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Ferrante vs. Caputo Smith
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Jan. 31 At Harrahs Philadelphia
On Friday night, January 31st, Joey Eye Boxing Promotions
will present a great night of championship boxing at Harrahs
Philadelphia.
In the main event, it will be a battle of two of the most
popular fighters in the Philadelphia area as Tony "Boom
Boom" Ferrante takes on Anthony Caputo Smith in a ten round
battle for the Pennsylvania state Cruiserweight
championship.
Ferrante of Philadelphia has a record of 12-4 with 7
knockouts and at age 29, he has a lot to prove.
He won his first nine bouts which included a 5th round
stoppage over Anthony Pietrantonio (6-1).
After suffering his 1st two defeats to Chuck Mussachio
(15-1-2) and Ronson Frank (15-0. Ferrante went on to score
three consecutive stoppages before dropping fights to former
world title challenger Omar Sheika and Dhafir Smith.
In his last bout, Ferrante knocked out previously undefeated
Isa Akberbayev (10-0) in the 10th round of their January 19,
2013 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Unfortunately that bout was controversially changed to a
no-contest.
This will be Ferrante's 5th appearance at Harrahs
Caputo Smith of Kennett Square, PA has a record of 14-2 with
10 knockouts.
Caputo won his first 13 bouts while building up a large fan
base in the Philadelphia / Delaware area. After suffering
his 1st defeat, Caputo won the Pennsylvania State Light
heavyweight championship with a 10 round majority decision
over Dhafir Smith on May 4, 2013.
That win facilitated a high profile fight that saw Caputo
get stopped in 3 rounds against undefeated Seanie Monaghan
(18-0) on October 12, 2013 as part of the Timothy Bradley -
Juan Manuel Marquez televised Pay Per View undercard in Las
Vegas.
In the exciting eight round co-feature, currant Pennsylvania
Lightweight champion and undefeated Naim "The Dream" Nelson
will take on battle tested Christian Steele in a non-title
bout.
Nelson of Philadelphia has a record of 10-0 with 1 knockout.
The 23 year old Nelson has quality victories over Korey
Sloane (1-0); Esteban Rodriguez (5-1-1).
On September 14, 2012, Nelson had to get off the canvas to
come back and win the Pennsylvania Lightweight title with a
thrilling ten round unanimous decision over Victor Vasquez.
Since that fight, Nelson has 8 round unanimous decision wins
over Osnel Charles and Georgi Kevlishvili.
Steele of Philadelphia has a record of 4-7-1 with 1
knockout.
He has faced 7 undefeated fighters and has had good recent
success.
The 25 year-old turned pro in 2011 and has been in the ring
with top prospects Jared Robinson (7-0); Anthony Young
(4-0); Jose Peralta (9-1-1); Michal Chudecki (5-0) Tyrone
Crawley Jr. (3-0) and Rickey Edwards (2-0)
Steele has a draw with undefeated Bobby Hornsby (8-0) big
wins over Juan Rodriguez (4-1-1) and undefeated Lonnie
Jackson (3-0-1) on December 21st, 2013 in Broomall, PA.
In a six round bout undefeated Super Featherweight Anthony
Burgin (5-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia will see action against
an opponent to be named.
In four round bouts:
Anthony Prescott (2-2-1, 1 KO) of Cherry Hill, NJ battles
Jose Javier Calderon (4-3-1, 4 KO's) of Puerto Rico in a
Welterweight bout.
Robert Irizarry (0-1) of New Jersey will take on Arthur
Parker (1-9-1, 1 KO) of Lancaster, PA in a Featherweight
bout.
Fred Jenkins Jr. (6-1, 2 KO's) of Philadelphia will take
part in a Middleweight bout against an opponent to be named.
More bouts will be announced shortly.
Tickets are now on sale for $100 (VIP); $75 (Ringside) and
$50 (General Admission) and can be purchased at the Harrahs
Philadelphia Gift Shop; By calling Joey Eye (267-304-9399);
David
Feldman (610-291-0806); 800-480-8020 or on
http://www.webtix.net/
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