(L-R) FTE Legend Vito Antuofermo, N.H. Boxing Commissioner Bobby Stephen, FTE spokesperson Stephen Singer and FTE Legend Earnie Shavers
(More pictures below – all courtesy of Jeffrey Freeman (KO Digest)
Main Event – Junior Middleweights (8) Chris Gilbert (11-1, 9 KOs), Windsor, VT 147 lbs. Steven Matthews (4-0, 2 KOs), Greensboro, NC 158 lbs.
Co-Feature – Super Middleweights (6) Mark “The Italian Bazooka” DeLuca (10-0, 7 KOs), Whitman, MA 163 lbs. Gundrick “Sho-Gun” King (18-12, 11 KOs), Tuscaloosa, AL 165 lbs.
Super Middleweights (6) Russell “The Haitian Sensation” Lamour (9-0, 4 KOs), Portland, ME 167 ½ lbs. Dennis Ogboo (7-7, 6 KOs), Lexington, KY by way of Nigeria 171 lbs.
Junior Welterweights (6) Brandon “The Cannon” Berry (6-0, 4 KOs), West Forks, ME 141 1/2 lbs. Theo “The Unholy Terror” Desjardin (0-3), North Attleboro, MA 137 lbs.
(Amateur matches – to weigh in tomorrow) Female Light Welterweights Jen Amato, Keene, NH Felecia O’Brien, Boston, MA
Middleweights Ricky Ford, Claremont, NH Ryan Clark, Manchester, NH 92 Pounds – Junior Olympians Wyatt Stearns, Monroe, ME Angel Tricoch, Haverhill, MA
WHAT: 13TH annual Fight To Educate Pro-Am Boxing
WHEN: Thursday, September 18, 2014 WHERE: Verizon Wireless Center, Manchester, New Hampshire LEGENDS: Former world middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), world heavyweight title challengers Chuck “Bayonne Bleeder” Wepner (25-14-2, 17 KOs) and Earnie “The Acorn” Shavers (74-14-1, 68 KOs), and two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (44-9-1, 30 KOs) |