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Steve Upsher Has Homecoming
Bout This Friday Night At Stadium Holiday In Philadelphia
This Friday night at the Stadium Holiday
Inn in Philadelphia, King's Promotions presents a great
night of championship boxing that will headlined by 10-round
UBF Lightweight championship bout between Frankie De Alba
(15-1-2, 5 KO's) and Bernardo Gomez Uribe (14-3, 10 KO's).
In one of the 8-round co-features, Steve Upsher Chambers
(24-4-1, 6 KO's) returns to the city where he cut his teeth
as a professional to take on Alejandro Rodriguez (24-16-1,
14 KO's) in a Jr. Welterweight bout.
Chambers, who came originally to Philadelphia with former
Heavyweight title challenger, "Fast" Eddie Chambers, fought
23 times and the famed Blue Horizon in Philadelphia and will
be making his first start in the City of Brotherly Love in
almost 6 years.
"I have been training hard and working on opening my new gym
with (Lightweight contender) Rod Salka," said Upsher.
"I am on weight already and I feel good. We will be fighting
at 142 pounds."
Upsher is ready to show the fans how far his abilities have
grown since he turned pro in Philadelphia in 2003 when he
was just 18 years old.
"I am happy to be coming back to Philadelphia. I want to
show people how far I have come and see the improvement that
I have made as a fighter."
Despite losing his three bouts to the likes of former world
champions Luis Collazo and Andre Berto as well as
then-undefeated prospect Eddie Gomez, Upsher was competitive
in all those bouts and grew tremendously from those
experiences.
"It showed that I can compete against that level of fighter.
Plus everyone of those guys was bigger than me. I am a
natural 140 pounder and can make 135 if the right
opportunity presented itself."
Chambers went back to his native Pittsburgh to train in
neighboring city Coal Center, PA.
"My mind is set on winning a world title at 140 pounds.
After the three losses, I cant afford any missteps. People
see about the losses. I know I have the ability to be a
world champion and on May 29 that will start to show."
On the veteran opponent, Rodriguez, Upsher said, "I know he
is tough and from Mexico. I will look at a little film
before the fight and go from there. I really don't worry
about what he will do. He should worry about me. This fight
is redemption for me. It's a start and then I would like to
right all of the losses. But first I am looking for a
dominant performance on Friday then I want to end all
doubts."
An outstanding undercard has been assembled.
In 6-round bouts:
Farah Ennis (21-2, 12 KO's) of Philadelphia will fight
Michael Gbenga (20-19, 20 KO's) of Accra, Ghana in a Super
Middleweight bout.
Former U.S. Olympian, Raynell Williams (7-0, 4 KO's) of
Cleveland, OH will take on an opponent to be named in a
Lightweight bout.
Welterweight Miguel Cruz (8-0, 7 KO's) of Lake Mary, FL
battles Juan Rodriguez (6-2-1, 5 KO's) of Haymarket, VA..
Samuel Figueroa (7-0, 4 KO's) of Ansco, PR will fight Jose
Valderrama (4-9, 3 KO's) of Arecibo, PR in a Welterweight
bout.
Brandon Bennett (18-1, 7 KO's) of Cincinnati, OH will square
off with Rondale Hubbert (10-1-1, 6 KO's) of Minneapolis, MN
in a Lightweight bout.
Demond Nicholson (12-1, 12 KO's) of Laurel, MD will battle
German Perez (11-1, 3 KO's) in a Middleweight bout.
Leo Hall (5-0, 5 KO's) of Detroit, MI will risk his perfect
mark against Lawrence Blakey (2-3, 1 KO) of Pennsylvania in
a Light Heavyweight affair.
Caleb Plant (6-0, 5 KO's) of Ashland City, TN will fight
Jason Zabokrtsky (3-1, 3 KO's) of Kansas in a Middleweight
bout.
Rounding out the card in a 4-round bout will be Christopher
Brooker (2-0, 2 KO's) of Philadelphia fighting pro debuting
Santario Martin of Gainesville, FL in a Super Middleweight
bout.
The Stadium Holiday Inn is located at 900 Packer Ave. in
Philadelphia
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