STAR BOXING’S ALGIERI, SMITH JR., WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW’S BARCLAYS CENTER BOUTS
December 4, 2015
STAR BOXING’S LONG ISLAND TRIO VICTORIOUS @ BARCLAYS CENTER
December 7, 2015
Thursday, December 3rd
Press Conference
BB Kings Blues Club & Grill, 237 West 42nd Street, NYC
11:30 am – Media Lunch
12:30 pm – Dais
Star Boxing Fighters: Chris Algieri (20-2, 8 KOs) is the former WBO Jr. Middleweight champion, who will take on Erick Bone (16-2, 8 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight contest; Joe Smith, Jr. (19-1, 16 KOs), the knockout artist who is a Local 66 laborer in between fights, like Algieri a Long Island native, will square of against firefighter Will Rosinsky (19-2, 10 KOs) in a light heavyweight clash.
Friday, December 4th
Weigh-In
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY – Geico Atrium
1:00 pm – Fighters hit the scales
Contact: John Cirillo/Cirillo World, 914-260-7436, johnnycigarpr@
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December is yet another busy month for Star Boxing® president Joe
DeGuardia as he closes out 2015 with a flourish. Highlighting the season-ending flurry will be a quartet of powerful pugilists – Chris Algieri,Yuniesky Gonzalez, Joshua Clottey and Joe Smith, Jr. – returning to the ring, and Promoter of the Year accolades from Ring 8.
Former world champion and Long Island-native Chris Algieri (20-2, 8 KOs) is back at Barclays Center in Brooklyn to take on Ecuador’s Erick Bone (16-2, 8 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight bout on Saturday night, December 5.
“I am very excited to return to Barclays Center, where I have had some of my best showings,” said Algieri. “I am looking forward to having my best performance yet.”
Star Boxing’s Joe Smith, Jr. (19-1, 16 KOs), is a knockout artist who in between fights is a local 66 laborer. Like Algieri a long Island native, he will square off against firefighter Will Rosinsky (19-2, 10 KOs) in a light heavyweight clash.
The Algieri vs. Bone fight will be part of a stacked undercard featuring top regional talent. The undercard supports the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event headlined by the all-Brooklyn battle between middleweight world champion Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs (30-1, 27 KOs) and former world champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (32-0-1, 23 KOs). In the co-feature, WBA Featherweight World Champion Jesus Cuellar (27-1, 21 KOs) will face exciting Puerto Rican contender Jonathan “Polvo” Oquendo (26-4, 16 KOs).
Tickets for the live event start at $50, not including applicable fees, and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Tickets are also available at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center.
The Rest of December
On December 19, Turning Stone Casino will be the site for an HBO Latino® Boxing event headlined by Star Boxing’s Cuban light heavyweight contender Yuniesky Gonzalez (16-1, 12 KOs) fighting out of Miami, Florida taking on the undefeated power-puncher, Vyacheslav “
In the co-main event, Star Boxing’s former IBF Welterweight World Champion Joshua “Grand Master” Clottey (39-4, 22 KOs) of Accra, Ghana, takes on former world title contender, “King” Gabriel Rosado (21-9, 13 KOs) of Philadelphia in a 10-round junior middleweight contest.
The HBO Latino Boxing event will start at 12:15 a.m. ET/PT (tape delay) or immediately following the HBO Boxing After Dark telecast.
Tickets for the Dec. 19 HBO Boxing After Dark and HBO Latino Boxing event start at $25, $35 and $60 for ringside seats plus applicable fees and are available at the Turning Stone Resort Box Office by calling 315-361-7469 or online at Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com).
On Sunday, December 13, Star Boxing® president and founder Joe DeGuardia
will be honored as “Promoter of the Year” at Ring 8’s Annual Holiday Awards at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach (162-45 Cross Bay Blvd).
From New York Golden Gloves champion in the ring as an amateur to the rise of Star Boxing ignited by Antonio Tarver’s victory over Roy Jones, Jr. to guiding Chris Algieri to challenge world champion Manny Pacquiao for the Welterweight title, DeGuardia has done it all.
A product of the Bronx, DeGuardia attended Fordham Prep and earned his undergraduate degree from Fordham University. He then attended Hofstra Law School, where he graduated at the top of his class. DeGuardia now resides in Westchester County, New York.
He has popularized the Rockin’ Fights series at The Paramount in Huntington to sellout crowds on a regular basis, and is the promoter of such standouts as world champions Chris Algieri and Demetrius Andrade, as well as Zac Dunn, Cletus Seldin, Joshua Clottey,Yuniesky Gonzalez and Joe Smith, Jr.
Ring 8, the Veteran Boxers Association of New York, is the not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping former professional boxers in need of financial assistance. Its motto is “Boxers helping boxers.”
Tickets for this event are priced at $125 a person, and include brunch, cocktail hour, and open bar. Checks can be made payable to Ring 8 and sent to P.O. Box 724, Massapequa, NY 11762. For more information, please contact Bob Duffy at 516-313-2304 or at depcomish@aol.com. Tickets may also be purchased directly from Star Boxing by calling718-823-2000 or visit www.StarBoxing.com and will receive a special momento with each ticket purchased.
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