Adamek to Meet one of the Klitschkos in September!

Tomasz Adamek will challenge one of the world champion Klitschko brothers in Poland in September. The final decision whether it will be WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko or IBF/WBO/IBO Champion Wladimir will be announced in the upcoming weeks. Before the scheduled Adamek clash both Klitschkos will defend their titles. Vitali Klitschko fights WBC #1 ranked Odlanier Solis in Cologne (Germany) on March 19. His younger brother Wladimir will face off with British and Commonwealth Champion Dereck Chisora in Mannheim (Germany) on April 30. Also Adamek plans a fight in April. If both Klitschkos were to lose, the deal with Adamek would be dead. If one loses, Adamek would face the other brother. If both Klitschkos win, the choice of Adamek’s opponent would be decided by the Klitschko side.

Klitschko vs. Adamek will take place in a newly built soccer arena where the UEFA EURO 2012 will happen. Poland and Ukraine are both organizers of the European soccer championship. Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko are already Friends of EURO 2012 and thus official ambassadors of the tournament. Vitali is also a member of the local organizing committee of Ukraine.

“A fight in a soccer stadium needs a lot of handling time. Therefore we cannot wait until all three have done their fights. We will start negotiating with TV station in Germany, Poland and USA in the next weeks to find a suitable date quickly”, says Bernd Bönte, Managing Director of Klitschko Management Group.

“Adamek is very experienced, fast and a hard punching opponent. Whether it is Wladimir or me, we have to be very concentrated during the entire fight. It is fantastic that a Polish and a Ukrainian boxer will be together in the ring to set the first sports highlight in the run down to the EURO 2012″, says Vitali Klitschko.

Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, “We have promoted Klitschko fights in the highest profile arenas throughout the world, from Madison Square Garden in NY to Staples Center in LA and the largest soccer stadiums throughout Germany. Klitschko fights are huge events on the world stage and we are excited to bring a heavyweight championship fight to one of the new soccer stadiums in Poland, it should be a great atmosphere.”

Tomasz Adamek “I am very happy. I would like to thank the Klitschko’s for being very generous with the percentage offer. I am looking forward to this fight.” He acknowledged, “It doesn’t make a difference to me which Klitschko I fight. Right now they are both the biggest stars in the boxing world and I want to fight the biggest stars. I’m grateful for the opportunity.”

Kathy Duva, Main Events, CEO, “We are extremely excited that Tomasz Adamek will not only get the opportunity to realize his dream of becoming the World Heavyweight Champion and the first man ever to win the Light Heavyweight, Cruiserweight and Heavyweight crowns in September, but that he will do so in his native Poland. Klitschko-Adamek will be Poland’s first ever Megafight. I can’t wait to start working with the Klitschko Team on what will undoubtedly be an historic promotion and a spectacular event.”

Ziggy Rozalski, Tomasz Adamek co-promoter, Ziggy Promotions, Inc, “We are very happy with this deal. The Klitschko’s were very generous.” He added, “I am shocked that the Klitschko’s agreed to do this fight in Poland, but it’s in the middle of Europe. Obviously we will have many Polish fans, but a lot of Ukraine people live in Poland and all the Klitschko fans that live in Germany will also come see the fight. It’s a great deal for everyone.

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White Pulls out Split Decision; Eriksson fights to a draw in PA!

For Lee's Kyle White dug deep to pull out a gutsy four round split decision over Pete Yates, while Dover's Todd Eriksson fought to a disputed draw against Stephon Burgette last night in Chester, PA at Harrah's Casino.

According to Rick Scharmberg of Fightnews.com, White (3-0, 2 KOs) went right to work behind a fine jab, but was caught with a counter left hook that opened a nasty cut in the corner of his left eye midway through the round. Yates tried to end things with power shots but ended up spending a lot of energy, and hewalked back to his corner with blood coming from a cut to the back of his head. Still, the round was extremely close based on White’s early work.

Early in round two, a hard right from Yates dropped an off-balance White along the ropes. Yates once again tried to finish White with power shots, but his hands were dropping as White got himself back into it.

Yates landed a big left-right combination to open round three, but White used his superior boxing ability by staying behind his jab and firing his right to the body of Yates to easily take the round.

Both fighters were now bleeding from the nose in the final round, but White still had a lot left in the tank against the fading Yates. White tagged Yates with an assortment of shots to the head and body, and his superior conditioning earned him the fight.

The scores were 38-37 (twice) for White, and 39-37 in favor of Yates.





Erikson (2-5-2, 1 KO) tried to keep the fight on the inside while the muscular Burgette (0-0-1) sought to plaster himself to his opponent’s chest and maul on the inside.

Every round was close and difficult to score. Erikson had the edge in round one, but Burgette landed some uppercuts while on the inside in rounds two and three. Burgette lost his mouthpiece in both rounds, while Erikson appeared to tire in the third.

