BROADWAY BOXING BACK MARCH 5; Gary Stark and Edgar Santana to Headline DBE Boxing Series at Manhattan Center

BROADWAY BOXING BACK MARCH 5; Gary Stark and Edgar Santana to Headline DBE Boxing Series at Manhattan Center



DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing returns to New York City on Wednesday night March 5 at the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center. Staten Island featherweight Gary “Kid” Stark (20-2, 8 KO’s) and Spanish Harlem welterweight Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (22-3, 14 KO’s) will headline the night of exciting boxing action in the heart of Manhattan.

Tickets for Broadway Boxing are priced at $150, $100, $80, $60, and $40 and will go on sale in early February. They will be available through DiBella Entertainment by calling (212) 947-2577. For more information on Broadway Boxing, please visit DiBella entertainment on the web at www.dbe1.com.

Contact: Mike Moriarty; DiBella Entertainment

"Johnson vs. Gonzalez"; Tickets Moving Fast in Lake Charles!

Ticket for Saturday’s “Johnson vs. Gonzalez” Fight Night for Climate Change at the Lake Charles Civic Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, are selling quickly, as anticipation builds for the all-action light heavyweight shootout.

“Most of the premium seating is gone,” revealed event co-promoter Kerry Daigle. “We’ve got a very limited number of ringside seats left; most of the front rows are gone. But the real surprise has been the number of blue collar boxing fans bringing their families out for a night at the fights. We’ve sold an amazing number of $50, $30 and $15 seats for this fight.”

Boxing maintains a high level of popularity in “The Pelican State” and now that national promoters have begun teaming with local promotional outfits and bringing in world-class fighters, Louisiana has suddenly become a very viable option for top-level professional boxing.

Add in that former light heavyweight champion and main event participant Reggie “Sweet” Johnson has moved his base of operations and become a local celebrity and the recipe is there for a hugely successful event.

“The last thing we want to see is some kid going to his first live boxing event get turned away at the door,” concludes Daigle. “We’re advising everyone to get their tickets in advance to be certain they’ll get a seat.”

Tickets for the February 23 "Johnson vs. Gonzalez" Fight Night for Climate Change 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, go to
http://www.keeppunching.com/

Klitschko-Ibragimov

ESPN2 FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS TRAVELS TO LOUISIANA; TOP CONTENDERS POWELL AND GREEN IN ACTION IN DOUBLEHEADER ON FEBRUARY 29TH

TOP CONTENDERS POWELL AND GREEN IN ACTION IN DOUBLEHEADER ON FEBRUARY 29TH
HOLLYWOOD, FL.– When boxing’s premier promotional companies join forces, fight fans become the true winners when it comes to action-packed nights of fistic fury. On Friday, February 29th Seminole Warriors Boxing and Keep Punching Entertainment will team up once again, along with Tony Holden Productions, for another great night of fights at the Paragon Casino & Resort in Marksville, Louisiana, featuring a double main event to be televised live on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights.

In the first half of this doubleheader, number one IBF junior middleweight contender Sechew ‘Iron Horse’ Powell will look to keep his 2008 title shot intact when he takes on unbeaten banger Kevin Finley. But that’s not all, as highly regarded super middleweight standout Allan Green puts his three fight winning streak on the line against exciting Colombian Samuel Miller in the co-featured main event bout.
Both fights are scheduled for 10 rounds. The ESPN2 broadcast is scheduled to begin at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.

“We’ve always lived up to our philosophy of doing whatever it takes to put on the best fight cards for the fans, and that means teaming up with similar-minded promoters like Keep Punching Entertainment and Tony Holden Productions,” said Leon Margules, Executive Director of Seminole Warriors Boxing. “February 29th is no exception and we should be in for a great night when two of boxing’s brightest stars, Sechew Powell and Allan Green, take on tough competition on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights.”

