October 29th Roseland
Ballroom undercard announced
October 28, 2008
(OCT 28) Tomorrow night on October 29th,
at the Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing will present an exciting night of
boxing at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The card will be
headlined by the WBO #7, IBF #10, WBA #11, WBC #15 rated jr.
welterweight in the world, The Pride of Greece, "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis
(20-2-2, 10KO) taking on tough Ben Ankrah (19-6-1, 9KO). The bout is
scheduled for ten rounds in the jr. welterweight division.
The co- feature of the evening pits fan
favorite, knockout artist, Vinny Maddalone (30-4, 21KO) vs. Terrell
"Baby Bull" Nelson (8-6, 5KO) in an eight round heavyweight contest. The
entire card will be shown live on GoFightLive.TV and will also feature
some very exciting undercard match-ups including some of the NYC's top
young talent.
In an exciting 4 round middleweight match-up undefeated Yonkers Police
Sgt. Bryant Pappas (6-0, 6KO) looks to stay undefeated when he takes on
Chris Morton (1-2). Sgt. Pappas recently was in the news for assisting
in the very high profile arrest Friday October 3rd of 43-year-old Eric
Hadar. Hadar is the CEO of Allied Partners, one of New York City's top
real estate firms owning 25 properties valued at more than $3 billion.
Hadar was reportedly pulled over for reckless driving and upon searching
his car a bag was found that contained over 100 grams of cocaine and 703
Oxycontin pills and 352 Xanax pills.
In an incredible gesture of good will, Pappas has also stated that he is
donating his entire purse from the card to the Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center in NYC. "It is just another opportunity for me to give
back. Sloan Kettering is one of the premier cancer centers in all the
world, and I am lucky to be in the position where I can contribute, so I
do," stated Pappas.
Another undefeated New Yorker, the Bronx's Eddie Irizarry (3-0, 1KO)
takes on Long Island's own Jose Zamora (pro-debut) in a four round
featherweight contest. Irizarry turned pro back in January and has
displayed very fast hands and lots of natural ability thus far. Irizarry
seems to get better each time out, so be sure to keep an eye out for
this exciting featherweight.
In an exciting four round cruiserweight bout New York's own undefeated
Ahmed Samir (3- 0) battles Tyrone Smith (5-5-2, 2KO) of Boston, MA. It
will be Samir's second fight in New York since turning pro back in
February of this year, and he looks to continue his winning ways against
the tough Smith.
Rounding out the card features a battle of New York vs. New Jersey when
Dominican born Jose Guzman (4-0, 3KO), Queens, NY, battles Paterson, New
Jersey's Luis Lopez (2-7-1, 2KO). The Guzman vs. Lopez bout is scheduled
for four rounds in the lightweight division.
Tickets are available for purchase immediately through all ticketmaster
outlets or by going online to ticketmaster.com and starboxing.com.
