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Mayor Elicker, Chief Reyes Release Statements on Violence Over the Weekend
Press Conference Tomorrow at 11AM on the Steps of NHPDMayor Elicker, Chief Reyes Release Statements on Violence Over the WPress Conference Tomorrow at 11AM on the Steps of NHPD NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Following the sixth homicide of 2021 and multiple violent acts of the weekend, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes released statements ahead of a press conference to be held Monday morning. Mayor Elicker released the following statement: Over the weekend we experienced multiple violent #
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Following the sixth homicide of 2021 and multiple violent acts of the weekend, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes released statements ahead of a press conference to be held Monday morning.
Mayor Elicker released the following statement:
Over the weekend we experienced multiple violent acts in our community, including those involving a New Haven Public Schools teacher, a New Haven Public Schools administrator, and a graduate student at Yale. I am deeply saddened that we lost Yale School of Environment student Kevin Jiang last night to gun violence. Kevin would have celebrated his 27th birthday next week.
To those who continue to perpetrate these crimes: you undermine the safety of our residents and yourselves. You continue to promote fear for our safety in our everyday lives. We, as a community, will not stand for this and we will be relentless in efforts to provide justice for all of the victims, their families and loved ones. Addressing and eradicating gun violence takes serious action both in the short-term and the long-term—and the City of New Haven is committed to that. If you have any information pertaining to any ongoing investigations call the NHPD at (203) 946-6304.
Chief Reyes is asking for the public’s help in providing information in these cases. Chief Reyes added, “Our department is working around the clock to solve these most recent acts of violence. We will bring all of our resources to bear to ensure the safety of our city.”
The Mayor, New Haven Police Department and members of the Yale Police Department will be hosting a press conference on violent crime tomorrow on the steps of the New Haven Police Department, 1 Union Avenue at 11:00 AM.
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Mayor Elicker, Chief Reyes Release Statements on Violence Over the Weekend
Press Conference Tomorrow at 11AM on the Steps of NHPDMayor Elicker, Chief Reyes Release Statements on Violence Over the WPress Conference Tomorrow at 11AM on the Steps of NHPD NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Following the sixth homicide of 2021 and multiple violent acts of the weekend, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes released statements ahead of a press conference to be held Monday morning. Mayor Elicker released the following statement: Over the weekend we experienced multiple violent #
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Following the sixth homicide of 2021 and multiple violent acts of the weekend, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes released statements ahead of a press conference to be held Monday morning.
Mayor Elicker released the following statement:
Over the weekend we experienced multiple violent acts in our community, including those involving a New Haven Public Schools teacher, a New Haven Public Schools administrator, and a graduate student at Yale. I am deeply saddened that we lost Yale School of Environment student Kevin Jiang last night to gun violence. Kevin would have celebrated his 27th birthday next week.
To those who continue to perpetrate these crimes: you undermine the safety of our residents and yourselves. You continue to promote fear for our safety in our everyday lives. We, as a community, will not stand for this and we will be relentless in efforts to provide justice for all of the victims, their families and loved ones. Addressing and eradicating gun violence takes serious action both in the short-term and the long-term—and the City of New Haven is committed to that. If you have any information pertaining to any ongoing investigations call the NHPD at (203) 946-6304.
Chief Reyes is asking for the public’s help in providing information in these cases. Chief Reyes added, “Our department is working around the clock to solve these most recent acts of violence. We will bring all of our resources to bear to ensure the safety of our city.”
The Mayor, New Haven Police Department and members of the Yale Police Department will be hosting a press conference on violent crime tomorrow on the steps of the New Haven Police Department, 1 Union Avenue at 11:00 AM.
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10 October, 2018 – GUNSHOTS FIRED AT CAR IN WESTVILLE VILLAGE AS CROWDS LEAVE ROOSEVELT’S BAR
This marks the third gunfire/ shooting event in one year related to a bar in the heart of the quiet Westville Village. At 1:03 AM, Officers responded to calls of gunfire that had occurred outside Roosevelt’s Bar, 883 Whalley Avenue.