“Allan Green and Sechew Powell are top contenders in their weight classes, but to their credit, they’re not taking on any easy marks in Kevin Finley and Samuel Miller,” said Kerry Daigle, Director of boxing for Keep Punching Entertainment. “Both guys are in tough, and the fans are going to love this show from start to finish because we’ve worked overtime with Seminole Warriors Boxing and Tony Holden Productions to bring the best of the fight game to the Paragon Casino & Resort.”

A National Golden Gloves Champion in 2000 and a United States Amateur Champion in 2001, Brooklyn’s Sechew ‘The Iron Horse’ Powell (22-1, 13 KOs) has been destined to achieve great things in the fight game. Winner of 22 out of 23 pro bouts, with his only loss coming at the hands of former world champion Kassim Ouma in 2006, Powell owns wins over Grady Brewer, Cornelius Bundrage, Robert Frazier, Ishe Smith, and most recently, Terrance Cauthen, making him one of the brightest young stars in the game today.

28 year old Kevin Finley (12-0-1, 1 no contest, 9 KOs) has been chomping at the bit for his shot at the big time, and on February 29th, he gets his chance against number one 154-pound contender Sechew Powell. Fresh off a first round win over John Huskey last December, the Kansas City native would live nothing better than to make Powell his seventh opening round knockout victim.

A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, respected super middleweight Allan Green (26-1, 18 KOs) has thrilled the boxing world not only with his ability to outbox his opponents, but with his tendency to knock them out as well. Talented and confident, Green scored the knockout of the year in 2005 when he took out highly-touted Jaidon Codrington in just 18 seconds, and he’s gone 8-1 since, including wins over tough veterans Rubin Williams, Anthony Bonsante, Emmett Linton, and Jerson Ravelo. On February 29th, ‘Sweetness’ plans on making a statement against Miller.

Hailing from Colombia, the same country that spawned Juan Urango and Edison Miranda, hard-hitting middleweight prospect Samuel Miller (18-2, 15 KOs) is rapidly making a name for himself in the fight game, and in the coming months the native of Arboletes hopes to join his world-class stablemates at the top of the boxing world. Fresh off an exciting fourth round TKO over Alexis Munoz on January 19, Miller continues to show improvement with each successive fight as he moves up the ranks.

For tickets, priced at $100 (ringside) and $40 (reserved cushioned stadium seats), please call the Paragon Casino & Resort at 1-800-WIN1WIN, or visit ticketmaster.com.For more information on Warriors Boxing, please visit our website at http://www.warriorsboxing.com/.

CONTACT INFO:Seminole Warriors Boxing Leon Margules 954.985.1155
REDLINE Media Group Cima Georgevich - Media
954.989.5600
The Keeppunching Media, Publishing, and Promotional Companies, LLC Kerry Daigle, President/CEO (337) 288.8510
kerry@keeppunching.com
http://www.keeppunching.com/

“Rumble at the River,”;“The Pride of Providence” PETER MANFREDO, JR., & 3-Time World Champion JAIME CLAMPITT March 14

Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. next pro boxing show, “Rumble at the River,” on March 14 at Twin River. Contact CES (1.401.724.2253/2254/www.cesboxing.com) or Twin River (1.401.723.3200/www.twinriver.com) to purchase tickets or for more information.

PETER MANFREDO; Former World Title Challenger & The Contender 1 Star
(Photo of Jaime Clampitt, promoter Jimmy Burchfield and Peter Manfredo, Jr. by Emily Harney).


CONTACT: Bob Trieger, Full Court Press

Former Champs Clash for IBA Title; Reggie "Sweet" Johnson vs. Julio Gonzalez on February 23 at the Lake Charles Civic Center, in Louisiana

Former Champs Clash for IBA Title
by Ken Hissner

Not often do two former world champions agree to fight one another.On February 23 at the Lake Charles Civic Center, in Louisiana, Reggie "Sweet" Johnson (43-7-1, 25 KOs) from Houston, Texas, will face Julio Gonzalez (41-4, 25 KOs) from Huntington Beach, California. At stake is the vacant IBA Light Heavyweight title.

