Hollywood, Florida – On Friday Night June 4, 2010 at the Fuchs Pavilion at the famed Miami-Dade County Fairgrounds, home of the Miami-Dade County, BLUE WAVE GROUP in association with Caribe Promotions, DeCubas Presents and Warriors Boxing and ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights”, presents an evening of World Class Boxing in honor of Cuba’s “Ladies in White”.

The main event features Cuba’s 2004 Olympic Silver Medal winner Yudell Johnson (6-0, 4 KO’s) against hard hitting Brazilian contender Juliano Ramos (16-3, 13 KO’s). The Co-Main Event features undefeated Puerto Rican Contender Kenny Galarza (13-0, 13 KO’s) against also undefeated US contender Brad Solomon (11-0, 4 KO’s).

In addition to these 2 action packed fights, there will be 6 additional bouts featuring Cuban and Puerto Rican Olympians and other up and coming international boxers.

“Blue Wave Group is very excited about presenting this event. We promise everyone who attends they will be thoroughly entertained as we have several surprises in store for the live audience in addition to the great fights scheduled” said Derek Jackson, CEO of Blue Wave Group, LLC.

“I cannot think of a better group to honor during our boxing show then our beloved “Ladies in White” said Boris Arencibia, President of Caribe Promotions.

Yudell Johnson, a Cuban Defector who won the silver medal at the Olympics in Athens, Greece in 2004, is fighting his first main event. Despite having only 6 professional fights, Yudell believes he is ready to step up to the big time because of his extensive amateur background and Olympic experience. He faces a fighter in who Juliano Ramos who has 13 knockouts in wins, 16 wins, and who brings more professional experience. Ramos who has been on ESPN, and has been in with World Champions Kermit Cintron and up and coming superstar Mike Jones. Ramos is coming off a 1st round knockout of previously undefeated Jarred Leblanc (12-0) in his last fight.

In the Co-Main event Kenny Galarza tries to keep his knockout streak going against an undefeated Brad Solomon in a true “pick-em” fight.

Tickets are available on www.ticketcaliente.com or by calling 954-985-1155 for other ticket locations. The prices are as follows: $35 and $75, VIP table seats are also available at $100, $150 and $200 per seat, or on the day of the event at the Fuchs Pavilion Box Office. Doors open at 6:30pm and first fight will start at 7pm. Fuchs Pavilion at Miami Dade County Fair Expo Center, 109th Avenue and Coral Way, Miami, Florida 33316.

For more information please call Warriors Boxing at 954-985-1155, Ricky DeCubas at 305-586-1330 and Luis Fernandez at 786-216-8633

BRONX, NY (May 31, 2010)—On Saturday night June 5th, A special and historical night of boxing will take place at Yankee Stadium.

The night will be special for many reasons to many people. But for one it will particularly special as for Darren Antola it will be a chance to serve as a cutman for WBA Super Welterweight champion Yuri Foreman in his title defense against former two-division champion Miguel Cotto.

Antola who grew up in North Jersey was a rabid Yankee fan as a kid and like many kids in his neighborhood, had dreams of donning the pinstripes and being a Yankee.

Antola will be a busy man on June 5th as before he accompanies Foreman to the ring, he will be in the corner of emerging prospects Jorge Diaz and Pawel Wolak.

“This fight night is definatly a dream come true for me to participate at Yankee Stadium”, said Antola.

“Growing up I was a huge fan of the Yankees and Don Mattingly and I don’t think I was any different from anybody else on wanting to play for the Yankees and now I can work on the same grounds as Derek Jeter on a high profile stage.”

Antola began to box at the Times Square Gym where he met Jimmy Archer who was the brother of Middleweight contender Joey Archer.

Unfortunately, Antola was in a car accident which cut short any type of in-ring career.

Antola had the fire to stay around boxing and would hang around boxing gyms and just talk boxing with the likes of Lou Duva and legendary cutman Ace Marotta.

Also at the gym was world renowned trainer Tommy Brooks, who just happened to be the son-in-law to Duva.

Also in the gym was another cutman named Jimmy Colotto. Colotto learned his trade from Chicky Ferrera and Charlie Goldman.

