أتلانتيك سيتي, NJ (يوليو 14, 2017)–وزن الوسط المنافس, توماس “المكسوة بالذرة” LaManna سوف تأخذ على جورج سوسا ل WBC Silver Latino Welterweight championship in the ten-round main event that will headline a great night of championship boxing on السبت, August 19th في فندق ذا كلاريدج في أتلانتيك سيتي.
The show is expected to be the 9th sold-out show at the Claridge promoted by Rising Promotions.
“Rising Promotions is looking forward to ending the Summer with another great show here at the Claridge. We have a good line up on the card so we are hoping for a packed house, and we are looking forward to staging our first championship bout,” said Debbie LaManna of Rising Promotions.
The championship bout is the first major sanctioning body championship bout in Atlantic City in almost three years. (Kovalev vs Hopkins, تشرين الثاني 8, 2014).
LaManna will be looking to win his first belt in the welterweight division. A win will propel him into the rankings as he looks for a high profile bout later this year.
ال 25 year-old LaManna has a record of 23-2 مع تسعة بالضربة القاضية, and he is currently riding a two fight win streak, and is undefeated in 2017.
The six-year professional is 4-1 as a Welterweight and has credible wins over Kendal Mena, and Ayi Bruce as well as his last two victories, which have come over Eduardo Flores and Carlos Winston Velasquez, who stepped into the ring with 52 و 54 fights under their belt.
LaManna dropped a ten-round unanimous decision to undefeated Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (30-0-1 16 وKO) on September 15th, 2016 in a very high intense battle that was contested for the USBA Title. The LaManna/Harrison fight is a candidate for Fight of the Year for local Philadelphia boxing award “Briscoe Award”
This will be LaManna’s 6th fight at The Claridge, and his 16th fight in Atlantic City.
“This is a great blessing for me. I get another shot at a meaningful title that will place me in the right spots with a victory. I have seen Sosa fight on our last card and he is very game, durable and strong so I cannot take him lightly. Training camp is intense, we know what we are gunning for so come August 19th, it’s going to be dark places for George Sosa,” Said Thomas LaManna.
Sosa of Philadelphia, السلطة الفلسطينية لديها سجل من 15-9 with all victories coming by way of knockout.
ال 30 year-old Sosa is a high energy fighter, who has fought the likes of Emmanuel Taylor, سامي فاسكيز, Wilkens Santiago, Javontae ستاركس, Terrell Gausha and Ray Robinson.
Like LaManna, Sosa is a six-year professional, and is coming off a grueling eight-round unanimous decision defeat to Anthony Young on 10 يونيو at The Claridge.
في ثمانية جولة المشارك ميزة, former world cruiserweight champion, Imamu Mayfield will take on upset minded لامونت يثب.
Mayfield of Freehold, نيو جيرسي لديها سجل من 26-10-2 مع 19 بالضربة القاضية. At a young 45 سنوات, Mayfield is making the 3rd start since taking an eight-year hiatus from the sport.
في 1997, Mayfield captured the IBF Cruiserweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Uriah Grant. He made one defense of the crown with an 11th round stoppage over previously undefeated Terry Dunston (17-0).
Over his 23 مهنة العام, Mayfield has racked up wins over Rayco Saunders (مرتين), Okello Peter (11-2), Gary Wilcox (15-2-1), Ernest Mateen (23-5-1), Ismael Gneco (3-0) & Lew Chester (1-0).
Mayfield is coming off a sixth-round stoppage over Anthony Caputo Smith on November 12, 2016 at The Claridge.
يثب من هولي, PA has a deceiving record of 7-10-2.
ال 26 year-old is a five-year pro, and already has produced upset victories over Nick Kisner (16-2-1), Josh Himes (3-0), ديف Valykeo (4-0) & Earl Platt (4-1). Capers also has a draw with previously unblemished Alvin Vermall, الابن. (6-0).
Capers is coming off a four-round unanimous decsion defeat to Garrett Wilson on June 9thin Tannersville, السلطة الفلسطينية.
في نوبات على مدار ستة:
أنتوني “عصير” شاب (17-2, 6 وKO) من أتلانتيك سيتي, NJ يأخذ على Carlos Winston Velasquez (25-29-2, 14 وKO) ماناغوا, Nicaragua in a welterweight bout.
Yurik محمدوف (6-0, 3 وKO) من بروكلين, سوف NY قتال تايو علي سليمان (21-5-1, 16 وKO) of Lagos, Nigeria in a welterweight fight.
فريدريك Julán (5-0, 2 وKO) من بروكلين,
NY will take on an opponent to be announced in a light heavyweight bout.
ألفين Vermall, الابن. (11-0-1, 9 وKO) will see action in a cruiserweight bout against an opponent to be named.
في نوبات على مدار أربعة:
Joshafat أورتيز (1-0) من القراءة, سوف PA مربع قبالة مع سايدل مانع (1-8-1) من بليزنتفيل, NJ في معركة خفيفة الوزن.
ايمانويل رودريغيز (1-0) من نيوارك, NJ will take on an opponent to be named in a bantamweight affair.
توماس رومان (3-1) من بروكلين, NY will take on pro debuting Marcos Lugo من فينلاند, NJ in a lightweight bout.
Malik Jackson (2-0, 2 وKO) من واشنطن, DC will take on Edward Kakembo (10-2, 3 وKO) of Lugogo, Uganda in a super bantamweight bout.
