Excitement and Tragedy in the Tampa Bay Area

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As the year comes to an end, the Tampa Bay area has been blessed with a strong showing of boxing and excitement. The year began early as both local promoters, StarFight Productions and One Punch Productions, both showcased their top talents in numerous exciting and eventful shows. The Bay Area grew even more excited on March 13, when Winky Wright took a unanimous decision victory of “Sugar” Shane Mosley to capture the light middleweight crown. It would be only two months later that Tampa was able to celebrate another belt coming home, as Antonio Tarver shocked the world in his knockout victory of once-unbeatable Roy Jones Jr. Now home to both the light middleweight and light heavyweight crowns, Tampa is looking to become another Mecca for boxing. Boxing has grown much in this region and could be seen when powerhouse Warrior’s Promotions brought four title fights and an eliminator match to the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. Headlined with WBO Light Middleweight champion Daniel Santos, the region was able to witness the biggest show since 2001 when Roy came to town. Finishing off the title gathering in Tampa Bay, Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy TKO’d Syd Vanderpool October 2, to claim his first belt, the IBF Super Middleweight title. [details]

[PBDS]

As the year comes to an end, the Tampa Bay area has been blessed with a strong showing of boxing and excitement. The year began early as both local promoters, StarFight Productions and One Punch Productions, both showcased their top talents in numerous exciting and eventful shows. The Bay Area grew even more excited on March 13, when Winky Wright took a unanimous decision victory of “Sugar” Shane Mosley to capture the light middleweight crown. It would be only two months later that Tampa was able to celebrate another belt coming home, as Antonio Tarver shocked the world in his knockout victory of once-unbeatable Roy Jones Jr. Now home to both the light middleweight and light heavyweight crowns, Tampa is looking to become another Mecca for boxing. Boxing has grown much in this region and could be seen when powerhouse Warrior’s Promotions brought four title fights and an eliminator match to the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. Headlined with WBO Light Middleweight champion Daniel Santos, the region was able to witness the biggest show since 2001 when Roy came to town. Finishing off the title gathering in Tampa Bay, Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy TKO’d Syd Vanderpool October 2, to claim his first belt, the IBF Super Middleweight title. [details]

...Yeah Terry Trekas owns a mortgage company down here as well. I used to chat with him a little on AOL boxing. He met with the guys in my company about us sending him some business a while back. I need to make it to one of his shows one of these days.