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Philadelphie (Mai 27,2015)—
Ce vendredi nuit au
Stade de vacances
Auberge à Philadelphie, King’s Promotions presents a great night of championship boxing that will headlined by 10-round UBF Lightweight championship bout between Frankie De Alba (15-1-2, 5 KO) et Bernardo Gomez Uribe (14-3, 10 KO).
In one of the 8-round co-features, Steve Chambers Upsher (24-4-1, 6 KO) returns to the city where he cut his teeth as a professional to take on Alejandro Rodriguez (24-16-1, 14 KO) dans un Jr. Combat welters.
Chambers, who came originally to Philadelphia with former Heavyweight title challenger, “Vite” Eddie Chambers, combattu 23 times and the famed Blue Horizon in Philadelphia and will be making his first start in the City of Brotherly Love in almost 6 ans.
“I have been training hard and working on opening my new gym with (léger contender) Rod Salka,” said Upsher.
“I am on weight already and I feel good. We will be fighting at 142 livres.”
Upsher is ready to show the fans how far his abilities have grown since he turned pro in Philadelphia in 2003 quand il était juste 18 ans.
“I am happy to be coming back to Philadelphia. I want to show people how far I have come and see the improvement that I have made as a fighter.”
Despite losing his three bouts to the likes of former world champions Luis Collazo and Andre Berto as well as then-undefeated prospect Eddie Gomez, Upsher was competitive in all those bouts and grew tremendously from those experiences.
“It showed that I can compete against that level of fighter. Plus everyone of those guys was bigger than me. Je suis un naturel 140 pounder and can make 135 if the right opportunity presented itself.”
Chambers went back to his native Pittsburgh to train in neighboring city Coal Center, Pennsylvanie.
“My mind is set on winning a world title at 140 livres. After the three losses, I cant afford any missteps. People see about the losses. I know I have the ability to be a world champion and on Mai 29 that will start to show.”
On the veteran opponent, Rodriguez, Upsher said, “I know he is tough and from Mexico. I will look at a little film before the fight and go from there. I really don’t worry about what he will do. He should worry about me. This fight is redemption for me. It’s a start and then I would like to right all of the losses. But first I am looking for a dominant performance vendredi then I want to end all doubts.”
An outstanding undercard has been assembled.
Dans les combats 6 rondes:
Farah Ennis (21-2, 12 KO) de Philadelphie se battra Michael Gbenga (20-19, 20 KO) d'Accra, Ghana dans un combat de super-moyens.
Ancien U.S. Olympien, Raynell Williams (7-0, 4 KO) de Cleveland, OH va prendre un adversaire à être nommé dans un combat léger.
Welterweight Miguel Cruz (8-0, 7 KO) de Lake Mary, Batailles FL Juan Rodriguez (6-2-1, 5 KO) de Haymarket, VA..
Samuel Figueroa (7-0, 4 KO) de Ansco, PR se battra Jose Valderrama (4-9, 3 KO) d'Arecibo, PR dans un combat welters.
Brandon Bennett (18-1, 7 KO) de Cincinnati, OH se affronteront avec Rondale Hubbert (10-1-1, 6 KO) de Minneapolis, MN dans un combat léger.
Demond Nicholson (12-1, 12 KO) de Laurel, MD se disputeront German Perez (11-1, 3 KO) dans un combat de poids moyen.
Leo salle (5-0, 5 KO) de Detroit, MI va risquer sa marque parfaite contre Laurent Blakey (2-3, 1 KO) de Pennsylvanie dans une affaire Light Heavyweight.
Caleb usine (6-0, 5 KO) de Ashland City, TN se battra Jason Zabokrtsky (3-1, 3 KO) du Kansas dans un combat de poids moyen.
Pour compléter la carte dans un combat de 4 rounds sera Christopher Brooker (2-0, 2 KO) de Philadelphie combats pro Faisant ses débuts Santario Martin de Gainesville, FL dans un combat de super-moyens.
Le Stade Holiday Inn est situé à 900 Packer Ave. à Philadelphie
