DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – 八月 25, 2017 – Raging Babe and Hall of Fame Matchmaker 罗素佩尔茨 have assembled what could be the best card North Carolina has seen this year. 什么时候 “Raging Babe” Michelle Rosado first stepped foot into North Carolina, she did so with intent and purpose. North Carolina has, for too long, been seen as a place where fighters can go pad their records. Rosado was committed to changing that, and the newly minted Promoter plans on delivering on that commitment when she presents 星期四 夜战斗 上 October 19th 在 Durham Armory.

Massey plans on letting his fists do the talking. “I don’t back down from nobody,” said Massey of the match-up. “We should have fought in the amateurs, but it didn’t happen, and now it’s time.” The 24-year old featherweight is moving up in weight to fight Bailey, and Bailey is moving down. They are meeting in the middle at 132 磅. Massey is coming off his first loss, a tough unanimous decision to Reggie Barnett Jr. Many fighters would take an easier touch after a loss, but that’s not the way Massey is built. “The loss gave me that hunger back. He better strap up because October 19th, I’m coming.”

It is the kind of matchup that Rosado and Peltz like best. “听, Michelle is a go- getter, she’s aggressive,” 佩尔茨说. “She buys into the local match-ups theory. There’s nothing wrong with boxing that good fights won’t help. Michelle understands that. You have to make competitive fights. If you can make them at the local level without TV, it’s only going to help boxing in the long run. We’re trying change culture in NC. Anytime you get two local kids to fight each other in the 21st century, it’s a big deal.”

在合作的主要事件, two undefeated, local Durham fighters step up to face each other in a six round bout at Junior Middleweight. 约瑟夫·杰克逊 (8-0, 6KO) 广场抵销 Monreco “King Reek” Goldston (5-0-1, 3KO), with both fighters putting their ‘O’ 在线上. It will be Goldston’s first bout in over a year, after having scored a majority draw with Virginia’s Robert Sweeney in May 2016. The bout will be Jackson’s fourth this year. He is coming off a knockout win over Darryol Humphrey last Saturday, 8月19日.

也对卡, Carlos Olmeda (2-0, 2KO) faces a very tough opponent in New York brawler Vinnie Denierio (1-2, 1KO). It isn’t the first time the 5’10” Southpaw Denierio has fought in the Bull City. He faced Marko Bailey there in April, before rematching him in June in Philadelphia. Both bouts earned standing ovations from the crowd. Olmeda isn’t the type to back down, despite being the smaller of the two fighters, plans to give the New Yorker all he can handle.

The remainder of the card is stacked with some of North Carolina’s most promising talent. Undefeated Junior Middleweight 甄子丹马歇尔 (5-0, 4KO) makes an appearance on the card, alongside Super Middleweight prospect 布雷克 “柯景” 曼斯菲尔德 (4-1-1, 2KO) , and Raleigh Heavyweight 内特·威廉姆斯 (1-0, 1KO). 也对卡, 美国人拉赫曼, JR. makes his North Carolina debut. The heavyweight is following in his father’s footsteps, and has earned two wins, both by knockout, since his April debut.

The fight card fulfills Rosado’s promise to the fans of North Carolina. “These fighters are not messing around,” 罗萨多说. “It’s refreshing to work with guys that want to fight.” Rosado noted that, to the fighters’ credit, the aforementioned match-ups were an easy sell. “They wanted to come and fight for the fans. No outlandish press tours, no pay-per-view, no circus acts, no embarrassing match-ups. Just real boxers fighting real fights, Durham style.”

星期四 Night Fights is sponsored by Corona Extra. 门票现已公开发售 ($75, 50, 40), and available at RagingBabe.com 或致电 919-584-4849.