Colotto took Antola under his wing and young Darren began to learn everything there was to know about being a competent cutman.

Antola continued to observe and learn in the gym until he was ready to work his first corner.

Although a little nervous, Antola remembered a very important bit of advice he received from Archer and that is “Don’t Panic and just do your job”

Antola’s first experience with a cut happened in an exhibition bout in Ohio where Antola was working with Archer. The fighter for which Archer was working with suffered a cut just ten seconds into the round, when sitting in the corner, Archer told Antola “Darren, be ready to take care of that cut”

Much to his surprise the nerves were gone and Antola went to work on the fighter’s cut. The cut was not a problem for the remaineder of the fight and Antola had his calling.

Months later, Brooks came to Antola and told him that it was time to leave the exhibition circuit and join him and Duva in the paid ranks. Antola wanted to seek approval from his mentor, and Archer gave him his blessing to become a professional cutman.

From that point on, Antola begun working with Brooks and Duva first at the Red Brick Gym in Newark, New Jersey then later at a gym that Brooks and Duva opened up in West Paterson, New Jersey.

Antola has built up a great reputation for himself as he has been in the corner for Yuri Foreman’s WBA Super Welterweight title winning effort this past November 14th in Las Vegas. Not bad for a kid from New Jersey.

Antola also has manned the corner of other world champions such as former WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Kendall Holt as well as former Heavyweight champion of the world Riddick Bowe and former Jr. Welterweight champion Vivian Harris as well as former two-time cruiserweight title challenger Bobby Gunn.

In addition to Foreman, Wolk and Diaz, Antola also is the chief cutman for some of New Jersey’s finest prospects such as Jeremy Bryan, Victor Valenzuela, as well as Maryland’s undefeated Light Heavyweight, Mark “TNT” Tucker .

Roman “Rocky” Martinez retained his WBO Super Featherweight title with an explosive fourth round stoppage over Gonzalo Mungia in an entertaining bout.

The two engaged in wild exchange in the third round with Martinez landing some hard blows. In round four, Martinez drove Mungia back with a right and sent him down for good with a crushing uppercut.

Martinez, 130 lbs of Puerto Rico is now 24-0-1 with fifteen knockouts. Mungia, 129 1/2 lbs of Leon, Nicaragua is now 17-7-3.

McWilliams Arroyo scored a second round stoppage over Samuel Gutierrez in a scheduled four round Super Flyweight bout.

Arroyo dropped Gutierrez with a hard right midway through round two and referee Ramon Pena stopped the bout at 1:36 of round two.

Arroyo of Puerto Rico is now 3-0 with three knockouts. Gutierrez, 113 1/2 lbs of Mexico is now 5-7-1.

Jose Gonzalez scored three knockdowns in the second round and scored the sroppage victory in that round over Keivy Arce in a sscheduled six round Lightweight bout.

The first two knockdowns came from big lefts and the capper was a big right and the fight was stopped at 2:26 of round two.

Gonzalez, 135 lbs of Toja Bora, PR is now 10-0 with seven knockouts. Arce, 138 lbs of Moca, PR is now 4-3-1.

Hanna Gabriel won the WBO Ladies Jr. Middleweight title with a first round stoppage over Gardy Alvarez.

Gabriel landed several power punches until she landed two hard shots to the body and the fight was stopped.

Gabriel, 152 lbs of Costa Rica is now 10-0-1 with six knockouts. Alvarez, 152 lbs of the Dominican Republic is now 9-2-2.

McJoe Arroyo scored a four round unanimous decision over Jairo Delgado in a Bantamweight bout.

Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Arroyo who is now 3-0. Delagado is now 3-7.

Vitali Klitshcko retained the WBC Heavyweight title with a tenth round stoppage over forty-plus to one underdog Albert Sosnowski before close to 60,000 fans at Veltins Arena in Gelsinkerchin, Germany

Over the first few rounds, Klitshcko kept Sosnowski at bay with little jabs and right hands. Sosnowski was at least keeping Klitshcko honest as he would occasionally land a jab and take a chance with some wild left hooks. In round five, Klitschko landed a pair of lefts that sent Sosnowski back t words the ropes. In round six, Klitshcko landed his best combination over the first half of the fight as he landed alittle combination that briefly shook the challenger. Sosnowski was that fazed by it as he continued to look for spots t get in a big and even landed a couple nice jabs in the round.

