Garden State Prospects Score Easy Wins In Philly

By Alec Kohut (in association with Maxboxing.com)

At the renamed Asylum Arena in South Philly Friday night, three New Jersey based prospects remained undefeated scoring easy victories on the “Unfinished Business” fight card promoted by Andre Kut’s KEA Boxing.

Middleweight Patrick Majewski, 16-0-0 (11) and super featherweight Kamil Laszczyk, 3-0-0 (3) both scored first round knockouts, while welterweight Juan Rodriguez Jr. earned a four-round shutout unanimous decision to improve to 6-0-0 with 3 KO’s.

The Polish Majewski, now fighting out of Atlantic City earned his eleventh knockout over woefully overmatched Allen Medina of Denver, Colorado, now 8-19-0 (1). From the opening bell there was little doubt as to the outcome, and it didn’t take long. Early in the opening stanza Majewski landed flush with an overhand right that sent the Coloradoan back one step then to the canvas. Majewski then swarmed Medina and the only question that remained was how soon the mismatch would be stopped.

The Majewski faithful at hand at The Asylum didn’t have to wait long as referee Blair Talmadge called a halt to the bout at 1:14 of round one.

Other than Majewski tallying another victory, the fight was useless in that it did nothing to further develop the 31-year old Polish prospect, not did anything to move him closer to relevance in the middleweight division.

Kamil Laszcyzk also from Poland now fighting out of North Bergen rebounded from an early knockdown to remain unbeaten as he stopped Puerto Rican Javier Ramos in the opening round. Laszczyk entered the ring dry and paid the price as he was caught off balance by a Ramos right hand early and tasted the canvas for the first time in his brief pro career. Laszczyk quickly recovered and began pressuring the taller Ramos until left hook just under the ribs sent Ramos down and ended the bout at 1:48 of round one.

The loss dropped Ramos to 2-6-0 (0).

Union City’s Juan Rodriguez Jr. outclassed Andrew Jones of Buffalo to score an easy 40-36 shutout on all three judges cards. Rodriguez controlled the action from bell-to-bell demonstrating superior technical skills and hand speed. After starting patiently, the southpaw Rodriguez connected with a series of overhand lefts midway through the opening round that would set the tone for the remainder of the contest.

Despite a small cut on his nose near his right eye, Rodriquez’ domination of Jones continued through the second round as Jones began bleeding from the mouth as the round progressed. Nothing changed in the third and fourth rounds, as Rodriguez connected frequently with jabs and straight lefts until the announcement of a victor was a mere formality to all in attendance.

Although clearly a shutout for Rodriguez, his lack of power has to be a concern at this point. He landed numerous power shots on the winless Jones but was unable to really hurt him. Jones now stands at 0-5-1.


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Opponents for Majewski and Laszczyk

PHILADELPHIA (March 29, 2011) - The opponents for undefeated Polish boxers Patrick "The Machine" Majewski and Kamil Laszczyk have been named for their April 1 invasion of the Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia as part of KEA Boxing's "Unfinished Business" card.

The 31-year-old Majewski, 15-0 (10 KO), of Atlantic City, NJ by way of Radom, Poland, will face 32-year-old Allen Medina, 8-18 (1 KO), of Denver, Colorado in a six-round middleweight bout. Majewski is certainly no stranger to the City of Brotherly Love, having won two 165-pound Philadelphia Golden Gloves titles as an amateur.

Former six-time Polish national amateur champion Kamil Laszczyk, 2-0 (2 KO), of North Bergen, NJ by way of Wroclaw, Poland will have his third match in less than a month when he meets Javier Ramos, 2-5, of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico in a four-round super featherweight matchup.

Both Majewski and Laszczyk are promoted by Global Boxing Promotions, which is based out of North Bergen, NJ.

Also in action will be undefeated welterweights Juan Rodriguez Jr (5-0, 3 KO) of Union City, NJ and Raymond Serrano (14-0, 7 KO) of Philadelphia in separate bouts, plus more.

Tickets, priced $100 for VIP, $65 for Reserved and $45 for General Admission, can be purchased by calling 267-687-7560 or by visiting www.keaboxing.com. Doors open at 7:30PM with first fight starting at 8:00PM.

For more information on Majewski or Laszczyk, visit www.globalboxing.com.

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Thomas LaManna Poised to Impress in his Pro Debut

By Eugene Sirota

With just hours remaining until he steps into the ring for the first time as a professional, it would be understandable for Millville, NJ's Thomas LaManna to have a few butterflies in his stomach. However, as I interviewed the high school senior over a tray of his mother's homemade baked ziti just after he weighed in at Bally's, he spoke with the confidence of a veteran who's been down this road before.

