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TYSON FURY VS. STEVE "USS" CUNNINGHAM

SATURDAY, APRIL 20

AT THE THEATER AT MSG

 

TICKETS ON SALE

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 AT 12PM ET 

 
NEW YORK, NY - Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 8th at 12:00 noon ET, for the April 20th, Tyson Fury  vs. Steve  Cunningham fight which will be held at the Theater at Madison Square Garden and broadcast live in the afternoon on NBC.
  
Undefeated 6'9" heavyweight contender and former Irish, Commonwealth and British Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury will make his New York debut when he takes on two-time World Champion Steve "USS" Cunningham.
  

This fight is an official IBF Heavyweight Voluntary Eliminator fight for the #2. The winner must meet #1 or the leading available contender to establish the mandatory challenger for Heavyweight King Wladimir Klitschko. The fight will be broadcast at 4PM ET on NBC as a special 2 hour afternoon presentation of NBC Sports Fight Night.

 

Tickets are priced $25, $50, $100, $250 and $500. Tickets are available at the Madison Square Garden box office, through Ticketmaster 866-858-0008 and atticketmaster.com. Ticket prices include a $5 Facility Surcharge. Ticketmaster purchases are subject to a Ticketmaster Surcharge. Wheelchairs, companion seats, aisle seats and Assistive Listening Devices are available 212-465-6035  

 

FIGHT INFO:

April 20th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York features Tyson Fury vs. Steve Cunningham in the main event.  The undercard will be announced shortly. The main event and co-feature fight will be broadcast on NBC network TV beginning 4PM ET. The card is presented by Hennessy Sports and Main Events.  

 

 

 

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PROVIDENCE'S OWN PETER Manfredo Jr. (right) will return to action against Seattle, Wash., native Walter Wright on Friday, March 15th, 2013 at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I.
 

Thirteen years into boxing career, Manfredo Jr. now faces adversity in and out of ring

 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (March 6th, 2013) -- Aside from being a little older, and perhaps a bit wiser, the Peter Manfredo Jr. you see today is much different than "The Pride Of Providence" who rose to fame nearly eight years ago as a fan-favorite on the hit, reality television series The Contender.

 

As he continues his comeback, which began in November with a victory at Twin River Casino, Manfredo Jr. (38-7, 20 KOs) finds himself balancing life both in and outside of the ring, first as a husband and father, and then as a professional boxer.

 

Nowadays, each morning begins at 4 as Manfredo Jr. commutes to Boston for his day job. Then it's back to Rhode Island to hit the gym in preparation for his Friday, March 15th, 2013 showdown against fellow Contender alum Walter Wright (14-3, 7 KOs) before finally heading home to Connecticut with his wife and three children.

 

The mileage adds up, but it's worth putting in the extra work moonlighting as a laborer and boxer as long as Manfredo Jr. can avoid the pitfalls that have plagued so many fighters in the aftermath of their professional careers.

 

"I would never put my kids in this game," said Manfredo Jr., whose 10-round bout against Wright will headline Jimmy Burchfield's Classic Entertainment & Sports' "Unfinished Business" boxing card next Friday at the Twin River Event Center.

 

"There are no happy endings, not even for some of the best fighters in the world. Joe Louis died broke. Sugar Ray Robinson died broke.Muhammad Ali is like a vegetable now. There are no pensions or retirement funds. Why do we keep fighting? We're living within our means when we're fighting. When you're not fighting, how do you make ends meets?

 

"At the end of the day, when you're 30-something years old and you've put your whole career into boxing and now you have to get up to go to work, it's tough to keep up. There aren't any happy endings in this business, but maybe someday when I'm retired I can be a spokesperson for kids."

 

Since he announced his comeback last year, Manfredo Jr. has made it clear he's fighting to provide for his family. Asked what he would consider a "happy ending," he said, "I've done everything I've wanted to do in boxing.

