Four Big Boxing Shows Featuring Former World Champions Erik Morales and Steve Molitor Battles Ndlovu in Rematch for 122 Lb Title This Weekend on Gfl
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FOUR BIG BOXING SHOWS FEATURING FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS ERIK MORALES AND STEVE MOLITOR BATTLES NDLOVU IN REMATCH FOR 122 LB TITLE THIS WEEKEND ON GFL NEW YORK (March 22, 2010)—This coming weekend will be one of the biggest boxing weekends on www.gofightlive.tv as four big events will be streamed on the world’s number-one live Boxing website. The action begins on Thursday as Pound for Pound Promotions presents a big night of boxing in North Bergen, New Jersey that will feature some of the best prospects on the east coast. Friday night will head a few miles south down the Jersey Turnpike as Nedal Promotions will showcase three big main events that includes former contestant of The Contender Season I, Ahmed “Baby Face” Kaddour, former world title challenger Omar Sheika as well as former U.S. Olympian Terrence the Heat Cauthen. The action continues on Saturday with two big shows in the countries that border North America. “The Champion Returns” feating former three-division world champion, Erik “El Terrible” Morales battles former world champion Jose Alfaro. Also on the card will be a much anticipated Light Heavyweight elimination bout between Hugo Garay and Chris Henry. One more show will round out the weekend and it will take place north of the border as former IBF Jr. Featherweight champion, Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor battles Takelani Ndlovu in a rematch for that very same world title. POUND FOR POUND PROMOTIONS—MARCH BADNESS This show from North Bergen, New Jersey is a big eight bout card that will be headlined by Danny “Little Mac” McDermott battling Brian Miller in an eight round Lightweight fight. In the main event, Danny “Little Mac” McDermott (8-1-1, 3 KO’s) takes on undefeated Brian Miller (7-0-3, 3 KO’s) McDermott of Jersey City, NJ is a very popular Lightweight and will be looking for his fifth consecutive win and is coming off a very impressive second round stoppage over Floriano Pagliara back on May 7th. Miller of is just twenty-four years old and is taking a step up in competition as this will be good test for the Schenectady, New York native. One result that stands out for Miller was his four round draw with then nine fight veteran, Ryan Belasco in Belasco’s backyard when Miller was in his third fight. Five undefeated fighters plus some local favorites round out the undercard as Lightweight, Christan Martinez (2-0, 2 KO’s) will take on debuting Hector Collado in a Lightweight bout. Jr. Middleweight, Steven Martinez (3-0, 3 KO’s) will look to stay perfect in a four round bout against Michael Ransome. Super Middleweight, Jason Escalera (7-0, 6 KO’s) will look to start a new knockout streak when he takes on Jesus Torres (5-0-1, 4 KO’s) in a battle of undefeated knockout artists. Exciting cruiserweight, Patrick Farrell (5-0, 3 KO’s) will battle Chris Stallworth (9-2, 3 KO’s). Plus Chris Green, Abrham Torres and Eilon Kadem will fight in separate bouts To order for just $5.99, Click: http://www.gofightlive.tv/showEvent.do?eventId=658 NOTE—THIS IS NOT A LIVE EVENT NEDAL PROMOTIONS—FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS In one co-feature, Sheika of nearby Paterson, New Jersey will battle Philly slugger, Garrett Wilson. Sheika has a record of 28-9 with nineteen knockouts and is looking for one more big run as he is now campaigning in the Light Heavyweight division. The thirty-three year old Sheika won his first fourteen bouts as he became a fan favorite by appearing on many nationally televised shows. After suffering his first loss, Sheika racked up six impressive wins in a row that included victories over two world champions in Simon Brown and Glen Johnson. Those wins catapulted Sheika into his first world title bout where he was stopped in five by the legendary Joe Calzaghe. After the Calzaghe fight, Sheika went 3-1 and earned a shot at WBC champion Eric Lucas. Sheika dropped the unanimous decision and then went on two lose his two successive bouts. Sheika went on a three fight winning streak to set up a shot at IBF champion Jeff Lacy. Sheika fought very well before dropping the unanimous decision (Sheika lost by just two points on two cards). That fight earned a trip to Germany and a fight with WBC Markus Beyer. One again, Sheika came up just short and dropped a very close unanimous decision. Since that fight, Sheika has gone 2-1 with the lone defeating being a stoppage loss to the great Roy Jones Jr. In his last