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Dirrell Faces Engel In ESPN2
Main Event On July 22
On Friday, July 22, 2011, at the Morongo Casino Resort in
Cazabon, California, and live on ESPN Friday Night Fights,
Gary Shaw Productions will proudly present Fight Night at
Morongo Casino Resort, featuring Flint, Michigan's WBC
#4-rated contender Anthony "The Dog" Dirrell (22-0, 19 KOs)
taking on Saint Louis, Missouri's Kevin "Hitman" Engel
(18-4, 15 KOs) in the 10-round super middleweight main
event.
26-year-old Dirrell, the brother of Olympic bronze medalist
Andre, will be looking to stay unbeaten while he waits for a
world title shot. He was last seen in front a huge hometown
crowd in Michigan, stopping former Olympian Dante Craig in
five rounds with a body shot. Against Dirrell, 31-year-old
Engel will be looking to pull the same kind of upset magic
he sprung on up-and-coming contender Darryl Cunningham in
2007.
The televised co-feature will pit Houston's once-beaten
Lanard Lane (12-1, 7 KOs) against Winter Haven, Florida's
undefeated knockout artist Joseph Elegele (12-0, 10 KOs) in
a welterweight 10-rounder.
A full-time firefighter, 28-year-old Lane will be looking to
extinguish the unbeaten streak of 27-year-old southpaw
Elegele.
On the undercard, Austin, Texas's undefeated Kurtiss Colvin
(5-0, 4 KOs) will face Long Beach, California's Cleveland
Ishe (3-1, 1 KO) in a middleweight four-rounder;
Philadelphia's Julian Williams (6-0-1, 4 KOs) will take on
Bakersfield, California's Raul Rodriguez (2-5-1, 1 KO) in a
junior middleweight six-rounder; undefeated Californian
Marcus Robinson (3-0) will go against Mexico's Mario
Evangelista (3-9, 3 KOs) over six junior middleweight
rounds; San Ardo, California's undefeated Roman Morales
(4-0, 3 KOs) will face Santa Rosa, California's Juan Tepoz
(4-5-1) in a featherweight four-rounder; and Palmdale,
California's DonYil Livingston (4-0, 2 KOs) will face an
opponent that is still TBA in a middleweight four-rounder.
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