Las Vegas, Nevada (June 25, 2008) “Slick” Nick Sampson & Macke Roberts of Sin City Sports & Entertainment proudly announce the nomination of former WBC Continental Americas Jr. Welterweight Champion Emanuel Augustus formally known as Emanuel Burton for fight of the decade by ESPN friday night fights..
Emanuel Augustus along with Sin City Sports & Entertainment would like to thank everyone at ESPN for nominating the 2001 ESPN fight of the year between Emanuel Augustus & “Irish” Mickey Ward for the prestigious award of fight of the decade on ESPN friday night fights. Emanuel Augustus says “It’s a great honor that people have nominated my fight with Mickey Ward as ESPN fight of the decade. I want to thank them all for their support, I greatly appreciate this and can’t thank my fans enough.”
Nick Sampson & Macke Roberts of Sin City Sports & Entertainment says “The fight between Emanuel Augustus & “Irish” Mickey Ward was one of the most exciting, action packed fights of the last 20 years. They don’t make action fighters like Emanuel & Mickey anymore. Emanuel has fought on ESPN numerous times in his career and he was always exciting to watch and he gave the fans their hard earned money’s worth.” Fighters like Emanuel Augustus & “Irish” Mickey Ward could have fought in any era of boxing and they would have been very competitive.
Emanuel Augustus says “I haven’t given up yet on becoming a world champion and I don’t plan to. I have a WBO regional title fight coming up and I’m ready to win and keep winning. I’m focused on making my way back to the top. I want to thank ESPN for keeping me alive, this means so much to me.”
Nick Sampson and Macke Roberts of Sin City Sports & Entertainment says “We want to thank all the fans of Emanuel Augustus for their support throughout the years and thank you in advance for your support to come. We want all the great boxing fans to cast your vote for Emanuel Augustus versus “Irish” Mickey Ward for ESPN fight of the decade by clicking on the link below.
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=3518
Nick Sampson and Macke Roberts of Sin City Sports & Entertainment says “There are still many people in pro boxing who doubt the talent and skill level of Emanuel Augustus. There are some exciting things going on in the career of Emanuel Augustus right now that we cannot elaborate on yet however stay tuned for some exciting blockbuster announcements soon”.