King’s Promotions returns to the Allentown area on Saturday February 27 with exciting professional and amateur boxing. The ten-bout event takes place at the Rodeway Inn & Conference Center at Routes 22 & 39 in Allentown, PA. Bragging rights will be at stake in the amateur portion of the night when fighters from the Allentown Boxing Club challenge their counterparts from Reading’s King’s Gym. Heavyweight prospect Travis Kauffman of Reading, PA will headline the professional boxing portion of the event against Bernard “Bad Ass” Brown of Baltimore, MD. Kauffman, 18-1 (15 KO), is looking to rebound from his controversial loss to Tony Grano on Shobox: The Next Generation. The former amateur standout was featured as one of boxing’s “New Faces” in the December issue of Ring Magazine..
In the co-featured attraction, Jason Cintron of Reading, PA will clash with Maurice Chalmers in junior-welterweight action. Cintron, 11-1, is the brother of former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron. He is fresh off a unanimous decision win over Martinus Clay at Reading’s Sovereign Center in December.
Unbeaten prospects Van Oscar Penovaroff, 4-0-1 (3 KO), of Reading by way of Hawaii and Julio Cesar Matthews, 9-0 (5 KO), of Harrisburg will also be in action, as well as crowd favorite Keenan Collins 12-5-2 (8 KO).
Tickets are priced at $25.00, 50.00 and 65.00 and are now available at the Rodeway Inn (610-395-3731), Kingsboxing.com and the Allentown Boxing Club (Luis Melendez: 484-860-5162). A special student discount of $5.00 off any ticket price will be available at the door only along with student ID. A portion of ticket sales will be donated by King’s Promotions to the Allentown Boxing Club. Doors open at 6:00 pm; first bout starts at 6:30.
Harris returns Friday night against Zumbrun
NEW YORK (Jan. 27, 2010) – Dangerous Maurice “Sugar Moe” Harris, returns to the ring Friday night in Albuquerque against veteran Billy “The Kid” Zumbrun.
The 33-year-old Harris (20-14-2, 10 KOs), winner of the 2002 ‘Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament,” has been inactive for more than two years due to promotional problems. His fight against battled-tested Zumbrun marks Harris’ debut as a member of the new Boxing 360 stable.
In 2002, Harris knocked out previously unbeaten and future world title-holder Sergey Lyakhovich (16-0) in the ninth round. Harris earned a spot in that November’s “Thunderbox” tournament, eventually capturing the $100,000 winner’s purse by out-pointing Gerald Nobles, Israel Garcia and Anthony Thompson, respectively, in 3-round matches in the same evening.
During the course of his up-and-down career, Maurice has also defeated David Izon, Jimmy Thunder and Jeremy Williams.
Harris fought only four times in the last six years and he’s anxious to get back into the heavyweight picture. “I’m ready and feel great,” Harris said. “I’m older, wiser and my experience is my greatest advantage. I’m going to really crack this guy and show people some new things that they haven’t seen from me. Look out heavyweights!”
JI-HOON KIM VS. TYRONE HARRIS HEADLINES FIGHT CARD, RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV VS. JAVIER JAUREGUI IN CO-FEATURE AT PECHANGA RESORT CASINO IN TEMECULA, CA. ON FEB. 12, TELEVISED LIVE ON ESPN
Art Pelullo’s Banner Promotions and Patrick Ortiz’ Ringside Ticket will present a sensational fight card on Friday, February 12, 2010, in the Grand Ballroom at Pechanga Resort Casino, located at 45000 Pechanga Parkway in Temecula, California. The main event, co-featured bout, and other selected fights will be televised live on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes – ESPN’s Spanish-language network – and ESPN 360.com, the network’s broadband platform service.
In the main event scheduled for 10 rounds, exciting lightweight prospect Ji-Hoon “Volcano” Kim, 19-5 with 16 knockouts, of Goyang City, Korea, will battle veteran Tyrone “Fists of Fury” Harris, 24-5 with 16 knockouts, of Lansing, Michigan.
In his last fight in September, 2009, Ji-Hoon, now 23 years old, scored one of his career-best wins with a spectacular, come-from-behind knockout against local favorite Zolani Marali in South Africa. Marali boxed effectively in the early rounds and built a lead on the scorecards, but Ji-Hoon kept pressing forward and steadily wore him down. Ji-Hoon bloodied Marali’s nose in the seventh round, then scored a knockdown to end the fight in the ninth round.
The 28 year-old Harris is also coming off one of his career-best wins in his last fight – an eighth-round TKO against Marvin Quintero in July, 2009. The early rounds were very close, but Tyrone rallied in the middle rounds – he staggered Quintero in the eighth round, then rocked Quintero with a follow-up series of punches and the referee stopped the fight.
In the co-featured fight scheduled for 10 rounds, Russian junior welterweight prospect Ruslan Provodnikov, 13-0 with 8 knockouts, of Berezovo, Russia, will take on his toughest opponent yet as a pro – former IBF lightweight world champion Javier Jauregui, 53-16-2 with 36 knockouts, of Guadadlajara, Mexico.
Provodnikov, 25 years old, had an impressive amateur career with over 150 fights before making his professional debut in 2006. In his last fight in the United States in March, 2009, he won an eight round unanimous decision against Esteban Almarez. After the fight, Dan Rafael wrote on ESPN.com [excerpts]: “Promoter Artie Pelullo may have found himself a hidden gem in Provodnikov. The 25-year-old Russian (from Siberia) looks like he has a lot of promise and he certainly has a crowd-pleasing style. If you were reminded of Kostya Tszyu (minus the ponytail) watching him fight, you weren’t the only one.”
Jauregui – 36 years old and a 22-year professional veteran – won the IBF lightweight world title in November, 2003.
Former heavyweight world champion Joe Frazier will also be in attendance at the show. He will be available for media interviews as well as photos and signing autographs for the fans.
Seven bouts are planned for the card, including:
8 Rounds, Jr. Middleweights:
Daniel Dawson, 34-1, 24 KOs, Perth, Australia, vs. TBA.
8 Rounds, Super Middleweights:
Maxim Vlasov, 15-0, 6 KOs, Samara, Russia, vs. TBA.
4 Rounds, Heavyweights:
Garret Simon, 1-0, 1 KO, Puyallup, Washington, vs. TBA.
8 Rounds, Welterweights:
Dashon Johnson, 8-2-2, 2 KOs, Escondido, California, vs.
Sergio Macias, 14-19-1, 6 KOs, of Pacoima, California.
4 Rounds, Featherweights:
Gabriel Tolmajyan, 6-1, 1 KO, Glendale, California, vs. TBA.
All bouts subject to change without notice.
Doors open at: 5:00 P.M. (all times Pacific Standard Time)
First fight at: 6:00 P.M
Tickets prices: $45, $70, $85.
Tickets available at Pechanga Resort Casino Box Office – tel.: 877-711-2946, and on the Pechanga website: www.pechanga.com.