פּיטצבורגה (מאַרץ 26, 2022) – Gionta Management will present the first women’s world boxing championship match in Western Pennsylvania history this Saturday night (מאַרץ 30) as Mary Casamassa battles Olivia Gerula in the 10-round main event for the vacant Women’s International Boxing Association (וויבאַ) Super Middleweight World title at Steamfitters 449 Union Hall in Harmony, Pennsylvania.
“Brawl at the Hall,” presented by Gionta Management, וועט זיין סטרימד לעבן אויףwww.CombatSportsNow.com פֿאַר $19.99.
“I’m excited to hold a fight of this magnitude here in Pittsburgh for the first time,” promoter Derek Gionta said. “Female boxing is gaining popularity and there are a number of phenomenal female fighters out there to thank for that.
“Olivia Gerula is battle tested and she recently went eight rounds with a very solid boxer, Olivia Curry. Mary will be at her best and we expect the same from Olivia.”
Casamassa (4-0, 1 קאָ), a 24-year-old southpaw from Pittsburgh, plans to join Jill Emery as the only female world boxing champions in Pittsburgh’s rich boxing history. Emery captured the International Boxing Association (יבאַ) Welterweight World Championship on June 12, 2008, with a dominant 10-round decision over Angelica Martinez at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, קאָננעקטיקוט.
“I am very excited to be headlining this card, and I am looking forward to the challenge of fighting someone with as much experience as Olivia,” Casamassa commented. “It’s a great opportunity for me and I can’t wait.”
גערולאַ (19-20-3, 3 קאָס) is a veteran Canadian boxer who is a former World Boxing Council Super Featherweight World Champion. She has fought in nine world championship matches and her opponents’ list is a virtual Who’s Who of women’s boxing: אַמאַנדאַ סערראַנאָ, מייַן. סט. יוחנן, Kathy Collins, Jaime Clampitt, Jennifer Han, Maureen Shea, and Jelena Mrdjenovich, who Gerula defeated to capture her world title.
“Training camp is running smoothly,” Gerula noted. “I am focused on fighting a southpaw for the first time in my 26+ יאָרן. I’m so excited for this fight. I moved from Winnipeg to Las Vegas in 2020 with the singular goal of winning my next World Title – March 30טה is THE DAY! All talk aside, I will let my hands do the talking from the first bell to the very last.”
Past WIBA world champions include Laila Ali, כאַלי האָלם, Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, Ann Wolfe, Sumya Anani, Chevelle Hallback, Melida Cooper, Jeannine Garside and Mary Jo Sanders.
אין די גלויבנס-ארויסגעשטעלטע געשעעניש, Pittsburgh’s unbeaten, popular super middleweight “Pretty” Richie Cantolina (7-0-1, 3 קאָס) faces Jonathan Ryan Burrs (4-8-1, 1 קאָ) אין אַ זעקס-קייַלעכיק באַוט.
Another undefeated local fighter, Aliquippa (פּאַ) super welterweight Paul Palombo (6-0, 1 קאָ), throws-down with Devonte Jones (3-1, 3 קאָס) in a six-rounder.
Also scheduled to fight on the undercard in four-round bouts is West Virginia super middleweight Tyler Aincough (2-1, 1 קאָ) ווס. טבד, Pittsburgh featherweight Michaelangelo Turner (0-5) ווס. Tyquan Johnson (0-1), and Ambridge. PA junior middleweight Tre Craycraft (6-0, 1 קאָ) ווס. טבד.
Card subject to change.
פּרייסט בייַ $50.00 (גענעראַל אַרייַנטרעטן), $75.00 (reserved) און $125.00 (רינגסידע), tickets are available to purchase online atwww.eventbrite.com (“Brawl at the Hall”) אָדער דורך פאַך 1.412.759.0407.
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