PHILADELPHIA — On Friday night, December 5th, a huge night is planned with many great fights and ceremonies are on tap for the annual Children’s Holiday show at The Legendary Blue Horizon.
Before the action gets underway, Fans are encouraged to bring a safe toy or gifts to help the less fortunate during the upcoming holiday season.
The co-feature just announced will pit Steve Upsher Chambers taking on the tough & durable Ben Ankrah of Ghana in a eight round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Chambers, 18-1-1 with five knockouts is coming off a hard fought eight round unanimous decision over Kevin Carmody on September 12th at The Legendary Blue Horizon. This will be Chambers 20th appearance at The Legendary Blue Horizon.
Ankrah, 11-8 from Ghana was the Ghana and West African Lightweight champion. He made his American debut and took former world title challenger and highly regarded Mike Arnaoutis ten hard round before dropping a unanimous decision on October 29th in New York City
One of the fights just added to an already packed card, will pit Blue Horizon favorite, Lenny DeVictoria taking on Ricardo Medina in a six round Jr. Welterweight rematch.
DeVictoria has a deceiving record of 11-12 with three knockouts.
December 5th will mark an anniversary of sorts for DeVictoria.
It was December 7, 2007 when DeVictoria and Elad Shmouel hooked up in a classic Blue Horizon battle that fans are still talking about.
On December 5th, DeVictoria will also receive an award from John Disanto of www.phillyboxinghistory.com citing DeVictoria’s participation in the “2007 Fight of The Year” with Shmouel
This will be DeVictoria’s eleventh appearance at The Legendary Blue Horizon (6-4) which includes his February, 2007 split decision loss to Medina.
Like DeVictoria, Medina is better then his record which stands at 31-32-4 with seventeen knockouts. The twenty-one year vet has faced a litany of top fighters & world champions throughout the years such as Paulie Ayala, Guty Espadas, Zahir Raheem, and Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson to name a few.
Medina is coming off a very impressive six round unanimous decision over the dangerous Kevin Carmody seventeen months ago.
In another bout of immense local interest, the widely popular Tony Ferrante risk’s his undefeated record against the win starved Kamarah Pasley in a four round Cruiserweight bout.
Those two fights are added to a card that is promoted by Vernoca L. Michael and Blue Horizon Boxing Promotions that is stacked with fan favorites from top to the bottom
The card reads as Follows:
8 Rounds Cruiserweights-Ran Nakash (15-0, 11 KO’s) of Haifa, Israel vs. Harvey Jolly (8-9-1, 4 KO’s) of Adrian Michigan
8 Rounds Jr. Welterweights—Steve Upsher Chambers (18-1-1, 5 KO’s) of Philadelphia vs. Ben Ankrah (11-8, 3 KO's) of Ghana
6 Rounds Jr. Welterweights—Lenny Devictoria (11-12, 3 KO’s) of Philadelphia vs. Ricardo Medina (31-32-4, 17 KO’s) of Philadelphia
6 rounds Featherweights—Jules Blackwell (8-1-1, 2 KO’s) of Phoenixville, Pa vs. Darrell Martin (3-6) of Baltimore, Md.
6 Rounds Light Heavyweights—Ben Foust (11-0, 10 KO’s) of Jacksboro, Tn. vs. TBA
6 rounds Jr. Middleweights—Darren Fallen (11-4-1, 6 KO’s) vs. TBA
4 rounds Welterweights—John Goldwire (1-0) of Philadelphia vs. John Pawlowski (1-1-1, 1 KO) of Hollywood, Fla.
