"Black-Tie Boxing" event June 27th at Cipriani Wall Street, Yusaf Mack Mack-Jose Vasquez headlines, Grant & Acevedo on card

An evening of "Black-Tie Boxing" event June 27th at Cipriani Wall Street, Yusaf Mack Mack-Jose Vasquez headlines, Grant & Acevedo on card, “Black-Tie Boxing,”presented by Thomas Gallagher Productions, Inc., will be broadcast live on ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights. Jake "The Raging Bull" La Motta Living Boxing Legend of the Bronx, NY (83-19-4-30 Ko's), and retired will be in attendance and supported the boxers at the press conference.


Yusaf Mack (22-1-2-14 Ko's) of Philadelphia, PA, and former USBA Champion rated Number 15 by the IBF, headlines a 12-round super middleweight title fight between Puerto Rican power puncher Jose Juan “Zeus” Vasquez (16-1-1-9 Ko's). In a pair of eight-round co-feature events, former world heavyweight title contender “Big” Michael Grant (41-3-31 Ko's), of Brooklyn, NY former World Heavyweight Title Challenger IBC and NABF champion, returns to the ring after a two-year absence against tough veteran Billy “The Kid” Zumbrun (21-8-1-11 Ko's); former Intercontinental welterweight champion Nick “Ace” Acevedo (17-2-9 Ko's), and former star of the The Contender II television reality series, faces dangerous light middleweight Max “Holy Hands” Cuevas (9-5-1-5 Ko's). Scheduled to fight on the show is New York State welterweight champion Allen “Dream Shatter” Conyers (11-2-9 Ko's) versus Adam Salas (10-10-2 Ko's) in a six-round non-title match. Also slated to be on the undercard in four-round bouts are heavyweights Darrel Madison (4-1-3 Ko's) and Rodney Ray (4-4-1-4 Ko's), and amateur super middleweight Mark “The Italian Bazooka” DeLuca (2-0-2 Ko's) vs. TBD.


"Michael Grant looks great. He’s now living in Brooklyn and training at Gleason’s. He’s 267 pounds right now with six-pack abs. Every one wants to see how he looks. He’s making a comeback after suffering some injuries and bad luck. Michael’s a great athlete who is 41-3 with 31 knockouts. He’s only 34 and a few years ago, how many people thought (Oleg) Maskaev would be the world heavyweight champion today? The potential is there for Michael to get right into the heavyweight mix with a few wins."
(Yusaf Mack Michael Grant and Darrel "King David" Madison)


Pro boxing goes upscale, a new strict dress code will be enforced - black-tie attire is required, tuxedos and gowns- caviar and champagne replace hot dogs and beer -- and fashion models will replace ring card girls. “We’re bringing class back to boxing,” promoter Mathew Sheldon explained. “Everyone will be served a delicious three-course dinner and we’re going back to the twenties and thirties style of dress in boxing, when men wore tuxedos and women gowns. This is going to be a classy, wealthy crowd. Some of the crazy stuff you may see at other fights you won’t see here. They’ll be sitting at tables, not on folding chairs with people standing in front and spilling beer all over the place. We’re trying to bring young blood into our sport, to make it more mainstream than just for boxing fanatics".

Tickets, priced at $300.00 (dinner included), are on sale by calling Cipriani Wall Street, in New York City (212.699.4099), Gallagher Productions (646.884.6200) or Sheldon Productions, Inc. (212.624.9363). Tables of 10 are still available for $3,000.00. A portion of the proceeds will go the Veterans Boxers Association (Ring 8 VBA). All bouts and boxers subject to change.