Peruvian Trio Returns April 16!

Manager Nelson Fernandez informed GSFS that North Bergen based Peruvians Carlos "Mina" Zambrano, Jonathan Maicelo and Juan "JZ" Zegarra will all appear on an April 16 card in their native country at the Estadio Monumental in Lima.

Maicelo, one of Peru's most popular sports figures, headlines the card against Argentina's Leonardo Gonzalez, 17-3-1 (12 KO's). He'll be defending his WBC Latino Lightweight title in a ten or twelve round bout. In his last bout, he improved to 14-0 (8 KO's) following a one sided decision over Oscar Cuero in North Bergen.

Both Zambrano, a 12-0 featherweight with 6 KO's and Zegarra, a 6-0 junior welterweight with all knockouts, will each face opponents to be named

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Peruvian Trio To Return February in AC!

Manager Nelson Fernandez informed GSFS that his renowned Peruvian Trio of Carlos "Mina" Zambrano, Jonathan Maicelo and Juan "JZ" Zegarra will all return in February at one of AC's casinos.

According to Fernandez, the card will be promoted by the Gulf Stream Group, which recently promoted a card in North Bergen headlined by Paterson's Ossie Duran, and will likely take place February 12.

Peru's ATV will air the bout internationally and domestic TV details have not yet been discussed.

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Tamara-Melindo Weigh In!

Both former world champion Carlos Tamara of North Bergen and Filipino Milan Melindo scaled in at 112 lbs for their ten round showdown tomorrow evening in the Philippines.

The winner should be next in line to face IBF Flyweight title holder Edgar Sosa

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Ossie Duran Ready for Vanda!

By John Wall

On Friday, November 12, Schuetzen Park in North Bergen will host an evening of professional boxing featuring local favorites Jerson Ravelo of Newark, Carlos Vinan also of Newark, Juan Zegarra of North Bergen and in the main event Matt “The Predator” Vanda (43-11 23KOs) of St Paul, Minnesota takes on Ossie “The Ghanaian Gladiator” Duran (28-8-2 9KOs) of Paterson, NJ in a clash of junior middleweights.

In his last outing Ossie got back the winning track with a unanimous decision victory over Jamaal Davis at Bally’s Atlantic City. Duran is a throwback to an era when pride, sport, and giving fans their money’s worth was the matchmaker not greedy promoters or conniving managers. Duran has never let the threat of a blemish on his record stop him from taking a bout. Many of his loses have come in the hometown of a top flight opponent.

Was it necessity or courage that drove the native of Ghana to take on difficult fights? According to Duran it is his own sense of pride that made him go after the hard ones. Even when he has lost a bout to a questionable decision his resolve gets even stronger “I beat a guy up and they give him the fight it drives me even more.”

“I feel like I am 20 (years old) I can beat guys in their 20's,” said Ossie when I mentioned he was 33 years old. Ossie still feels like a young man and has put a 3-5 year timetable on his becoming a world champion. When I asked him about this

Friday’s match up with Matt Vanda Ossie said confidently, “I’m ready. He is a good fighter. I am a good fighter. I’m ready to beat him up”. When asked about who he would like to beat for a world title Ossie, always the professional ,admonished me about looking past the task at him but then added whimsically , “After I win on Friday interview me again he I will tell you who I will beat for the title!"

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New Opponent for Zegarra!

Manager Nelson Fernandez notified us that North Bergen's Juan Zegarra will once again have a new opponent when he battles late replacement Bryant Abraham this Friday at Schuetzen Park.

A Schenectady, NY native, Abraham is 2-3-1 with 2 KO's and battled to a draw with unbeaten Edwin Soto this past June.

Zegarra, a Peruvian native with a huge following in his homeland, previously had an opponent fall out at the last minute, which prevented him from fighting on an October 16 card. At 5-0 with all of his wins by KO, Zegarra will be fighting in the Garden State for the first time in more than a year.

Zegarra and Abraham will meet in a six round junior welterweight affair.

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Friday's North Bergen Undercard Set!

According to a reputable source, the opponents for Friday night's card at Schuetzen Park have been set.

In the co-feature to the match up between Pateson's Ossie Duran and fringe contender Matt Vanda, 2000 Olympian Jerson "Super Jerz" Ravelo of Newark will look to get back on track following a third round knockout loss on ESPN in June.

Ravelo, who has fought top notch opponents in Andre Ward, Allan Green and David Lopez, takes on hard hitting Puerto Ricans Anibal Acevedo. Ravelo, 20-5 (12 KO's), and Acevedo, 13-7-1 (11 KO's), will duke it out over six at super middlweight.

World rated Carlos Vinan of Newark will take on Miguel Rodriguez, 7-3 (3 KO's) of Puerto Rico. Perhaps the most interesting of any world rated fighter, Vinan, 10-8-4 (2 KO's), previously shocked IBF #2 rated Anthony Mezaache July 17 in AC. Vinan and Rodriguez will meet over six rounds in the lightweight division.

Fresh off an entertaining four round decision last month in West New York, Union City's Juan "The Beast" Rodriguez, 4-0 (2 KO's), will meet Ohio's Salim Al Quaadir in a four round welterweight bout. In addition to overcoming Rodriguez' raucous crowd, Al Quaadir will have to shake off twelve years of inactivity.

Tougher than advertised super middleweight Todd "The Viking" Eriksson, 1-4-1 (1 KO) will go for his second pro victory when he squares off against Philadelphia's Joseph Dunn, 0-2, in a four round scrap. Eriksson has faced five unbeaten opponents in his six bouts, and will return for the first time since suffering a grueling fifth round knockout in May vs well regarded Latif Mundy.

Donald Bernard, a 1-0 former amateur standout of Paterson, will fight for the first time since June 09' against Fort Wayne, IN's Rogelio Sanchez, 0-1, over four rounds at junior welterweight.

Debuting twins Deano and Scotty Burrell will battle Noel Escobera and Sidell Blocker respectively in four round lightweight bouts.

GSFS will be at the fights to provide extensive coverage so stay tuned!

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Zegarra to face Beeman!

Manager Nelson Fernandez informed GSFS that unbeaten Junior Welterweight Juan "JZ" Zegarra of North Bergen by way of Peru will face Providence RI's Josh Beeman Saturday, November 12 at Schuetzen Park.

With a record of 5-0 with 5 knockouts, the entertaining Zegarra will be fighting in the US for the first time in almost a year. His most recent bout took place in June, where he scored a second round knockout over Julio Borges. Zegarra was scheduled to fight a few weeks back in West New York, but his opponent pulled out at the last minute.

The experienced Beeman is 4-8 with 2 KO's and has shared the squared circle with a number of well regarded fighters including Jose Benavidez, Emmanuel Taylor, Hank Lundy and Paterson's Jeremy Bryan.

"It has not been easy to get Juan opponents," noted Fernandez. "Everybody wants a ton of money to fight him."

Zegarra and Beeman will meet over six rounds.

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