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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Yory Boy Invades Youngstown Friday
Former IBF light middleweight champion Yory Boy Campas will be battling in the historic fight town of Youngstown, Ohio this Friday night. So many greats have come out of Youngstown and its surrounding areas. Tommy Bell, Tony Janiro, Lenny and Ray Mancini, Greg Richardson, Harry Arroyo and Jeff Lampkin just to name a few. Of course there is current star Kelly Pavlik, the top rated middleweight contender.
Billy Lyell of Niles, Ohio will take on the grizzled former champion Campas. One of the best fighters to come out of Niles was smooth boxing Sonny Horne. Sonny met the great Rocky Graziano on more then one occasion and gave the “Rock” quite a tussle. Lyell hopes a win over the aged but still tough Campas will jump start his career. Lyell will come into the middleweight contest with a formidable 15-4 record. No doubt though that Campas will be Billy’s big test.
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
Kirkland, Bradley Triumph Convincingly
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. – Undefeated junior middleweight James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland and unbeaten junior welterweight Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley each answered an important question during their decisive victories Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation “:
Southpaw Kirkland (18-0, 16 KOs) showed he could go past four rounds; Bradley (18-0, 10 KOs) proved he may have a future in television after all.
Making his seventh start in nine months, Kirkland, of Austin, Tex., thoroughly dominated a courageous Billy Lyell, of Warren, Ohio, en route to winning by eighth-round TKO in the main event of a doubleheader that aired on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). It was promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif.
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Friday, February 02, 2007
Kirkland-Lyell, Bradley-Garnica Quotes
Undefeated southpaw James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland (17-0, 15 KOs) and unbeaten Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (17-0, 10 KOs) meet Billy Lyell (14-3, 2 KOs) and Manuel Garnica (22-6, 12 KOs), respectively, in the co-featured bouts Friday, Feb. 2, on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” Showtime will televise the action at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).
The well-regarded Kirkland and the upset-minded Lyell will collide in a 10-round junior middleweight match. The promising, world-ranked Bradley will box Garnica in an eight-round junior welterweight fight in the opening half of a doubleheader promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif.
Note: Weights—Kirkland and Lyell each weighed 155 pounds at Thursday’s weigh-in; both Bradley and Garnica tipped scales at 140.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Unbeatens Kirkland, Bradley In Friday’s ShoBox Co-Features
NEW YORK - Undefeated southpaw James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland (17-0, 15 KOs) and unbeaten Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (17-0, 10 KOs) will take on Billy Lyell (14-3, 2 KOs) and Manuel Garnica (22-6, 12 KOs), respectively, in the co-featured bouts Friday, Feb. 2, on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” Showtime will televise the action at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). The well-regarded Kirkland and the upset-minded Lyell will collide in a 10-round junior middleweight match. Even though both are making their network debut, the spotlight will be on Kirkland.
“Kirkland is a must-see for fight fans,” said “ShoBox” color commentator Steve Farhood. “He has an intensity that can only be described as ‘Tysonesque.’ He is a legitimate power hitter who tries to crush his opponent with every shot. I have been looking forward to his “ShoBox” debut for months. Even though he still has a lot to prove, Kirkland is going to be fascinating to watch in the meantime.”
Offered Doug Fischer of MaxBoxing.com, “Kirkland is one to watch and one of the most exciting young fighters in the sport. He matches Andre Berto’s speed, power and explosiveness, but he’s got more of a killer instinct than the 2004 Olympian. Kirkland’s take-no-prisoners attitude in the ring is something all fans of ring action must see.”
Bradley will box Garnica in an eight-round junior welterweight fight in the opening half of a twin bill promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Unbeatens Kirkland, Bradley Co-Headline Feb 2
Undefeated, hard-hitting James Kirkland (17-0, 15 KOs) and unbeaten Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (17-0, 10 KOs) will risk their unblemished records against Billy Lyell (14-3, two KOs) and Michael “Cold Blood” Clark (36-4, 17 KOs), respectively, in the co-featured bouts Friday, Feb. 2, on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” Showtime will televise both contests at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).
Kirkland and Lyell will collide in a 10-round junior middleweight fight. Prior to the main event, Bradley will square off against Clark in an eight-round junior welterweight match-up. Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, will promote the doubleheader at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif.
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