Corpus Christi, Texas — “TRIPLEHEADER” — Two-time WBO junior lightweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez, and undefeated challenger Mikey Garcia, work out during media day for their upcoming world championship tripleheader fight on Saturday, November 9.
Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Foreman Boys Promotions, PR Best Boxing, Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and Tecate, this world championship tripleheader will also feature 2012 Fighter of the Year and former world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire ,former two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan , undefeated former U.S. Olympians — Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan and Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade.
All three fights will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®, beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. — Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
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DENVER — Denver’s only reigning world champion, “Mile High” MIKE ALVARADO, and his promoter Top Rank®, will donate one dollar ($1.00) from every ticket sold to his homecoming world title defense to The Salvation Army for its emergency disaster services serving Colorado. Alvarado defends his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight crown against No. 1 contender Ruslan “The Siberian Rocky” Provodinkov, of Russia, Saturday, October 19, at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo. The fight will be televised live nationally on HBO®.
“Colorado boxing fans have been so supportive of me throughout my entire career and I am only too happy to support the people of my state in their time of need. We all need to do our part.,” said Alvarado, who was also a former two-time high school state wrestling champion.
“I have a home in Colorado. I love this state. Top Rank was onboard the minute Mike brought it up to us. A great event to support a great cause,” said Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank.
“We are so grateful,” said Salvation Army leader Lt. Colonel Dan Starrett on this partnership with Alvarado and Top Rank. “This support allows The Salvation Army to be there for Colorado, providing for the needs of those impacted, until the healing is complete.”
Alvarado vs. Provodnikov marks the Denver area’s first world championship fight featuring a local fighter since September 15, 2000 when former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Stevie Johnston unsuccessfully challenged defending WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo at the Pepsi Center.
Alvarado (34-1, 23 KOs) and Provodnikov (22-2, 15 KOs) enter this world title tilt fresh from Fight of the Year performances that took place in March, just two weeks apart from each other, and were televised live on HBO. They boast a combined record of 56-3 (38 KOs) — a winning percentage of 95% and a victory by knockout ratio of 68%.
Promoted by Top Rank® and Banner Promotions, in association with Tecate, remaining tickets to the Alvarado vs. Provodnikov world title fight event, priced at $200, $100, $50 and $25, plus applicable fees and taxes, can be purchased online at TicketHorse.com, order by phone at 866-461-6556 and at Tickethorse kiosks located at all Colorado Dick’s Sporting Goods Stores (for credit card purchases only)
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DENVER, Colorado – El ídolo local “Mile High” Mike Alvarado expondrá su campeonato mundial de peso welter Jr. de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB) en casa cuando se enfrente al clasificado mundial numero uno Ruslan Provodnikov de Rusia, el sábado 19 de octubre en el 1STBANK Center de Broomfield, Colorado. – See more at: http://www.boxeo-boxing.com/web20/2013/08/14/mike-alvarado-y-ruslan-provodnikov-presentaron-pelea/#sthash.2urqntbK.dpuf
DENVER, Colorado – El ídolo local “Mile High” Mike Alvarado expondrá su campeonato mundial de peso welter Jr. de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB) en casa cuando se enfrente al clasificado mundial numero uno Ruslan Provodnikov de Rusia, el sábado 19 de octubre en el 1STBANK Center de Broomfield, Colorado.
Esta será la primera pelea de campeonato mundial en Denver desde 15 de septiembre del 2000 cuando el ex campeón mundial Stevie Johnston empato mayoritariamente con el entonces monarca de peso ligero del Consejo mundial de boxeo (CMB) José Luis Castillo en el Pepsi Center de esta ciudad.
El duelo Alvarado vs. Provodnikov será el duelo estelar de una función que HBO televisara en vivo en su programa “HBO World Championship Boxing” comenzando a las 9:45 p.m. Este/Pacifico.
Alvarado y Provodnikov llega a la cita después de haber escenificado en sus últimas actuaciones el pasado mes de marzo, peleas que son candidatas a las mejor del año y ambas fueron televisadas por HBO. Estos boxeadores tiene un record combinado de 56-3 con 38 nocauts y un porcentaje de victoria de 95% y un promedio de 68% de sus triunfos han llegado por la vía del cloroformo.