Self-assured without being cocky, LaManna speaks with maturity well beyond his nineteen years. Although the man he's facing, Anthony Williams (0-2 of Wilson, NC), hasn't fared too well in his pro career to this point, Thomas isn't taking his opponent lightly. "I have prepared for this fight by sparring with the best guys around" LaManna said of his work at the Atlantic City PAL with Shamone Alvarez, Patrick Majewski, Osnel Charles, and Decarlo Perez.

With this fight happening in his own backyard (he's expecting close to 300 friends and family to be in attendance), many distractions are bound to pop up. However, LaManna has not allowed to his focus to be derailed. "Everyday its: school, gym, home." Thomas said of his regimen, "That's it, and I never take a day off, not even Super Bowl Sunday."

The man responsible for handling all those distractions outside the ring (as well as working his fighter's corner) is none other than Thomas' father Vincent. Many of this site's readers probably know Vinny LaManna from his days as a promoter in the 90's. In addition to having over fifty fights under his belt as a promoter, the elder LaManna has managed Ray Mercer, Bert Cooper and Michael Covington.

Guiding your own flesh and blood though the toughest business there is no enviable task, but Vinny LaManna is defiantly up to it. Not only does he have an abundance of experience to draw on, he has also has the help of trainer Hassan Hammed-El and cut-man Joey Eye.

Speaking with father and son, the bond between the two was clear, but don't expect Vinny to baby his son. "He doesn't get any special treatment" said Vinny "I look after all my fighters like they my kids anyway."

Thomas LaManna's fight is scheduled for four rounds in the junior welterweight division.

Other local fighters in action:
Atlantic City's John "The Eastern Beast" Brown (24-18, 11 KO) takes on 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Williams (16-2, 9 KO).

Promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions and sponsored by Corona, tickets are priced at $75 and $50 may be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster retail outlets, Ticketmaster Call Center 800-745-3000 and Bally's Atlantic City (day of event).

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Adamek-Maddalone Card Preview!

By Dylon Silversey

Tomasz Adamek is set to make another appearance Thursday night at Newark’s Prudential Center. The Poland native, now fighting out of Jersey City, has made a second home at “The Rock”, and The Ring Magazine number four rated Heavyweight will bring his usual raucous crowd to pack the arena when he faces off against tough brawler Vinny Maddalone (33-6 24KO).

The Queens native will certainly have his hands full as he is the next target on Adamek’s path to possible future bouts with one of the Klitschko brothers. Already some murmuring around the boxing community about Vitali Klitschko’s camp talking with the Adamek camp about a potential 2011 date, Adamek is not one to take any opponent lightly and look towards the next one.

The task for Maddalone will include the 11,000 red and white clad fans, and a fast heavyweight who seems to never be in the same spot. Maddalone acknowledges this and will try to use a high pressure offense to force Adamek to do just that. Adamek’s boxing style is one where he moves in at the right time to let off combinations and then back out, the heavy handed Maddalone figures his best shot at winning this bout is to land something big and force the champion to slow down and allow him to use a high pressure style to knock him out.

Is Maddalone excited for this bout? You bet he is, agreeing with most experts that Adamek is the more skilled and heralded fighter, this is his chance to really leave his mark on the sport. And he’ll be damned if he doesn’t go out in a brawl.
Adamek (42-1 27KO) will head into this fight doing what he does best, adapt to the style of the fighter brought against him and use his abilities to get the victory. Trainer Roger Bloodworth says it best about this contest “This fight is heart vs. heart. Two guys who are going to leave everything they have in the ring. Everyone watching this fight is in for a real treat.”

And with a win come Thursday night, Adamek is almost all but assured a shot at one of the Klitschkos.

Promoter Main Events also has lined up an undercard featuring highly touted prospect Sadam “World Kid” Ali, Patrick “The Machine” Majewski and “Marvelous” Tarvis Simms.
Ali (10-0 6KO) will try to continue to impress as he squares off against iron chinned journeyman Manuel Guzman (7-9 3KO) in an eight round welterweight contest. Guzman’s record is not impressive, but in his last bout knocked out Adrick Butler in the second round. Ali is riding a three fight knockout streak, alongside his perfect record, and will aim to maintain that.