For a moment in round eight, the longshot looked like he was making a fight of it as he landed a long overhand right that got the champ’s attention. Despite taking three hard rights at different stages of round nine, Sosnowski bravely came forward. Right at the bell, Klitschko began to feel his oats and showboat a little bit before landing a hard right to culminate the round.

In round ten, Klitschko landed a hard over hand right that double over Sosnowski and drove him back to the corner. A mini flurry followed by a booming over hand right put Sosnowski down right in front of the turnbuckle and the bout was immediately waved off by referee Jay Nady.

Klitschko is now 40-2 with thirty-eight knockouts. Sosnowski is now 45-3-1.

In a twelve round Heavyweight bout, Jonathon Banks and Jason Gavern battled to an ugly draw.

Banks and Gavern were each docked a point and neither man seized control as Banks was holding for a good portion of the fight.

The bout was ruled a majority draw as Banks, 226 lbs of Detroit is now 24-1-1. Gavern is now 19-7-4

Librado Andrade stopped former Super Middleweight champion Eric Lucas on cuts after round eight of a scheduled ten round Super Middleweight bout at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

The fight was entertaining as Andrade would come forward and Lucas countered nicely early on. Lucas was cut over the right eye as early as round three as Andrade’s shots were getting through. Andrade a little more successful as each round went on. In round five a nice right hand cut Lucas over the left eye and after that it was basically all Andrade as he began to target the eye. In round seven, the eye became a bloddy mess and even had the ringside doctor examine it in the last minute of the round after Andrade ripped it open. Another big right made the cut almost unworkable and after Lucas sat on his stool between round’s eight and nine the ringside doctor stopped the fight.

Andrade, 169 lbs of Fontana, CA is now 29-3 with twenty-two knockouts. Lucas, 169 lbs of Mogag, Quebec will celebrate his thirty-ninth birthday tomorrow was making his second start after a four year retirement. After the fight, Lucas announced his retirement for a second time and if that stands up he will finish his career with a record of 39-8-3.

Marcus Upshaw used a fourth round knockout to help catapult him to a split decision victory over Renen St. Juste in a ten round Middleweight bout.

St. Juste did well with little combinations over the first two rounds. Upshaw got into the fight with nice combos in round three. In round four, Upshaw landed a leaping left the spun St. Juste around into the ropes and the referee ruled a knockdown. In round six, Upshaw rocked St. Juste with another left hand. The two fought evenly down the stretch with neither man coming close to taking charge.

Upshaw, 159 1/2 lbs of Miami won by scores of 96-93 and 95-94 while a third judge gave St. Juste a 95-94 verdict.

Upshaw is now 13-4-1. St.Juste 159 1/2 lbs of Montreal is now 21-2-1.

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former 140 lb world champion, Paulie Malignaggi will continue his career as he will move up in weight to welterweight and campaign in his original native country of Italy.

Malignaggi who on May 15th dropped an eleventh round knockout to Amir Khan briefly considered retirement after that bout.

“Now that I need a fight for my comeback, why not do it in Italy? I know a lot of people want to see me fight in Italy,” Malignaggi said. “This would be a chance for people there to see me live. Maybe I can get the Italian welterweight title, make it interesting.

“Financially, I don’t have to fight again. I’ve done well for myself. I don’t have to fight, but you wonder what will you do with yourself? I’m a fighter. That’s what I do. I am a fighter to the core. It’s something you miss if you stay away from it, so while I still have the option, let’s see what I can do. It might be fun to go the European route.”

“He’s not ready to hang ’em up and he’s never fought in Italy and he always wanted to fight there,” Malignaggi’s promoter Lou DiBella said. “There is interest in him fighting in his hometown, Siracusa. He said, ‘I don’t want to end on that note.’ He would like to go out better than he did in the Khan fight. Paulie wouldn’t mind spending a little bit of time fighting over in Italy, going for the Italian title, maybe the European title.”

