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Garrett Wilson To Take On
Anthony Caputo Smith On June 20 At Valley Forge Casino Resort
On Saturday night, June 20, King's Boxing will present a
championship night of boxing at the Valley Forge Casino
Resort.
In the main event, Garrett "The Ultimate Warrior" Wilson
will take on Anthony Caputo Smith in a 10-round battle for
the Pennsylvania Cruiserweight championship.
Wilson of Philadelphia has a record of 13-9-1 with 7
knockouts and has lived up to his nickname as he is willing
to fight anybody at anytime. He has fought seven undefeated
fighters and countless contenders.
Wilson, 32 won the USBA Cruiserweight title with a 12-round
unanimous decision over former world title challenger Omar
Sheika. He defended the the twice with thrilling knockout
wins over Chuck Mussachio (17-1-2) and Andres Taylor
(20-1-2).
Those fights set him for an IBF Elimination bout against
Alexander Alekseev (23-2-1).
Wilson fought well but came up just short on the scorecards.
In his next bout, Wilson jumped up to Heavyweight to fight
current number-one ranked Vychslav Glazkov. Wilson took the
fight on two days notice and gave a good account of himself
before dropping a decision.
Wilson will be looking to break a 4-fight losing streak.
Caputo Smith of Kennett Square, PA has a record of 15-4 with
10 knockouts.
The 30 year-old is like Wilson as he willing to fight
anybody.
He won his first thirteen bouts and then captured the
Pennsylvania Light Heavyweight title with a 10-round
unanimous decision over Dhafir Smith. Caputo Smith then
stepped up and lost to undefeated Seanie Monaghan (18-0) on
the Juan Manuel Marquez - Timothy Bradley Pay Per View
undercard in Las Vegas.
Caputo Smith moved up to win the Pennsylvania Cruiserweight
title with a 10-round split decision over Tony Ferrante.
Caputo Smith is on a two fight losing streak after dropping
fights to BJ Flores (29-1-1) and former interim world
champion Ola Afolabi (20-3-4).
In the 8-round co-feature, Keenan Collins (15-9-3, 10 KO's)
of York, PA will take on Pavel Miranda (19-10-1, 6 KO's) of
Tijuana, Mexico in a Middleweight bout.
In 6-round bouts:
Coy Evans (10-2-1, 2 KO's) will fight Jose Bustos (7-4-3, 4
KO's) of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico in a Jr. Lightweight bout.
Earl Newman (5-0, 4 KO's) of Brooklyn, NY will fight Lamont
Capers (5-6) of Hawley, PA in a Cruiserweight bout.
John Magda (10-0, 7 KO's) of Rutherford, NJ will take on an
opponent to be named in a Super Middleweight bout.
Stephen Fulton (5-0, 2 KO's) of Philadelphia will take on an
opponent to be named in a Featherweight bout.
Samuel Quinones (8-3, 3 KO's) of York, PA will fight an
opponent to be named in a Jr. Welterweight bout.
Lightweight Milton Santiago (10-0, 3 KO's) of Philadelphia,
PA will take on an opponent to be named
In 4-rounds bouts:
Kevin Garcia (1-1) of Phoenixville, PA will fight Jack Grady
(0-1) of Buffalo, NY in a Lightweight bout.
Eric Spring (5-0, 1 KO) will take on Robert Sweeney (3-2) of
Hampton, VA in a Jr. Middleweight bout.
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