Quintana vs. Williams: Tom Casino/Showt

In front of a large and cheering crowd of fans, boxers Carlos Quintana, Paul Williams, Vernon Forrest and Sergio Mora, held their official pre-fight weigh-in on Friday at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA for their Saturday night boxing world title fights televised on Showtime Championship Boxing.

31 year-old Carlos Quintana 25-1 (19) looks to defend his newly acquired WBO welterweight belt against the boxer he dethroned, previously unbeaten 26 year-old Paul Williams 33-1 (24), while 37 year-old Vernon Forrest 40-2 (29) defends his WBC junior middleweight title against 27 year-old Sergio Mora 20-0-1 (5), live on Showtime in the USA at 9pm ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.

Carlos Quintana – 146lbs
Paul Williams – 145 ¾lbs

Vernon Forrest – 153 ¾lbs
Sergio Mora – 154lbs

The event is promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, and Fight Nite, LLC, in association with Tournament of Contenders, LLC, DiBella Entertainment and Goossen Tutor Promotions in association with Northeast Promotions. It will emanate from Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA.

Featured on the card will be rising star Carlos “El Indio” Quintana (16-0-0, 13 KO’s) of Moca, Puerto Rico. Quintana will face hard-hitting Oscar Delgado (23-20-1, 8 KO’s) in this 10 round bout.

Also appearing in the ring will be Jose Bermejo (5-2-0, 3 KO’s) of San Jose, CA, vs. Orlando Lora (4-0, 3 KO’s) of Los Angeles, CA, Sergio Rios (10-0, 10 KO) of Oxnard, CA vs. Damon Franklin (8-14-1, 3 KO’s) of Palmdale, CA, Tony Armenta (1-1) of Sacramento, CA vs. Rudy Cruz Jr (0-1-1) of Fresno, CA and Giovanni Rubio (1-1, 1 KO) of Fresno, CA vs. Carlos Tovar (0-1-1) of Riverside, CA. All fighters are subject to change.

Boxing’s Back on Beale – New Daisy!  By. J. D. Meredith  First Tuesday of Every Month, Starting October 6th!

Brian Young and Prize Fight Boxing today proclaimed that “Boxing on Beale was back!” The announcement was that a new Miller Lite Fight Night Series – Boxing on Beale would begin October 6 at the historic New Daisy Theatre on Beale Street, downtown Memphis, TN, with future fights scheduled on the first Tuesday of every month.

Prize Fight Boxing is very excited about getting fighters from the Mid-South community and giving them an opportunity to build their careers and gain exposure on their way to becoming world champions. Young spoke of these fighters graduating from these local events and springing to larger, televised events.

Prize Fight boxing has produced two world champions out of the Fitzgerald’s Fight Series in the last five years, Ivan “Chocko” Hernandez and Lamont Peterson. Peterson recently won a world title in April of this year in San Juan Puerto Rico on HBO. Lamont Peterson will be honored this Saturday night at Fights at the Fitz when he steps into the ring with his championship belt.

“That just goes to prove if you give fighters from this area enough activity to fight on a regular basis, to hone their skills build their records, it increases their chances of not only being able to compete for a world championship fight but to win a world title.” said Brian Young.

Mike Glenn, who Brian Young announced as a friend and extremely important to boxing in Memphis, gave a brief history of boxing in the city and about carrying on the boxing tradition in Memphis, Beale Street and the New Daisy Theatre, with the new fight series. Glenn mentioned of hopes in the future for more boxing events and a even a gym downtown.

Executive Director of the Beale Street Merchant Association, Onzie Horne stated, “Boxing is Back on Beale! Boxing is back in Downtown Memphis!”

” People think of Memphis as a basketball town – and it is, but the record is indisputable – Memphis is also a boxing town.” said Horne.

Young stated that the Miller Lite Fight Night Series – Boxing on Beale, will feature mixed martial arts matches but will mainly consist of boxing. A 90-10 Spit he said.

