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Friday, September 26, 2008

Luevano-Dib, Mares-Melendez & Rubio-Ornelas on Packed Oct. 18 HBO PPV Undercard in Atlantic City‏


WBO Featherweight Champion STEVEN LUEVANO Battles BILLY DIB; NABO Featherweight Champion ABNER MARES, Risks His Undefeated Record Against LUIS MELENDEZ and in a WBC Middleweight Title Elimination Bout MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO Takes on ENRIQUE ORNELAS all on "Unstoppable"Saturday, October 18 at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall
Live on Pay-Per-View

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ- Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall is four weeks away from "Unstoppable" -- the light heavyweight rumble between undefeated world middleweight champion KELLY "The Ghost" PAVLIK and legendary two-division world champion BERNARD "The Executioner" HOPKINS. The televised undercard features three compelling match-ups featuring fighters with a combined record of 168-12-2 (111 KOs) and a combined winning percentage exceeding 92%. WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano defends his title against top contender Billy Dib, undefeated bantamweight champion Abner Mares battles Luis Melendez and in a WBC middleweight title elimination bout, Marco Antonio Rubio takes on Enrique Ornelas.

Presented by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, in association with Caesars Atlantic City, "Unstoppable" takes place Saturday, October 18 at Boardwalk Hall and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

STEVEN LUEVANO (35-1-1, 15 KOs), from La Puente, California, has reigned as the World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion for 14 months. He captured the vacant world title July 14, 2007, knocking the previously undefeated and current WBO junior lightweight champion Nicky Cook in the 11th round. Since winning the title he has successfully defended it twice, including a 12-round decision victory over mandatory challenger Terdsak Jandaeng and a draw against Top-10 contender Mario Santiago in March and July, respectively. Luevano's third title defense of 2008 will be against anotherTop-10 contender in BILLY DIB (21-0, 11 KOs). Dib, an undefeated southpaw from Hurtsville, Australia, has knocked out over half the opponents he has faced in his four-year professional career. The former Australian champion returns to the ring fresh from his biggest victory on July 30, a 12-round unanimous decision for the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) super featherweight title, over Zolani Marali, ending the South African's four-year winning streak.

North American Boxing Organization (NABO) bantamweight champion ABNER MARES (17-0, 10 KOs), from Montebello, California, by way of Guadalajara, Mexico, will be risking his undefeated record and WBO No. 1 world rating when he defends his title against LUIS MELENDEZ. Mares has successfully defended his title twice since winning it last year when he defeated former world champion Isidro Garcia, who retired on his stool after the seventh round. This year he knocked out former world title challenger Diosdado Gabi in the second round and scored a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Jonathan Arias. Gabi and Arias had a combined record of 43-3-1 when they faced Mares. Melendez (25-3-1, 20 KOs), retruns to the ring On the heels of one of his most exciting fights. The Colmbian buzzsaw went toe-to-toe for 12 rounds with WBO junior bantamweight champion Fernando Monriel, coming up short in his first world title fight. Now fighting as a bantamweight, Melendez, who has won 13 of his last 15 bouts, is looking to return to the world championship picture by challenging the No. 1 contender.

The pay-per-view telecast will open with the World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight title elimination bout the winner of which will be declared the WBC's mandatory middleweight challenger to Pavlik. MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO (42-4-1, 38 KOs), from Georgetown, Texas, by way of Torreon, Mexico, enters this fight riding an eight-bout winning streak with seven of those win coming by way of knockout. Since moving up to middleweight at the end of 2006, Rubio has collected the Mexican, the World Boxing Association's FEDECENT and the WBC's FECOMBOX titles en route to becoming the WBC's No. 1 contender middleweight contender. Rubio will be going mano-a-mano against ENRIQUE ORNELAS (28-4, 18 KOs), from La Habra, California, by way of Guanajuato, Mexico. Ornelas, the WBC's No. 2-rated middleweight contender, has won eight of his 10 last fights, including NABF middleweight title fights against former world champion Bronco McKart and Norberto Bravo, stopping both in the fifth and seventh rounds, respectively. In his last fight, on July 4, he provided his own fireworks display, knocking out Daryl Salmon in the second round.

