International Boxing Promoter Don King brings nationally televised boxing match to Cleveland, Ohio on February 21, 2014 at 7pm at Wolstein Center at CSU, event features Santana vs. Lundy and Imam vs. Robinson, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson bills it as the beginning of a series of fights scheduled for Cleveland (nod32)
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Angelo Santana (14-1, 11 KOs) (pictured fourth from left) and Hank Lundy (23-3-1, 11 KOs) ( second from left) will square off on Friday, Feb. 21 at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio for a 10-round lightweight main event for what Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson ( fifth from left) says will be a series of fights promoted in the major American city by internationally renowned boxing promoter Don King (third from left). Doors open at 7 pm. The nationally televised boxing extravaganza will be featured live on Showtime cable television. (Showtime's ShoBox Series, 10:45 p.m. ET/PT). Opening the telecast is a 10-round super lightweight bout between Amir "Young Master' Imam (12-0, 11 KOs) (sixth from left), and Jared “The Quiet Storm” Robinson (14-0, 6 KOs) (first from left)
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| International Boxing Promoter Don King |
Call and Post Associate Publisher and Executive Editor Connie Harper said that the military and students can get tickets two-for-one.
Santana is a Cuban southpaw out of Miami, Florida whose father and uncle were champion boxers. Lundy, who is Black and grew up in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, is the former North American Boxing Federation (NABF) and North American Boxing Organization (NABO) lightweight champion and the No. 13-ranked fighter among light welterweights in the World Boxing Council (WBC)
"I'm going to beat the hell out of him," said Santana,25, referencing Lundy and Friday's match up in Cleveland.
The veteran Lundy, 30, said that "when I get in the ring with this guy its going to be blood, sweat and hurt, mark my words."
"I'm going to beat the hell out of him," said Santana,25, referencing Lundy and Friday's match up in Cleveland.
Opening the boxing telecast will be a 10-round super lightweight bout featuring one of the most exciting prospects in boxing, Amir 'Young Master' Imam (12-0, 11 KOs), and Jared 'The Quiet Storm' Robinson (14-0, 6 KOs) in what is billed as "a battle of unbeatens. "
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| From left: The Rev. Dr E.Theophilus Caviness, Attorney Clarence Rogers, Don King and Attorney George Forbes. Photo by Cleveland Plain Dealer at Cleveland.Com |
Also at the City Hall press announcement on the fight were area Black clergy, including Cleveland Chapter Southern Christian Leadership Conference Executive Director the Rev. Dr. E. Theophilus Caviness, also first vice president of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP, and Bishop F.E. Perry, pastor at the Cathedral Church of God in Christ in Cleveland and second vice president of the Cleveland NAACP.
"I grew up here, was educated here, "said King, with the mayor adding that "this is the beginning of what we hope are a series of fights."
King, 82, is a multi-millionaire and native Clevelander who graduated from John Adams High School in Cleveland and briefly attended Kent State University. He has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio César Chávez, Ricardo Mayorga, Andrew Golota, Félix Trinidad, Roy Jones, Jr. and Marco Antonio Barrera. His highlights include "Thrilla in Manila" and "The Rumble in the Jungle," in which heavyweight Muhammad Ali, boxing's all time greatest, regained his crown from George Foreman. (www.clevelandurbannews.com) / (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com)
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