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CRUZ VS. CASTILLO
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
CRISTOBAL CRUZ VS. RICARDO CASTILLO
HEADLINES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT CARD
ON DECEMBER 19 IN TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, CHIAPAS, MEXICO;
TELEVISED ON TELEVISA

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Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions and Rodney Berman’s Golden Gloves will present a sensational world championship fight card on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at El Palenque in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Featured fights will be televised on Televisa and worldwide.
 
In the main event scheduled for 12 rounds, International Boxing Federation featherweight world champion Cristobal “Lacandon” Cruz, 39-11-1 with 23 knockouts, now based in Tijuana, Mexico, will make his third defense of the title against IBF No. 15 ranked contender Ricardo “Piolo” Castillo, 38-7 with 25 knockouts, of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
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Hatton, Ndou Draw
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Friday, 13 November 2009
IBO welterweight champion Lovemore Ndou (47-11-2, 31 KOs) barely retained title against Matthew Hatton (37-4-2, 14 KOs) on Friday night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke, England. With older brother Ricky Hatton looking on from ringside, judges scored the bout 115-114 for Ndou, 115-114 for Hatton and 114-114.
 
BANNER PROMOTIONS SIGNS TOP BRAZILIAN PROSPECT ALEX DE OLIVEIRA TO PROMOTIONAL CONTRACT
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Friday, 13 November 2009
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Banner Promotions held a press conference today in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to announce the signing of Brazil’s top prospect, Alex De Oliveira, to a promotional contract.
 
Now 24 years old, De Oliveira has a professional record of 16-0 with 12 knockouts. He holds the World Boxing Organization’s Latino junior featherweight title and has made five successful title defenses. He is also currently ranked No. 7 in the world by the WBO.
 
Oliveira-11-13-09-2.jpgAlex turned pro in January, 2007, after a successful amateur career that included 119 fights. He was a Brazilian national amateur champion in 2004 and 2005, and had extensive international experience, as well – he won silver medals at the 2005 Pan American Games and the 2006 South American Games.
 
Banner Promotions President Art Pelullo said, “We’re very pleased and excited to be working with Alex. He’s a very talented athlete, and we think he has the ability to become one of boxing’s major stars.”

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YORGEY VS. ANGULO APPROVED FOR WBO INTERIM JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD TITLE
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009
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(Photo by Shane Sims/Banner Promotions; free for editorial use)

The November 7 fight in Hartford, Connecticut, between “Lightning” Harry Joe Yorgey, 22-0-1 with 10 knockouts, of Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, and Alfredo “Perro” Angulo, 16-1 with 13 knockouts, of Mexicali, B.C., Mexico, has been approved for the WBO interim junior middleweight world title. It is scheduled for 12 rounds.
 
HBO will televise the fight as the co-featured bout on its World Championship Boxing series. Banner Promotions will co-promote the Yorgey-Angulo bout with Gary Shaw Productions.
 
Banner Promotions president Art Pelullo said, “I’m very pleased that the WBO has approved this fight for its interim world title, and I want to thank WBO President Paco Valcarcel for giving Harry and Alfredo this opportunity. Both of them have worked hard and done all the right things to get themselves in this position, and deserve a shot at the title as much as any junior middleweight in the ring.”
 
Baloyi victorious in return
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Sunday, 01 November 2009
Cassius Baloyi returned to action after losing his IBF junior lightweight belt in April to score a one-sided 12 round points decision over Roberto Arrieta from Argentina in an IBF eliminator at the Wembley Indoor Arena in Johannesburg on Friday night. Judges David Parris (England), Wally Snowball (South Africa) and Isaac Tshabalala (South Africa) all scored it 120-107. Baloyi is now in line to meet the winner of a fight between South Africa’s Mzonke Fana, and the champion, Robert Guerrero.
 
BANNER TO ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF TWO TOP BRAZILIAN BOXING PROSPECTS
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Monday, 26 October 2009
PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 11
AT RENAISSANCE HOTEL SAO PAULO:

Oliveira.jpgBanner Promotions will host a luncheon press conference on Friday, November 11, 2009, from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the Renaissance Hotel Sao Paulo, located at Alameda Santos, 2233, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
 
Banner will announce the signing of promotional agreements with two of Brazil’s top young boxing prospects, 24 year-old super bantamweight Alex De Oliviera, 16-0 with 12 knockouts, and light heavyweight Jackson “Demolidor” Junior, 6-0 with 5 knockouts, both from Sao Paulo.
 
Hall of Fame former bantamweight world champion Eder Jofre of Sao Paulo, regarded as one of the greatest Latin fighters of all time, is scheduled to attend the press conference and Brazilian heavyweight Rafael Zumbano.
 
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    Heavyweight boxer Eddy Chambers of the U.S. poses after their weigh-in in Duesseldorf March 19, 2010. Title holder boxer Vladimir Klitschko of Ukraine will fight Chambers for the IBF/WBO and IBO world heavyweight championship title, March 20 in Duesseldorf. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: SPORT BOXING)