Majewski (14-0 9KO), an undefeated Atlantic City based Pole, will also use the crowd to his favor as he faces off against knockout artist Eddie Caminero (7-3 7KO). Majewski got a late start to his pro career at the age of 26, but remains unbeaten and hopes to grab more high profile fights in the future. All of Caminero’s victories have come by way of knockout, the latest being in the fourth round, so he provides a tough challenge to Majewski, in a similar way that Maddalone will to Adamek in the main event.

Tarvis Simms (25-1 11KO) returns to action after a fourteen month layoff when he heads into the Prudential Center to fight Willis Lockett (12-10 5KO) in a six round super middleweight fight. Simms’ journey in boxing has been a rollercoaster ride thus far. The 39 year old fighter also got a late start to his pro career at 26 following an excellent amateur career which saw him win the 1993 National Golden Gloves Championship, as well as earn a victory over future world champion Jermaine Taylor along the way.

Boxing politics interfered with Simms path to a world championship, which led to a lack of fights. But Simms remained undefeated until October 2009, when he dropped his first fight to title contender Allan Green by decision. However, a determined Simms returns after signing a multi-fight deal with Main Events, and even at his age, is concentrating on obtaining the goal of becoming world champion.

Other matchups on the card include Newark’s own Angel Concepcion (3-0) against Lekan Byfield, who will be making his professional debut at Light Heavyweight. Gabriel Rosado (14-5 8KO) will square off against Jose Medina (12-8 5KO), Rosado scored an impressive victory over former world champion Kassim Ouma earlier in his career.

Jersey City’s Raymond Biggs Jr. (9-0 6KO) will have his clean record challenged by Philip McCants (8-1-1 3KO) who is on a run of six straight victories himself. Also, Philadelphia’s Bryant Jennings (4-0 2KO) will face Randy Smith, who is also making his debut, in a four round heavyweight fight.

Those that can’t make it to the area can order the bout on pay per view for $29.95.

Majewski looks to shine in front Polish fans

By Kyle Kinder (in association with 15rounds.com

Tomorrow night, Newark New Jersey’s Prudential Center will once again transform into “Little Poland” as thousands of Polish fight fans will flock to 165 Mulberry Street to watch Tomasz Adamek square off against New York’s Vinny Maddalone.

But before the legions of Polish fans witness Adamek do battle with Maddalone, they’ll have the opportunity to cheer on another Polish-born, New Jersey-based boxer.

Welterweight prospect Patrick Majewski will look to add another win to his already perfect record when he faces off against Lawrence, Massachusetts’ Eddie “Thunder” Caminero in a bout scheduled for eight rounds.

Majewski (14-0, 9 KO) was born in Radom, Poland, but now resides in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where six of his fourteen professional bouts have taken place.

In his last bout in October, the Polish-transplant defeated New Mexico’s Joseph Gomez (17-3-1, 8 KO) by seventh round stoppage in Kissimmee, Florida.

Majewski first hurt Gomez with a devastating left hook in the fourth round. Three rounds later, Majewski hurt his counterpart again and didn’t let him off the hook. Referee Frank Gentile stepped in and saved Gomez from absorbing further punishment, stopping the bout at the 1:50 mark of round seven.

But even after an impressive performance against tough opposition, Majewski and his team knew there was plenty of room for improvement.

“I made many mistakes my last fight,” Majewski said. “So my trainers — we tried to work on the leg movement, more head movement, and of course, more speed.”

Majewski will have a chance to showcase his sharpened skills against Caminero in front of an expected crowd of over ten thousand fans.

Caminero (7-3, 7 KO), who practices his trade under the watchful eye of “Irish” Micky Ward, has proven he is a rugged competitor who can out-will and out-punch his opponents.

In his last two bouts, Caminero scored upset victories over two seperate opponents, who prior to the bouts, sported a combined record of 14-1.

Caminero’s most recent fight took place in August in Brooklyn, New York against crowd favorite, and previously unbeaten fighter, Joe Smith, Jr.

The Massachussets native served as nothing more than a moving heavy bag for Smith in the opening round, as Caminero found himself with his back against the ropes, standing on unsteady legs.

Caminero was able to gather himself and survive the round, however, and by the third round, he began a relentless campaign against Smith’s body, which visibly took its toll on the taller Smith.

With blood dribbling out his mouth and the fourth round about to come to a close, Smith signaled to his corner he could no longer continue. Earlier in the round, Smith suffered a broken jaw courtesy of the heavy-handed Caminero, who notched his second straight victory.