Round four was razor thin, as Erikson was punching in combination, and Burgette landed a big right along with two right uppercuts. Erikson might have had a slight edge here, but it was very close.

In the end, the scores read 39-37 for Burgette, 39-37 for Erikson, and even at 38-38.

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Gamboa-Solis Headlines March 26 in AC!

By E.A. Sirota

The much anticipated bout between New Brunswick's Jorge Diaz (15-0, 9 KOs) and USBA super-bantamweight champ Teon Kennedy (16-0-1 7 KOs) has found a home on the undercard of Gamboa vs Solis on March 26.

Both fights, along with an interesting match between Mikey Garcia (24-0, 20 KOs), of Oxnard, California and Matt Remillard (23-0, 13 KOs), of Hartford, Conn., will be televised on HBO's "Boxing After Dark". Boardwalk Hall's Adrian Phillips Ballroom will host the Top Rank promoted card which is being sponsored by Caesars Atlantic City.

Even though Diaz will be fighting in his home state, Kennedy figures to bring just as many supporters down from his native Philadelphia, which is actually half an hour closer to AC than New Brunswick. The fans of these two fighters will help provide the "local flavor", in what will be, "a great card for Atlantic City", according to Top Rank VP Carl Moretti.

With Gamboa's WBA and IBF featherweight titles on the line, it is the first world title fight in Atlantic City of 2011. It is only the second time the Cuban-born Gamboa has fought in AC, the first was 1st round TKO of Gilberto Luque at Bally's back in 2008.

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FORMER U.S OLYMPIAN TERRANCE CAUTHEN BATTLES PHILLIP McCANTS IN WELTERWEIGHT BATTLE FRIDAY NIGHT IN HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY

HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY (January 18, 2011)—On Saturday night January 22nd, boxing returns to the beautiful Hamilton Manor for a grand night of boxing that will be promoted by Nedal Promotions.

In the main event, 1996 U.S. Olympian Terrance “The Heat” Cauthen (35-7, 9 KO’s) battles once-beaten Phillip “Mongoose” McCants (8-1-1, 3 KO’s) in a Welterweight bout scheduled for eight rounds.

Despite having a decided experience advantage, Cauthen is not taking McCants lightly.

“McCants Is a real good fighter and a good prospect. He only has about ten fights but he has been around a while”, said Cauthen.

“I have fought many big names and he is a dangerous as any of them”

Several times Cauthen has been on the cusp of a world title opportunity and setbacks have not deterred the thirty-four year-old native of Trenton, NJ.

“I have learned to not give up, come ready and work harder. I say to myself that I got it right this time and just to take it one step at a time.”

Cauthen has been a fixture in the Philadelphia gyms over the past two decades and knows how tough this fight will be.

“This is a Philly fight as far as I am concerned. All Philly fighters are good. With some of the guys he has been in the gym with it’s basically like he has eighty fights and I know he is dangerous because he is hungry”

In the exciting co-feature, Charles Hayward (5-2, 1 KO) of Philadelphia takes on Jason Burrell (2-5-3, 2 KO’s) of Wilmington, DE

Other bouts scheduled for the card includes:

Derrick Webster (5-0, 4 KO’s) of Glassboro, New Jersey will take on William Chouloute (1-1, 1 KO) of Chicago in a four round Middleweight bout.

In a four round Super Middleweight fight, Alando Swain (1-1) of Trenton, NJ takes on Horatio Pittman (1-8, 1 KO) of Philadelphia.

The big boys of boxing will be in action as Pennsylvania’s Mark Ford (2-1, 1 KO) battles Tyabb Beale (2-3, 1 KO) of Newark, New Jersey in a four round Heavyweight bout.

Also on the card will be Marcus Smith (0-3) of Glassboro, NJ taking on debuting Bernard Porter in a four round Jr. Welterweight bout.

In a four round Lightweight bout, David Navero will make his pro debut against Yehudy Vargas.

Rounding out the card will John Dipolito of Philadelphia battling pro debuting Jesse Crawford in a four round Lightweight bout.

Tickets for this great evening of boxing are $80 & $50 and can be purchased by calling 609 209 5642 and by clicking www.thehamiltonmanor.com

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Kyle White Returns January 22 in PA!

Fort Lee Light Heavyweight and former Delaware linebacker Kyle White, 2-0 (2 KO's), will fight for the third time as a professional and shake off more than a year of inactivity when he returns Saturday at Harrah's Casino in Chester, PA. He will be opposed by Virginia's Pete Yates 1-1 (1 KO). White was a longtime sparring partner of two time world title challenger Bobby Gunn and has also worked with both former world champion Kendall Holt and light heavyweight contender Shaun George.

White and Yates will fight in a four round bout.