WBC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

MAIN EVENT – 12 ROUNDS

Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” KLITSCHKO ALBERT “The Dragon” SOSNOWSKI

3-Time World Champion and reigning WBC Title Holder Challenger & Former European Heavyweight Champion

Los Angeles, California, USA by way of Ukraine Brentwood, Essex, UK by way of Poland

39-2 (37 KOs) 45-2-1 (27 KOs)

NABF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

CO-FEATURE – 12 ROUNDS

JOHNATHON BANKS JASON “The Sensation” GAVERN

NABF Heavyweight Champion WBC CABOFE Champion

Detroit, Michigan, USA Kissimmee, Florida, USA

24-1 (17 KOs) 19-7-3 (8 KOs)

CRUISERWEIGHTS — 6 ROUNDS

NENDAD BOROVCANIN RAYMOND OCHIENG

Banja Luka, Bosnia Nairobi, Kenya

25-0 (18 KOs) 21-10-2 (17 KOs)

(all fights and fighters subject to change)

WHAT: “Fists Of Steel” PPV

WHEN: Saturday, May 29, 2010 – 3:00 PM/ET 12:00 PM/PT

WHERE: Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

PROMOTER: K2 Promotions and Klitschko Management Group

PAY-PER-VIEW INFORMATION: Distributed in North America by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 3 PM/ET – 12 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, Avail-TVN and DISH Network in the United States, as well as Bell TV, Shaw PPV and Viewer’s Choice in Canada, for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.

A 30-minute condensed viewing and U.S. televised debut of the March 20th IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight title fight between champion Wladimir Klitschko and challenger Eddie Chambers, as well as Johnathon Banks highlights from his NABF title-winning bout on the same card against Travis Walker, will also be shown as part of the “Fist Of Steel” PPV.

PAY-PER-VIEW ANNOUNCER: Dave Farrer, former BSKYB boxing commentator

RING ANNOUNCER: Michael Buffer

OFFICIALS (Klitschko-Sosnowski): Jay Nady, USA, referee. Ken Morita, Japan, judge;

Hubert Minn, USA, judge; Sergio Silvi, Italy, judge. WBC Supervisor, Bob Logist, Belgium.

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The Super Six remains the best thing to happen to our sport since Vazquez-Marquez III. (Bart Barry for 15rounds.com)

Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr.: “We are prepared to defend the title and look good to my people. That’s what we intend to do – a good job. My condition is the best from working with my dad (former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez, Sr.) and my team. I know Bedak is disregarding me because of my little experience in boxing, but everybody should know I’ve trained real hard to keep my title.”

Zsolt Bedak: “Our training has been strong (he is trained by former world champion Artur Grigorian) and I have come here to take the title. We’ve come to put on a great show and go home with a victory.”

Rocky Martinez: “All I want is the day of the fight to come because I’m in tremendous shape and I want to defend the title again. We are prepared for whatever my opponent brings (Gonzalo) Mungia has been talking a lot. He has a mouth but everything will come out in the ring.”

WHEN: Saturday, May 29, 2010 – 9 PM/ET 6 PM/PT

WHERE: Bayamon, Puerto Rico

PROMOTER: PR Best Boxing in association with All Star Boxing

PAY-PER-VIEW INFORMATION: Distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9 PM/ET – 6 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, and DISH Network, for a suggested retail price of only $34.95.

PAY-PER-VIEW ANNOUNCERS: World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Col. Bob Sheridan (blow-by-blow) and former NFL player and veteran boxing announcer Benny Ricardo (color analyst).

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According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, former welterweight and Jr. Welterweight champion, Zab Judah has re-signed with the company that started his career in 1996, that being Main Events.

“I like to finish how I started so we teamed up with Main Events, we crossed the water to team up with Prudential Center, and I’m back,” said Judah, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native.

“We at Main Events are thrilled to welcome Zab back home,” Main Events CEO Kathy Duva said. “We were fortunate to have been involved with Zab throughout much of his early boxing career, so we know firsthand what a compelling personality and exciting fighter Zab is. Zab brings with him the kind of fan base necessary to fill a big arena and we look forward to packing Prudential Center when he makes his debut there in July.”