The Press confernce topic will be the upcoming “Fight for Climate Change” JOHNSON VS. GONZALEZ Light Heavyweight World Championship Fight that will be held on February 23 at the Lake Charles Civic Center.
Trinity World Boxing Promotions, Green Planet Mobile, Goossen Tutor Promotions, Keeppunching Entertainment, and Impact Marketing will team up to bring professional boxing fans a truly great match-up of former world champions. Johnson is a former WBA Middleweight World Champion and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion (43-7-1—25 KO) and Gonzalez is a former WBO Light Heavyweight World Champion (41-4-0—25KO). Johnson has had one fight in 4 years. Gonzalez fought for the IBF Light Heavyweight World Title late last year in the United Kingdom against Clinton Woods and lost a 12 round unanimous decision. Neither fighter has ever been knocked out in a total of 96 professional boxing matches with 50 knockouts among the two against the biggest names in the last two decades. The winner will be an IBA World Light-heavyweight Champion and be in line to challenge one of the other world champions and find their place in the Hall of Fame. There is a lot at stake in this match-up.
The undercard will feature a night of Heavyweight action. Maurice “T-Diddy” Smith, Houston, TX will face James Gatlin from Atlanta, Georgia in a 6 round co-feature. Knockout artist Eugene Hill (9-0 with 8 knockouts), a Mike Tyson type puncher, will also be on the card. Justin Jones, a heavyweight prospect training from Houston, Texas and originally from Lafayette, Louisiana (1-0) will face the ever tough Kirby Lee Gillespie (1-1-1) also from Texas. Herman “Skip” Scott, another Houston heavyweight will enter his 3rd professional bout against an opponent to be named. Scott is 6’8” and 252 pounds and brings lots of action to the fights.
Also, on the card will feature amateur sensation Michael “El Torito de Fiero” Martinez (5-2, 3 KO) from Houston, Texas by way of Snyder. Martinez shows the skill of a much more advanced professional. His team mate, Wilford Scypion, Jr (3-0, 3 KO), originally from Port Arthur and Houston, Texas will face 150 fight veteran Benji Singleton from Georgia. Scypion’s father Wilford Scypion, Sr was one of the most popular middleweights in the 70’s and 80’s fighting on national television regularly having won ‘Fight of the Year’ honors.
This fight is a Las Vegas type show that will make history in Lake Charles, Louisiana as one of the best boxing cards in the last 3 decades.
In attendance at the conference will be main event participant and former two-time world champion Reggie “Sweet” Johnson, as well as the promotional groups responsible for putting this amazing event together among other attendees.
Fight Night for Climate Change will be telecast internationally via satellite and viewed by millions through a distribution network to include pay-per-view streaming on the Internet and, for the first time ever, will be simulcast pay-per-view on mobile phones. Fight tickets are going quickly and fans are asked to purchase their tickets early.
Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets and the Lake Charles Civic Center Box Office (call 337.491.1432) and are priced at $200 (Limited Ringside Seats); $125 (Floor Seats); $48.50 (Floor Riser Seats); $48.50 (Gold 100 Level Seats); $32.50 (Silver 200 Level Seats); and $15 (Bronze 300 Level, General Admission Seats).
For more information, visit http://www.johnsonvsgonzalez.com/ or http://www.keeppunching.com/.
Contacts:
Impact Marketing
Thom Hager
The Keeppunching Media, Publishing, and Promotional Companies, LLCKerry Daigle, President/CEO
http://www.keeppunching.com/
Fight Night for Climate Change
Boxing Operations
B.J. Lundy
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