Atlantic City, NJ (Outubro 10, 2017)–Em sábado à noite, November 18th, contendor welterweight Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna returns to the ring when he takes on Tomas Mendez in 10-round fight for LaManna’s WBC Silver Latino Welterweight title, bem como o LBF Intercontinental Welterweight title. The fight will headline a stacked night of boxing at The Claridge Hotel.
The show is promoted by Rising Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions in association with Devin Haney Promotions and Winner Take All Productions.
“This is our 10th show and we expect this to be the best turn out,” said Debbie LaManna, CEO of Rising Promotions. “With a stacked undercard, and my son getting to headline again, we can all expect a great night of boxing. I’m happy Thomas decided to stick with it, after more than 10 years and a lot of money spent, it would be foolish to stop now when he is right there. We are happy to be doing this show with Greg Cohen and we look forward to bigger and better things together in the future.”
I am thrilled to be working with Rising Promotions This is a stacked from top to bottom. It is worthy of a ShoBox card,” disse Greg Cohen, President of Greg Cohen Promotions.. .”When you have a show with Thomas defending his title and fighters like Devin Haney, and fights such as Serrano against Enver Halili plus Skender Halili fighting Jeff Lentz, every fight is a TV worthy fight. We are really excited to bring this to The Claridge, and a great way to finish out the year in Atlantic City and happy that GCP is a co-promoter on the show.”
LaManna de Millville, New Jersey will be making the 1st defense of the WBC Silver Latino title that he won on August 19th when he scored two knockdowns en-route to a ten round unanimous decision over George Sosa at The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City.
O 25 year-old Lamanna is a six-year professional who has wins over veteran’s Ayi Bruce, Kendal Mena, Eduardo Flores, and Carlos Winston Velasquez.
This will be LaManna’s 7th bout at The Claridge and 16th in Atlantic City.
“Estou de volta!
I couldn’t stay away for long. É uma loucura, depois da minha última luta,
I was set on being done with boxing,”
said Thomas LaManna. “
I Couldn’t handle the stress anymore and it’s hard.
I have a huge chip on my shoulder with no promoter,
no more financial backing,
just me and my mother.
We have mart strategic planning,
and a Dream.
I feel I have a lot left and I’ll be knocking on doors in 2018. Para mim,
Mendez is dangerous because you never know what he will bring.
I’ve always said records don’t mean anything to me.
We’ll see on November 18
what he brings and like I always say,
I make my adjustments and do what I have to do to win.”
“As for this card, I feel it’s the best one we at Rising Promotions have put together. Raymond Serrano and Enver Halili is a solid cross roads fight, and I’m glad we got it done. I’m excited to have Devin Haney on the show, and Tommy Rainone’s go away fight is special. Expect another sell out. Thank you to everyone involved putting this great card together including all the fighters involved, The NJSACB, Commissioner Larry Hazzard and Rhonda Utley-Herring, Greg Cohen, the LBF and Ms. Marian Muhammad, the WBC, GH3 Promotions and The Claridge.”
Mendez of Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic has a record of 24-10 com 17 nocautes.
O 10 year-professional won 16 de seu primeiro 17 extremidades, and is a capable fighter who has fought top competition around the world. This will be Mendez 7th title fight, and he is coming off a stoppage defeat to Derrick Cuevas on 17 de junho in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
WBC Youth Champion, Devin Haney (16-0, 11 KOs) of Las Vegas will take on Taiwo Ali Sulaimon (21-5-1, 16 KOs) of Lagos, Nigeria in a junior welterweight bout.
Haney, de Las Vegas, Nevada has a record of 17-0 com 11 nocautes.
Haney, só 18 years-old has quickly emerged as one of the top prospects in the country.
Tornou-se profissional em idade 16, and has been more impressive with each performance.
Haney has impressive wins over Jairo Fernandez Vargas (4-0), Clay Burns (4-1-2), and in his last bout he scored a eight-round unanimous decision over Enrique Tinoco (16-4-1) on September 22nd in Philadelphia.
In the exciting welterweight bout, Raymond “Tito” Serrano vai assumir Enver Halili in a bout scheduled for eight-rounds.
Serrano of Philadelphia has been on the cusp of a big fight in the welterweight division, tem um registro de 23-4 com dez nocautes.
O 28 year-old is a ten-year professional, has wins over Ashantie Hendrickson (1-0), Jay Krupp (12-1), Ronnie Warrior, Jr. (13-2-1), Ayi Bruce (15-2) & Jerome Rodriguez (6-1-3).
Serrano is on a two-fight winning streak with the latest win being a six-round unanimous decision over Zack Ramsey (8-1) de Setembro 22 na Filadélfia.
Halili is perfect with a record of 10-0 com três knockouts.
Halili of Bronx, New York is a five-year professional with wins over undefeated Raul Nuncio (2-0) and his latest bout where he scored his biggest win with a eight-round unanimous decision over Wesley Tucker (14-0) em Junho 30 in Toledo, Ohio.
Em surtos de oito rodada.
Adam Lopez (16-1-2, 8 KOs) de San Antonio,
Texas battles Jorge Diaz (18-5-1, 10 KOs)
of New Brunswick,
New Jersey in a super bantamweight bout for the WBC Fecarbox title.
Skender Halili (14-2, 13 KOs) do Bronx, New York battles Jeff Lentz (5-1, 1 KO) of Belmar, New Jersey in a junior middleweight fight.
Em surtos de seis rodada:
Tommy Rainone (26-8-1, 6 KO) de Nova Iorque, New York will make his final start of his career when he takes on an opponent to be named in a welterweight bout.
Yurik Mamedov (7-0, 3 KOs) de Nova Iorque, New York will take on an opponent to be named in a super lightweight bout.
In a rematch of lightweight’s. Tomas Romain (4-1) de Brooklyn, NY boxes Sidell Blocker (1-9-1) of Pleasantville, New Jersey.
Em quatro redondos bouts:
Jonathan Arroyo of Long Island will make his pro debut against Steve Moore (0-1) de Orange, New Jersey in a welterweight bout.
