On Saturday night August 7th, Havoc Boxing
will make its initial foray in to boxing promotion as the upstart
Promotion presents a terrific night of boxing at the Aviator Sports
Complex in Brooklyn, New York.
In the main event, Former world Bantamweight champion Mauricio
Martinez will take part in a ten round bout against Reynaldo Lopez for
the New York State Super Bantamweight title.
Martinez, a native of Panama has a record of 35-9-1 with twenty-three
knockouts. Martinez was 8-0-1 in his first nine
bouts before being stopped and overmatched against twenty-six fight
veteran and future world champion, Freddie Norwood way back on May
31st, 1997. Martinez split his next four fights with a win over
undefeated Antonio Diaz and two losses to future WBC Super
Bantamweight champion Hecto "Acero" Sanchez.
That did not dissuade Martinez as he went on to win nine straights,
all by knockout which included winning the WBO Bantamweight title with
a fifth round knockout over Lester Fuentes in Manchester, England and
making one defense which was first round knockout over Esham Pickering
in Pickering's home country of England. Martinez lost the belt to
Cruz Carvajal via ninth round stoppage on March 15th, 2002.
Martinez went on to win nine in a row which set him up for another
challenge of the WBO Bantamweight title. Martinez lost a
controversial majority decision to Ratancchi Singwangcha in
Singwangcha's homeland of Thailand. Martinez won three in a row before
being stopped by future world champion Gerry Penalosa.
Since the loss to Penalosa, Martinez has gone 4-2 with his latest
outing being a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Heriberto Ruiz
on March 20, 2009.
Lopez of Santa Fe Springs, CA via Colombia has a record of 30-8-3 with
twenty-one knockouts.
Lopez started out his career by going 15-0-1 before a loss to
undefeated Carlos Meza.
Lopez then went 10-1-1 in his next twelve bouts which set him up for
an IBF Jr. Bantamweight title elimination bout with future champion
Dimitry Kirillov.
Lopez dropped a close majority decision but went on to win three
straight before losing a twelve round unanimous decision to Cristian
Mijares for the WBC Interim Super Flyweight championship.
Lopez was then stopped in five rounds to former 122 lb champion Daniel
Ponce De Leon before scoring a vicious third round stoppage over
undefeated Mike Oliver (21-0).
In his last bout, Lopez dropped an eight round unanimous decision to
undefeated Rico Eamos (15-0) on April 24th in Ontario, Ca.
In the six round co-feature, Popular Super Featherweight, Gary Stark
Jr. 22-3 with eight knockouts of New York City will return to the ring
Leopaldo Arocha
Stark won his first seventeen bouts and was looking like one of the
top prospects in the lower weight divisions.
He then met fellow 17-0 prospect Mike Oliver and dropped a unanimous
decision for the USBA Jr. Featherweight title.
After a stunning knockout defeat to Andreas Ledesma, Stark went on to
win four straight which included a ten round unanimous decision over
Ledesma in the highly anticipated rematch.
Stark will be making his first ring appearance in nearly sixteen
months as in his last bout he was taken out in three rounds against
top contender Antonio Escalante (19-2) on April 24, 2009.
Arocha of Panama City, Panama has a record of 10-12-2 with six wins
coming via knockout.
The road has not been easy for Arocha has he has faced a murderers row
of world champion, title challengers and top prospects.
To look at the dossier of Arocha, one would find names such as former
WBA Super Bantamweight champion Celestiono Caballero (TKO by 3) in
Arocha’s third bout; Jose Beranza (TKO by 4); Former WBO Super
Flyweight champion Adonis Rivas, for whom Arocha fought a spirited
draw with; Former WBA Bantamweight champion Nehomar Cermano (TKO by
7); former world title challenger Feidor Viloria (TKO by 5) the
aforementioned Mauricio Martinez (Loss bu unanimous decision)
In his last bout, Arocha traveled to Japan and scored an eight round
unanimous decision over Yosuke Takeuchi on November 3rd in
front of Takeuchi’s hometown fans.
Undefeated Featherweight, Joselito Collado, 10-0 with three knockouts
of Jamaica, Queens will take on an an opponent to be named in a six
round bout.
Christian Martinez, 4-0 with four knockouts of New York City will
tussle with Jose Luis Perez Adorno (2-3, 1 KO) of Caguas, PR in a six
round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Former 2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali will fight a six round
Welterweight bout against an opponent to be named.
Ali has a record of 8-0 with four knockouts. is coming off an
explosive knockout over Julias Edmonds on July 16th in Newark, NJ.
Light heavyweight Andy Mejia, 7-0 with three knockouts will take on
Juan Zapata (1-3, 1 KO) of Bronx, New York
Mike Ruiz (8-4, 5 KO’s) of Long Island, NY will take on Noel Garcia
(2-4-1, 1 KO) of Springfield, MA in a four round Jr. Middleweight bout
Danny Valle, 1-0 with one knockout will take on debuting George
Santiago in a four round Super Featherweight bout.
Rounding out the card will be female heavyweight Sonya Lamonakis (1-0,
1 KO) of Turner Falls, MA in a four round bout.
Tickets for this special night of boxing are priced at $50 for all
seats and can be purchased at the following Locations:
The Aviator Box Office
Gleasons Gym (718) 797 2872
Sadam Ali Boxing & Fitness Center (917) 807 3630
New Legend Boxing Club (718) 487 4474
The Aviator Sports Complex is located at 3159 Flatbush Ave - Brooklyn,
N.Y. 11234
For more information on Havoc Boxing, Click:
www.havocboxingnyc.com
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