyweight, Shannon Anderson of Coatesville, PA, 4-1, 2KO’s.
Tickets priced at $53, $78, $103 and $203 (ringside) can be purchased at Prudential Center Box Office, by calling TicketMaster at 800-745-3000 or www.Prucenter.com.
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Banks defends NABF heavyweight title vs. Gavern in “Fists Of Steel” co-feature
Vitali Klitschko-Albert Sosnowski WBC heavyweight title fight headlines May 29 PPV
HOBOKEN, N.J. (May 19, 2010) – NABF heavyweight champion Johnathon Banks makes his first title defense May 29 on the “Fists Of Steel” pay-per-view event, featuring WBC heavyweight title holder Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko against challenger Albert “The Dragon” Sosnowski, live from the 61,000-seat Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Detroit punisher Banks (24-1, 17 KOs), ranked # 7 in the world by the WBC and #9 by the IBF, takes on veteran Jason “The Sensation” Gavern, rated in the top 15 of the WBC, in the 12-round co-feature.
“Fists Of Steel,” presented by K2 Promotions and Klitschko Management Group, is being distributed in North America by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 3 PM/ET – 12 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Avail-TVN and DISH Network in the United States, as well as Bell TV, Shaw PPV and Viewer’s Choice in Canada, for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.
A 3-time U.S. national amateur champion, Banks captured the NABF crown last March in what was voted NABF Fight of the Year, stopping Travis Walker (34-3-1) with a dramatic KO in the sixth round of their title fight in Germany. The former NABO and IBO cruiserweight champion, Banks has been the chief sparring partner for the Klitschko brothers for the last three years. He has now emerged in his own right as one of the top heavyweights in the world.
“We’re excited by the progress Johnathon has made in the heavyweight division,” said Tom Loeffer, managing director of K2 Promotions. “He was struggling to make weight as a cruiserweight when he lost to Adamek, but now he is much stronger as a heavyweight. By winning the NABF title the way he did, Johnathon has established himself as one of the top heavyweights in the world today.”
Gavern also won a title in his lasts fight, when he captured the WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation title with a win over Manuel Quezada. In what turned out to be the biggest win of his career, Gavern beat Quesada (29-4), rated #7 at the time by the WBC, by a 10-round decision to capture the title. The battle-tested Floridian has also defeated Cisse Salif, Jermell Barnes and Raphael Butler during his 7-year career.
In the 12-round main event, Sosnowski will attempt to upset Klitschko to become the first Polish heavyweight champion of the world against 3-time heavyweight champion Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs), who returned to the ring after a 4-year retirement to regained his WBC championship belt by stopping Samuel Peter in 2008. He has since defended his title three times by stopping Juan Carlos Gomez and Chris Arreola, and winning every round against Kevin Johnson last December.
Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KOs), now fighting out of the United Kingdom, became the European champion by capturing the European Boxing Union heavyweight title in his last fight. He won a 12-round decision last December against Italian Olympian, Paolo Vidoz.
For more information about the Klitschko-Sosnowski PPV event go to www.integratedsportsnet.com.
Integrated Sports Media: North America’s leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events has presented World Championship and world-class boxing matches featuring Erik Morales, Ricky Hatton, Cristian Mijares, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones, Jr., Ivan Calderon, Rocky Martinez, Nicolai Valuev, Amir Khan, Marco Antonio Barrera, Arthur Abraham, David Haye, John Ruiz, Wilfredo Vasquez, Jr. and Ruslan Chagaev. In addition, Integrated Sports Media distributed numerous International soccer matches showcasing teams like Club America of Mexico and the National Teams of Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador and the USA, as well as 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.
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BRIGGS BY ONE-PUNCH KO
- Ron Ross
Hollywood, FL April 14, 2010
How do you describe a fight like last night’s main even at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fl Write big, very big!
The bell rings for Round One. Shannon Briggs moves from his corner to meet his 270 ¼ pound Cuban opponent Rafael Pedro. Briggs throws his right hand. Pedro falls to the canvas. Referee Sam Burgos counts to ‘Ten!’ and it’s all over in 28 seconds of the first round.
That’s it. The fight – the whole fight and nothing but the fight!
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s heavyweight development program, The Heavyweight Factory, with a cast of no-name young heavyweights, many from the ranks of local college and high school football fields, went into its second installment last night. At evening’s end, all the young neophytes were invited to observe how it’s done by watching the ten round main event. Instructor – 263 pound Prof. Shannon Briggs, who, at the age of 38, believes in getting right to the point! Now it’s up to his students to follow the lesson plan.
DR ALLAN FIELDS’ BUSY NIGHT
DR ALLAN FIELDS’ BUSY NIGHT
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Ron RossHollywood, FL April 14, 2010
The feature attraction on last night’s boxing program at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was Shannon Briggs. That’s what the program stated. And Shannon came through with one of the most spectacular knockouts in this arena’s history. But no one will dispute the fact that the true star of the evening was another man who wore gloves – surgical gloves, that is – and his role was to alleviate pain and suffering, not inflict same.