An officer had been flagged down at the corner of Fountain Street and Central Avenue by a person reporting a chaotic scene just blocks away. As he approached, the officer heard gunfire and spotted a Subaru Forester leaving the area. He pulled over the car on West Rock Avenue. The car’s windshield had been shot at.
About two hours later, an officer in Fair Haven was contacted by a man admitting he’d fired at the vehicle after its driver sped directly at him. The twenty-five year old Hamden, CT man told police he was leaving Roosevelt’s when a man pulled up to him and addressed him. He said the man drove off, made a U-turn and sped toward him. He told officers he jumped into his own car but couldn’t get it started in time to flee. He said the man struck his car and he thought the man would harm him. He said he fired at the driver, who in turn fled.
Video of the incident, viewed by the officers, generally corroborates the victim’s story. The victim has a valid pistol permit. It appears he was not the antagonist in this incident.
The case remains under investigation. An arrest has not yet been made.
On Saturday, September 22, 2018, Officers, as had become routine, were posted at Roosevelt’s bar to clear out the crowd after closing time. At 1:52 AM, those officers heard gunfire and found the victim in front of the closed business at 867 Whalley Avenue. Tomone Archie Lindsey, thirty-two, of New Haven, had been shot in the leg. He claimed to have no knowledge as to who’d shot him. A parked car was struck as well.
Though Roosevelt’s Bar often hires an Extra Duty officer on weekends, routinely, it takes many on-duty officers to clear out the area after closing.
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This marks the third gunfire/ shooting event in one year related to a bar in the heart of the quiet Westville Village. At 1:03 AM, Officers responded to calls of gunfire that had occurred outside Roosevelt’s Bar, 883 Whalley Avenue.
An officer had been flagged down at the corner of Fountain Street and Central Avenue by a person reporting a chaotic scene just blocks away. As he approached, the officer heard gunfire and spotted a Subaru Forester leaving the area. He pulled over the car on West Rock Avenue. The car’s windshield had been shot at.
About two hours later, an officer in Fair Haven was contacted by a man admitting he’d fired at the vehicle after its driver sped directly at him. The twenty-five year old Hamden, CT man told police he was leaving Roosevelt’s when a man pulled up to him and addressed him. He said the man drove off, made a U-turn and sped toward him. He told officers he jumped into his own car but couldn’t get it started in time to flee. He said the man struck his car and he thought the man would harm him. He said he fired at the driver, who in turn fled.
Video of the incident, viewed by the officers, generally corroborates the victim’s story. The victim has a valid pistol permit. It appears he was not the antagonist in this incident.
The case remains under investigation. An arrest has not yet been made.
On Saturday, September 22, 2018, Officers, as had become routine, were posted at Roosevelt’s bar to clear out the crowd after closing time. At 1:52 AM, those officers heard gunfire and found the victim in front of the closed business at 867 Whalley Avenue. Tomone Archie Lindsey, thirty-two, of New Haven, had been shot in the leg. He claimed to have no knowledge as to who’d shot him. A parked car was struck as well.
Though Roosevelt’s Bar often hires an Extra Duty officer on weekends, routinely, it takes many on-duty officers to clear out the area after closing
9 October, 2018 – MAN CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE IN STABBING. THE INJURED PERSON DISAPPEARED
At 9:36 PM, officers were dispatched to 154 Frank Street after somone reported an assault.
The arriving cops found a pool of blood on the front porch and a trail of blood leading inside to the second floor. There was more blood in a bedroom, but no one was in it.
Suspicious of the noises above, the basement tennant emerged and told the cops he’d seen two women leaving the building after hearing an argument. He said his upstairs-neighbor came outside and was bleeding from his face. He said the women cut him.
Police cought up with the victim at Yale New Haven Hospital. The sixty-six year old told the officers he was in his bedroom, when the door opened and two men entered. One had a “shiny knife”. The blade-wielding man aproached him. The victim armed himself with a screwdriver and ordered the intruder to stop.