“Denver acaba de recibir el “Super tazón” del boxeo, estoy muy emocionado. Vamos a hacer un gran preparación y una estrategia bien definida para enfrentar a Ruslan Prodnikov, quien representa un reto diferente a Brandon Rios” dijo Alvarado.
“Estoy contento que Alvarado finalmente haya aceptado esta pelea. Sera una noche inolvidable para los aficionados. No voy a decepcionar a mi equipo o mis seguidores que saldrán muy satisfechos de este combate”, dijo Provodnikov.
“Estoy muy emocionado de ver esta pelea y contento con Bob Arum y Todd duBoef que pudieron cerrar su trato con Alvarado. Pienso que esta pelea es muy buena para el boxeo. Ruslan estuvo muy cercas de derrotar a Tim Bradley y pensamos que pueda ganar esta pelea, pero independiente del resultado todos estamos seguros que esta será una emociónate pelea”, dijo Art Pelullo, presidente de Banner Promotions.
“Mike Alvarado contra Ruslan Provodnikov es una pelea para los aficionados del boxeo que verán acción desde el primero hasta el último campanazo. Los presentes en la arena y los televidentes de HBO serán testigos a una inolvidable noche de boxeo y estamos muy agradecidos que estos guerreros haya aceptado este fuerte combate”, dijo Peter Nelson, Director de Programación de HIBO Sports.
Alvarado (34-1, 23 KOs) de Denver, Colorado quien había ganado 10 de 14 previos combates por nocaut antes derrotar a Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios por puntos el pasado 30 de marzo y conquistar el campeonato interino de la OMB de las 140 libras.
Con esa victoria Alvarado vengo su derrota ante Rios del pasado 13 de Octubre del 2012 en Carson, California. La primera pelea fue considerad una de las mejores del año al igual que la segunda que suena como una de las mejores del 2013.
En el primer duelo Alvarado cayó en el séptimo asalto de una pelea que estaba ganado en una tarjeta y estaba empatada otras dos tras seis emocionantes rounds.
En la segunda pelea el pasado 30 de marzo en Las Vegas, Nevada, Alvarado derroto por decisión unánime a Ríos en una pelea sumamente fuerte para ambos peleadores, pero fue el ídolo de Denver quien saco la victoria al hacer uno ajustes en su boxeo que lo llevaron a la victoria de otra gran pelea entre estos dos guerreros.
Entre las víctimas por nocaut de Alvarado se encuentran Breidis Prescott, Ray Narh, Emmanuel Clottey y Cesar Bazán.
En el 2012 Alvarado fue parte de dos peleas considerados la mejor del año. El 14 de abril en Las Vegas Alvarado se enfrasco en una guerra sin cuartel ante Mauricio Herrera (18-1, 7 KO’s) de Riverside, California, un clasificado mundial que tenía dos años sin perder, con una racha de cinco victorias, incluyendo un triunfo sobre el entonces invicto Ruslan Provodnikov (17-0) y luego vendría su increíble primer combate contra Ríos en Octubre.
Provodnikov (22-12, 15 KOs), quien es oriundo de Berezovo, Khanty-Mansi, Rusia en Siberia, es entrenado por el mundialmente reconocido Freddie Roach, miembro del Salón de la Fama en el Wild Card Boxing Club de Hollywood.
El ruso llega a la cita tras su gran combate contra Tim Bradley el pasado 16 de marzo en Carson, California. Provodnikov subió de categoría para disputar la corona de peso welter de la OMB que está en manos de Bradley.
Prodvodnikov tiró golpes sin parar por 12 rounds, lastimo en varias ocasiones a Brandley, quien de igual manera contesto todas las arremetidas del ruso, quien al final de cuentas cayo por decisión dividida ante el norteamericano en para lo que para muchos ha sido la mejor pelea en lo que va del 2013.
Provodnikov de 29 años de edad se ha convertido en un peleador muy popular por sus emocionantes peleas y su entrega sobre el ring. Esta será su segunda oportunidad titular, pero esta vez será en su peso natural.