 

"I'm probably the one percent who's made it to where I've been. I've fought some of the best fighters in the world. I fought Joe Calzaghe in front of 30,000 in Wales. I fought Sakio Bika. I fought Jeff Lacy. I fought Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. I've fought on HBO, ESPN - all over the world. I won a [International Boxing Organization] world title. If it were to end today, it'd be perfect.

 

"Now, I'm just doing it for the extra money. It's a trade, like when guys fought during the Great Depression. God gave me this gift, and I'm going to use it. I'll do it until I can't do it anymore."

 

Balancing both careers hasn't been easy, but the fight in November against Rayco Saunders (a 10-round unanimous-decision win) allowed Manfredo Jr. to shake off the ring rust. Now it's business as usual as he prepares to face Wright, a Seattle, Wash., native and former quarterfinalist on Season 2 of The Contender, who will be fighting for the first time since 2010.

 

"I feel good," Manfredo Jr. said. "I've been in the gym a lot, whereas before when I was preparing for the last fight I hadn't been in the gym for a whole year.

 

"I definitely feel an improvement. Things are a lot better than last time. At the same time, I didn't get to go to camp [in California with trainerFreddie Roach] because I'm working full-time, but I still feel good as I'm moving along. Everything is coming back to me. I'm getting and now I have to work everyday at 4 a.m. and hit the gym after that, but I'm getting it done. I'm excited for this fight."

 

Tickets for "Unfinished Business" are $40.00, $60.00, $100.00 and $150.00 (VIP) and can be purchased by calling CES at 401.724.2253/2254, online at www.shop.cesboxing.com or www.twinriver.com, at the Players Club booth at Twin River, or through any TicketMaster location. Doors open 6 p.m. with the first bout scheduled for 7.

 

The undercard of "Unfinished Business" features an array of intriguing regional showdowns, starting with an intra-city battle between Joey Gardner (10-5-1, 1 KO) and Reynaldo Rodriguez (6-5-1, 3 KOs) of Woonsocket, R.I. The former training partners will go toe-to-toe in a six-round super middleweight special attraction.

 

Also on the undercard, Boston middleweight Julio Garcia (6-3, 3 KOs) - trained by former heavyweight world champion John Ruiz - will faceThomas Falowo (8-1, 6 KOs) of Pawtucket, R.I., in a six-round bout while light heavyweight Kevin Cobbs (6-1, 2 KOs) of Burlington, Vt., who is looking to bounce back from his first career loss in November, will face hard-htting Paul Gonsalves (4-2, 3 KOs) of Harwich, Mass., in a four-round bout.

 

Warwick, R.I., super middleweight Benny Costantino (7-2, 4 KOs) is also back in action and looking to bounce back from his loss in July as he faces Quincy, Mass., veteran Emmanuel Medina (2-3-1, 2 KOs), who appeared in a nationally-televised bout on ESPN2 in January. Unbeaten, 19-year-old Polish welterweight Patryk Szymanski (5-0, 2 KOs), fighting out of North Bergen, N.J., will make a special appearance in a six-round bout against Antonio Chaves Fernandes (2-8-1) of Brockton, Mass. Jesse Barboza (5-1-1, 3 KOs), a Barnstable, Mass., heavyweight, will return to Twin River for the first time since 2010 when he faces Jeramiah Witherspoon (2-2-1, 1 KO) of Altoona, Pa., in a four-round bout, while female bantamweight Noemi Bosques (1-0), a St. Petersburg, Fla., native who now trains in Providence, will face Queens native Vanessa Greco (1-2-1) in a four-round bout. All bouts are subject to change.

 

(Twin River has waived its 18+ rule for "Unfinished Business." Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult and must enter through the West entrance.)

 

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Halle Berry happy to be back for 'X-Men' sequel

Last week, director Bryan Singer hinted that Halle Berry could reprise her role as Storm in his upcoming "X-Men: Days of Future Past," and the Oscar-winning actress has since confirmed the news to CNN.

