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Moore Stops Facey Again To Retain British Title
MON October 29 - British champion Jamie Moore cemented his status as one of the top light middleweights in Europe with a authoritative victory over determined English titlist Andrew Facey on a Frank Maloney/VIP shared promotion at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Friday.
It was the second time that Moore and Facey clashed but on this occasion the challenger from Sheffield stepped it up a notch and pushed the Mancunian hard for the first eight rounds of a scheduled twelve frames.
But by the ninth the champion had succeeded in breaking Facey down, hammering the elusive challenger with big southpaw lefts until Facey was canvassed.
Facey, 19-5-1 (6), beat the count and continued to try and pick off the surging Moore, 28-3 (19), until the eleventh when the British champion dropped his rival repeatedly before finishing off the lanky Midlands man on the ropes at 2:14 of the round.
Moore's promoter Frank Maloney is close to announcing a European title challenge for Moore, who is reigning champion Zaurbek Baysangurov's mandatory challenger.
On the undercard, Manchester area welterweight Mark Thompson, 13-1 (7), prevailed in an eight round thriller with France's Frank Harroche Horta, 10-6-3 (2).
Southpaw Horta was coming off a narrow majority decision loss against two time European champion Frederic Klose just four months ago and the 27 year old Parisian presented Thompson with a very difficult puzzle to solve.
But the Englishman proved his meddle by walking through a hail of leather and forcing the action throughout, picking up a 77-76 points win on the card of referee Phil Edwards.
Commonwealth light welter king Ajose Olusegun, 21-0 (11), made an appearance on the card, stopping overmatched Spaniard Armando Candel, 5-3 (3), in the third as the British based Nigerian stayed sharp awaiting his next title defense.
One of England's top prospects, welterweight Craig Watson, 11-1 (3), kept on form with a six round points verdict over France's durable Frederic Gosset, 11-39-2 (3), and remains on the hunt for a high profile showdown with IBF Intercontinental titlist Matthew Hatton.
Liverpool area welterweight Brett Flournoy, 6-0 (2), picked up a solid six round win over hard-nosed Ryan Ashworth, 2-2 (1).
Two other Merseyside residents, featherweight Mark Moran, 7-0-1 (1), and light heavy Carl Dilks, 4-0 (1), kept perfect records with victories over Gavin Reid, 2-1 (1), and Lee Nicholson, 3-10-1 (0), respectively.
Super middle Martin Murray, 2-0 (1), finished off Phillip Callaghan, 0-6-1 (0), in the first and Bobby Rimmer trained Jack Arnfield, 1-0 (1), made his pro debut with a first round destruction of Louis Byrne, 1-3 (1).
Frank Maloney Promotions returns to action on November 23 in Portsmouth, England when British light heavyweight champion Tony Oakey meets nemesis Peter Haymer in a grudge filled rematch to their controversial London clash of 2005.
Tickets will go on sale shortly at www.frankmaloney.com and the Box Office at 0871 226 1508. For any further press information please call 0208 267 7647.
Rahman to Headline in Reading Nov. 15th
MON October 29 - Big time boxing returns to the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA on Thursday, November 15th when Top Rank Promotions presents "Downtown Showdown," featuring former two-time heavyweight champion Hasim "The Rock" Rahman against veteran Sherman "The Tank" Williams in a ten round main event. The fight will be televised nationally on Versus "Fight Night Live," hosted by Wally Matthews and Bob Papa.
Former champion Hasim Rahman (44-6-2, 35 KOs) is continuing his quest for another world title shot, having won his last three fights (two by knockout) since switching to Reading-based trainer Marshall Kauffman. With a win, Rahman is hoping to gain a shot at IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. In 2001, Rahman captured the undisputed heavyweight title with a spectacular 5th round knockout of Lennox Lewis, only to lose the title in the rematch. Tough ring veteran Sherman Williams (33-10-2, 19 KOs) has won his last eight bouts in a row, including three by knockout. A native of the Bahamas, he has only been stopped once in his career.
The ten round co-feature will pit tough Mexican welterweights Jesus Soto-Karass (17-3-3, 14 KOs) vs Juan Buendia (14-1-1, 8 KOs). In an exciting eight round welterweight bout, Reading's Keenan Collins (12-3-1, 8 KOs) will face Lancaster's Doel Carrasquillo (10-6-1, 8 KOs). Also featured will be Buddy McGirt-trained and former Arturo Gatti sparring partner Danny McDermott (4-0-1, 2 KOs) vs Reading's Lucien Gonzalez (3-4, 1 KO). Other bouts will include Raymond Serrano (1-0, 1 KO) vs Jorge Delgado (4-6, 2 KOs), lightweight prospect Darnell Jiles (7-0, 3 KOs), heavyweight Anthony Gatt (5-0, 4 KOs), and the pro debut of two-time National Amateur Champion Jeremy Bryant.
The fight card will be promoted in association with King's Promotions of Reading. Famed ring announcer Michael Buffer will be on hand, as well as former WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, who will be there to lend support to friend Jesus Soto-Karass and former sparring partner Keenan Collins.
The modern and spacious Sovereign Center in downtown Reading has played host to several exciting fight cards including Bernard Hopkins' historic middleweight title defense against Carl Daniels in 2002, the WBA welterweight championship between Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis and Ricardo Mayorga in 2002, and the Telefutura televised fight between current IBF welterweight champ Kermit Cintron and Jesus Valverde in 2003.
Tickets are priced at $75, $50, $35 and $25 and will be available at the Sovereign Center box office at 700 Penn Street in Reading (610-898-7200) or at all Ticketmaster outlets (215-336-2000 or ticketmaster.com).
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