SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO- World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announces today the referee and judges who will work this Saturday, July 7, in the heavyweight title bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Tony Thompson, to be held at the Stade de Suisse, Berne, Switzerland.
Valcarcel reported that for the Klitschko’s (57-3, 50 KOs) WBO heavyweight fourth defense versus, Thompson (36-2, 24 KOs), the referee will be Sam Williams, from United States.
Meanwhile, the judges for the Klitschko-Thompson fight are Alejandro Lopez, from Mexico, Dave Parris, from United Kingdom, and Roberto Ramirez Sr., from Puerto Rico. WBO supervisor for this bout will be president Valcarcel himself.
Remember the 25th Annual Convention WBO Silver Jubilee and Election to be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino from October 22 to October 26, 2012. For reservations at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, you can call 1 800 937-0010 or access www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com. More information at www.wboboxing.com.
UFC Fan Expo® Attendees Offered Exclusive Deal for a Friday Night of Hard-Hitting Boxing Action!
Attendees of the UFC Fan Expo® this week in Las Vegas can enjoy one more very special perk, now that promoters Sampson Boxing and Greg Cohen Promotions have come up with a special ticket deal for their “Moment of Truth” boxing show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Friday night (July 6).
By presenting a ticket stub to any UFC Fan Expo® event or a ticket to the next night’s UFC 148 event, to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino box office, fight-sport fans can buy a boxing ticket for half price or get two tickets for the price of one on any $29, $44 or $104 tickets.
UFC Fan Expo® events end at 6:00 pm, so get your fill and then head over to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and catch the exciting preliminary fights until the ESPN Friday Night Fights-televised action begins at 7:00 pm.
It’s a chance to end a day of celebrating one combat sport with an edge-of-your-seat live experience in another for a very specially discounted price. Or, if you have tickets to Saturday’s UFC, you can make a true Vegas weekend by spending both nights at the fights.
And fans, if you love hard-hitting action, then you’ll love “The Moment of Truth”.
The explosive night of professional boxing will feature red-hot featherweight prospect Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (19-0, 14 KOs) of La Romana, Dominican Republic, stepping in against the toughest opponent he’s ever faced in former IBF Featherweight World Champion Cristobal “Lacandón” Cruz (39-13, 23 KOs) of Chiapas, Mexico, live on ESPN Friday Night Fights.
In the televised co-feature that night, Russian heavyweight power puncher Magomed “Mago” Abdusalamov (14-0, 14 KOs) will defend his WBC United States (USNBC) Silver Heavyweight Championship in a 10-round battle against fellow up-and-coming heavyweight Maurice “Freight Train” Byarm (13-1-1, 9 KOs).
On the undercard, scheduled to fight in a six-round bout is undefeated Las Vegas featherweight Rocco Santomauro (8-0). Scheduled for four-rounders Jackson, Michigan, cruiserweight William “King Kamm” Williams (5-2-1, 4 KOs); Henderson, Nevada, cruiserweight Brandon Harris (5-0, 3 KOs) and Romanian import Ronald Gavril (2-0, 1 KO).
“We are proud to offer this discount to the fans of the UFC,” said event promoter Sampson Lewkowicz. “We are all one family in the fighting sports, so we welcome the MMA fans to join us and see how exciting live boxing can also be. It’s a sensational night of boxing we have lined up, so come and enjoy it for a very special price.”
Tickets for “The Moment of Truth” are priced at $29 general admission, $44 reserved, $104 ringside and $204 VIP and are available at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino box office daily from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Friday from 10 am to 10 pm, and through Ticketmaster, either by calling 702-474-4000 or 800-745-3000, or by going online at ticketmaster.com.
On fight night, doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the event starts at 5:30 p.m. Televised boxing begins at 7:00.
All bouts are subject to change. Offer subject to availability and not valid on previous purchases.
For updates, visit www.sampsonboxing.com or www.gcpboxing.com.
MAJEWSKI TO BATTLE FITZPATRICK THIS SATURDAY
ATLANTIC CITY (JULY 3, 2012)—This Saturday night at Ballys in Atlantic City, a championship night of boxing will be headlined by Polish import Patrick Majewski battling Chris Fitzpatrick for the vacant NABF Middleweight title.
The card, promoted by Peltz Boxing can be seen LIVE all over the world at 7:30 pm eastern / 4:30 Pacific on www.gfl.tv for a price of just $9.99
The card can be ordered and accessed by clicking: http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Boxing/Peltz_Boxing_at_Ballys__Majewski_vs_Fitzpatrick/1563
Majewski of Radom, Poland and now resides in Atlantic City has a record of 18-1 with twelve knockouts, won his first seventeen bouts which included wins over Jimmy Lubash (13-1), Latif Mundy (8-0), Joseph Gomez (17-2-1). He won the WBO NABO Middleweight title with a ten round unanimous decision over Marcus Upshaw. In his next bout he was upset when he was stopped in the sixth round against Miguel Torres.
Majewski got back to his winning ways on April 7th when he stopped former three-time world title challenger Antwun Echols in three rounds.
Fitzpatrick of Cleveland, Ohio has had a similar rise as Majewski as he won his first fourteen bouts that included win over Anthony Pietrantonio (5-0); Richard Gibson (4-1) and Scott Sigmon (16-2). He suffered his only loss when he dropped a unanimous decision to upset specialist Jose Medina.
In his last bout, Fitzpatrick scored sixth round stoppage over Ken Dunham on February 4th.
In a six round Jr. Welterweight bout, Naim Nelson (6-0, 1 KO) takes on Esteban Rodriguez (5-1-1, 1 KO) of Lebanon, PA.
In a six round Cruiserweight bout, Dan Biddle (8-2, 5 KO’s) of Delaware battles Pedro Martinez (6-5, 3 KO’s) of Philadelphia
In a six round Light Heavyweight bout, Lavarn “Baby Bowe” Harvell (11-0, 6 KO’s) of Atlantic City, NJ takes on Mojeed Okedara (9-5, 8 KO’s) of Nigeria.
Harvell is coming off two explosive knockouts.
Osnel “Prince” Charles (9-3, 1 KO) of Atlantic City squares off with Raphael Luna (4-5-1, 1 KO) of Albany, NY in a six round Lightweight bout.
Super Prospect, Jesse Hart (1-0, 1 KO) will be making his East Coast debut when he takes on Steven Chadwick (0-3) of Jacksonville, FL in a four round Middleweight bout.
Hart is coming off a thirty-three second knockout in his pro debut that took place on June 9th on the Manny Pacquiao – Timothy Bradley undercard and he is the son of former legendary Philadelphia Middleweight Eugene “Cyclone” Hart.
Heavyweight Mark Rideout of Philadelphia makes his long awaited pro debut when he battles Randy Easton (0-0-1) of Williamsport, PA
In a battle of pro debuting Welterweights, Anthony Prescott of Cherry Hill, NJ takes on Philadelphian DeAndre Phillips.
“This is a terrific card with some very interesting things to look at”, said Marc Abrams who will be calling the action ringside.
“Majewski brings an International feel plus he can really fight against a tough kid in Fitzpatrick. There is a good back story in the Biddle – Martinez fight as Tommy Barnes now trains Biddle and he used to train Martinez. Harvell is really improving and has blasted out his last two opponents in scary fashion and he now has to be looked at as a legitimate prospect in the Light Heavyweight division. Charles is always in entertaining fights. Naim Nelson is a young guy to keep your eye on. Jesse Hart has been talked about for years as possible the next great Philadelphia champion and he signed a great deal with Top Rank. Combine that with the mastery of a Russell Peltz card and the fans will get more than their monies worth on July 7th”
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