The victim said the man kept coming and sliced his face and hand. The victim said he stabbed the intruder several times with the screwdriver. The last time, said the victim, the screwdriver remained in the man’s chest.
The victim’s wounds – though deep, were not deemed life-threatening. The intruders were not found despite frequent checks for the impaled one – male or female.
9 October, 2018 – HURLBURT STREET RESIDENCE STRUCK BY BULLETS
At 9:13 PM, the city’s ShotSpotter® system alerted to gunfire on the one-hundred block of Hurlburt Street. Officers narrowed their search to a bullet struk home at 109 Hurlburt Street. Bullet shell casings, found outside on the street and front porch, were collected and the house was searched. One of its occupants, Travis Jenkins (3-30-1975), of that address, had two outstanding warrants (larceny 6th and failing to appear in court) and was taken into custody. His custody was otherwise unrelated to this case.
We’re looking into the who and why and are interested in hearing from anyone who has information on this case. 203-946-6304, if you’re interested in talking. Calls may be made annonymously.
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RHODE ISLAND JUNIOR welterweight Anthony Marsella Jr., seen here with CES Boxing president Jimmy Burchfield Sr. prior to his October bout at Twin River Casino, returns to the Lincoln, R.I., venue on Saturday, Feb. 4th, 2017 to face 16-fight veteran Francisco Medel in just his fourth professional bout. Marsella Jr. is coming off back-to-back first-round knockouts while Medel boasts a 10-6 record with six knockouts. The Marsella-Medel bout is one of 10 on the card, which is CES Boxing's 2017 season opener at Twin River.
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WORLD-RATED PHILADELPHIA lightweight Hank Lundy (right), seen here after scoring a knockdown this past weekend during his win over Carlos Winston Velasquez at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, is now the reigning WBC Continental Americas Champion and is in search of his first world title shot after 32 professional fights. The win Saturday marked Lundy's return to the 135-pound division after a brief stint at junior welterweight. Lundy hopes to unify the 135-pound world title and ultimately take another shot at 140.
Lundy ready to 'reclaim his throne' in 135-pound weight class after capturing vacant title Saturday
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PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 23rd, 2015) -- With a triumphant return to the lightweight division this past weekend at Mohegan Sun, Hank Lundy made his point loud and clear.
"I'm back. 'Hammerin'' Hank is back at 135," said Lundy, who stopped veteran Carlos Winston Velasquez in the fifth round of their scheduled 10-round bout Saturday to capture the vacant Word Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas Lightweight Title.
"I mean business. And when I get in that ring with you, don't think it's going to go the whole 10 or 12 rounds. I'm going to knock you out. I'm reclaiming my throne at 135."
Forgive Lundy's bravado, but Saturday was not only a victory in the ring, the 26th of his pro career and 13th by knockout, but also a victory in the court of public opinion, where Lundy took a beating in January after failing to make the 135-pound weight limit in a scheduled bout against Petr Petrov, a fight he accepted on just eight days' notice.
With more than eight weeks to prepare for Velasquez, Lundy had no such trouble shedding the weight, clocking in at 134, though he thinks he might've been even lighter than what the scale indicated.
"The commissioner, he stopped at 134. I think I came in at 133," Lundy quipped.
"Like I told everyone, if you give me the right amount of time, I can make 135."
Credit this resurgence to Lundy's steely determination and the guidance of fellow Philadelphia boxer, Bernard Hopkins, the longest reigning middleweight world champion of all-time and the oldest fighter to ever win a world title, who helped Lundy put the past behind him and instead focus on what he needed to do to ensure it wouldn't happen again.
"I took it from Bernard and he actually talked to me about that situation. Everybody came down on me, but he said, 'Hank, the key thing is staying ready so that you won't have to get ready,'" Lundy said. "What I took out of that is preparing myself and keeping my weight down, staying 10 pounds away from my fight weight."
While some fighters lose a bit of power when dropping to a smaller weight class, Lundy has actually maintained his strength, as evident by the two knockdowns scored in the Velasquez fight. The weight makes no difference, Lundy said, as long as you execute.
