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Old-time boxing returns in "Collision Course"
PROVIDENCE (March 26, 2007) - "Collision Course" is a throwback to the
days when boxers readily fought each other, politics didn't play a role,
and fans always got their money's worth.
"Collision Course," promoted by Jimmy Burchfield's Classic Entertainment
& Sports, Inc. (CES), headlines ESPN2 Friday Night Fights on April 6
with young cruiserweight contenders Matt "Too Smooth" Godfrey and Felix
"Bad News" Cora, Jr. squaring off at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,
Connecticut.
Godfrey and Cora, roommates at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials, will battle
in the 12-round main event for Godfrey's NABA title belt and the vacant
NABF cruiserweight championship, as well as a possible world title fight
opportunity later this year.
Providence-native Godfrey (14-0, 8 KOs), also the reigning WBC
Continental Americas and USNBC cruiserweight champion, is rated No. 6 by
the WBC, No. 9 by the IBF and No. 10 by the WBA. Cora (18-1-2, 9 KOs),
rated No. 16 by the WBC, is the former USBA and NABF cruiserweight
champion.
In the eight-round co-feature, Israel "Pito" Cardona's comeback
continues against Juan Manuel Buendia. Cardona (36-6, 28 KOs), of
Hartford, is matched against a Mexican warrior and former Illinois State
welterweight title-holder in Buendia (13-1-1, 8 KOs), Cardona, a
lieutenant for a security company in Hartford, as well as a boxing
trainer at LA Boxing in Hartford, was supposed to fight former world
champion Zab Judah on April 27, but Judah pulled out to fight WBO
champion Miquel Cotto.
"The show couldn't be better named than 'Collision Course' because two
of the top young cruiserweight contenders in the world, Godfrey and
Cora, are fighting for the No. 2 ranking in the WBC and two titles,"
promoter Jimmy Burchfield said. "The co-feature could be fought in a
telephone booth and it's really a co-main event; a great fight with 'Pito'
letting it all out to position himself for another world title fight.
CES is giving fans what they really want - talented boxers in
competitive, entertaining fights from top to bottom on this entire card.
We're excited to promote this great show at beautiful Mohegan Sun and
have it air on boxing's best series, ESPN2 Friday Night Fights."
Chief support on the undercard will be provided by a pair of once-beaten
heavyweights, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason "Big Six" Estrada (7-1, 1 KO),
and Alvin Manley (11-2-2, 3 KOs) in a six-round bout.
Also scheduled to fight on the undercard in four-round matches are super
middleweight Chris Traietti (6-0, 4 KOs), Iraqi War veteran and
Westfield State College student, against Jeffrey Osborne, Jr. (4-3-2, 1
KO); super middleweight Angel Camacho, Jr. (4-0, 3 KOs) takes on Lewis
Robinson (2-1-1, 1 KO); light heavyweight Manuel Antonio Lopes (1-0, 1
KO) faces Brandon Burke (0-1-1); Connecticut prison guard Addy Irizarry
makes her pro debut as a light welterweight. |
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