Sadam Ali: record, next fight and profile →
Atlantic City, NJ—Harry Joe Yorgey, trying to return to the national spotlight, and Jamaal Davis, hoping to get there for the first time, collide in a scheduled 10-round junior middleweight contest on Saturday evening, May 19, in the Grand Ballroom of Bally’s Atlantic City.
Sadam Ali has become a fixture at Main Events shows – seven of his last 10 fights have come at the promoter’s de facto home arena, the Prudential Center, in Newark, N.J., not very far from his home in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Wroclaw, Poland - welterweight prospect Sadam Ali (14-0, 8 KOs), in his third fight of the year, stopped Boris Berg (4-5, 3 KOs) in the sixth round. Ali makes his international ring debut as a pro. Most of his pro bouts have taken place in the state of New Jersey in the United States, where his promoter Main Events is located.
Unbeaten welterweight prospect Sadam Ali will return to the ring on the Vitali Klitschko-Tomasz Adamek undercard Sept. 10 in Wroclaw, Poland.
Danny Jacobs, the charismatic middleweight from Brooklyn who struggled in a title shot last year, will be out of action for perhaps a year after life-saving surgery to remove a tumorous growth on his spine nearly two months ago, said his trainer, Andre Rozier.
Bill Emes catches up with Sadam Ali to discuss his win over John Revish, getting his chin tested in the fight, the lights going out in the fifth round and more.
Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - Rising welterweight/junior middleweight prospect Sadam Ali (13-0, 7KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over John Revish (10-4-2, 8KOs). All three judges saw it 79-72 for Ali.
Brick City Grill - Newark, NJ - Kathy Duva, Main Events, CEO: "It occurred to me that you hear a lot of stories the night after a fight that the main event was great but the under card was awful. Well our story today is that not just the main event is going to be great, but that the under card is going to be great too."
Talk about a boxing fan's dream! For the upcoming Brick City Boxing Series show at the AmeriHealth Pavilion at Newark's Prudential Center on Friday, May 20th, Main Events matchmakers Russell Peltz and Jolene Mizzone have put together a card sure to please boxing enthusiasts. A surprising number of those scheduled to fight on next Friday's undercard have come in as underdogs and upset previously undefeated fighters. Will history repeat itself on May 20th?
Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - Light welterweight prospect Jose Peralta Alejo (6-1, 4KOs) stopped Ever Luis Perez (12-19, 9KOs) in three rounds.