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Boxing 360 Buzz: Amanda Serrano closes in on world title shot
Aug 13th
Amanda Serrano Eyes First World Title Shot
NEW YORK – Undefeated, North American Boxing Federation (“NABF”)Featherweight Champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano took another step towards a world title fight when her most recent opponent, Diana Garcia, was unable to answer the bell for the second round in last Saturday night’s fight in the Dominican Republic,.
The 22-year-old Serrano (11-0-1, 7 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico who lives in Brooklyn, is ranked No. 7 by the International Boxing Federation (“IBF”), and she figures to move up higher in the IBF’s next ratings.
“We’re finalizing negotiations right now to get Amanda into a world title fight, hopefully, September 10 in Brooklyn,” Boxing 360 CEO/Founder Mario Yagobi said.“She’s worked hard to get into a world title shot position and we believe she earned this opportunity.”
Serrano is tentatively slated to face Fatuma Zarika (23-5-1, 14 KOs), of Kenya, for the vacant IBF Junior Lightweight Championship.
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JOSEPH AGBEKO & ABNER MARES FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Aug 12th
JOSEPH AGBEKO & ABNER MARES FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
JOSEPH KING KONG AGBEKO – “I don’t understand why Mares is a (near 2-1) favorite. I’m the champion. I just want a fair fight.’’
Photos: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
LAS VEGAS – You beat the best, you are the best and this Saturday, Aug. 13, the best bantamweight in the world will emerge when finalists Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares clash in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
The highly anticipated matchup for Agbeko’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title and the promising, unbeaten Mares’ WBC Silver championship belt will take place at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
Agbeko, of Bronx, N.Y., by way of Accra, Ghana, will bring a record of 28-2 with 22 KOs into the 12-round bout. Mares, of Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., by way of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, is 21-0-1 with 13 stoppages.
Tickets, priced at $200, $100, $75, $50 and $25, along with a limited number of VIP suite seats priced at $150, are available at the Hard Rock Hotel Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.Ticketmaster.com or by phone (800) 745-3000.
Doors open Saturday at 3:00 p.m. The first non-televised undercard fight starts at 3:30 p.m.
Agbeko and Mares were scheduled to meet last April 23, but the fight was postponed when Agbeko was injured moments after his arrival at Los Angeles International Airport for fight week. Doctors diagnosed the champion with sudden onset sciatica, a back injury.
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Team Palooka makes big impact at UFC 133
Aug 12th
Team Palooka makes big impact at UFC 133
Ridgewood, New Jersey - This past Saturday at UFC® 133, Team Palooka’s Johny Hendricks pounded out a 3-round decision over tough veteran Mike Pierce in an exciting, satisfying fight. In fact, the powers that be at the UFC® went so far as to add the fight to their PPV broadcast after the main and co-main events ended early. Of the six fights that the UFC® could have chosen to add to the PPV card, the Hendricks victory was exactly the type of crowd pleasing battle to add to the action-packed PPV card.
Hendricks, an Oklahoma native and 4-time All American college wrestler at Oklahoma State University made his way to the cage in Philadelphia wearing Team Palooka gear, which was making its debut.
“Johny Hendricks is EXACTLY the type of MMA fighter that Palooka Gear wants to be partners with,” said “Joe Palooka” and “Legion of Combat” MMA comic book series creator Joe Antonacci. “Johny knows that everything begins and ends with the fans and making them happy. The UFC® gets that, and so does Johny Hendricks and the entire Team Takedown.”
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STAR POWER: MAYWEATHER VS. ORTIZ IS A FAMILY AFFAIR
Aug 12th
STAR POWER: MAYWEATHER VS. ORTIZ IS A FAMILY AFFAIR
LOS ANGELES - The sport of boxing has a rich history of families achieving pugilistic success as a group, be it fathers and sons, brothers (and occasionally sisters), uncles and nephews, or all of the above. Bloodlines run deep and this theme plays out in “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz”, the September 17 mega-event which will be presented live by HBO Pay-Per-View®. The boxing extravaganza is loaded with these “fighting families,” as five of the eight headlining boxers have made fighting a family affair in one way or another.
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JOSEPH AGBEKO & ABNER MARES MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES
Aug 11th
ABNER MARES – “A chance to become the first homegrown Golden Boy world champion is very exciting to me. I definitely would like to be the first, but I don’t feel any nervous pressure.”
Photos: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
LAS VEGAS – In an eagerly awaited matchup this Saturday, Aug. 13, Joseph King Kong Agbeko will defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title against unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
The 12-round bout between between the New York-based Agbeko (28-2, 22 KOs) of Accra, Ghana and the unbeaten Mares (21-0-1, 13 KOs) of Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., by way of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, will take place at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
Tickets, priced at $200, $100, $75, $50 and $25, along with a limited number of VIP suite seats priced at $150, are available at the Hard Rock Hotel Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.Ticketmaster.com or by phone (800) 745-3000.
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DAN ‘THE OUTLAW’ HARDY AND CHRIS ‘LIGHTS OUT’ LYTLE HEADLINE THE NEXT ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (UFC) EVENT ON AUGUST 14 LIVE ON VERSUS
Aug 11th
VERSUS One-Hour Pre-Fight Show at 8 p.m. ET Breaks Down the Main Event – Post Show Features Fighter Interviews, Highlights and Analysis
NEW YORK —VERSUS will air its third UFC® event of the year on Sunday, August 14, with a main event featuring British striking sensation Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy facing off against exciting finisher Chris “Lights Out” Lytle. The highly anticipated welterweight match originates from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee and will air live on VERSUS at 9 p.m. ET.
VERSUS will once again offer extended coverage of the event with two live shows, a 60-minute pre-fight show and 30-minute wrap-up show. Hosted by Craig Hummer, the pre-and post shows will feature MMA writer and UFC “Insider” Ariel Helwani as well as UFC fighter Stephan Bonnar, who was scheduled to compete on the fight card, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. Tina Dixon will serve as a reporter for the shows, conducting Octagon®-side reports and interviews with the competitors. Scheduled to appear during the pre-fight coverage are UFC President Dana White, as well as undefeated UFC star and former NFL player Matt Mitrione. The post-fight coverage with feature fighter interviews, highlights, analysis and a guest appearance by UFC fighter Clay Guida.
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