Majewski is well aware of Caminero’s stubbornness inside the ropes, but is confident that his preparation leading up to this fight will result in a victory tomorrow night.

“I know that he’s tough, but I’m tough too,” said Majewski. “I’ve been training hard for this fight and I’m going to bring my work into the ring.”

Tomorrow night will mark the third time Majewski will fight at the Prudential Center and the second time he will fight on the undercard of an Adamek-headlined event. He knows there will be thousands of fans decked out in Poland’s colors of red and white who will be cheering his name. He also knows he cannot let the crowd become a distraction against a heavy-handed opponent like Caminero.

“It is a big feeling [to fight in front of the Polish fans], I’m really excited to fight over there,” Majewski said. “But during the fight you really have to focus on your opponent — don’t really worry about the crowd or the fans.”

Majewski, who turns 31 later this month, knows that one loss may result in a significant setback to his career and doesn’t plan on letting Caminero play spoiler.

With regards to his approach towards his fight tomorrow night, Majewski said, “Focus on your opponent then worry about the fans. Then after the fight we can celebrate together.”

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Adamek Undercard Announced!

Local talent will dominate the undercard bouts on Thursday, December 9th when IBF International Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek takes on New York's Vinny Maddalone as the "Brick City Boxing Series" returns to Newark's Prudential Center. A total of nine supporting undercard fights have been scheduled by promoters Main Events, Ziggy Promotions and Star Boxing. Fans who want to catch all of the action should arrive early, as the first bout is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

Heading the lineup will be returning Prudential Center star, Sadam "World Kid" Ali of Brooklyn. The former US Olympic standout has wowed fans at "The Rock" in five previous appearances. In an eight round fight, Ali will take on tough Manuel Guzman, (7-9-2, 3 KO's) of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who has never been stopped in 18 bouts.

Polish Middleweight Patrick Majewski, (13-0, 8 KO's) will make his second Newark appearance vs. Eddie Caminero (7-3, 7 KO's), who scored a big upset in August over then unbeaten Joe Smith, Jr.

Two Brick City natives and former amateur standouts will also appear on the card. The popular Angel Concepcion, (3-0), will step into the ring at "The Rock" for the third time in a 4 round Light Heavyweight fight, and Junior Lightweight Wanzell Ellison (3-0, 2 KO's) is also scheduled for a 4 round bout.

Middleweight "Marvelous" Tarvis Simms (25-1-1, 11 KO's) will make his promotional debut with Main Events, as he looks to shake the rust off and regain his top ten world ranking after a year-long layoff when he takes on veteran Willis Locket (12-10-5, 5 KO's) in a six round fight.

Philadelphia's Gabriel Rosado (14-5, 8 KO's) will take on Jose Medina (12-8, 5 KO's) of Guadalajara, Mexico in an eight round Junior Middleweight bout that promises to be a slugfest.

Welterweight Jose "Mangu" Peralta (4-1, 2 KO's) of Santo Domingo will make his Prudential Center debut. In his last fight the Dominican scored an upset over Christian Martinez, who was unbeaten at the time.

Promising welterweight Raymond Biggs, Jr. (9-0, 6 KO's) will return to the ring for the first time in over two years in a six round bout. Heavyweight Bryant Jennings (4-0, 2 KO's) of Philadelphia will appear vs. pro debuting Randy Smith.

Tickets priced at $53, $78, $103 and $253 (ringside) can be purchased at Prudential Center Box Office, by calling TicketMaster at 800-745-3000 or www.Prucenter.com

The fight is being distributed in North America by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 8PM EST / 5PM PST on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Avail-TVN and DISH Network in the United States and Viewer's Choice and Bell TV in Canada. for a suggested retail price of only $29.95

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Majewski-Caminero to serve as co-feature to Adamek-Maddalone

Unbeaten middleweight Patrick Majewski of Atlantic City informed GSFS that he will be take on Eddie Caminero as the co-feature to the heavyweight match up between Secaucus' Tomasz Adamek and Vinny Maddalone December 9 at the Prudential Center in Newark.

One of the most exciting up and coming fighters in New Jersey, Majewski, 14-0 (9 KO's), is fresh off a 7th round stoppage of Joseph Gomez as part of an October 16 pay per view card in Florida. Majewski, who is of Polish descent, will be fighting at the Pru Center for the third time.

Caminero, 7-3 (3 KO's), has won two straights against opponents with a combined 14-1 record. The Lowell, MA native most recently stopped unbeaten Joe Smith Jr. in August.

An interview with Majewski will follow!