Provodnikov quien ha ayudado a Manny Pacquiao en varias de sus preparaciones cuenta con victorias sobre los ex campeones mundiales Javier Jáuregui y DeMarcus Corley. Ha ganado cinco de sus últimas seis peleas, cuatro de ellas por nocaut, incluyendo triunfos sobre David Torres y Jose Reynoso, quienes tenían un record combinado de 37-5-3 cuando enfrentaron a Provodnikov.
La función es una promoción de Top Rank® en asociación con Banner Promotions y Tecate. Los boletos para la función saldrán a la venta este viernes 16 de agosto y tienen un precio de $200, $100, $50 y $25, más costo de servicio e impuestos.
Los boletos estarán disponibles en Internet en la pagina TicketHorse.com y en todas las localidades de TicketHorse outlets, incluyendo The Pepsi Center, The Paramount Theatre y Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Por telefono llamando TicketHorse al 866-461-6556 (8 a.m. de 8 p.m. hora local de Lunes a Sabado y de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m. los domingos) En Denver los interesados pueden llamar al 303-53HORSE.
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DENVER, Colorado – El ídolo local “Mile High” Mike Alvarado expondrá su campeonato mundial de peso welter Jr. de la Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB) en casa cuando se enfrente al clasificado mundial numero uno Ruslan Provodnikov de Rusia, el sábado 19 de octubre en el 1STBANK Center de Broomfield, Colorado. – See more at: http://www.boxeo-boxing.com/web20/2013/08/14/mike-alvarado-y-ruslan-provodnikov-presentaron-pelea/#sthash.2urqntbK.dpuf
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‘Mile High’ Mike Alvarado welcomed Ruslan Provodnikov to Denver properly with a gift, an authentic Peyton Manning jersey. Provodnikov was thankful but was quick to add “You don’t know but the only number I like is #1″ in reference to the #18 on the Manning Jersey.
Fred Sternburg opened the press conference by thanking everyone for coming and thanking everyone involved. He then turned the floor over to Top Rank president Todd duBoef. DuBoef again thanked everyone before making a joke about Sternburg’s flight. Usually Sternburg has to travel to the press conferences but this one was right here in his hometown. He also joked about the fight negotiation saying that he and Alvarado were arm wrestling at one point. “I don’t know where it came from but he was challenging me and he obviously got more money out of me.”
DuBoef then spoke about the satisfaction of taking a fighter like Alvarado from his pro debut through his whole career and then having him defend his world title in his hometown, calling it ‘magical’, mentioning Miguel Cotto, Johnny Tapia and Danny Romero.
DuBoef went on to introduce ‘the birthday boy’ Peter Nelson, (who turned 32 today) director of programming at HBO Sports. Nelson praised both fighters for their previous performances including fight of the year candidates. “One thing that each of these fighters demonstrably shows each time they go out in the ring is that they are there to show more heart and guts and brawn than most other fighters in the sport ever do. So it’s a great privilege to find one fighter in the sport like this and it’s dumb luck to find two and we couldn’t be more ecstatic that we could actually put a fight like this together. For us it’s an honor to be able to get a fight like this together because we know it’s going to deliver for the fans. It also, for us, had an HBO attachment to it because we are going to be premiering that night as well, a ‘Legendary Nights’ documentary on the Arturo Gatti-Micky Ward trilogy. And while there will never be another Gatti-Ward we felt in large part that pairing that documentary and that programming with this fight is significant. Because we feel that while you’re never going to duplicate a fight like that we felt this fight captures the spirit, honors the spirit in which those two great warriors engaged each other in battle. So for us this was a homerun.”
Artie Pellulo from Banner Promotions added, “Since the moment the fight was mentioned on the internet, everybody knows what these guys are about. This (Alvarado) is a great young fighter and so is he (Provodnikov). They have no quit. They have no back up. It’s the most fan friendly fight in a long long time. And the loser will not lose. It’s a great opportunity for both of them. They are right now at the top of what they do. I met Ruslan in Russia and he said ‘Artie, I want to come to America and win world titles and I want to be a star. Because I need to have something for my family. I want to be what I am. I am a fighter’”.