The clash of former world champions will be entitled, Fight Night for Climate Change and will be promoted by Trinity World Boxing Promotions in association with Green Planet Mobile, Goossen Tutor Promotions LLC, Keeppunching Entertainment, and Impact Marketing.



Johnson is a former WBA middleweight and IBF light heavyweight champion who is always in the gym preparing for a fight. Only due to an injury was his fight with former champion Glen Johnson postponed. In a conversation with the former champion I questioned why such a tough opponent first time back after a lay-off. He told me "I want to fight the best in order to fight for a world title again." Adding, "I know Gonzalez has beaten Johnson so to me it's a step up in opponents. We sparred together in the past in California, so we know each other well." A most likeable person and one you don't have to ask too many questions, Johnson summed it up in saying "I'm a throwback."

Johnson's opponent, Gonzalez, is what you call a working man's fighter. He always gives you an honest night's work in the ring. He will have several inches of height on Johnson whose southpaw style may give him problems. His trainer Doug Huntley said "Julio has been working with two southpaw sparring partners and is in good shape." I asked him about Gonzalez last fight, a rematch with IBF champion Clint Woods. He said "the first time we fought Woods (2005) I thought we won that fight, but the second time (2007) I thought was a fair decision." Gonzalez is most known for defeating Dariusz Michalczewski who was (48-0) at the time in Germany back in 2003 for the WBO title.



Both fighters have a common opponent in Roy Jones, Jr. to whom both lost decisions. In Johnson's next to last fight he lost a split decision to former world champion Antonio Tarver. Both fighters are true professionals and crowd pleasers. This should an action-packed fight from start to finish and the winner will be in line for any of the other organizations champions.

"Dempsey in Nevada", by Guy Clifton

Guy Clifton has penned a tremendous new book, "Dempsey in Nevada." Bert Sugar read the book and said, "Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about Jack Dempsey, along comes Guy Clifton with his "Dempsey in Nevada" book giving you a rare look at the man who was the most famous sports personality of the early 20th century--in an extremely interesting and never-before-seen read. It's a new way of looking at an old legend." See interesting book-cover notes at link below: http://www.jackbacon.com/products/details.asp?PDID=112 The book is also available at http://www.amazon.com/,
http://www.sundancebookstore.com/ or http://www.jackbacon.com/

Jack Dempsey’s first trip to Nevada came as he clung to the underbelly of a train, a dangerous practice known as “riding the rods” and utilized by those too poor to purchase a ticket for one of the passenger cars. In later years, Dempsey, the heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926, returned to a hero’s welcome with newspapermen, children and divorcees following his every move.

Many people are surprised to learn that Dempsey once called Nevada home. Little remains to commemorate that time other than the yellowed archives of Nevada newspapers and the memories of a handful of old-timers. The fact is, Dempsey left footprints all over the Silver State.

Dempsey In Nevada is an untold chapter in Nevada’s history and an untold story in the life of one of the great sports figures of the 20th Century.

Dempsey helped usher in the era referred to as “The Golden Age of Sport.” Along with baseball’s Babe Ruth, football’s Red Grange, golf’s Bobby Jones and tennis’ Bill Tilden, Dempsey was a giant of the era and made more money in a single fight than all the others combined. Babe Ruth’s largest salary with the Yankees was $85,000. Dempsey made $717,000 for his first fight with Gene Tunney. He lost his fortune in the stock market crash of 1929 and set about reclaiming it with Reno as his base in the early 1930s, first as a fight promoter and then, once again, as a fighter as he set out to reclaim the heavyweight championship.

“Guy Clifton’s meticulously researched and wonderfully illustrated volume captures virtually everything you wanted to know about boxing great Jack Dempsey in Nevada,” said Nevada State Archivist Guy Rocha.

