(February 17th) Mexican American heavyweight Cris “The Nightmare” Arreola, 28-1, 25Ko’s has agreed to meet former cruiserweight champion Tomaz Adamek now competing as a heavyweight. 

Arreola won his last outing stopping Brian “The Beast” Minto, 34-3, 21Ko’s in four returning to the win column after suffering his first and only loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko last September.

Adamek, 40-1, 27Ko’s only loss came at the hands of undefeated light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson February 2007. Since then the Polish heavyweight has won nine straight six inside the distance with the last two coming as a heavyweight winning the IBF vacant Heavyweight Title stopping Andrew Golota in five. Adamek then made his first defense of his newly earned belt winning a twelve round unanimous decision over Jason “Big Six” Estrada earlier this month.

The “Arreola vs. Adamek” to be promoted as “Ring of Fire” is scheduled for April 24th to be held the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California and televised live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark. 

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Emanuel Steward to Train Yuri Foreman
for a Possible Fight at Yankee Stadium!

(February 17th) Rumors out of WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman’s camp is that he will be trained by legendary trainer and HBO commentator Emanuel Steward who has worked the corner for such greats as Tommy “Hit Man” Hearns, Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez, “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya, Prince Naseem Hamed, heavyweight champions Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko.

Foreman, 28-0, 8Ko’s won the WBA title with a twelve round decision over Daniel Santos on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto / Manny Pacquiao this past November is scheduled to meet Cotto June 12th on the eve of the New York Puerto Rican Day Parade. The fight is tentatively scheduled for Madison Square Garden which has made itself Cotto’s home arena having fought six of his last thirteen bouts at the “Mecca of Boxing.”

Also in the wind is word of Bob Arum’s Top Rank Boxing Cotto’s promoter looking to move the fight to Yankee Stadfium. If the stadium deal could be worked out along with a bar mitzvah scheduling problem with Foreman studying to become a rabbi the fight would be moved to June 5th at the stadium.

Some big bouts have been battled at the great stadium on July 1, 1939, Max Baer defeated Lou Nova, on September 27, 1946, Tony Zale knocked out New York’s own Rocky Graziano, June 25, 1952, middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson sought his third title against light-heavyweight champ Joey Maxim only to collapse due to heat exhaustion in the 14th round.

                                   

The last championship fight at Yankee Stadium was September 28, 1976 the third meeting between Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton.
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Jason Cintron Aims to Make a Statement on 2/27

(Kermit and Jason Cintron, photo by Jeff Julian)

Reading, PA - Jason Cintron may have a familiar last name but boxing fans are still getting to know the Reading, PA junior welterweight. The 28-year-old Cintron aims to take another step towards asserting himself as a world class prospect when he faces Maurice Chalmer on February 27 at the Rodeway Inn & Conference Center in Allentown, PA.

The eight-round bout will be the co-featured attraction of a ten-fight professional/amateur boxing event promoted by King's Promotions. Travis Kauffman of Reading, PA will face Bernard Brown in the main event.

Most fans know Cintron's older brother, former welterweight champion and current junior middleweight contender Kermit Cintron. While boxing runs in his blood, it wasn't Jason's first love.

Cintron picked up the sweet science to stay in shape while playing football at Thadeus Stevens College of Technology in 2000. After graduating with a degree in masonry, Cintron continued to hone his craft as an amateur. He turned pro after 24 bouts and won his first ten fights before losing to unbeaten Hank Lundy of Philadelphia. He says he learned more in his sole defeat than in all of his previous combined wins.

"I learned from my mistakes," Cintron, 11-1 (3 knockouts), says. "I was overconfident and made unnecessary mistakes. It was a good experience and now I'm back."

Cintron rebounded with a dominant points win over durable veteran Martinus Clay this past December and will face another experienced veteran in Chalmers. The 33-year-old Chalmers has faced mostly unbeaten opposition in his 17-fight career, including world champion Andre Berto and contenders James Kirkland and Miguel Espino. Cintron will try to measure himself up against that level of competition with an impressive win.

"I just love competition. I want to compete against the best fighters in the world because I feel I have that capability."

Far from being overshadowed by his more famous older brother, Jason feels inspired by his brother's success and hopes to one day reach that same plateau.

"I look up to my brother. I always see how he got up there and I know I can get up there with him. Hopefully someday we can both call ourselves world champions."

Bragging rights will be at stake in the amateur portion of the night when fighters from the Allentown Boxing Club challenge their counterparts from Reading’s King’s Gym.

Tickets are priced at $25.00, 50.00 and 65.00 and are now available at the Rodeway Inn (610-395-3731), www.Kingsboxing.com and the Allentown Boxing Club (Luis Melendez: 484-860-5162). A special student discount of $5.00 off any ticket price will be available at the door only along with student ID. A portion of ticket sales will be donated by King's Promotions to the Allentown Boxing Club. Doors open at 6:00 pm; first bout starts at 6:30.

CONTACTS:
Marshall Kauffman, King’s Promotions, Kauffking@comcast.net, 610-587-5950, www.kingsboxing.com
Luis Melendez, Allentown Boxing Club, 402 Ridge Ave; Allentown, lmelendez65@gmail.com, 484-860-5162
Rodeway Inn & Conference Center, 1151 Bulldog Drive, Allentown, 610-395-3731

Media inquiries: R. Christopher, Boxing Buzz Media, boxingpublicity@gmail.com, 561-503-9948

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Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero Seek’s Prayers
from the Boxing Community!

