Rossy Continues to Roll! Will He Get Evander?
January 27th M2 Ultra Lounge, New York, New York: Heavyweight Derrick “The Shaolin Fist” Rossy, 23-2, 13Ko’s continues to roll defending his WBC USNBC heavyweight title scoring an impressive first round stoppage of Alexis Mejias, 10-3, 4Ko’s. Rossy worked behind an educated jab paving the way for some big right hands. The Patchogue-Medford heavyweight scored with big right hand that detonated on contact dropping him for the first time. Mejias obviously hurt Rossy moved in and finished the job with a heavy left hook right hand combination dumping Mejias for the second time forcing referee Danny Schiavone to call it 2:32 of round one.
Rumors are flying Rossy will meet four time champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, 42-10-2, 27Ko’s next with Box Rec showing a April 24th date at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Holyfield was expected to meet Rossy back in November but
the fight that was to take place in South Korea subsequently fell through.
On the undercard:
Super-featherweight Kermit “Bazooka” Gonzalez moved to 7-0-2, 3Ko’s winning a unanimous decision over Bronx, New York’s Joey Arroyo to 3-2-1. Astoria, Queens Jr middleweight Lambros “Lionheart” Karaolides remained undefeated moving to 4-0, 3Ko’s stopping Tarrick Spann in three. In a battle of rookie heavyweights Ramaden Yasser stopped Arthur Christopher leaving Yasser 1-0 and Christopher 0-1. Brooklyn middleweight Emanuel Brujan evened out his record at 1-1 stopping Oleg Gladchenko in two ruining his pro debut. Bronx, Jr. bantamweight Raul Lopez remained perfect moving to 2-0, 2Ko’s stopping Washington, DC’s Yieta Johnson dropping him to 2-3.
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M2 Ultra Lounge Knockout Fight Club Packs a Punch
January 27th with a USA Heavyweight Title Bout
and a Live Fabolous Performance
On January 27th, New York’s “Hottest” night club M2 Ultra Lounge will transform into the Knockout Fight Club for a night of action packed boxing and sensational live entertainment. Winky Promotions together with Sal Musemici’s Final Forum has put together a night of action packed boxing featuring Patchogue-Medford’s Derric "El Leon" Rossi, 22-2, 12 Ko’s defending his WBC USNBC heavyweight title against Puerto Rico’s Alexis Mejias.
Rossy ranked #11 as a heavyweight enters winning his last four in fine fashion scoring stoppages of Moises Droz and William Shahan going on to win the vacant WBC USNBC heavyweight title scoring a one sided unanimous decision over the Costa Rica’s tough Carl Davis Drumond in July.
Mejias, 10-2, 4Ko’s fighting out of Paterson, New Jersey is a big rough puncher looking to get back on the winning track after suffering a surprise loss to Josh Harris in his last outing this past October.
The Rossi / Mejias title fight is supported by a full seven fight undercard featuring some of the areas top talent. The schedule card reads: super middleweight Jerson Ravelo vs TBA 6rds, super featherweight Kermit Gonzalez vs Joey Arroyo 6rds, middleweight Oleg Gladchenko vs Kamel Al-Olabi 4rds, super flyweight Raul Lopez vs TBA 4rds, light middleweight Lambros Karaolides vs Tarrick Spann 4rds, light welterweight Donald Bernard vs Victor Kuilan 4rds, Ramaden Yasser vs Arthur Christopher, 4 rds. (All bouts are subject to change)
M2 Ultralounge has scheduled a spectacular show following the fights featuring Def Jam's "Fabolous" keeping in line with Winky Wright of Winky Promotions and sponsor Cavi Designs idea of mixing live fight action with great musical performance.