Ruslan Provodnikov next took the podium and spoke through his manager and translator, Vadim Kornilov. “It’s not very often a boxer gets a second chance like this. I feel like lately I’ve been having a lot of luck in what I do. I feel like I am getting more and more on my feet. Whether that’s going to continue or it’s going to end, it’s all going to depend on this fight for me. I can confidently say that we’re both going to create a war and I’m pretty sure one of is probably going to remain laying in the ring after the fight. I will pray for both I and Mike, to make sure that we both have a great training camp and we’re both in the ring on October 19th feeling great and 100% ready. I wish him a lot of luck and I hope to see everyone on October 19th.”
Mike Alvarado’s longtime manager Henry Delgado gave praise to Top Rank for the handling and guiding of Alvarado’s career and gave them credit for much of his success. He also thanked Peter Nelson and HBO for “stepping up and taking Mike on as one of their fighters. ” He then spoke about the fight saying “I want to thank Ruslan for taking the fight. They both only know one way and that’s forward. And when you have two objects coming forward, I mean it’s going to be a crash and I’m going to see that on October the 19th. It feels good to be back home, where it all started.”
Alvarado was introduced to a huge round of applause. He started by saying, “I want to thank God for making this blessing come true. ” He then thanked Top Rank and HBO. “It’s gonna be a great show. It’s a dream come true. Having this fight in my hometown with a warrior like Provodnikov, it’s gonna be a huge blessing for me. Being able to entertain my city and bring it home to all the people who helped support me and are behind me 100%. I want to thank Provodnikov for taking this fight in my hometown. That’s a big thing for somebody to want to come into somebody else’s backyard against a warrior like myself and challenge for a world title. ”
Alvarado then gave Provodnikov the gift of a Denver Broncos Peyton Manning jersery. “I don’t know if you have an NFL team that you like but you can be a Bronco fan.” To which Provodnikov quipped, “You don’t know but he would like you to know his favorite number is number 1.” This drew cheers and laughs from the fans and media on hand.
Tickets go on sale Friday being priced $200, $150 and $25. The fight will be held at the First Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado on October 19th.
PHILADELPHIA, PA —It will be a battle of former world title challengers on July 26th as Juan Carlos Burgos will square off with Daulis Prescott in a twelve round bout for the WBO Intercontinental Jr. Lightweight title that will be held at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Sacramento, California.
The fight is promoted by Banner Promotions and Thompson Boxing and will be broadcasted live on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights.
Juan Carlos Burgos of Tijuana, Mexico has a record 30-1-1 with twenty knockouts and most in boxing are calling him an “Uncrowned World Champion” for his effort on January 19th, when he battled WBO Jr. Lightweight champion Roman Martinez to a draw. Most at ringside and the millions watching on HBO believed that Burgos deserved to walk out of Madison Square Garden with the belt but the judges didn’t see it that way as the fight was scored 117-111 for Burgos, 116-112 for Martinez and 114-114.
The twenty-six year old is unbeaten in his last six fights, which include wins over undefeated Luis Cruz and Cesar Vazquez, as well as former world champion Cristobal Cruz.
Daulis Prescott of Barranquilla, Colombia has an impressive mark of 26-2 with nineteen knockouts.
Like Burgos, Prescott is also twenty-six years old. He rose up in the rankings by winning his first twenty-three bouts. In his last bout, he lost his bid for the WBA Featherweight crown when he came up short against Nicholas Walters on December 8th in Jamaica.
“We are looking forward to getting Juan Carlos back in the ring”, said Banner Promotions CEO Arthur Pelullo.
“Juan Carlos proved in the Martinez fight that he is the best 130 pound fighter in the world. My partners at Thompson Boxing and I were ecstatic to get a new contract done with him and we feel he will rule at 130 pounds and a great performance on July 26th will get him another shot at the title”.