"I'm going to be there. I don't know how [much] of the old cast will be there, but I think we're pretty official," Berry said Saturday.

"I loved her and the people love Storm ... so I'm happy to come back," she continued. "And I love working with Hugh Jackman [who plays Wolverine]. Bryan Singer is back directing ... so it'll be good. Ian McKellen is back and Patrick Stewart is back, so it's good.

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Papoose fearlessly entered the 5 Fingers of Death on #SwayInTheMorning. DJ Wonder threw 5 random beats for him freestyle over -- and he killed each of them. 



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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, sitting down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in the “This Week” studio in New York on Sunday morning, defended his basketball diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said the young leader “don’t want war – that’s one thing he don’t want.”Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/dennis-rodman-not-apologizing-for-my-friend-kim-jong-un-88333.html#ixzz2MUtG9aTu

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Still undefeated

 

Williams, Vincent keep their perfect records intact on undercard of ESPN showcase

 

LEDYARD, Conn. (March 1st, 2013) – Shelito Vincent and Jimmy Williams made easy work of their opponents Friday, winning every round of their respective bouts to earn shutout victories at Foxwoods Resort Casino’s MGM Grand Theater.

 

Vincent (8-0) and Williams (2-0, 1 KO), both part of Jimmy Burchfield’s stable at Classic Entertainment & Sports, starred on the undercard of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment and rap mogul 50 Cent’s SMS Promotions.

 

Vincent, a New London, Conn., native, followed up her impressive win over Nydia Feliciano in January with another dominant performance Friday, out-boxing the scrappy Mikayla Nebel (0-4) of Ohio to earn a 40-36, 40-36, 40-36 decision in the female bantamweight division. Williams, a New Jersey native who now lives and trains in New Haven, Conn., followed suit with an equally-impressive, 40-36, 40-36, 40-36 win over Georgia’s Raynard Younger in a four-round welterweight bout. For Williams, it was his second nationally-televised bout; his debut win over Noel Garcia aired live on NBC Sports Network’s Fight Night series.

 

Russia’s Evgeny Gradovich (16-0) upset Australia’s Billy Dibb (35-2) in the main event by split decision, 114-112, 112-114, 114-112, to win Dibb’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title while Cleveland’s Willie Nelson (20-1-1, 12 KOs) destroyed Michael Medina (26-4-2) via first-round knockout to retain his North American Boxing Federation (NABF) light middleweight title in the scheduled 10-round co-feature. Nelson sent Medina to the canvas twice and finished him for good at the 2-minute mark.

 

Also on the undercard, light welterweight Luis Olivares (1-0, 1 KO) debuted with a first-round knockout win over Rafael Munoz (1-2) at the 1:38 mark while New England’s Luis Rosa (13-0) and Ryan Kielczewski (16-0) each kept their perfect records intact with eight-round, unanimous-decision wins. New Haven’s Rosa stood toe-to-toe with Jhovany Collado (4-7-2) of Queens and earned an 80-71, 80-71, 80-71 win in the super bantamweight division while the 23-year-old Kielczewski, a Quincy, Mass., super featherweight, dominated Texas’ Gil Garcia (5-4-1), 80-72, 80-72, 79-73.

 

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Contacts:

Michael Parente, Classic Entertainment & Sports, (401) 263-4990 or michael@cesboxing.com.

Shannan McNair, Foxwoods Resort Casino, (860) 396-6727 or smcnair@mtpn.org.

Kevin Rooney, DiBella Entertainment, (212) 947-2577 or kevin@dbe1.com.

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Their time to shine


 


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CONNECTICUT'S JIMMY WILLIAMS (left) and Shelito Vincent will be in action tonight at Foxwoods Resort Casino's MGM Grand Theater as part of ESPN2's national telecast of Friday Night Fights.

