Atlantic City, Nueva Jersey (Noviembre 2, 2017)–Tough veteran Samuel Amoako steps in for Tomas Mendez to fight popular welterweight contender Thomas “Copo de maíz” LaManna in a scheduled ten-round bout for the LBF Intercontinental welterweight title on Sábado, November 18th en El Claridge en Atlantic City.
The bout will headline a nine-bout card promoted by Rising Promotions, Promociones Greg Cohen, Promociones Devin Haney & Ganador se lleva todo Producciones.
“This is boxing and changes always happen. I was looking forward to fighting Mendez but due to visa issues, that killed the fight. I’m not taking Amoako lightly because any fighter is dangerous in their own way. Amoako has fought a lot of good fighters and only been stopped twice in his career. Wasn’t my favorite choice as opponent but Amoako was the first to sign contract last minute,” dijo LaManna.
Amoako de Silver Spring,
Maryland via Accra, Ghana, tiene un registro de 23-16 con 17 nocauts.
La 33 year-old Amoako is a 12 year-veteran and has wins over Albert Mensah (9-2-1) & Richard Amenfu (9-2). Amoako has faced some of the best fighters in the world in former world champion Gavin Rees as well as former world title challengers Miguel Roman, Sharif Bogere. Bogere has also shared the ring with top contenders Jonathan Maicelo, Tony Luis and Mike Reed.
Amoako has only been stopped twice, and this will be his 14th fight in the last 21 meses. He is coming off a decision loss to Skender Halili on October 21st in Newark, Nueva Jersey.
In an eight-round junior welterweight special attraction, Devin Haney (17-0, 14 KOs) of Las Vegas battles Taiwo Ali Sulaimon (21-5-1, 16 KOs) of Lagos, Nigeria.
En la pelea co-estelar a diez asaltos, Raymond Serrano (23-4, 10 KOs) de Filadelfia luchará Enver Halili (10-0, 3 KOs) de Bronx, NY in a welterweight bout.
In an eight-round battle for the WBC Fecarbox Super Bantamweight title, Adán López (16-1-2, 8 KOs) de San Antonio, Tejas adquiere Jorge Diaz (18-5-1, 10 KOs) de Nuevo Brunswick, Nueva Jersey.
In an six-round junior middleweight bout fights Jeff Lentz (5-1, 1 KO) of Bellmar, NJ takes on an opponent to be named.
En una pelea de peso welter a seis asaltos, yurik Mamedov (7-0, 3 KOs) de Brooklyn, Batallas NY Vicente Floyd (3-3-1, 2 Kos) of Philadelphia in a welterweight contest.
Alvin Vermall, Jr. (13-0-1, 11 KOs) de Catskills,
NY will take on an opponent ti be named in a six-round cruiserweight bout.
Bloqueador de Sidell (1-9-1) de Pleasantville, NJ will fight a rematch with Tomas Romain (4-1) de Brooklyn, NY en un combate ligero.
Jonathan Arroyo de Nueva York hará su debut profesional contra Steve Moore (0-1) de naranja, NJ in a welterweight bout.
Tickets for the November 18th fight card at The Claridge are priced at $200, $125, $80 y $55 (Admisión General) y se pueden adquirir en
www.RisingBoxingPromotions.com