“It’s important to keep a young fighter like Juan Carlos busy and primed for his next chance to a world title. Daulis Prescott will test him and it should be an excellent fight. Our #1 WBO fighter is just waiting for the next opportunity to show what he is capable of.” said Alex Camponovo of Thompson Boxing.
Special guests scheduled to be in attendance will be former world champions Tony “The Tiger” Lopez, Loreto Garza, James Toney and Hall of Fame referee Joe Cortez.
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Kyril Pchelnikov, co-promoter for WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15KOs), says the boxer is fully focused on a May 1st defense in Russia. The opponent has not been secured, but Pchelnikov is looking for someone in the WBO’s top ten. If everything goes as planned, then the focus will shift to finalize a deal for an August unification clash with IBF champion Daniel Geale (27-1, 15KOs) of Australia, which may be televised by American cable network HBO.
“Our main task right now – is [for Pirog] to defend his title in May against a fighter in the WBO’s top ten, whose name we will issue at a later date,” said Pchelnikov.” Next, we plan to stage a unification bout with the IBF world champion Daniel Geale on HBO. Negotiations [for a fight with Geale] have been taking place for some time.”
By Ruslan Chikov
Undefeated WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15KOs) of Russia will return to the ring on May 1 in Moscow, according to his promoters. Pirog last fought on September 25 in Krasnodar, when he stopped mandatory challenger Gennady Martirosyan within ten rounds. Pirog’s handlers plan to match him with a highly ranked contender in the WBO’s top ten.
One possible opponent being mentioned by Pirog’s handlers is undefeated contender Max Bursak (24-0, 10KOs).
By Alexey Sukachev
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10FEB11 Letter to Dmitry Pirog Warning (2)
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February 10, 2012
Champion Dmitry Pirog
C/O Banner Promotions
On July 31, 2010 Dmitry Pirog became the WBO Middleweight Champion with a TKO 5 over Daniel Jacobs. As he won a vacant title, he had 180 days until his Mandatory due date of January 31, 2011. However, due to his inactivity, Dmitry was given the opportunity to do a Voluntary bout on March 26, 2011 against Javier Francisco Maciel with a UD12 win. Some 14 (fourteen) months later, on September 25, 2011 Mr. Pirog was successful by RTD 10 with his Mandatory defense against Gennady Martirosyan.
As recently as February 3, 2012, Mr. Pirog made statements to Alexey Sukachev in an article printed by www.BoxingScene.com
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“Pirog Waits for the Champs, Considers Possible Retirement”
Dmitry Pirog will seriously consider retirement if a bout with one of the middleweight stars isn’t secured in the near future. Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs), 31, the reigning undefeated WBO middleweight champion of the world, was featured as a hero during a specifically designated press conference to honor him as the best Kuban sports person in 2011 (Kuban is a huge river in southern Russia, a native land for Pirog). The media meeting took place in Krasnodar, just near his hometown of Gelendzhik.
“The gap of time between my last title defense (against Gennady Martirosyan), and the next one, has definitely been too long. The reason is that negotiations with possible opponents are just under way. They started immediately after I stopped Martirosyan and they are still ongoing I’ve raised the standard rather high and I don’t want to let anybody – myself, my team or the fans – down. Yes, I’m looking for the unification, I need it badly! I wish to meet other champions in the ring to unify all of the belts in the division. That’s what I want! It’s a risky business, you know, and it’s a bit unusual for modern titlists to issue such challenges. Modern champs are interested in earning easy money; they want to fight on TV against safe, barely live opponents, to score meaningless victories. I have never put any accent on earning money in boxing. I don’t need it that bad as I have some. Maybe that’s the secret of my success – I fight only to prove myself and I’m ready to risk. I’m prepared to fight the best of the division: Sergio Martinez (The Ring), Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (WBC), Daniel Geale (IBF) and Felix Sturm (WBA). But for various reasons those fights are out of reach. Those guys don’t want any part of me”.
– Why so?
“Chavez Jr. is the son of the legend, and he is well protected to speak frankly. They put him against those guys, who are quite popular but who are definitely over the hill at the time of their fights with the kid.
