NEW YORK CITY (February 5, 2007) – Unbeaten middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo will fight veteran “Doctor” Robert Kamya in the 10-round co-feature March 16 on the “Erin Go Brawl” pay-per-view event, headlined by “Ireland’s” John Duddy taking on The Contender I star Anthony “The Bullet” Bonsante in the 12-round main event, live in The Theater at Madison Square Garden..
“Erin Go Brawl,” presented by Irish Ropes Promotions, will be broadcast live in North America on cable and satellite pay-per-view starting at 9 PM/ET, 6 PM/PT. The event is being produced and distributed for pay-per-view by Integrated Sports and will be available in more than 50-million homes in North America via iN Demand, TVN, DirecTV and Dish Network in the USA, as well as Viewer’s Choice in Canada, for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. The full “Erin Go Brawl” PPV broadcast will be available to viewers outside of North America via streaming video subscription on www.secondsout.com.
Duddy (18-0, 15 KOs), rated No. 7 by the WBO and No. 9 by the WBA, defends his IBA World and WBC Continental Americas title belts against Bonsante (29-8-2, 17 KOs), the reigning IBA Americas and Minnesota State middleweight title-holder.
Lorenzo (22-0, 14 KOs), born in the Dominican Republic and now fighting out of Washington Heights in New York City, is rated No. 7 by the WBC and No. 11 by the WBA. He represented his native country in the 2000 Olympics and is the Dominican Republic middleweight champion. His most notable victories to date have been against Archak TerMeliksetian and Canadian champion Bryon Mackie.
Upset-minded Kamya (15-6, 4 KOs), trained by former world champion Johnny Bumphus, is the former WBC Continental Americas light middleweight champion. The Ugandan, now living in Palm Beach (FL), stunned Alex Bunema in 2005 and he also has been in tough against the likes of Joel Julio and Kofi Jantuah.
“We’re very happy that Giovanni Lorenzo has signed to fight Kamya on this card,” Irish Ropes president Eddie McLoughlin said. “Not only is he a very popular fighter in New York City, Lorenzo opens up the Latino market, especially in the Dominican, for our pay-per-view broadcast. He’s also a potential opponent for Duddy down the road.”
Also fighting “Erin Go Brawl” is 2004 Irish Olympian middleweight Andy Lee (7-0, 4 KOs), world-rated super featherweight Maureen “The Real Million Dollar Baby” Shea (9-0, 4 KOs), the unbeaten Clancy brothers – heavyweight James (9-0, 1 KO) and cruiserweight Mark (6-0-1, 1 KO) – from Clare, Ireland and now fighting out of Boston, 2004 Irish National Senior amateur champion Henry Coyle in his pro debut and welterweight Martin Wright (2-0-1, 2 KOs), who recently signed a promotional contract with Irish Ropes. All bouts and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets, priced at $400.00, $300.00, $200.00, $150.00, $100.00, $75.00 and $50.00, may be purchased at the Garden Box Office, thegarden.com, or by calling TicketMaster at 212.307.7171. All tickets include a $4.50 facility fee and TicketMaster orders are subject to TicketMaster service charge. For more information about “Erin Go Brawl” call Irish Ropes Promotions at 212.835.1582 or going on line to www.irishropes.com.