Dulorme sees NABF belt as stepping stone to world title, but Reynoso sends warning to Thomas‏

Thomas Dulorme (13-0-0, 10ko), of Carolina, Puerto Rico, will face surging southpaw, Jose Reynoso (15-3-1, 2ko), of Riverside, California, by way of Mexicali, Mexico, for the vacant NABF welterweight title in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, February 17, live on Showtime. The headlining fighters will make their ShoBox debuts in a ten round welterweight bout with a contracted limit of 143 pounds.
Dulorme wants to start his 2012 with a bang but Reynoso has different plans

In the co-feature at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, the power-punching Puerto Rican, Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez (14-0-0, 13ko), of San Juan, will battle Billy Lyell (24-10-2, 5ko), of Warren, Ohio, in a ten round junior middleweight match.

Despite having only 13 fights, Dulorme (pronounced Do-Lore-May) is already ranked in the top ten by both the WBA and WBC. A hard-hitting sort who also can box, the highly regarded Dulorme has been spectacular and explosive enough to warrant the lofty praise but he’ll get his toughest test to date against Reynoso, who’s unbeaten in his last six starts (5-0-1).

"I’m always looking to fight the best guys available and I’m expecting a good fight," the crowd-pleasing Dulorme said. "I’ve been in with left-handers before," he added. "Fighting for the first time in 2012, I want to come out with a bang and show the audience on ShoBox that I’m the real deal.

"Capturing the NABF title will get me one step closer to my dream of becoming a world champion."

Since turning pro after a terrific amateur career that included winning a Golden Gloves championship, the 5'9.5 Dulorme, has campaigned in three weight classes: welterweight, junior welterweight and lightweight.

Dulorme won a four-round majority decision in his pro debut on August 13, 2008. His next ten fights ended by knockout — two in the first round, eight in the second. He’s been victorious in his last two starts via lopsided decision, a ten round triumph over former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley on June 10, 2011, and a nine-round win over world title challenger Charlie Navarro the following October 22.

Although he knows he’s an underdog, Reynoso is anxiously awaiting this fight, his first since taking an eight-round decision over Esteban Almarez on June 22, 2011.

"This is the most important fight of my career. I’m fighting for everything, and this fight means everything to me," the 5-foot-7, 27-year-old Reynoso said. "I’ve seen tapes. I know he’s undefeated and a hard banger, but he hasn’t fought solid opposition like I have. He’s strong, but I’m strong too, and I plan to put him to the test. If I have to trade shots, I will. I have much more power than my record says.

"This isn’t the first time I’ll enter the ring an underdog, so I’m used to that kind of pressure. I’m coming to win and I’m going to surprise everybody."

In the co-featured bout, Gonzalez, who’s ranked by three of the four major boxing organizations, is 14 fights into a career that began in January 2009. A former amateur standout and a 2008 Olympic representative for Puerto Rico, he’s rated seventh in both the WBC and WBO and 12th in the WBA.

This will be Gonzalez’ second consecutive start on ShoBox. In his debut and most recent outing last June 11, he recorded a unanimous ten round decision over Richard Gutierrez. It was the first time the 5-foot-11, 22-year old Gonzalez had gone the distance since he went pro. None of his previous 12 outings had lasted more than seven rounds. Eleven of the knockout wins came within three sessions.

Lyell is a durable, hard-luck 27-year-old who doesn’t seem to get the benefit of the doubt in tough fights against favoured fighters on the road.

In his last bout, the 5-foot-9 Lyell lost a majority 10-round decision to local favorite Dominik Britsch (25-0 going in) on Oct. 22 in Germany. On January 29, 2011, he came up on the wrong end of a close ten round decision to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1 going in) in Mexico.

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Arreola, Cloud and Williams all eager to impress on Showtime in Corpus Christi, February 18

On Saturday, February 18, Paul “The Punisher” Williams, Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud and Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola take their aggressive, knockout power and crowd-pleasing all-out action style to the great fans and city of Corpus Christi, Texas. The stacked fight card will emanate from the 9,200-seat American Bank Center Arena in an event presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions.

Williams takes on Nobuhiro Ishida, Cloud and Gabriel Campillo engage in combat and Arreola clashes with Eric Molina. The 30-year old Williams (40-2-0, 27ko), a southpaw from Aiken, who twice held the WBO welterweight world championship and the interim super welterweight belt, will take on Japan’s Ishida (24-6-2, 9ko) in the scheduled 12-round junior middleweight main event.