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The A.C. Scene!

By E.A. Sirota

Ever since the city's first pro bout between Jim Daly and Mike Boden in 1890,Atlantic City has always been a great boxing town. From the midget boxing and weekly club shows of the Boardwalk Empire era to the"golden age" of the 1980's to Arturo Gatti's fights at the Hall, you could always go down the shore to a see fight of some sort.

The legalization of gambling and subsequent opening of Resorts, AC's first casino in 1978, undoubtedly did a lot to revitalize the relationship between the city and the sport. With about a dozen casino showrooms/ballrooms large enough to stage boxing, not to mention the historic Boardwalk Hall, AC has no shortage of venues.

Even though cards haven't been staged in AC as frequently in recent years, it still continues to be a marque destination that draws promoters big and small. However, the competition from slot parlors in neighboring states may actually force the casinos here to revisit the days of weekly fights in the near future.

This column will focus on the past, present and future of boxing in America's Playground.

Since everybody loves a good list, I'm going to count down the top 5 fights staged in AC over the past 20 years. Feel free to add your 2¢ to the comment section below.

5. Ivan Robinson D10 Vivian Harris
Tropicana Hotel &Casino
8/11/2000

After 10 rounds of back and forth action, it was literally to close to call. The fans were the winners on that night.

4. Evander Holyfield UD12 George Foreman AC Convention Center 4/19/1991

Holyfield, in the prime of his career, is able to out slug Big George who had 49 lbs. on him.

Approaching the 20th anniversary of this fight, "The Real Deal" has two bouts scheduled in the coming months.

3. Darroll "Doin' Damage" TKO3 Shannon Briggs Adrian Phillips Ballroom, Convention Center 3/15/1996

To say the hometown guy, Wilson, was the underdog in this fight is a huge understatement. Even though he came into the fight 16-0-2, he wasn't even supposed to be a pebble on Briggs' (25-0 at the time) road to a championship. He was able to survive The Cannon's initial follies to land a picturesque left hook that put Briggs down and out with :43 to go in the 3rd. Wilson went on to get knocked out by David Tua two fights later, but in stopping Briggs, he can claim something that not even Vitali Klitschko can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKduOqSmeBY

2. Sergio Martinez KO2 Paul Williams Boardwalk Hall 11/20/2010
In one of the most anticipated fights to come to AC in years, "Maravilla" lands the shot heard round the boxing world. His stunning one-punch KO instantly established him as one of the top fighters P4P in the world.

1.tie between Arturo Gatti UD10 Micky Ward(3rd fight)
Boardwalk Hall 6/7/2003
and Ivan Robinson SD10 Gatti (1st fight) Boardwalk Hall 8/22/1998

Both of these fights were fight of the year. These wars cemented Gatti as an all-time great and made it possible for him to headline in the Hall even after his best days were behind him.

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Cruz-Fredrick Added to February 26 AC Card!

Atlantic City, NJ--Junior welterweight Ronald Cruz, coming off the biggest win of his career, takes on Dillet Frederick in the scheduled eight-round semifinal Saturday evening, Feb. 26, in the Grand Ballroom of Bally’s Atlantic City.

Gabriel Rosado and Jamaal Davis collide in the all-Philadelphia junior middleweight main event, set for 12 rounds.

Cruz, 24, of Bethlehem, PA, knocked out highly regarded Jeremy Bryan, of Paterson, NJ, in six rounds last Oct. 30 in the same ring. After falling behind in the first three rounds, Cruz took control in the fourth, dropped Bryan twice in the fifth and finished him off with another knockdown 59 seconds in the sixth round when the fight was stopped.

A pro for two years, Cruz has scored seven knockouts en route to a 10-0 record.
He is managed by ex-pro lightweight Jimmy Deoria, of Phoenixville, PA.

Cruz has become a regular at Bally’s, having beaten Julias Edmonds, Ashantie Hendrickson and Juan Ramon Cruz there.

Frederick, 28, of Fort Myers, FL, originally was set to fight Cruz last Sept. 25 at Bally’s, but a physical exam in the dressing room the night of the fight revealed Frederick had a sore right hand and the match was canceled. Because of that, Cruz went looking for a fight and grabbed the chance to fight Bryan 35 days later.

A pro since 2001, Frederick is 7-3-1, 4 K0s. He, too, comes here off his best win, a third-round knockout over previously undefeated (12-0-2) Raymond Charles, of El Campo, TX, on July 16 in Tampa, FL.

Five additional bouts complete the card, which begins at 7.30 p.m. The show is being promoted by Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc.

Tickets priced at $50 and $75 are on sale at the offices of Peltz Boxing (215-765-0922) and all Ticketmaster outlets (800-345-7000). They also can be purchased online at www.Ticketmaster.com and at www.peltzboxing.com.

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