"It's more about technique, the leverage from your punches and the whole thing about it, carrying the punching power you have to make sure you make weight correctly that way you won't be drained or anything," he said. "I'm still punching like I punched at 140."
Lundy has bounced between both divisions over the past five years, chasing the bigger paydays and the national television spotlight at 140, but now his goal is to reclaim the No. 1 spot at 135, where he sat in 2012 before a stunning loss to journeyman Raymundo Beltran.
"I'm hungry," Lundy said. "One thirty five, that's where I started my quest and that's what I'm looking forward to doing. I started my quest at 135 and I'm back there. I want to win the world titles. I want to unify them and the move up to 140. My mission is to clean up 135 and I'm going to do it."
Who's next? The sky's the limit. Jorge Linares currently holds the WBC world title. Unbeaten Terry Flanagan owns the World Boxing Organization (WBO) crown. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) title is currently vacant. Lundy could lobby for a shot at a world title now or continue to fight his way to the top. Either scenario is feasible.
"Listen, I'm ready to go right now," Lundy said. "If they call me right now, I'm ready. I don't need no tune-up. Like I said, in my career I've been matched tough. There's no hype about me, 'Hammerin'' Hank, where you really have to find out to see if I'm what they say I am. I am what I am. I'm hungry. I'm determined. I'm that bad-ass that people talk about who comes into your hometown and beats you."
The journey back to No. 1 won't be easy. Nothing has. Lundy has built his career taking the tough fights, the fights others didn't want, traveling everywhere from Mississippi to Montreal to the Ukraine to answer the call. In 32 pro fights, he's fought in front of his hometown fans in Philadelphia just six times, never truly afforded the luxury of padding his record in his own backyard like so many other fighters.
When Lundy refers to himself as a "throwback fighter," it's a valid comparison. There's only one "Hammerin''' Hank, which is bad news for fights fans and good news for the rest of the lightweight division. With Saturday's win at Mohegan Sun, the 135-pound weight class has officially been put on notice. Philadelphia's fighting pride is back.
"I was always matched up tough," he said. "Nothing was ever easy. Most of these guys that you see now, they get a lot of soft touches, whereas a guy like me, I'm proven. When you talk about 'Hammerin'' Hank' and you look at my career, there were no soft touches. That's why when you ask me about the world title shot, or do I need a tune-up, no, because I've been fighting tough since I was in the pro game."
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WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLEWEIGHT Kendrick Ball Jr., seen here receiving last-minute instructions from his father, Kendrick Ball, prior to his fight against David Wilson in July, returns to the ring Friday, Oct. 21st, 2016 at Twin River Casino against Oregon's Rafael Valencia. Ball Jr. began his pro career in May under the guidance of his father, who raised him to be a fighter following his own amateur career. Ball Jr. has won three of his first four fights, all by knockout, with the only blemish coming in July in the draw
-- There were times when Kendrick Ball was training his son at the gym during his teenage years and not quite getting the feedback he wanted.
Bystanders wondered aloud whether or not Kendrick Ball Jr. really wanted to box after all.
"Some of the parents thought I was pushing him too much because it was something I wanted him to do," Ball said.
Times have changed in Worcester, Mass. Now 24 years old and four fights into his professional career, Ball Jr. (3-0-1, 3 KOs) is every bit the fighter his father hoped and imagined he'd be, a hard-hitting body puncher who adopted his father's love for boxing as he chases his own championship dreams.
As for the push he gets from his father, that's the one constant that hasn't changed a bit.
"In the amateurs, whenever he wanted to fight, I never really pushed him like that," Ball said, "but now that he's in the pros, oh, man, I don't stop pushing."
Ball Jr. returns Friday, Oct. 16th, 2016 on the undercard of CES Boxing's 2016 Twin River Fight Series season finale at Twin River Casino in a four-round middleweight bout against Oregon's Rafael Valencia (3-4-1, 2 KOs), his fifth fight since turning pro in May.