4 Rounds Jr. Welterweights—Julius Edmonds (2-3) of Philadelphia vs. Michael Weaver (2-2-1, 1 KO) of Philadelphia
4 Rounds Middleweights—John Turner (PD) of Philadelphia vs. Joey Aquaru (PD) of Philadelphia
4 Rounds Lightweights—Luis Castro (3-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia vs. TBA
Ticket prices for this great night of boxing are $200 for Queen Seating, $125 for Presidential seats, $65 for VIP, $55 for Ringside, and $45 for General Admission and can be purchased by calling The Legendary Blue Horizon at 1-215-763-0500 or by logging on to comcasttix.com. Doors open at 6:30 PM / 1st bout begins at 7:30 PM
The Legendary Blue Horizon is located at 1314 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, PA
“TOUGH & TESTED” - Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, RI- Promoter: Tournament of Contenders in association with Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES)
Tickets: $18.00, $23.00, $58.00, $79.00, $107.00 and $222.00, are on sale at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Box Office (401.331.6700) or through CES Boxing at 401.724.2253/2254 or www.cesboxing.com
Television: Versus, 8-10 PM/ET - Doors open at 5:30 PM/ET, first bout at 6:30 PM/ET
PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Peter Manfredo, Jr.: “I’m very focused and determined. A year ago was back but since the Lacy fight, I’ve become hungry, more mature and I’m on the right track. I know this fight is going to be a war. Anybody who has seen Bika knows he comes to fight and this is going to be a helluva fight. I’m not backing down – this is for the IBO title – and Bika’s not backing down. I’m real strong, real sharp. I don’t think anybody can beat me when I’m like this. If he does, he’s the better man. It’s going to be a great night tomorrow…a new champion tomorrow.”
Sakio Bika: “I’m happy to be in Providence. I’d like to thank everybody who has helped my career and Peter for challenging me and putting it together in Providence. I’m coming to fight and win this belt.”
Cornelius Bundrage: “I’m happy to be here. It’s definitely going to be tough fight. Me and Grady got real cool on the show. But this is business. I’m unleashed, unchained; dog is coming. Me and Grady are going to put on a great fight. I’ve been off so long I’m excited to be back. I’ve fought a lot of top guys. I’ve been cheated, robbed and had a rough career until The Contender. I love The Contender for putting me in the spotlight and giving me even odds. It’s going to be a great fight. After the fight me and Grady will still be cool.”
Grady Brewer: “I appreciate this opportunity. It’s been two years – I fought in September – but fighting K9 is a great opportunity and I thank him. We became great friends on the show. When I got the call I didn’t want to take this fight, but it’s business and I had to take a step in forward. I worked hard for this fight in the gym I built back in Oklahoma.”
Jaidon Codrington: It’s been awhile since I fought and I’m glad to be fighting in Providence. I can’t wait to fight in Providence, not too far from Bridgeport (CT) where I’m from. I’m going from my fights into the stands to watch Peter and Bika fight, K9 and Grady, and my good friend Matt Remillard. We grew-up together in the amateurs. I’m ready to fight and put on a good performance.”
Matt Remillard: “This is one of the best cards I’ve been on. It’s another chance to showcase my talent. I’ve fought on many cards with Peter and that’s a very good fight. He’s going to shock a lot of people tomorrow night. This will be the first time I’ve fought with Jaidon – he’s definitely a future world champion – and I came up with him. I’m in good shape to fight a very good fighter who has been in against a lot of big names. I’m going to come out victorious and keep moving up.”
In the last week of her training camp in preparation for her first title bout, undefeated bantamweight prospect Kaliesha “Wild Wild” West is feeling great and ready as ever to step in the ring and claim her first title belt.
Kay West (10-0-0, 2 KO’s) is scheduled to fight another undefeated prospect in Ava Knight (4-0-2, 2 KO’s) for the IFBA North American Bantamweight title. This bout will be an epic battle between two of California’s top female boxers and will catapult the winner to the top of the female bantamweight division.
Speaking over the phone from West’s training camp in Moreno Valley, trainer Juan West stated that, ”Kaliesha’s been training hard and sparring lots of rounds with top featherweight prospect Rhonda Luna and will be traveling to Arizona this weekend to finish sparring with a few of Arizona’s top female fighters. Kay and I realize that two bantamweight stars will enter the ring, but only one bantamweight superstar will exit the ring. This is the fight that Kay’s been waiting for her entire career. Expect it to be an exciting fight.”
Kay also expressed the following thoughts on her bout; “this is the first time I’ve been called out by another fighter and it’s just given me more will power to win, far more than any of my previous fights. Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve wanted to be Champ and Ava’s not going to take my dream away. I appreciate the opportunity that Roy Englebrecht Promotions has given me and I promise to give the boxing fans in Central California a great show.”
This 8 round title bout will be the co-main event on an exciting fight card which includes another title bout between Roger “Speedy” Gonzalez and Frankie Archuleta for the IBA Jr. Lightweight title this upcoming Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, California.
This event is being brought to you by Table Mountain Casino in association with Roy Englebrecht Events. Tickets for “World Championship Boxing” are still available and can be purchased at the Table Mountain Casino box office or online at www.tmcasino.com