Dr. Allan Fields is a familiar face at all south Florida fight cards. A ring physician with the Florida State Boxing Commission, Dr. Fields is the consummate professional. He does his job with little fanfare, most of his work behind the scenes, ministering to the wounded, checking the physical condition of fighters, and determining whether a fighter can or cannot continue. He’s there, you can see him if you look, but he is basically invisible. Last night the spotlight was on Dr. Allan Fields, superstar performing heroic deeds.
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r to the evening’s opening bout, a fan in the upper stands fell, hit his head on a concrete step, losing consciousness and stopped breathing. A frenzied call came from the balcony, “We need a doctor up here!” Dr. Fields raced up to the balcony level, and working feverishly, resuscitated and restored life to the injured person, who, at last report was in stable condition in the hospital. But his regular evening’s work was just to begin, caring for a flock of young fighter.
It was during the evening’s 5th bout that a young heavyweight making his professional debut, former University of Memphis linebacker Carlton Baker, swinging wildly but effectively enough to be winning, suddenly dropped to the canvas in agony, having thrown out his shoulder. It could have been my imagination but it seemed as though trumpets were blaring as, there, jumping into the ring was ---- Dr. Allan Fields, who unceremoniously simply popped Baker’s shoulder back in place. However, his mission was not yet complete. He did such a good job of restoring Baker’s shoulder to normalcy that he now had to restrain him from continuing to fight. As Baker weighed slightly over 225 pounds of mostly solid muscle, this was no easy task. The Fight Doctor once again prevailed. All in a night’s work? Not usually. It doesn’t happen too often, but last night the feature attraction was the Ring Doctor- Allan Fields.
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JOELO TORRES TAKES CENTER STAGE AT THE NEARLY SOLD OUT BB KING BLUES CLUB AND GRILL ON MARCH 31 AS DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT’S BROADWAY BOXING RETURNS TO TIMES SQUARE
(New York, NY – March 24, 2010) When Joelo Torres steps in the ring on March 31, as part of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing, he will be following the lead of the some of the greatest Puerto Rican pugilists to come before him. He will be performing in New York City, home to one of the nation’s largest Puerto Rican populations.
Torres (11-0-1, 7 KOs) headlines Broadway Boxing from the BB King Blues Club & Grill in the heart of Times Square, battling Leo Martinez (14-12, 6 KOs) of Chicago. Also featured on the show are fellow unbeaten prospects: heavyweight Tor Hamer (10-0, 8 KOs), light welterweight Gabriel Bracero (8-0), middleweight Denis Douglin (7-0, 3 KOs), and middleweight Aleem Whitfield (2-0, 2 KOs). Less than 50 tickets remain for what promises to be a memorable night of action.
From Wilfredo Benitez to Wilfredo Gomez, Jose Torres to Felix Trinidad, the greatest Puerto Rican boxers have all plied their trade in New York City, fighting in front of raucous crowds that rival any on their home island. It’s not a fact lost on Joelo Torres, who hopes to build a similar fan base fighting regularly in the city that never sleeps.
“I’m very happy, excited, and motivated to be on this stage,” said Torres. “I am ready to give a great spectacle in my second home, where millions of my fellow countrymen live. New York City is the capitol of the world!”
Across the ring from Torres will be Martinez, who lacks a gaudy record, but has plenty of fighting spirit. Martinez holds a win over former world champion Eric Aiken, and was impressive in his last fight: a four round decision win over Oscar De La Cruz in April, 2009.
Torres, however, has been on a roll since suffering the lone setback of his career, when he fought to a draw with veteran contender Chris Fernandez in 2008. In his two bouts since, Torres has fought a total of two rounds, including a first round stoppage over the typically durable Washington Hago in front of a vocal BB King crowd in his last outing.
Against Martinez he plans to ride the hot streak, even if the knockout doesn’t come as quickly as his fans have been getting accustomed to.
“I’ve worked very hard to make sure we are prepared for anything that [Martinez] brings,” said Torres. “I will be looking for the KO but I am prepared to go 8 solid rounds.”
Promoter Lou DiBella is confident in his charge, and confident that if Torres continues to impress in front of the New York City fight fans, it won’t be long until he becomes the next Puerto Rican superstar to firmly establish himself in the Big Apple.
“Joelo has not only the look, but the skills and pedigree to back it up,” said DiBella. “Each time he fights, more and more fans show up to cheer him on. It seems like only a matter of time before he becomes the next great attraction of Puerto Rican descent in our sport.”
Torres understands the heavy expectations, but embraces them with open arms. While he remains focused on his fight next Wednesday, he also keeps an eye toward the future, and what lies ahead as he continues to pile up the wins.
“I will show my fans,” said Torres. “That the Island of Puerto Rico will soon have another world champion and his name is Joelo Torres!”
Tickets to Broadway Boxing are available by calling DiBella Entertainment at 212-947-2577. Tickets are $55 for General Admission, $75 for Floor Seats, and $125 for VIP Ringside tickets. However, only floor seats remain for this nearly sold out event. Additional information can be found by visiting DiBella Entertainment on the web at www.dbe1.com
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