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"Irish"
Andy Lee on "Erin Go Brawl" PPV Duddy-Bonsante headlines St. Patrick's
Day Eve show at MSG
NEW YORK CITY (February 27, 2007) - Unbeaten middleweight prospect
"Irish" Andy Lee will fight dangerous Cleiton "Soul Man" Conceicao in
the opening "Erin Go Brawl" pay-per-view bout on March 16 (St. Patrick's
Day Eve), featuring "Ireland's" John Duddy against Anthony "The Bullet"
Bonsante, in The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
"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.
2004 Irish Olympian Lee (7-0, 4 KOs), now fighting out of Detroit (by
way of Limerick, Ireland), where his manager/trainer Emanuel Steward is
based, has been at training camp in Spain with IBF heavyweight champion
Wladimir Klitschko, cruiserweight Jonathan Banks, heavyweight title
contender Monte Barrett and Israel Garcia. The 22-year-old Lee is a
southpaw who stands 6-2.
Conceicao (10-2-2, 8 KOs), 2000 Brazilian Olympian, is coming off of a
10-round draw against 2000 U.S. Olympian Dante Craig last August for the
NBA Intercontinental middleweight title. Brazilian-born Conceicao is the
former WBA Fedecentro middleweight title-holder.
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
The Contender Season I star Bonsante (29-8-2, 17 KOs), the reigning IBA
Americas and Minnesota State middleweight title-holder, in the 12-round
main event. Duddy recently was honored as the BBC Radio Foyle - Bank of
Ireland "Sports Personality of the Year."
Unbeaten middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo fights veteran Robert
"The Doctor" Kamya in the 10-round co-feature. Lorenzo (22-0, 14 KOs),
the 2000 Dominican Olympian, lives in Washington Heights (in New York
City). He's rated No. 7 by the WBC and No. 11 by the WBA. Ugandan-native
Kamya (15-6, 4 KOs), now fighting out of Palm Beach (FL), is trained by
former world champion Johnny Bumphus.
"Meet The Warriors of Boxing" Fundraiser March 15 for KELTIC DREAMS
Irish Ropes Promotions and The John Duddy Charitable Foundation will
host a special "Meet The Warriors of Boxing" event March 15 for the
benefit of KELTIC DREAMS at Jack Demsey's Bar & Restaurant, 36 W 33rd
Street in Manhattan.
For a suggested $50.00 donation the public will meet an array of boxing
stars from the past and present at Jack Demsey's between 5-8 PM. Invited
stars include Hall of Fame boxers Barry "The Clones Cyclone" McGuigan
(32-3, 28 KOs), former WBA featherweight champion, and ex-world
middleweight title-holder Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta (83-19-4, 30 KOs),
as well as former world heavyweight title challenger "Gentleman" Gerry
Cooney former WBC featherweight champ Juan LaPorte (40-17, 22 KOs), past
WBU light welterweight champion "Irish" Micky Ward (38-13, 27 KOs), ex-WBA
welterweight king and 1984 Olympic gold medallist Mark Breland (35-3-1,
25 KOs), former world champion in three weight classes Iran "The Blade"
Barkley (43-19-1, 28 KOs), ex-world middleweight title-holder Vito
Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), (28-3, 24 KOs), and Irish heavyweight
champion Kevin "The Clones Colossus" McBride (34-5-1, 29 KOs).
All proceeds from the "Meet The Warriors of Boxing" event will go to the
KELTIC DREAMS TO SEND 34 African-American and Hispanic Irish dancers
from PS 59 in the Bronx, ages seven through 12, to perform May 23-28 in
Ireland. KELTIC DREAMS is the first after-school program of its kind in
a public school.
Also fighting "Erin Go Brawl" is world-rated super featherweight Maureen
"The Real Million Dollar Baby" Shea (9-0, 4 KOs) versus an opponent to
be determined, unbeaten heavyweight James Clancy (9-0, 1 KO) takes on
upset-minded Rodney Ray (3-4-1, 3 KOs), cruiserweight Mark Clancy
(6-0-1, 1 KO) faces Andrew "Came To Fight" Hutchinson (2-8-2) - the
Clancy brothers are from Clare, Ireland and fight out of Boston -- and
2004 Irish National Senior amateur champion Henry Coyle makes his pro
debut against TBA. All bouts and fighters are subject to change. |
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