WOBURN, Mass. (June 28, 2005) – Friday night’s “Plymouth Rocks” pro boxing show, presented by NER Promotions, will be the focus of Thursday and Friday night’s New England Ringside Radio Shows. NER Promotions, a division of New England Ringside, promotes its first ESPN2 Friday Nights Fight show – Plymouth Rocks – Friday evening (July 1) in historic Plymouth (MA), headlined by a USBA light heavyweight title fight between George Khalid Jones (22-2-2, 13 KOs) and “Fabulous” Freddy Moore (30-3, 27 KOs.). Tickets, priced at $60.00 (ringside), $50.00 (reserved) and $30.00 (general admission) are available by going to www.ticketweb.com or calling 781.932.1190. Doors open at 6 PM, first bout at 8:15 PM.
“This show is the biggest thing to hit Plymouth since The Mayflower,” New England Ringside president Rick Butti said.
Thursday night’s two-hour New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show – hosted by Ted Bodenrader, Anthony Pepe, Rick Brutti and Joe Bills – airs between 6-8 PM/ET on Boston’s Boxing Station, The Zone (1510 AM). This week’s show, as well as Friday evening’s show, 7-9 PM on The Drive (1320) in Providence, will be broadcast live from Plymouth. Special guests Thursday will include main event opponents Jones and Moore, as well as co-feature combatants Courage Tshabalala and Providence heavyweight Robert Wiggins. Light heavyweight star Glen Johnson is expected to drop by both nights to give his take on the fighters and fights.
Saturday night’s show, broadcast weekly between 7-9 PM/ET, is hosted by NER’s Bill Skog, “Irish” Pat Kelley, and “Dynamite” Danny Sheehan. This week’s guest is Sal LoNano, whose S & L Boxing will promoted the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights show July 8 from Hampton Beach. LoNano also will talk about what it was like to manage “Irish” Micky Ward in addition to his recent signing of Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi.
The Thursday and Saturday evening shows also will be simulcast on 1320 The Drive.
All of the New England Ringside radio shows can be heard live on the Internet by going to www.newenglandringside.com.
New England Ringside also hosts a popular web site, publishes a monthly magazine, and owns Fightography (sells classic boxing pictures). For more information about New England Ringside call 781.932.1190 or go on line to www.newenglandringside.com.