This was Ball's plan from Day 1, to get his son to become a professional boxer and pick up where he left off in his own amateur career, one in which he captured two Junior Olympic titles as a teenager before devoting his time to training others. The first of Ball's five children, Ball Jr. took an immediate liking to the sport thanks to that initial push from his father.
"His first gift was boxing gloves," Ball recalled.
Ball Jr. had the benefit of being able to train at home; his father set up a makeshift gym in the basement, where the younger Ball remembers doing a lot of mitt work at home as a child. They'd also spend time at various gyms training with former Worcester pro Sean Fitzgerald, who's now a part of Ball's team, or working out at the Boys & Girls Club, run by the legendary Carlos Garcia.
"It was always fun doing it," Ball Jr. said, "and then, I don't know, I guess I just ended up liking it, so I continued to train."
Once his son got older, Ball figured it was time to test his ability against other fighters, but Ball Jr. was hesitant at first, mainly because he didn't quite believe in himself.
"I didn't think I was ready to fight," he said. "I just kind of fought because I didn't want people to think I was scared, so I'd just go do it anyway."
Ball knew he had to pull back the reigns. He had taken his time working his son into the boxing culture and didn't want to push him at the risk of driving him away.
"When he was younger, he wanted to fight all the time, but I wanted to wait until he got a little older," Ball said. "When he got older, he was in the gym every day with me because I opened my own gym, but every time I'd say, 'Let's go! Let's fight!' he was kind of hesitant, but he'd spar with anybody and everybody at the time, bigger guys who were way bigger than him."
Eventually, Ball Jr. began competing in regional tournaments. He lost his first six fights, admittedly because he didn't take it seriously or, perhaps, because he jumped in there just to prove to others he wasn't afraid.
Ultimately, he grew stronger and more confident with each fight. He went on a lengthy winning streak, capturing novice titles at the Rocky Marciano Tournament and the USA Boxing New England Championships, and by the time he reached his senior year of high school, something suddenly clicked.
Around that time, he met Khiary Gray, now his stablemate out of Camp Get Right, who is also trained by his father. By the time they were high school seniors, they were inseparable, and Ball had grown four inches between his freshman and senior years, adding a devastating reach to his attack.
Gray turned pro in 2014 and immediately won his first 13 fights in just under two years, pushing Ball to try to duplicate that success, but his father wasn't convinced his son was ready just yet.
"Once he saw the results Khiary had, he changed his training at the gym and told me wanted to turn pro," Ball said, "so I told him, 'You have to prove a couple of things to me in a couple of fights.' One of the things was he had to drop a kid in an amateur fight. He fought in the Rocky Marciano Tournament against this kid and I was telling him that, so he came out and dropped the kid. I was like, 'Oh, shit!'"
Everyone at Camp Get Right knew Ball Jr. had power, but his father helped turn him into an equally devastating body puncher, one of his trademarks as a trainer. After roughly 30 amateur fights, Ball Jr. turned pro in May with a scintillating knockout win over Tunde Odumosu just 1 minute, 39 seconds into the opening round. Each of his three wins have come by knockout with only Bruno Dias making it out of the first round.
Having sparred so much with fellow pros such as former world-title challenger Edwin Rodriguez and fellow amateur standout Owen Minor, Ball Jr. developed a pro style that limited him in the amateurs, but has helped him enjoy early success as a pro, especially with the attack to the body, which finished Dias in July at the 1:56 mark of the second mark.
"I focus a lot on the body with my fighters," Ball said. "My son goes to the body really, really well. He has a long reach. I'd like him to use his reach more, but he likes to bang. If he gets into a fight where someone hits him hard or whatever, it's going to be a war. He's going to go toe-to-toe with you."
Father-son relationships have been prevalent in boxing for decades. Some work, some don't. Providence's Roland Estrada trained his son, Jason Estrada, throughout his entire career, including his run to the Olympics in 2004 and continuing during the younger Estrada's quest for a heavyweight world title. The late Hector Camacho Sr. enjoyed a prolific career as a three-time world champion, but rarely worked with own son, Hector Camacho Jr., who has fought 66 times as a pro.