Remaining tickets," priced at $700, $500, $350, $200, $100 and $75, can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall box office, by calling Ticketmaster (800) 736-1420 or online at www.ticketmaster.com

The Pavlik vs. Hopkins pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT has a suggested retail price of $49.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For Pavlik vs. Hopkins fight week updates, log onto www.hbo.com

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YUSAF MACK TAKES CARE OF OMAR PITTMAN IN SIX AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN PHILLY

PHILADELPHIA- In front of an enthusiastic crowd at The National Guard Armory, WBA #9 Ranked Light Heavyweight, Yusaf Mack unveiled a piston-like jab over the first five rounds to keep Omar Pittman in check until Mack unleashed a right hand assault that was capped off by a thudding knockdown and subsequent stoppage at 2:59 of round six to capture both the NABA and Pennsylvania state Light Heavyweight championships.

When asked about the knockout, a jubilant Mack responded, "When I saw him getting tired, his hands were dropping and the right hand was working. Everyone knows that my right is the helicopter."

That fight capped a championship doubleheader that saw Derrick “Pooh” Ennis score a convincing ten round unanimous decision over Troy Browning to secure the Pennsylvania State & USBA Regional Jr. Middleweight title by scores 100-90, 100-90 and 98-92.

The card was promoted by Joey Eye Boxing also saw a thrilling Heavyweight bout that saw local favorite Anthony Gatt get off the canvas to batter Jonathan Felton in a four round bout.

The card also saw emphatic knockout wins by Joel Dela Paz, Tyyab Beale & Jules Blackwell.

Dela Paz scored a scary twenty-five second knockout over Ryan Hord. Hord, whose head bounced off the canvas, was ok after lying on the canvas for seven minutes.

Beale won for the first time by stopping Lamont Barnes in round two of their Heavyweight bout.

Blackwell got back in the win column after suffering his first loss by taking out over matched Juvier Dennis

FULL RESULTS

Yusaf Mack (26-2-2, 16 KO’s), 173 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia, Pa. TKO 6 (2:59) over Omar Pittman (15-5-1, 8 KO’s), 169 ½ lbs of Philadelphia—Mack wins the NABA & Pennsylvania Light Heavyweight titles

Derek Ennis (16-2-1, 12 KO’s), 152 ½ lbs of Philadelphia U DEC (100-90, 100-90, 98-92) Troy Browning, (20-3-1, 8 KO’s), 152 lbs of Willingboro, NJ—Ennis wins the Pennsylvania State & USBA Regional Jr. Middleweight title.

Anthony Gatt (7-1-1, 4 KO’s), 218 lbs of West Chester, Pa. U DEC (39-37, 38-37, 38-37) over Jonathan Felton (5-12, 5 KO’s), 228 lbs of Stafford, Va.

Jules Blackwell (8-1-2, 3 KO’s), 123 lbs of Phoenixville, Pa. TKO 1 (2:33) over Juvier Dennis (1-2, 1 KO), 121 lbs of Reidsville, NC

Tyyab Beale (1-1, 1 KO), 236 lbs of Jersey City, NJ TKO 2 (1:59) over Lamont Barnes (1-2, 1 KO), 209 lbs of Philadelphia, Pa.

Joel Dela Paz (2-0, 1 KO), 164 lbs of Atlantic City, NJ KO 1 (0:25) over Ryan Hord (0-2), 163 lbs of West Plains, MO

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©®™ 2007, 2008 All photos by "EL Boxing Empress" Keisha Morrisey- Empire Morrisey Studios, for Bloodline Boxing Communications Entertainment and Starlite Boxing's Sweetscience Magnews-Online Publication all rights reserved