“The Punisher” takes on Ishida with his sights strictly on re-establishing his reputation as “The World’s Most Feared Boxer.” Fighting just three times in the past two years, Williams is looking to stay busier and getting back to dominant victories.

Before sustaining a devastating second-round knockout against Sergio Martinez in November 2010, Williams was involved in one of the more unique victories in boxing when Kermit Cintron took a nosedive through the ropes and landed on the floor beneath the ring, declaring himself unable to continue.

After the Martinez bout, Williams took on the challenge of Cuban Erislandy Lara back in July of last year and earned what many considered a very controversial decision win, however, Williams threw and connected with more punches than Lara.

In facing the 36-year old Ishida, Williams will be taking on a dangerous veteran who, back in April of last year, handed ames Kirkland his first defeat in 28 fights by knocking him down three times en route to a first-round stoppage in Las Vegas – his only fight on American soil to date. After his KO loss to Ishida, Kirkland landed a November fight with Alfredo Angulo, who had 17 knockouts in his 20 wins, and in a slugfest, he stopped Angulo in the sixth round, making Ishida’s KO victory over Kirkland that much more impressive.

"I am happy to be getting back in the ring and honored to be fighting on Showtime and I know 2012 is going to be a good year for me," Williams stated. "Just like in the gym, sometimes you have good days and sometimes bad days. I had a couple of bad days against Martinez and Lara, but I am much more focused now and I intend to show everyone in Corpus Christi.

"I know Ishida is a hungry fighter and a hungry fighter is a most dangerous fighter. Lara fought over his head against me and I am going to try not to let it happen again with Ishida. I am looking to get some belts in 2012 at 154 and 160 pounds.

"I’m coming with every intention to win, but I’m not underestimating my opponent," said Ishida. "I respect him, but I fight for the welfare of my family. Obviously, after winning this fight I’m looking for a shot at the world title. I’m really excited to fight in the United States again, so I will put it all on the line against Paul Williams."

Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud (23-0-0, 19ko), of Tallahassee, will be making the fourth defense of the IBF light heavyweight title he won via 12-round unanimous decision over former world champion Clinton Woods in August 2009. The undefeated 29-year-old then successfully defended his title against Glen Johnson, Fulgencio Zuniga and Yusaf Mack.

Challenging him for the IBF belt is the very competent 33-year-old Spaniard from Madrid, Gabriel Campillo (28-3-1, 8ko). A former WBA light heavyweight world champion, Campillo handed current world champion Beibut Shumenov the only loss of his career – on his home soil in Kazakhstan, no less. Now, in his second trip to America, he presents a serious challenge to Cloud.

Arreola (34-2-0, 29ko), 30, from Riverside, remains determined to become the first man of Mexican descent to win a world heavyweight championship, having lost his first opportunity to long-reigning WBC champ Vitali Klitschko back in 2009. Since experiencing his only other loss as a pro to Tomasz Adamek in April 2010, “The Nightmare” has dedicated himself to training and physical conditioning while rattling off six consecutive wins, four by knockout, weighing about 20 pounds less while doing so.

In his most recent outing back in November, Arreola traveled to Leon, Guanajuato to make his highly anticipated Mexican debut at the grand arena “El Domo” where he headlined an event promoted by Goossen Tutor and Promociones Del Pueblo and broadcast on Televisa. He stopped Raphael Butler in the third round in front of over 7,000 rousing fans in attendance.

"I am very excited about fighting on February 18 in Corpus Christi and being on Showtime Extreme," Arreola exclaimed. "I remember seeing Fernando Vargas fighting in front of a full house here and I believe I will bring that type of excitement for these great fans. I am looking to build off a positive 2011 when I showed that I could get my weight under control and take my training and conditioning more seriously. This will be the first fight of what I predict will be a big and exciting 2012 for me and my career."

Standing directly in Arreola’s path towards heavyweight supremacy, is 29-year-old Eric Molina (18-1-0, 14ko). Having tasted defeat in his professional debut, Molina and his camp went back to the drawing board to make sure that it wouldn’t happen again. To this point he has been successful in that regard, defeating all of his next 18 opponents, while dispatching 14 of them by knockout.

"Six sluggers, three world champions, all in ‘Triple Threat’ fights," said promoter Dan Goossen. "This will definitely be Showtime for the fans in attendance and the ones watching at home".

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