We tried to reach a deal with Sergio Martinez. I have personally flown to America. The people with Team Martinez said to me that he doesn’t want to fight such a clever boxer like myself. It’s understandable: if he loses, he will lose a whole lot of opportunities on HBO.
Geale is very much like me. He also struggles to get along with HBO or Showtime; the American cable giants aren’t too interested in him. They are monsters, they have all the money. Geale is fairly known in America, I’m a bit popular in Russia. I was ready to fight him in Australia but he again chose not to take the risk…
There’s no response from Sturm as well. He is supported by a well-known German TV channel. There were rumors the cable chiefs wanted Sturm to take a risk, to fight dangerous opponents, and my name has also been thrown in the mix, and I was ready to fight abroad but…
I’m not here to earn money. I’m here for the love of the sport. I will tell you one thing; I have never told it anyone beforehand… I’m not excluding the possibility of retirement if none of the champions will fight me. I’m ready to hang’em up if I will be limited to the present level of opposition. I’m fully sure I can make a bigger impact – not as a boxer – but in another role.
I have thought much about it and I feel that I’m very disappointed with modern prizefighting. It’s all about earning money, and I don’t want any part of it. For me boxing is a sport, and I won’t go against my beliefs”. Now, the WBO has been advised by his USA Promoter, Banner Promotions, that a date sometime in May is being looked at. As there is no contract, no actual fight date, and no TV commitment, this might extend itself beyond the month of May. Note that in 19 (nineteen) months, the title has been defended twice.
According to the World Boxing Organization’s Regulations of World Championship Contests Section 5 Defense of Title
“SECTION 5 DEFENSE OF THE TITLE”
(a) Each WBO World Champion except in the Heavyweight Division shall defend his title at intervals not greater than nine (9) months counting from the date of the acquisition thereof or from the last compulsory defense …
(c) The WBO World Championship Committee may, in its discretion, vacate a Champion’s title regardless of cause or fault if the Champion fails to defend his title within a nine (9) month period (12 months in the case of the Heavyweight Division)… complied with the WBO and ABC rating criteria.”
Also see “Section 20 Procedure When a Title is Declared Vacant
“…When a boxer obtains the World Championship Title or an Interim World Championship title in any category in a fight for a vacant title, he shall defend the title against the Mandatory Challenger within a term which shall not exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days counting from the date he acquired the title.”
Bearing in mind Mr. Pirog’s inactivity, having fought only twice in a 19 (nineteen) month period, he is treading very close to violating the WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests. Therefore, we are submitting Champion Pirog to the WBO Championship Committee for evaluation and determination and this letter will be posted on our website www.wboboxing.com in the internet.
Sincerely,
Francisco Valcarcel, Esq.
Former U.S. Olympian Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade of Providence gets his first crack at boxing hardware Feb. 10 when he takes on Philadelphian Derek “Pooh” Ennis for the vacant North American Boxing Organization (NABO) junior middleweight title at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Conn.
The fight will be the main event on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights series.
Since we last wrote about Andrade after a lackluster win last August over Grady Brewer, Andrade showed a lot more aggressiveness in an impressive third-round TKO over former world title challenger Saul Duran and has climbed into the top 15 rankings of all four major boxing organizations.
“This is going to be a breakout year for Demetrius,” said Joe DeGuardia, president of Star Boxing, which co-promotes Andrade with Banner Promotions. “Ennis is a tough Philadelphia fighter who figures to give Demetrius the toughest test of his young pro career.”
The undefeated Andrade (15-0, 11 KOs), who rose from the Southern New England Golden Gloves Tournament in Fall River to a world amateur boxing championship and a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team, is curently ranked ninth in the junior middleweight division by the WBO, 11th by the IBF, 13th by the WBC and 15th by the WBA.
Ennis (23-3-1, 13 KOs) is a former USBA champion who is ranked ninth by the IBF. He won the vacant USBA title in 2009 against former world title challenger Ermosele Albert.
Tickets are $75, $40 and $30 (plus a $5 facility fee for all tickets) and are on sale at the Mohegan Sun box office and through Ticketmaster. For further information, call Star Boxing at (718) 823-2000.
By BOB HANNA
Inside Boxing
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