Guy Clifton, a third generation Nevadan, has been a sportswriter since 1982, receiving state, regional and national awards for his writing. He is currently a senior reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal. Dempsey in Nevada is his fourth book. He has also written “Reno Rodeo: A History,” and two volumes of “You Know You’re A Nevadan If …”

NO HOLDS BARRED: Wladimir Klitschko, Sultan Ibragimov, EmanuelSteward, Jeff Mayweather, John Duddy, Don Turner, Pete Quillin

NO HOLDS BARRED: Wladimir Klitschko, Sultan Ibragimov, EmanuelSteward, Jeff Mayweather, John Duddy, Don Turner, Pete Quillin On this edition of NO HOLDS BARRED, host Eddie Goldman previews the most important heavyweight fight in years, the title unification bout between IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (49-3, 44 KOs),generally regarded as the best in that weight class today, and WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov (22-0-1, 17 KOs). This takesplace Saturday, February 23, at Madison Square Garden in New York, andwill be televised on HBO in the U.S., RTL in Germany, and in about 100 countries. We spoke with Wladimir Klitschko, his trainer Emanuel Steward, Sultan Ibragimov, and his trainer Jeff Mayweather, at prefight media events this week. We also spoke with middleweight prospect John Duddy (23-0, 17 KOs),his trainer Don Turner, and super middleweight prospect Pete "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (16-0, 13 KOs). Duddy and Quillin fight on the undercard in separate bouts. To listen to NO HOLDS BARRED, click the link below and just press the play button on the player: http://nhbnews.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2008-02-20T22_03_51-08_00 You can also download it by scrolling down that page and clicking onthe download link (right-click to save it). You can also listen to it through the NO HOLDS BARRED blog, athttp://nhbnews.blogspot.com/, and MySpace page, at http://www.myspace.com/nhbnews,also by pressing the play button on the player. Also, NO HOLDS BARRED is available through iTunes athttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=150801513&s=143441. The show is in MP3 format, so may take some time to download. The NO HOLDS BARRED theme song is called "The Heist", by musician Ian Carpenter (http://iancarpenter.com/). NO HOLDS BARRED is free to listen to and is sponsored by: Art of War (http://www.artofwarlive.com/), the undisputed arena fighting championship, promoted by SUN Sports and Entertainment, producing world class mixed martial arts events. For more information,check out their web site, ArtOfWarLive.com (http://www.artofwarlive.com). IFL, the International Fight League (http://ifl.tv/), the world'sfirst professional mixed martial arts league. Make sure to check out their regular TV shows on FSN (Fox Sports Net) (http://msn.foxsports.com/story/1636002) in the U.S., and to check your local listings for dates and times. Check out the IFL web site (http://ifl.tv/), for a listing of IFL live events and their TV schedule, athttp://ifl.tv/TV-Schedule.html. Gladiator Challenge (http://gladiatorchallenge.com/), shaking up the mixed martial arts world since 1999, and now with 30 shows per year. For more news and info, check out their web site, GladiatorChallenge.com (http://gladiatorchallenge.com/). BJJMart.com (http://bjjmart.com/), your premier source for allBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu gear, videos, books, and much more. Gladiator Magazine (http://gladmag.com/), for in-depth coverage of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submission grappling, and MMA, as well as lifestyle articles on surfing, cars, movies, and more. GladiatorMagazine is available at any major bookstore and online at BJJMart.com(http://bjjmart.com/) or Jiu Jitsu Pro Gear (http://jiujitsuprogear.com/). FightBeat.com (http://fightbeat.com/), for news, results, interviews,and free exclusive videos from the worlds of boxing and mixed martial arts. Thanks, Eddie Goldman No Holds Barred bloghttp://nhbnews.blogspot.com/ No Holds Barred podcasthttp://nhbnews.podomatic.com/ The Boxing Standardhttp://boxingstandard.com/ No Holds Barred on MySpacehttp://www.myspace.com/nhbnews