bout, Sheika stopped Theo Kruger in eight rounds on Septermber 23rd in Manchester, New Hampshire. Wilson has a record of 7-3 with two wins coming back knockout. Wilson has been in tough and is known for always giving his all and all three of his losses have come to opponents have had a record of 24-1 at the times of the bouts. Wilson has never been stopped and that includes his last bout when he dropped a six round unanimous decision to former Puerto Rican Olympian, Carlos Negron on January 23rd in Madison Square Garden. In the second co-feature, former star of The Contender Season 1, Ahmed “Baby Face” Kaddour will battle underappreciated Jerome Ellis in a Jr. Middleweight bout scheduled for eight founds.. Kaddour is of Lebanese decent and spent time in Demark, Houston and has been training in New Jersey for this fight and he will bring in a record of 21-2 with nine knockouts. Kaddour very quietly built up a record of 18-0 with nine knockouts before being picked for the Inaugural season of The Contender. On the show, Kaddour showed an outgoing personality and quickly gained fans worldwide. Unfortunately, Kaddour dropped his only fight on the show when he lost a unanimous decision to Ishe Smith (13-0). Kaddour came back on the show and dropped a five round unanimous decision to future Welterweight title challenger Alfonso Gomez (11-2-1). Since the show, Kaddour’s career has been littered with inactivity as he has only fought four times in almost six years. Kaddour won a eight round unanimous decision over Maxell Taylor (12-1) as part of the popular SHO Box series. After a fourteen month layoff, Kaddour fought to a disputed draw with Jesus Valverde and just two months later he took an eight round split decision in the rematch. Then after almost a three year break, Kaddour came back scored six round unanimous decision to Mike Ermis (6-7-2) last September 12th in Denmark. Kadoour will be taking on the tough Jerome Ellis. Ellis has a record of 12-10-2 with ten knockouts and like Medina, he has fought some very tough competition. Ellis won his first five fights (including a split decision over Ed Peredes, who is now 24-3). Ellis then dropped two in a row which included a unanimous decision to then 14-2 Said Ouali. After a 2-0-1 stretch, the native of Coconut Creek, FL lost to then hot prospect Anthiny Thompson (17-1) by unanimous decision. Ellis then scored an eighth round stoppage over Kevin Cagle (16-1) before dropping a six round unanimous decision to Irving Garcia (10-2). Ellis scored three straight wins including upset stoppages over Felix Cepeda (7-0) and Neil Sinclair (28-4). Ellis stepped up the competition as he has gone 1-6-1 in his last eight with some of those losses being to Future Middleweight title challenger Billy Lyell, Future Welterweight title challenger Miguel Angel Rodriguez (28-2); then undefeated prospect Henry Crawford (18-0-1); Hot welterweight prospect Antowne Smith (12-0-1). Ellis has a draw with welterweight contender Richard Gutierrez (24-2.) in Ellis last outing, he was stopped by hot prospect Shawn Porter (10-0) in four rounds on November 21st in Tunica, Mississippi In the third eight round co-feature, Terrance “The Heat” Cauthen of nearby Trenton, New Jersey will battle Isam Khalil of Sweden. Cauthen is a former U.S Olympian who has had a solid career fighting some of the better welterweights in the world and sports a record of 33-6 with nine knockouts. Cauthen, a fourteen year pro started his career by winning fourteen consecutive bouts before being stopped by Teddy Reid on August 6th, 1999. That did not deter Cauthen as he then went on to reel off eleven more victories to push his record to an impressive 25-1. Cauthn then stepped it up and dropped two in a row including losing a decision to pound for pound resident Paul Williams. Cauthen then went 6-0-1 including win over former U.S. Olympian Dante Craig. He has gone 1-3 in his last four bouts as he has been in with Sechew Powell (21-1); Cauthen then defeated undefeated Alexis Camacho (16-0); but losses to Shamone Alvarez (19-1) and his most recent fight, which he was stopped by undefeated Canadian Antonin DeCarie (21-0) last October 3rd in Montreal. This will be a huge step up for Khalil, who has an impressive record of 15-1-2 with nine knockouts. He was undefeated in his first fifteen fights (13-0-2) until he was stopped in four rounds by rugged Doel Carrasquillo. Since then, Khalil has won two in a row including a four round unanimous decision over Serjejs Savrinovics on March 27th, 2008 in Sweden. This will be Khalil’s fourth fight in America after fighting in Sweden, England, Hungary, Germany, Finland and Spain.