3-time world champion and current IBF Jr. Lightweight titlist, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (25-1-1, 17 KO's) is seeking prayer from the boxing community for his wife Casey, who is battling Leukemia. A bone marrow transplant procedure was required to keep her chances of living ongoing and every day is a battle for her life.


"Right now I'm going through a difficult time dealing with my wife Casey's illness with Leukemia." stated Guerrero, "Fortunately we found a bone marrow match, but there are some complications that are making things difficult. I'm asking everyone in the boxing community along with family, friends and the general public to keep Casey in their prayers. I will continue to keep my faith in Jesus Christ and pray for understanding."


"The Ghost" was looking forward to a potential fight with Michael Katsidis on March 27th, but due to his wife's condition, he will remain by her side. Guerrero went on to say, "I want to thank my promoter Golden Boy Promotions for their understanding in this situation. I was ready to do battle with Katsidis but mentally my mind wouldn't be at 100%, and to fight a warrior like him you have to be at your best psychologically."

                  Guerrero's Wife Battling Leukemia
By Dan Rafael ESPN.com
Junior lightweight titleholder Robert Guerrero, scheduled to face interim lightweight titlist Michael Katsidis on March 27, withdrew from the fight on Monday because his wife is seriously ill.

"It's a very tough situation," co-manager Shelly Finkel told ESPN.com. "He can't fight like that. That's what we all told him and he finally agreed. It's too much."

Guerrero's wife, Casey, was diagnosed with leukemia two weeks before then-featherweight titleholder Guerrero was scheduled to defend his belt against Martin Honorio in November 2007.

Guerrero left his wife's bedside just a couple of days before the fight, knocked Honorio out in the first round, and returned to his wife and their two children.

Casey Guerrero's leukemia eventually went into remission but is back. She underwent a bone marrow transplant recently and has been at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., for about 10 days, Guerrero's co-manager Bob Santos said.

"They won't really know if the bone marrow is going to take, so we're hoping that it does," Santos said. "Robert wanted to fight. He thought he could spend half the day with her and train the other half the day, but she started to take a turn for the worse. I told him point blank there is no way I would allow him to fight. Me and Shelly had to talk him out of it. This is a tough sport and if he's going to fight somebody like Katsidis you have to be 100 percent focused. With this situation, how could he be?"

Santos said this was different than when Guerrero fought Honorio just after Casey's diagnosis.

"She had just been diagnosed and there was a lot of hope and optimism," he said. "The doctors were like, 'We can try this and we can do that.' In this case, it's hit or miss. We just don't know if the [bone marrow transplant] is going to work. If this doesn't work there is nothing they can do for you. She's at a point where if this doesn't work, unless there is divine intervention, she's in big trouble."

Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes Guerrero, agreed with the decision to call off the fight.

"I got the call and they said it's very serious," Schaefer said. "All of our prayers are with Robert and his wife and we hope that she can pull through. I feel so bad. They have two young kids. I hope that she will be able to make it. His wife is fighting for her life. That is way more important than any fight in a ring."

Guerrero (25-1-1, 17 KOs), 26, vacated his featherweight belt in 2008 and moved up to junior lightweight last year. He easily outpointed South Africa's Malcolm Klassen in August to claim a world title.

Golden Boy hoped to put Katsidis-Guerrero on in the San Jose, Calif., area because Guerrero, who is from nearby Gilroy, Calif., is a popular draw.

Schaefer said a new opponent is being sought to face Katsidis (26-2, 21 KOs), although the card will be moved out of Northern California. Schaefer said the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit has shown interest in hosting the event.

The undercard bout pitting interim junior welterweight titlist Marcos Maidana  (27-1, 26 KOs) of Argentina against Victor Cayo (24-0, 16 KOs) of the Dominican Republic remains intact.

Article provided by Mario SerranoPublicist ~ Team Guerrero, boxingpublicist@aol.com, (408) 607-5756

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 Miguel Cotto and H2 Entertainment to Promote Ten Shows!!!

(Photo’s courtesy of Promociones Miguel Cotto, Inc.) 

Today Miguel Cotto Promotions and H2 Entertainment have announced that they have joined forces and plan to promote ten pro boxing shows in Puerto Rico this year with the premiere show of hisnew boxing series “Boxeo Boricua” is scheduled for Saturday, February 27th at the Roger Mendoza Coliseum. The show will headline USNBC featherweight champion Luis “El Artesano” Cruz, 12-0, 9Ko’s taking on Leon Bobo, 18-4-1, 2Ko’s. The undercard is scheduled to feature Juan “El Puma” González, 6-0, 6Ko’s, Juan “El Cowi” Herrera, Wilfredo “Super” Bones and Antonio Salgado.

The three time world champion Cotto plans to have his NY based company promote their first NYC show this summer in the Bronx with his brother Jose Miguel Cotto and Luis Cruz headlining the card. Tickets can be obtained at Ticketcenter (787)792-5000, www.tcpr.com. Prices $35, $25, $12.