Hard-Hitting Light Heavyweight Julian Letterlough Added To ATTP 'March Badness' Card
24.03 - FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Hard-hitting light heavyweight Julian "Mr. KO" Letterlough appears in his second fight since assuming new management when he faces Stacy Goodson in the semi-main event on the "March Badness" professional boxing card promoted by American Top Team Productions (ATTP) on Thursday, March 27, in the Fort Lauderdale (FL) War Memorial Auditorium.
This also will be his first fight with trainer Marshall Kauffman. The 33-year-old Leterlough from Reading, PA, has a record of 18-3-2 with 17 KOs. Included in that mark is a bout on Sept. 8, 2001, when Letterlough challenged unbeaten champion Vassilly Jirov for the International Boxing Federation Fcruiserweight title.
Now, under the deft guidance of manager Michael Marley, "Mr. KO" will be campaigning primarily as a light heavyweight.
"I believe he can beat any light heavyweight in the world," says Marley. "I'm a gladiator," says Letterlough.
Letterlough has proved he's a warrior time and again in slugfests televised by ESPN2. Those battles elicited rave reviews from ESPN2 commentators Teddy Atlas and Max Kellerman, particularly the five-knockdown brawl against Julio Cesar Gonzalez in 2001 for the North American Boxing Organization/International Boxing Association/FECARBOX light heavyweight championships.
Goodson, from Paris, AR, has a record of 31-30-2 with 17 KOs, but has won 20 of his past 24 bouts.
Joining Letterlough on ATTP's seven-bout "March Badness" card is heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs (36-4-1, 30 KOs), the former heavyweight lineal world champion, from South Florida against Marvin Hill (10-8, 6 KOs) from Fort Smith, AK, who's won his past three fights by knockout, in the main event.
A women's fight features International Female Boxing Association minimumweight champion Vaia Zaganas (6-1, 3 KOs) from Las Vegas, NV, against Terri Moss (3-3, 1 KO) from Atlanta, GA, in a six-rounder.
Other "March Badness" fights feature highly regarded Luis Collazo (19-1, 8 KOs) from New York City against Earl Allen (11-14-2, 1 KO) from Charleston, SC, in an eight-round super welterweight bout; welterweight knockout artist Julio Aquino (9-2, 9 KOs) from Newark, NJ, against an opponent to be selected in a six-round super lightweight fight; unbeaten Andy Weston (2-0, 2 KOs) from England and now Coconut Creek, FL, against Joseph Benjamin (pro debut) from Miami, FL, in a four-round super welterweight bout; and Marcial Reartes (0-1) from Miami in a four-round super bantamweight fight.
The action-packed ATTP card begins at 7 p.m. (ET) with gates opening at 6.
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Briggs, originally from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, NY, has first-round knockouts in his four most recent wins. In 1998 he faced Lennox Lewis for the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship.