Miller Lite Fight Night Series – Boxing on Beale – October 6
Doors open at 6:30pm. Fights start at 7:30pm

Pro Boxing: Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank Season Finale

Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E) and Goossen Tutor Promotions announced today that former WBO Light Heavyweight World Champion Julio Gonzalez (38-3, 23 KO’s) will return to action Thursday, November 17 when he takes on Australian Jason Delisle (18-3-2, 9 KO’s) in the main event at Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank. The bout is scheduled as a 12-round IBF light heavyweight world title elimination bout and will be held at HP Pavilion at San Jose with under card action beginning at 7:30 p.m. A complete fight card will be announced shortly.

In addition, SVS&E and Goossen Tutor Promotions announced a new partnership to work together to enhance the Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank boxing series. As part of the deal, Goossen Tutor will now oversee all aspects of matchmaking for the professional boxing series which will now be a co-promotion between SVS&E and Goossen Tutor Promotions. The Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank series is currently in its fourth season. The partnership between SVS&E and Goossen Tutor Promotions kicks off with the title elimination bout between the two world contenders.

“We are excited to be working with Goossen Tutor Promotions, an organization synonymous with boxing excellence,” said Steve Kirsner, Director of Event Booking at HP Pavilion. “Fans and season ticket holders of the Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank series have come to expect and deserve a boxing series that delivers exciting bouts with hard-hitting action. We look forward to utilizing the expertise of Goossen Tutor Promotions to take this series to that next level.”

This will not mark the first time Goossen Tutor Promotions and SVS&E have worked together. In August, 2005 the two teams came together to bring Bay Area boxing fans “The Best Damn Night of Olympians,” an action-packed card televised nationally on Fox Sports Net’s “Best Damn Sports Show Period.” Featured on the card was Bay Area resident and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward and 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison.

“We’ve had our eyes on this series for quite some time and always believed that with the formation of this partnership, that the fighters and the fans would be the beneficiaries,” said Dan Goossen, President of Goossen Tutor Promotions. “Come November 17, fans will be treated to a main event that has the future of two fighters on the line – the winner fights for the IBF light heavyweight world championship. That’s what boxing is all about – big fights.”

Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank is the premiere boxing series in the Bay Area. The series debuted in March, 2002. Since that time, more than 71,000 fans have attended the series at HP Pavilion. Special guests to appear at Miller Lite Fight Night at the tank include current boxing greats Oscar De La Hoya, “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Andre Ward, Mia “The Knockout” St. John, Sergio Mora and Eric “Butterbean” Esch, former champs Ken Norton Sr. and Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and boxing personalities Lou Duva, Jackie Kallen, Jim Lampley, Al Bernstein, Bert Sugar and Freddie Roach to name a few.

About the Ticket Supplier: HP Pavilion at San Jose

Located on approximately 17 acres of Downtown San Jose, at West Santa Clara Street and Autumn Street, the HP Pavilion at San Jose stands 117 feet tall and houses 450,000 square feet of interior space.

From Basketball and Ice Skating, to Circuses and Rock music, the HP Pavilion’s 33,000 cubic yards of concrete, approximately 40,000 square feet of glass, and 18,000 tons of structural steel create a world class facility.

The 10-story glass pyramid entry creates a memorable beginning to every visit to the HP Pavilion.

The first match set the tone though. Dude from San Jo hit homeboy so hard with a left hook, dudes mouthpiece ended up in the fifth row. Homeboy had to take a knee and didn’t stand back up til 5 minutes after the fight ended. The shot of the night though.. San Jo vs Guilas. Dude from SJ landed the cleanest right hook to the jaw just as he was turning to his left, floored him instantly. He was facing a 4-count before he even knew what hit him.

The hometown fighters won all the fight though.. 2 decisions, 3 KOs. I’m hooked on live boxing now. They’re having another night of fights at HP Pavillion next month, it’s supposed to be on HBO Latino.. Imma hit it up for sure.