 

CES' Williams, Vincent return on undercard of tonight's ESPN telecast at Foxwoods

 

LEDYARD, Conn. (March 1st, 2013) - Professional boxing and hip-hop will collide in front of a worldwide audience Friday night at Foxwoods Resort Casino with two of Connecticut's rising stars looking to steal the show. 

 

Undefeated New London female bantamweight Shelito Vincent (7-0) and New Haven welterweight Jimmy Williams (1-0, 1 KO) will be featured tonight on the undercard of ESPN's Friday Night Fights at the MGM Grand Theater, co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment and rap mogul 50 Cent's SMS Promotions. The show will also feature a live performance by the Queens native 50 Cent, a three-time American Music Award winner and platinum-selling artist.

 

Vincent, who now lives and trains in Providence, R.I., is aiming for her second win of 2013 when she faces Mikayla Nebel (0-3) in a six-round bout. For Nebel, an Ohio native, this is another in a long line of tough fights since she turned pro last March; she's gone the distance withNydia Feliciano, whom Vincent beat in January, New York fan-favoriteHeather Hardy and Jennifer Santiago. Her previous three opponents have a combined record of 11-4-3.

 

"She's a nice little fighter," said Vincent, who out-worked Feliciano in a unanimous-decision win in January for her seventh win. "She's got a nice right hand, but I move my head, and a lot of other girls don't, so I'm not worried about it."

 

Vincent is dedicating the fight to her friend and fellow fighter Noemi Bosques, whose mother is in critical condition due to illness. Bosques is set to face New York's Vanessa Greco in a four-round bantamweight bout March 15th in Providence.

 

"I'm taking it out on her," Vincent said of Nebel. "I feel bad for her."

 

After debuting in front of a national-television audience on NBC Sports Network's Fight Night with a fourth-round knockout win over Noel Garcia on Jan. 19, Williams - a former college football player at Southern Connecticut State University - will return tonight against 26-year-old Ray Younger (0-1) of Georgia.

 

"I've been training hard, so I expect to win," Williams said. "I feel good. This is the second step in becoming a champion."

 

The main event of Friday's card features the 12-round International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title bout between Australian champion Billy Dib (35-1, 21 KOs) and Russian challenger Evgeny Gradovich (15-0, 8 KOs). Cleveland's Willie Nelson (19-1-1, 11 KOs) will defend his North American Boxing Federation (NABF) light middleweight title against Michael Medina (26-3-2, 19 KOs) of Los Angeles in the 10-round co-feature. The live broadcast on ESPN2 begins at 9 p.m. ET.

 

Tickets priced at $40.00, $75.00, $100.00 and $200.00 can be purchased online at www.foxwoods.com, at the MGM Grand Theater box office or by calling 800-200-2282.

 

 

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Brooklyn, stand up. 

Less than a year after the highly acclaimed Barclays Center opened its doors to the Brooklyn Nets, the epic stadium finally has a theme song that pays homage to its home borough, and lyrically represents the pride affiliated with being not only a Brooklyn Nets fan, but a proud Brooklynite. 

PHOTOS: The Brooklyn Nets Suit Up In New Uniforms For The First Time Ever!

And who better to fit the bill than John Forté, the classically-trained violinist, former Fugees affiliate and Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer who was molded by Brooklyn, New York. 

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Otis Williams - the only surviving original member of the legendary Motown group The Temptations - recalls how drink and drug addiction plagued the group's early days.

He spoke to HARDtalk's David Eades about how he had been unable to control other band members and how he himself had succumbed to temptation.

You can watch the full interview on BBC World News on Monday 19 March at 04:30, 09:30, 15:30 and 21:30 GMT and on the BBC News Channel on Monday 19 March at 04:30 GMT and Tuesday 20 March at 00:30 GMT.

Go to Page: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtal...

Watch recent episodes online (UK only) or subscribe to our podcast. Find out who is coming up on the programme by following us on Twitter .

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