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Atlantic City, NJ (Lub ib hlis ntuj 11, 2017) – Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna will battle veteran Eduardo Flores eight-round junior middleweight bout on Hnub Saturday tsaus ntuj, January 28th nyob rau ntawm lub Claridge Hotel nyob rau hauv Atlantic City.
The bout will headline a card promoted by Rising Promotions.
CEO of Rising Promotions Debra LaManna stated, “We are starting 2017 with a tremendous card and we plan on only doing bigger and better things for boxing this year.”
LaManna ntawm Millville, New Jersey muaj ib cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 21-2 nrog cuaj knockouts.
Lub 25 year-old is coming off a defeat to undefeated Dusty Hernandez Harrison in a thrilling bout that took place on September 15th nyob rau hauv Philadelphia.
Hauv qhov kev sib tw ntawd, LaManna fought a good fight and had solid moments throughout the hotly contested bout that was for the USBA Welterweight title.
LaManna is moving back up to the 154 pound division where LaManna is undefeated (7-0 ntawm 148-154 phaus) in the division for which he turned professional in 2011.
LaManna won his first 16 xaus, where enjoyed wins over Ashanti Gibbs and Jamaal Davis.
After suffering his first professional defeat to undefeated middleweight prospect Antoine Douglas, LaManna ripped off five consecutive victories that was highlighted by by a 4th round stoppage over Kendal Mena (20-3).
“I’m looking forward to displaying my boxing skills against this rugged veteran,” said LaManna He’s been in the ring with a lot of good fighters and former world champions, but never been in there with me. I feel my height, youth and size will play a big role in this fight but it’s all about making adjustments and fighting the smartest fight possible to get the win.”
“Kuv lub xeem sib ntaus, I took a L but that stands for “Lesson” and since that lesson, I’ve been training extremely hard and I’m very focus at this task at hand.”
Flores of Quito, Ecuador is a 52-fight veteran and sports a record of 25-24-3 nrog 15 knockouts.
Lub 30 year-old Flores is a 10 xyoo kev, who has taken on the best fighters in the 135-154 pound divisions such as former world champions Carlos Baldomir, Diego Chaves & Kermit Cintron as well as 19 other undefeated opponents, for which Flores had three wins and a draw.
Flores is coming off a six-round unanimous decision defeat to undefeated Sammy Valentin (9-0) rau November 18th nyob rau hauv Kissimmee, Florida.
Nyob rau hauv lub rau-round co-feature, teeb heavyweight
Chuck Mussachio (19-3-2, 5 KO lub)
of Wildwood,
New Jersey will fight Michael Mitchell (3-7-2, 1 KO) ntawm Paterson, New Jersey.
Mitchell has faced terrific competition and has only been stopped once, and has fought four undefeated fighters.
Also scheduled to appear in a six-round bout will be:
Super Middleweight
Gabriel Pham (6-1, 2 KO lub)
of Pleasantville, NJ. yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv
Jose Valderrama (5-17, 3 KO lub)
of Manati, Puerto Rico.
John Bauza (5-0, 2 KO lub) ntawm North Bergen, NJ yuav sib ntaus sib tua Tyrome Jones (4-0, 1 KO) of South Bend, Indiana in a battle of undefeated junior welterweights.
Nyob rau hauv plaub-round bouts:
Ernesto Perez ntawm Vineland, NJ yuav ua kom nws pro debut tiv thaiv Courtney McCleave (2-5, 1 KO) ntawm Concord, North Carolina in a junior middleweight bout.
Jamil Simmons of Pleasantville, NJ yuav ua kom nws pro debut tiv thaiv Tomas Romain (0-1) ntawm Brooklyn, NY in a lightweight bout.
Bantamweight Dallas Holden ntawm Atlantic City (1-0) yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv pro debuting Matthew Lyall of Pleasantville, NJ.
Quian Davis (4-0-2)
of Mays Landing,
New Jersey battles Demonte Cherry (1-2,1 KO)
of North Carolina in a heavyweight bout.
Emmnuel Rodriguez of Quebradillias, Puerto Rico will make his pro debut against Weusi Johnson (1-2) ntawm Wilmington, Delaware in a bantamweight bout.
Dan Murray (1-0) ntawm chaw nres nkoj Lanoka, New Jersey squares off with Nahir Albright (0-1) of Sicklerville, New Jersey in a junior welterweight bout.
Also scheduled to compete in four-round bouts will be junior welterweight Bryne Ntsuab (7-9-1, 3 KO lub) ntawm Paulsboro, NJ & Welterweight Yurik Mamedov (3-0, 1 KO) ntawm Brooklyn, NY against opponents to be announced.
Tickets for this great evening of boxing are $125, $80 thiab $55 and can be purchased at
www.RSPboxing.com
THERE WILL BE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON Friday, JANUARY 20TH IN ATLANTIC CITY–DETAILS TO FOLLOW
