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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 |
Promoters Arthur Pelullo/Banner Promotions and Rodney Berman/Golden Gloves will present a sensational championship fight card on Friday, June 19, 2009, at the Laredo Entertainment Center, located at 6700 Arena Boulevard in Laredo, Texas. The main event, co-feature, and other selected fights will be televised live on ESPN2, ESPN Desportes, their Spanish-Language Network, and ESPN 360.com.
In the main event scheduled for 12 rounds, Fernando Beltran Jr., 32-3-1 with 18 knockouts, of Culiacan, Mexico, the International Boxing Federation’s number four ranked featherweight contender, will make his first defense of the IBF Latino featherweight title against Monty Meza-Clay, 28-2 with 19 knockouts, of Rankin, Pennsylvania, the IBF’s number six ranked contender.
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Sunday, 29 March 2009 |
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At the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma, a battle of junior middleweight prospects saw Harry Joe Yorgey (22-0, 10KOs) kept his undefeated record by knocking Ronald Hearns (21-1, 17KOs) out in the ninth round.
Photos by:Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
After boxing for the first two rounds, a fight broke out in the third when Yorgey tried to test Hearns, who countered well off the ropes. In the fourth, Yorgey stunned Hearns and sent him down from a hard combination. For some reasons Yorgey did not jump on him to finish and a moment later Hearns knocked Yorgey down with a quick combination. Yorgey complained that the knockdown was a slip, and then took the fight to Hearns to seal the round.
Photos by:Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
In the fifth, Yorgey landed a huge right hand to send Hearns down on his face. This time Yorgey pushed him against the ropes and tried to finish him. Hearns was able to survive as Yorgey got tired. Hearns began to land some good body punches to close out the round. In the sixth, Hearns was able to do better by keeping Yorgey back with his jab. Hearns continued to work the jab in the seventh. Near the end, Yorgey pressed forward and once again had Hearns in serious trouble to end the round.
Photos by:Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
In the round nine, Yorgey caught Hearns with another crushing combination to send Hearns down for the full count.
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
Tonight on ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights from Laredo, Texas Bernard Hopkins stood in for Teddy Atlas calling the shots alongside Joe Tessitore. Meanwhile Teddy was in the studio in Bristol because he’ll be calling tomorrows fight between Vitali Klitschko and Juan Carlos Gomez. The Saturday afternoon Klitschko-Gomez fight will take place in Stuttgart, Germany. Teddy Atlas and Brian Kenny will call the fight from the studio by way of a satellite feed.
The first fight on tonight’s card was a scheduled four round bout in the lightweight division between Demetrius Andrade who was making his second appearance on ESPN in 2 weeks, and Arnulfo Javier Romero. Andrade put pressure on Romero from the opening bell going right to the body. With less than half a minute left in the first round Andrade landed a solid shot the dropped Romero to the canvas who barely made it through the round. At the start of the second round Andrade came out throwing and landing solid combinations until he saw the opening to land a brutal left uppercut that again sent Romero to the canvas; this time for good at 2:53 seconds in round number 2.
Demetrius Andrade improved his undefeated record to 4-0 with 4 KO’s while Arnulfo Javier Romero suffered his first defeat by KO falling to 2-1.
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 |
The unbeaten fighters return to SHOWTIME on March 28, when super middleweight Dirrell and junior middleweight Hearns face Derrick “Superman” Findley and “Lightning” Harry Joe Yorgey, respectively, in 10-round bouts on a special Saturday edition of ShoBox (live at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
Dirrell (17-0, 12 KOs), of Flint, Mich., will meet Findley (13-2, 8 KO’s) of Gary, Ind., in the main event. Detroit’s Hearns (21-0, 17 KOs) and fellow unbeaten Yorgey (21-0-1, 9 KOs) of Bridgeport, Pa., will begin the ShoBox telecast from the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla.
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 |
The weigh-in for the ESPN Friday Night Fights in Laredo, TX was held today at the La Posada Hotel.
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 |
Promoters Arthur Pelullo/Banner Promotions and Rodney Berman/Golden Gloves will present a sensational championship fight card on Friday, March 20, 2009, at the Laredo Entertainment Center, located at 6700 Arena Boulevard in Laredo, Texas. The main event and other selected fights will be televised live on ESPN2, ESPN Desportes, their Spanish-Language Network, and ESPN 360.com. It will be the first championship fight card at the LEC since 2005 and the first time that ESPN has televised a fight card from the arena.
Roy Medina, Interim General Manager at LEC, said, “The Laredo Entertainment Center, SMG, and the City of Laredo are proud to work with Banner Promotions and ESPN to bring championship boxing back to Laredo, Texas. This is guaranteed to be an exciting night of boxing action, and with ticket prices starting at just $7, plus facility fee, everyone can afford to attend this spectacular event.”
Doug Loughrey, Director of ESPN Programming and Acquisitions, said, “We are very pleased to bring ESPN’s Friday Night Fights to Laredo, Texas, and serve a passionate audience of boxing fans. We expect to bring our viewers an energetic and electrified arena with this solid night of boxing simulcast on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com.”
Arthur Pelullo said, “We think this is going to be a terrific show for the fans in attendance and those watching on ESPN. In addition to a well-matched, competitive main event that features two Mexican warriors, the fans will get a good look at up-and-coming Russian prospect Ruslan Provodnikov and of course, 2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade, who many of us feel is one of the top young prospects in the ring today.” |
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At the center of attention, boxers Manny Pacquiao, center left, ... (AP Photo/LM Otero)
At the center of attention, boxers Manny Pacquiao, center left, and Joshua Clottey, center right, face off after a news conference at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Pacquiao and Clottey square off in a welterweight bout at the stadium this Saturday.
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Boxers Manny Pacquiao, center left, and Joshua Clottey, center ... (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Boxers Manny Pacquiao, center left, and Joshua Clottey, center right, smile while flanked by cheerleaders after a news conference at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Pacquiao and Clottey square off in a welterweight bout at the stadium this Saturday.
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Boxer Manny Pacquiao arrives for a news conference at Cowboys St... (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Boxer Manny Pacquiao arrives for a news conference at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey square off in a welterweight bout at the stadium this Saturday.
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Manny Pacquiao, left, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones looks... (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Manny Pacquiao, left, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones looks on as Joshua Clottey speaks during a news conference at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Pacquiao and Clottey square off in a welterweight bout at the stadium this Saturday.
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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, center, speaks as boxers Manny... (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, center, speaks as boxers Manny Pacquiao, left, and Joshua Clottey look on during a news conference at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Pacquiao and Clottey square off in a welterweight bout at the stadium this Saturday.
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