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Lorenzo-Kamya co-feature on
"Erin Go Brawl" Card
February 6, 2007 |
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NEW YORK CITY (February 6, 2007) -
Unbeaten middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo will fight veteran
"Doctor" Robert Kamya in the 10-round co-feature March 16 on the "Erin
Go Brawl" pay-per-view event, headlined by "Ireland's" John Duddy taking
on The Contender I star Anthony "The Bullet" Bonsante in the 12-round
main event, live in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
"Erin Go Brawl," presented by Irish Ropes Promotions, will be broadcast
live in North America on cable and satellite pay-per-view starting at 9
PM/ET, 6 PM/PT. The event is being produced and distributed for
pay-per-view by Integrated Sports and will be available in more than
50-million homes in North America via iN Demand, TVN, DirecTV and Dish
Network in the USA, as well as Viewer's Choice in Canada, for a
suggested retail price of only $24.95. The full "Erin Go Brawl" PPV
broadcast will be available to viewers outside of North America via
streaming video subscription on www.secondsout.com.
Duddy (18-0, 15 KOs), rated No. 7 by the WBO and No. 9 by the WBA,
defends his IBA World and WBC Continental Americas title belts against
Bonsante (29-8-2, 17 KOs), the reigning IBA Americas and Minnesota State
middleweight title-holder.
Lorenzo (22-0, 14 KOs), born in the Dominican Republic and now fighting
out of Washington Heights in New York City, is rated No. 7 by the WBC
and No. 11 by the WBA. He represented his native country in the 2000
Olympics and is the Dominican Republic middleweight champion. His most
notable victories to date have been against Archak TerMeliksetian and
Canadian champion Bryon Mackie.
Upset-minded Kamya (15-6, 4 KOs), trained by former world champion
Johnny Bumphus, is the former WBC Continental Americas light
middleweight champion. The Ugandan, now living in Palm Beach (FL),
stunned Alex Bunema in 2005 and he also has been in tough against the
likes of Joel Julio and Kofi Jantuah.
"We're very happy that Giovanni Lorenzo has signed to fight Kamya on
this card," Irish Ropes president Eddie McLoughlin said. "Not only is he
a very popular fighter in New York City, Lorenzo opens up the Latino
market, especially in the Dominican, for our pay-per-view broadcast.
He's also a potential opponent for Duddy down the road."
Also fighting "Erin Go Brawl" is 2004 Irish Olympian middleweight Andy
Lee (7-0, 4 KOs), world-rated super featherweight Maureen Shea (9-0, 4
KOs), the unbeaten Clancy brothers - heavyweight James (9-0, 1 KO) and
cruiserweight Mark (6-0-1, 1 KO) - from Clare, Ireland and now fighting
out of Boston, 2004 Irish National Senior amateur champion Henry Coyle
in his pro debut and welterweight Martin Wright (2-0-1, 2 KOs), who
recently signed a promotional contract with Irish Ropes. All bouts and
fighters are subject to change.
Tickets, priced at $400.00, $300.00, $200.00, $150.00, $100.00, $75.00
and $50.00, may be purchased at the Garden Box Office, thegarden.com, or
by calling TicketMaster at 212.307.7171. |
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