Ball's emphasis on commitment and respect has rubbed off on his son, a soft-spoken, 6-foot-3 gentle giant who has already won over his promoter, Jimmy Burchfield Sr., who says Ball Jr. always sends him a text the morning after each fight thanking him for the opportunity. More importantly, Ball Jr. has grown receptive to his father's criticism and praise, which isn't always the case in the father-son dynamic.
"He's at the age now where he's a grown man, so he thinks he knows everything," Ball said. "I'm constantly on him, trying to correct things, and he just thinks I'm on his ass, but like I told him before, 'If you turn pro, it's serious.' There's no half-stepping. You can get hurt in this sport. He knows I'm on him because I want the best out of him like I do with any of my fighters, so he understands.
"It works," Ball Jr. says, "because I trust what he's going to say and he's always the one trying to tell me what to do and how to do things."
They've become a near unstoppable duo; Ball's success with Gray has earned him a reputation as one of the area's up-and-coming trainers, and now he has his son, whose only blemish was a four-round majority draw against previously unbeaten David Wilson, a fight he agreed to on just seven days' notice following his win over Dias.
After recently re-signing with CES Boxing, keeping him a part of the team for the foreseeable future, the sky's the limit for Ball Jr., who's become a rising star in New England on his own terms.
"It's been a long time coming. It was a goal he set as a young kid," Ball said. "He has this book he did when he was in the third or fourth grade and he talked about how he wanted to be a pro fighter.
"It's funny when we go back and read those things. I knew it was going to happen. I just didn't want to push him into it. I wanted him to be able to do it."
Tickets for Oct. 21st are priced at $47.00, $67.00, $102.00 and $152.00 (VIP) and can be purchased online at www.cesboxing.com, www.twinriver.com or www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 401-724-2253/2254 or at the Twin River Casino Players Club. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Headlining the Oct. 21st fight card is the eight-round Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) Junior Middleweight International and Northeast title bout between the champion, Gray (13-1, 10 KOs), and the challenger Chris Chatman (14-5-1, 5 KOs) of Chicago, Ill.
Worcester super middleweight Ben Peak makes his professional debut in a four-round bout against Jose Rivera (1-0, 1 KO) of Hartford, Conn., and former amateur standout Anthony Marsella Jr. (1-0) of Providence makes his Rhode Island debut against Philadelphia's Bardraiel Smith (0-1) in a junior welterweight bout, all three in four rounds.
Worcester's Irvin Gonzalez Jr. (3-0, 3 KOs) returns to face Providence, R.I., native Cido Hoff (1-0-1) in a four-round featherweight bout and Jamaine Ortiz (2-0, 2 KOs), also of Worcester, puts his unbeaten record on the line against veteran junior welterweight Isaiah Robinson (3-3, 2 KOs) of Durham, N.C.
New London, Conn., junior welterweight Cristobal Marrero (1-0, 1 KO) takes on Woburn, Mass., vet Bruno Dias (0-1) and junior welterweight Jonathan Figueroa (1-0, 1 KO) of Hartford, Conn., faces Philadelphia's Shavonte Dixon (0-1), both in four-round bouts.
Visit www.cesboxing.com, www.twitter.com/cesboxing or www.facebook.com/cesboxing for more information, follow CES Boxing on Instagram at @CESBOXING and use the hashtag #ChatmanGray to join the conversation.
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Reading, Mass., heavyweight John Johnston will put his undefeated record on the line Friday, March 14th, 2014 at "CES MMA XII" at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., against UFC vet Josh Hendricks for the vacant CES MMA title. Johnston has won all five of his bouts by knockout. (CES photo by Ian Travis Barnard)
 CES MEDIA ALERT Johnston hopes to seize golden opportunity in heavyweight title bout Friday
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Fan-favorite Chatman returns to Rhode Island to take on Contender alum Brewer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (March 18th, 2014) -- As far as out-of-town fighters are concerned, Chris Chatman has had so much success at Twin River the casino might want to consider adding his name to the deed.
