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 DON KING INKS
CRUISERWEIGHT FRANCISCO 'THE WIZARD' PALACIOS
"I am very excited to be part of the Don King's stable. There were
several offers on the table but The Don gave me one I couldn't refuse. I am very
excited to start working and finally the world will know what my fans already
know about what the Wizard is capable of doing in the ring. Sky's the limit.
Finally going to the next level!"
Palacios is 30 years old, 6' 2", born in the Bronx, New York of Puerto Rican
descent. He sports a 12-0, 6 KOs record. He beat contender Louis Azille in his
last outing via TKO6.
AUGUSTUS
FAILS TO CAPTURE WBO TITLE
On Friday, August
31, 2007, in Yugorsk, Russia, Emanuel Augustus loses a unanimous decision to
Sergey Sorokin;
at stake was the
WBO Asia Pacific Junior
Welterweight Championship.
CALZAGHE-KESSLER WILL NOT BE PPV
The November 3 mega fight
between super middleweight champions Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler will not be
a pay-per-view in the U.S. HBO will televise the bout live from Wales at 5PM
ET/2PM PT.
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ARENA
BOX PROMOTION WINS PURSE BID FOR McCALL - GOMEZ
Arena Boxing Promotions won purse
bids for the WBC International heavyweight title fight between Oliver McCall and
his mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez, a native of Cuba living in Germany.
Arena Boxing Promotions was the only promoter to bid on the fight, with an
offer of $550,00.
This is the highest amount ever offered for a
WBC International championship, which is becoming more and more popular as a
steppingstone for the WBC world championship.
Seventy percent of the offer
($385,000) will go to the champion, McCall, and thirty percent ($165,000) will
go to Gomez. Arena announced today that the fight will land in Berlin October 19
- if McCall doesn't relinquish the title that is. Gomez beat McCall back in 2005
but then tested positive for cocaine and got suspended. He is now promoted by
Arena and back in Hamburg where he started his pro-career and became WBC champ
at cruiser despite a well documented wild lifestyle. McCall upset Sinan Samil
last time out.
TAVORIS
CLOUD STORMS TO VICTORY IN CHICAGO
World ranked light heavyweight Tavoris Cloud
scored a brutal fifth round knockout of Jose Luis Herrera this past Friday
night in an outstanding battle that had the huge crowd at Chicago’s Congress
Theater on their feet for the duration. With the win, Cloud ran his perfect
record to 16-0 with 15 knockouts while Herrera moved to 14-4 (14KO’s).
IVAN
CALDERON BY SPLIT DECISION
Ivan 'Iron Boy'
Calderon, of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico,
(29-0, 6 KOs),
wrestled
a split decision win over
29-year old Hugo 'El
Increíble' Cazares (25-4-1, 19 KOs). Calderon captured
the
Sinaloan's WBO junior flyweight championship. The split decision represented
Cazares's first loss since December of 1999.
KIKO
MARTINEZ STOPS BERNARD DUNNE IN 86 SECONDS
Ireland's Bernard Dunne suffered a shocking 86-second defeat at the hands of
Spain's Kiko Martinez in the third defense of his European super-bantamweight
title in the Point Arena.
Dunne was sent to the canvas twice within a minute and a further onslaught from
Martinez led referee Terry O'Connor to step in and call it off.
Dunne, who suffered the first defeat of his professional career, saw his world
title plans halted by the heavy handed Spaniard who now boasts a record of 14
knock-outs in 17 victories.
JOAQUIN GALLARDO BECOMES NEW WBC LATINO JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT
CHAMPION
~Friday,
August 24, from Miami's Miccosukee Resort and Gaming/TELEMUNDO~
Joaquin Gallardo (18-6-1, 5 KOs) stunned local favorite
Lenin "El Volcano" Arroyo (17-7-1, 3 KOs) on his way to a
unanimous decision win by scores of 117-111, 118-110 and
116-112. With the victory, Gallardo claimed Arroyo's
WBC Latino junior welterweight title.
In the co-feature flyweight Alejandro
Hernandez (18-4-1, 9 KOs) won an eighth round unanimous
decision over Luis Doria (20-16-1, 13 KOs) by scores of 80-72, 80-72, 79-73.
ANDRE
BERTO vs DAVID ESTRADA ADDED AS CO-MAIN EVENT TO TAYLOR-PAVLIK
Unbeaten welterweight Andre Berto
(19-0, 16 KOs) will get a chance to prove why the critics are raving about him
when he faces world title challenger David
Estrada on September 29 at Boardwalk
Hall in Atlantic City,
N.J.
The Florida resident is thrilled to appear in his biggest
fight in the co-featured bout to the middleweight championship between
Jermain Taylor (27-0-1, 17 KOs) and
Kelly Pavlik (31-0, 28 KOs), which is
being promoted by DiBella Entertainment
in association with Top Rank Inc.
Tickets, priced at $400,
$300, $200,
$100 and
$50, are now on sale and can be
purchased at the Boardwalk Hall box
office, by calling Ticketmaster at
1-800-736-1420 or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com.
INJURED SALITA PULLS OUT OF 'BLACK TIE BOXING' CARD...
Team Salita regretfully announces that Dmitriy Salita has suffered an injury to
his right hand while training in the Catskill Mountains and, therefore, will not
participate in the September 5th event. "It's discouraging to have to pull out
of the fight after so much hard work has been put in. The Wall Street Black Tie
Boxing is a new concept, and I was looking forward to participating in the
experience", said Dmitriy.
WITTER
vs HARRIS CLASH SEPTEMBER 7 ...
Junior Witter claims his WBC light-welterweight title showdown with Vivian
Harris in Doncaster on September 7 will decide who is the best ten stone
fighter in the world.
MAYWEATHER-HATTON
TICKET SALES
As expected, the clash between "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather or Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton is now set for December 8
at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets for "UNDEFEATED" will go on sale Monday, September 17 at 10AM PST and will be
available at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations (including select Las Vegas Smith's Food and Drug Centers and Macy's
West in the Fashion Show Mall). To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets also are available for
purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
BERNARD HOPKINS HAMMERED BY THE NSAC TO THE TUNE OF $200,000...
The Nevada State Athletic
Commission has levied a whopping $200,000 fine against Bernard Hopkins for
pushing Winky Wright in the face during their weigh-in the day before their July
21 clash at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. No one was injured in scuffle, which took
place while the fighters faced off, but the Nevada commission wants to send a
message of no tolerance for pre-fight fisticuffs and hammered "The Executioner"
for 6% of his $3 million purse. After the fight Hopkins implied that the
incident was a preplanned tactic to create more interest in the fight.
8-24-2007
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