Atlantic City, NJ (Tej zaum 12, 2017)–Welterweight contender Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna will headline a stacked card on Saturday, June 10th ntawm The Claridge Hotel nyob rau hauv Atlantic City.
The show is promoted by Rising Star Promotions.
LaManna ntawm Millville, New Jersey will compete in a bout scheduled for eight-rounds.
Lub 25 year-old LaManna has a record of 22-2 nrog cuaj knockouts.
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).
Nyob rau lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj 15, 2016, LaManna engaged in a hotly contested bout with undefeated Dusty Hernandez Harrison in Philadelphia. Lub bout, which was for the USBA Welterweight title was a close fight and LaManna fought well, but came up just short via unanimous decision.
LaManna will be looking for his 2nd consecutive victory, as in his last bout, he won a one-sided eight round unanimous decision over Ecuadorian veteran Eduardo Flores on January 28th at The Claridge.
This will be LaManna’s 5th appearance, and 15th start in Atlantic City.
“I’m happy to be back in the ring, I was supposed to fight on April 14th, but unfortunately the promoters did not live up to their word so I ended up not fighting. I gone through some personal issues that kept me down and out for a while, but I bounced back. I’m now with a new teacher Mr. Charles Johnson, leading my training. Charles has shown be a new side of boxing that I’ve never been around and I can’t wait to show it on June 10th. I feel like I have a whole new start.””I was strongly considering stepping out of the promotion field, but it’s obvious that what I’m doing is working, so why give myself up to someone else. I’m keeping myself busy and gaining knowledge and experience, while at the same time packing The Claridge Hotel and fighting in front of my fans. I’m a strong believer in “If you want things done right, you got to do it on your own”.
LaManna tus nrog sib ntaus yuav tsum tshaj tawm sai,
Nyob rau hauv lub yim-round co-feature, it will be a battle of New Jersey based welterweight’s as local favorite Anthony “Kua txiv” Hluas yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv Juan “Lub Beast” Rodriguez.
Young of Atlantic City has a record of 16-2 with six knockouts.
Young is a six-year professional and is coming off a career best performance against Samuel Amoako (21-13, 15 KO lub). That bout took place on March 11th. Lub 29 year-old will be making his 10th appearance in Atlantic City and 3rd at The Claridge.
Rodriguez ntawm Union City, New Jersey muaj ib cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 13-4 nrog tsib knockouts.
Rodriguez is an eight-year professional who has wins over Greg Jackson (3-0-1), and in his last bout he took an eight-round split decision in a all out war over Alex Perez (18-2) on Lub yim hli ntuj 27, 2016 in Bayonne, New Jersey.
“This is going to be a great fight card! You have Thomas who’s on the edge of getting another big opportunity and the Young/Rodriguez fight is a all out Crossroads.” Debra LaManna, President of Rising Star Promotions.
“Not to mention the under card. Ennis, Smith, Thomas all these fighters have tremendous fan bases and they can really fight. I expect great match ups on this card and the fans will really get their moneys worth.”
Nyob rau hauv rau-round bouts:
Jaron Ennis (10-0, 8 KO lub) of Philadelphia will take on an opponent to be named in a Welterweight bout.
Gabriel Pham (8-1, 4 KO lub) of Pleasantville, NJ will take on an opponent to be named in a super middleweight bout.
Nyob rau hauv plaub-round bouts:
Donald Smith (4-0, 3 KO lub) ntawm Philadelphia yuav noj nyob rau Sidell Blocker (1-7-1) of Pleasantville, NJ in a super featherweight bout.
Rocco Salimbene (1-0) of Waretown, NJ yuav tua pro debuting Marcus Lugo ntawm Vineland, NJ in a New Jersey lightweight bout.
Chris Thomas (6-0, 3 KO lub) ntawm Toms dej, NJ will take of rough and rugged Dawond Pickney (1-4-2) of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pickney’s last outing at the Claridge, he dropped a very close MD defeat to Philadelphia’s Greg Jackson (7-3-1 2 KO lub).
Elijah Vines (3-0, 3 KO lub) ntawm Philadelphia yuav noj nyob rau Henry Tyrone Page (0-4) of Batesville, Arkansas in a junior middleweight title.
