Boxing Returns to Corinth, MS
Corinth, MS (PRWEB) June 23, 2007 -- Live Professional Boxing will return to the 9,000-seat Crossroads Arena and Corinth, MS on Saturday July 07, 2007 after a two-year hiatus.
Lion Heart Boxing Productions, working in association with Ron Remus Productions and Oliver Miller, will promote an episode of its World Class Boxing series. Headlining the card and in the Main Event is current NABC Welterweight Champion, Former WBO Latin America Junior Welterweight Champion, Brazilian Light Welterweight Champion and former WBO Number Two Ranked Welterweight Antonio Mesquita (33-0) who will defend his NABC Welterweight crown against an opponent to be announced. In the co-main event, Knockout Artist Tyrone Brunson (18-0) will seek to break the record for consecutive first round knockouts by going for his 19 consecutive first round knockout against tough-as-nails veteran Sean Holley (8-21).
Mesquita sports an impressive winning record having won all thirty-three of his professional fights to date, twenty-seven of them by way of knockout, and is recognized as a top Welterweight contender. After racking up a record thirty wins, Mesquita took a year and half long leave-of-absence from Boxing to tend to a personal family matter in August 2004. Desiring to finish the job he started, Mesquita decided to stage a comeback and is determined to make his dream of becoming World Champion a reality. His first comeback fight took place on February 16, 2006 at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center where he KO'ed Luiz Da Silva, a long-time nemesis. A rejuvenated Mesquita has won all his fights since then by knockout.
Originally from Guaruja, Brazil, Antonio Mesquita now resides in St. George, Utah but trains out of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the world famous Johnny Toccos Gym. Mesquita moved to the United State to step up the level of both his training and competition after a year and a half layoff. In his last outing in the ring, a fight televised nationally on ESPN2, Mesquita steamrolled Santos Pakau in 6 rounds, dropping Pakau several times before the fight was mercifully stopped.
Tyrone "Young Gun" Brunson (18-0, 18 KO's) is the holder of the American record first round knockouts. With his fifteen win, on March 09, 2007, Brunson secured the United States of America and North American record for consecutive first round knockouts by eclipsing the record set by Young Otto (119-30) more than a hundred years earlier on October 6, 1905.
After bagging the American record, Brunson set his eyes on the world record. Three months later, on June 08, 2007, Brunson quietly made boxing history again with the amazing feat of securing eighteen first round knockouts in as many outings. With 18 consecutive first round knockouts, Brunson tied the world record for consecutive knockouts set by current WBA Super Featherweight Champion Edwin Valero of Venezeula on February 25, 2006. Brunson's eighteenth win and eighteenth first-round knockout, the win that gave him a share of the world record, came at the Sky City Casino in Auckland, New Zealand, when Brunson stopping veteran Jamie Waru with four seconds remaining in the opening stanza. Should Brunson win his fight on July 7, 2007 in the first round, he will be the first and only man to ever have scored 19 consecutive first round knockouts.
On the undercard will be New Orleans Heavyweight Prospect Frederic "Big Fred" Kassi (10-0), three time National Golden Gloves winner and former Olympian Natalie "Too Bad" Brown (4-0) and Columbus, Mississippi's Shannon Miller (21-37), all against opponents to be announced.
Tickets are reasonably priced at $50.00 for VIP Floor Seats, $30 for Reserved Seats and $20 for General Admission. A $5 discount is given to Children (twelve and under), Seniors, Students and men in uniform (Police, Firemen, EMT and all military--Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Coast Guard, etc) with a valid ID. Tickets can be purchased at the Crossroads Arena, or by visiting www.LionHeartBoxingProductions.com.
The last professional boxing show done at the Crossroads Arena and Corinth, MS was held on almost two years ago, on July 30, 2005.
About Lion Heart Boxing Productions
Lion Heart Boxing Productions, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, through its operations and affiliates, is a global and integrated Boxing Promotions and Sports Entertainment Company, started in 2001 by New Orleans Tax Attorney and Boxing enthusiast Edward Mendy. The Company has quickly developed a reputation as a producer of high quality fights and is well respected for its fair treatment of fighters and commitment to fighters' rights. Lion Heart Boxing Productions is the promoter of the "Thursday Night Fights" series as well as the heavyweight series known as "A Night of the Heavies."
About the NABC
The North American Boxing Council is a professional boxing sanctioning body with its United States office in Indianapolis, IN. NABC President, Ed Hutchison, manages the United States operations of the NABC. The NABC has operated in its current incarnation since 1999.
The NABC sanctions State, Regional, National and Intercontinental title contests. The NABC brings together the best up-and-coming fighters and assists in their career development as they progress toward world championships. NABC championship bouts have been televised on HBO Boxing, ESPN2 Friday Night Fights and Fox Sports. Like all professional boxing sanctioning organizations operating in the United States it is regulated by the Association of Boxing Commissions.
Boxers who have fought for the NABC belt include Evander Holyfield, Félix Trinidad, Larry Donald, Ricardo Mayorga, Stevie Johnston, Joshua Clottey, Ian Gardner, Michael Olajide and Damian Fuller. Promoters who have held NABC contests include Don King, Fred Berns, Lion Heart Boxing Productions and Gary Shaw.
About the Crossroads, Arena
The Crossroads Arena, which opened in November 1999, is a multi-million multipurpose Arena. Located in Corinth-Alcorn County, Mississippi the Arena has an audience potential of almost three million people within a 100-mile radius. The Arena seats over 9,000 for Boxing, Wrestling, concerts, family shows, and other similar events. The arena floor is the largest in Mississippi and seats 3,200 for Football, rodeos and other similar sporting events.
Since it's opening, the Arena has hosted many events including concerts, sporting events, family shows, Broadway and theatrical events, trade shows and conventions. Featured events have included John Michael Montgomery, George Jones, Merle Haggard, The Beach Boys, 38 Special, Percy Sledge, Ray Price, Sherri Austin, Mark Wells, Gary Allen, The Go Show 2003 featuring Audio A-MercyMe-Kutless-The Swift, The Drifters, The Katinas, Jim Ed Brown and Grand Old Opry stars, Rush PRCA Rodeo, Circuses, Rush PBR Bull riding, Paul Shafer Monster Trucks, Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Osmond Family Christmas, Spirit of the Dance, WWF sanctioned Wrestling, and many others.
Crossroads Arena is jointly owned by the City of Corinth and County of Alcorn, Mississippi, and is managed by the Crossroads Arena Board comprised of seven members, three appointed by the City, three appointed by the County and one appointed jointly. Crossroads Arena Board members serve without compensation and bring industry and business skills to management of the facility to enhance the environment for both the Arena patrons and promoters.
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