DONAIRE HITS NEW YORK TALKS BOXING WITH JAY MONTE & NUTRITION WITH KRYSTAL HART. (SEPT 20)

 Nonito Donaire , (26-1, 18 KOs) , talks with Jay  Monte & Kristal Hart about upcoming World Bantamweight Championship fight against undefeated Omar Narvaez, (35-0-2, 23 KOs). They collide Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 at Madison Square Garden. The event will be televised on HBO Boxing After Dark, beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.

DONAIRE AND ARGENTINEAN NARVEAZ ON OCT 22.

World Bantamweight Champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire will make his NY debut in an exciting title defense against undefeated two division champion Omar "El Huracan" Nurvaez Saturday, October 22nd, in the theater at Madison Square Garden.

Narvaez (35-0-2, 19 KOs) of Cordoba, Argentina, a two time Olympian, will be making his US debut. He captured his first world title (WBO flyweight) in his 12th professional fight. Narvaez successfully defended his title 16 times during his seven - year reign before vacating to fight in a higher weight class. Narvaez won the vacant WBO jr bantamweight title in May 2010, winning unanimously over Everth Briceno. Narvaez, one of South America's most popular fighters, successfully defended his title three times, against opponents who had a combined record of 54-2 when he fought them.

Donaire (26-1, 18 KO's) is a native of General Santos City, Philippines, now living in the Bay area of San Leandro, California is a consensus top-five pound for pound fighter. He enters the ring riding a nine year, 25 bout winning streak, which includes an IBF/IBO flyweight title KOP victory of defending champion Vic Darchinyan. Ten of Donaire's last 11 victories have come by knockout.

JLM

BATTLE IN BILOXI UNDERCARD PACKED WITH PROSPECTS

New York, NY - (9/2/2011) -  As if the main event, featuring former WBC Welterweight Champion, Andre Berto looking to regain a piece of the welterweight crown when he challenges current IBF Champion, Jan Zaveck, at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, wasn't intriguing enough for the fans in Mississippi, DiBella Entertainment (DBE) has put together an undercard loaded with undefeated prospects and future stars.  In addition to undefeated 2008 U.S. Olympian, Gary Russell Jr. (17-0, 10KO's), who will see action in the live televised co-feature against Mexico's hard-hitting, Leonilo Miranda (32-3, 30KO's),  fighting in separate bouts on the un-televised portion of the card will be DBE prospects Thomas Oosthuizen (15-0-1, 11KO's), Luis Del Valle (13-0, 10KO's), and Ivan Redkach (7-0, 6KO's).  Also scheduled on the card is DBE's IBF #2 rated welterweight contender, Randall Bailey, as he takes on Yoryi Estrella in a 10-round welterweight match-up.  Bailey is the mandatory challenger to the winner of Zaveck-Berto.  All the participants for tomorrow night's show will weigh-in today at 3PM in the Azalea Ballroom in the Beau Rivage

For Oosthuizen, who will be defending his IBO Super Middleweight belt, it will be his first fight under the DBE banner and first outside of his native South Africa.  Oosthuizen is scheduled to take on fellow DBE fighter Aaron Pryor Jr. (16-3, 11KO's) in a 12-round super middleweight showdown.  President of DiBella Entertainment, Lou DiBella, is very high on the rangy 6'4" southpaw prospect and knows that an impressive performance against Pryor, who is coming off the biggest win of his career, a decision victory over three-time world title challenger Librado Andrade, will throw him into the mix with the rest of the top super middleweights in the world.

Fresh off his impressive and dominate decision win over Dat Nguyen in June, Puerto Rican native, Luis "Orlandito" Del Valle, will take on Florida's Anthony Napunyi (14-10, 7KO's).  The bout is scheduled for eight rounds with a 124lb. weight limit.  After spending much of his career fighting at featherweight and above, the 24-year-old Del Valle, who is ranked in the top 10 in the WBA featherweight rankings, plans to move down to the junior featherweight division (122lbs) and immediately start making some noise, beginning with the bout against Napunyi on Saturday night.    

Ivan Redkach, who originally hails from the Ukraine but now lives and fights out of Los Angeles, California, is scheduled to meet North Carolina's Vernon Alston (4-1, 4KO's) in a six-round lightweight match-up.  Redkach made his DBE debut in June, scoring a sixth-round TKO over Alberto Amaro on the undercard of Carl Froch's super middleweight title defense against Glen Johnson at the Boardwalk Hall in Altantic City, NJ.

Opening up the card is SES Boxing's undefeated Sergio Vartanov (9-0, 6KO's) as he takes on North Carolina's Gerald Jordan (7-5-1, 5KO's) in a six-round welterweight match-up.

Battle in Biloxi: Berto vs. Zaveck is presented by DiBella Entertainment in association with SES Boxing and sponsored by AZAD watches, The Underground Clown, and HBO PPV: Mayweather vs. Ortiz. The show will be aired live on HBO's Boxing After Dark®, beginning at 10:30 PM ET/PT.

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weight division (122lbs) and immediately start making some noiseWILLIAMS, LARA SET FOR BIG ATLANTIC CITY CARD

Doughlin set to return; Arreola, veteran Ahunanya on card.

Photo: Bazooka Press

Paul Williams is returning to the ring since his last bout in Atlantic City - a stunning KO loss to the hands of the (then) middleweight champ Sergio Martinez.  His opponent  is stepping up after winning all his 15 bouts, 10 by knockout.

Chris Arreola continues his heavyweight journey as a new man - a more compact 234 lbs, and he says he trains the same but has adjusted his diet to certain foods and no midnight snacks.

Number 2 world ranked super-bantamweight Akifumi Shiboda is coming in from Tokyo, Japan to tackle the American market, and a worthwhile opponent in undefeated Californian Rico Ramos, who is fighting in Atlantic City for the second time.

 As for the main event, this is by no means an easy one for Williams, who is coming of a KO at the hands of Sergio Martinez. The opponent,  Erislandy Lara, is an unbeaten fighter who has met opponents with winning records throughout his brief career. His top performance was January 2010 when he stopped the durable Grady Brewer.  This might be a surprise, especially if Williams comes out flat - Lara is that good. He has battled top guys and has always come out on top.

Heavyweight Arreola fights the muscular veteran Friday Ahunanya, a crowd pleasing fighter whose best days included stints on ESPN Friday Nights fights almost a decade ago. His last big victory came in 2007 against then undefeated Shane Cameron

DOUGHLIN SET TO RETURN

2008 National Golden Gloves titlist and highly touted junior middleweight Denis “Da Mommas Boy” Douglin makes his return to the ring this Saturday evening at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ when he battles grizzled Philadelphian Phillip McCants.

With a 9-2-1 professional ledger and three wins by knockout, McCants is yet another fighter from the City of Brotherly Love that is tougher than nails. The 30 year old veteran has never been stopped and is known for having solid skills. In his most recent bout, McCants bested 12-2 Kaseem Wilson.

Douglin, 12-1 (8 KO’s), is fighting for the first time since a stunning defeat to Doel Carrasquillo, and recognizes that he can’t take anything for granted. Refreshed, retooled and 100% focused on boxing, the Morganville, N.J. based Brooklynite is excited to silence his critics with a strong showing.

“I feel great,” said Douglin. “I don’t care who I’m fighting. I just want to go out and show people that my last fight was a fluke, and that it won’t happen again.”

JLM

 

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