Lewiston, Maine (October 14, 2015) - New Ingarangi whawhai (Nef), Tau-kotahi whakatairanga whawhai rohe Amerika o, ka mau tona hui muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua” i runga i Rāhoroi, Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will feature a first for Maine – whakauru-hōia-toi (MMA) bouts and professional boxing bouts on the same event with an MMA cage and a boxing ring set up side-by-side. I mua i teie mahana, the promotion announced the main event of the boxing portion of the fight card. Reigning Northeast Junior Welterweight Champion Brandon “Ko te Cannon” Berry (9-1, 6 Koó) Ka fehangahangai Roberto “Ko te Old” Valenzuela (73-69-2, 56 Koó) i roto i te Welterweight whakataetae waru-a tawhio noa.

Berry riro te apato'erau Junior Welterweight Taitara kotahi tau i mua i roto i te Lewiston ki te wikitoria whakatau loto mo Eric Palmer (6-8-3, 1 KO). The title was the first in the professional career of the standout from West Forks, Maine. Berry would, noa te marama i muri mai, suffer his first loss in a bout in which he severely injured his shoulder early on. Following a successful surgery and months of rehab, Hoki Berry ikuna ki te mowhiti tenei raumati mua ki te knockout hangarau tuarua-a tawhio noa (WHO) riro i roto i te Skowhegan, Maine.

“Ko ahau rawa manukanuka rite tonu ki te manga hoki ki te mowhiti mekemeke i runga i Whiringa 21i roto i te Lewiston,” Berry i kīia. “Ko te whakaongaonga ki te whawhai mo toku wikitoria ngaio whakatekau. I’m honored to have been invited back to the Colisee to headline another Pro Boxing card. I want to thank NEF for making this possible for me, a e tumanakohia ki kua i tetahi atu mahi Kikī, competitive fight like we had in October 2014. A lot has changed for me in my boxing career, a ka titiro atu ahau ki te whakaatu i toku whakapainga katoa o toku pā hanga. Pera i te matara toku hoa tauwhainga, te kotahi tino mātanga ki te rā, Roberto Valenzuela, ka waiho hei whakamātautau pai hoki ki ahau i te hoatu ake te rahi me te wheako. Ua tamata matou ki te hanga i te whawhai ki o rerekē eé i te rohe i te tokorua, engari i taea ki te. Ko taku mahi he ki te whakangungu pakeke, me te kia rite hoki te tangata i hoatu e ratou i runga i te tahi atu taha o te whakakai, kotahi a tawhio noa i te wa.”

Valenzuela is about as much of a veteran as one will find in a boxing ring. Having begun his professional career in early 1992, Valenzuela ka atu ki te mīharo 14-0 tīmatanga, whakataetae a tawhio noa kāwanatanga tona whare o Sonora, Mexico. Among the opponents Valenzuela has faced in his career are the likes of former world champions Andre Berto (30-4, 23 Koó) ko Steve Forbes (35-14, 11 Koó) me te toa o nāianei ao Zahir Raheem (35-3, 21 Koó). Valenzuela fought former lightweight world champion Jose Luis Castillo (66-13-1, 57 Koó) i runga i te undercard o te 1996 Joey Gamache (55-4, 38 Koó) ko Julio Hiha Chavez (107-6-2, 86 Koó) a'ee i roto i Anaheim, California. I tua atu, Puritia Valenzuela te Ingoa Mexican Pacific Coast Super mā whitu i 2003 ki 2007. He has the strongest pedigree of any opponent Berry has faced to date.

“Kua ahau i whawhai katoa i runga i te United States, engari e kore i roto i te Maine, na oaoa vau ahau ki te haere vahi kore kua ahau kua,” ka mea a Valenzuela i roto i te translator. “Kua kua ahau te mahi tenei mai ko ia he PUP. Kua korerotia e ahau e ia rïpene Cut o etahi o oku whawhai i ētahi kāri mauherea ia i runga i TV ka ko ia ia te koati (kata). Thankfully, Kua hokona e ahau ataata o ia atu tata i runga i Youtube. Kahore te ia kihai ahau i kite i te aroaro o roto i te whawhai ranei i roto i te mākutu. Ka waiho e ahau rite.”

“A, no te hainatia Brandon i runga ki te 'NEF XX’ kāri whawhai, ko ia rawa mārama e hinaaro ia tatou ki te kitea ia i te hoariri kua nei ngā roto i te whakakai me te pai,” recalled NEF co-owner and promoter Nick DiSalvo. “Roberto presents a challenge unlike any other Brandon has faced to date. He has actively competed as a professional for nearly a quarter of a century. He hasn’t sat on a shelf either. He just fought this past spring and summer. Brandon Berry e kia whakamatauria i runga iWhiringa 21, make no mistake about it. But Brandon has recently been sparring several times a week all over New England with top-notch partners. He is coming into this bout as a whole new Brandon Berry, takoto ki te hanga i tona tohu i roto i te ao mekemeke.”

New Ingarangi whawhai’ takahanga muri, “NEF XX: He HISTORY o mua,” e wahi i runga i Whiringa 21, 2015 i te Androscoggin Bank Colisée i Lewiston, Maine. The event will mark the first time in Maine history a mixed-martial-arts (MMA) event and a professional boxing event have taken place together on the same show. Tikiti hoki “NEF XX” tīmata i te tika $25 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei iwww.TheColisee.com ranei na roto i te te karanga i te tari pouaka Colisée i 207.783.2009 x 525. For more information on the event and fight card updates, please visit the promotion’s website at www.NewEnglandFights.com. I tua atu, you can watch NEF videos at www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, te whai ia ratou i runga i Twitternefights, me te uru atu ki te rōpū Facebook whaimana "New Ingarangi whawhai."

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