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Boxcino 2015
Champion John Thompson Faces Liam Smith For Vacant WBO Jr.
Middleweight
Title Oct. 10 In Manchester, England
Boxcino 2015 champion John "Apollo Kidd" Thompson has signed
to face undefeated Liam Smith for the vacant WBO world Jr.
Middleweight title on October 10th in Manchester, England.
Thompson joins Willie Monroe Jr. as the 2nd Boxcino champion
to fight for a world title in a five month span.
Thompson (17-1, 6 KO's) of Newark, New Jersey will
participating in his first world title bout.
Thompson is co-promoted by Vito Mielnicki's GH3 Promotions
and Arthur Pelullo's Banner Promotions.
Thompson gained the opportunity on the strength of winning
the Boxcino 2015 Jr. Middleweight tournament with wins over
Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) and a 2nd
round stoppage over Brandon Adams (17-1).
"I am excited. These doors keep opening, and I just walk
through them and close them. I have to do my job. I am going
into this fight making sure that I am in tip-top shape. For
me, the Boxcino tournament was a great opportunity to be
established. It is a strong platform to show my talents. I
fought very tough competition, and I knew from the beginning
that's how you get prepared for these types of fights," said
Thompson.
"I am very proud of John. He was a last minute replacement
in Boxcino. He went on to win to the tournament in style by
scoring a spectacular knockout over the heavily favored
Brandon Adams. When the opportunity came about to fight Liam
Smith for the title, John jumped all over it and said make
it happen. John is a real fighter and understands when these
types of opportunities come up, they are few are far
between, and he jumped at the opportunity to fight for the
WBO Jr. Middleweight world championship," said Arthur
Pelullo of Banner Promotions
Said Vito Mielnicki, President of GH3 Promotions, "John was
the first fighter I signed at GH3 Promotions. He always has
taken the tough fights as you look at his history. I feel he
is by far the more dominant fighter in this fight, and he
will show his talent on October 10. It won't matter that he
his going into Smith's Backyard, John will put on a great
performance."
The bout is promoted by Frank Warren's Queensberry
Promotions, in association with Arthur Pelullo's Banner
Promotions and Vito Mielnicki's GH3 Promotions.
The Smith - Thompson bout will join the WBO Middleweight
title fight between Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders, as well
as Terry Flanagan defending his WBO Lightweight title
against Diego Magdaleno, which wil make up a championship
triple-header on October 10th from Manchester, England.
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