The hard-hitting fan-favorite from Jersey City will return to his second home Friday, March 28th, 2014 when he faces The Contender alum Grady Brewer in the eight-round middleweight main event of Classic Entertainment & Sports' upcoming professional boxing card at the Event Center.
The event also features the return of Cape Cod, Mass., heavyweight Jesse Barboza (7-1-1, 5 KOs); unbeaten Providence middleweight KJ Harrison-Lombardi (5-0-1); welterweight Nick DeLomba (2-0) of Cranston, R.I., and undefeated Springfield, Mass., welterweight Zack Rasmey (6-0, 3 KOs).
Tickets for the event are priced at $41, $76 and $126 (VIP) and can be purchased by calling 401-724-2253/2254, online at www.cesboxing.com or www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Players Club at Twin River. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Originally from San Diego, Chatman (11-3-1, 5 KOs) first won over the Rhode Island crowd in 2009 when he fought tooth and nail against former Olympian and Providence native Demetrius Andrade, at the time the toughest fight of Andrade's young career. He returned two years later with a knockout win over Rahman Yusubov and made his third appearance at Twin River in July of 2013 by beating hometown favorite Thomas Falowo by unanimous decision.
The muscular, 5-foot-8 southpaw has become an unlikely fan-favorite in Rhode Island with both his colorful interviews at press conferences and no-nonsense approach in the ring. Now, with the crowd firmly in his corner, he'll face the veteran Brewer (30-18, 16 KOs), who fought alongside Rhode Island's Gary "Tiger" Balletto on Season 2 of The Contender and won the $500,000 cash prize by beating former world-title challenger Steve Forbes by split decision in the finals.
Like Chatman, Brewer is no stranger to New England; the Lawton, Okla., native fought in 2008 on the undercard of the CES and the Tournament of Contenders' co-promotion at The Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, beating Season 2 teammate and former light middleweight world champion Cornelius Brundage by split decision. In 2009, he stopped unbeaten Nigerian prospect Albert Onolunose in the second round of their scheduled 12-round bout and two years later handed world-title challenger Fernando Guerrero -- 21-0 at the time -- the first loss his career via fourth-round knockout. Brewer has also faced World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara, current World Boxing Organization (WBO) champ Andrade and unbeaten Russian prospect Matt Korobov in his 15-year career.
With Chatman-Brewer at the top, the undercard is stacked with the region's top talent, including rising stars DeLomba and Harrison-Lombardi, who've quickly become household names in Rhode Island. A protégé of Balletto, DeLomba will fight a four-round bout in his first appearance since September while Harrison-Lombardi will aim to keep his perfect record intact in a four-round bout against Jason Bakanowski (0-1) of Worcester, Mass., following his win over Antonio Fernandes in February.
Coming off a knockout win over veteran Arthur Saribekian in November, Barboza will look to stay on track against East Stroudsburg, Pa., heavyweight Glenn Thomas in a four-round bout while Ramsey takes on veteran Shakha Moore (11-19-3, 2 KOs) of Norwalk, Conn., in a six-rounder.
Louisiana cruiserweight Alvin Varmall Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs), who made his Twin River debut in February with a knockout win over Andre Ward, will return to face Devon Mosley (0-0-1) of Capitol Heights, Md., in a four-round bout and Chattanooga, Tenn., lightweight prospect Ryan Martin (3-0, 2 KOs) will face Justin Robbins (2-5, 1 KO) of Springfield, Ill., in a four-round bout.
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Kanye West holds a listening party for his new album "Yeezus" in New York City.
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We doubt there are too many men who can claim that they were caught by Mike Tyson sleeping with his wife and walked away in one piece, but apparently, Brad Pitt is ONE of them!
The volatile boxer sat down for an incredibly REVEALING interview on In Depth With Graham Bensinger, during which he revealed that while he was in the midst of divorcing his ex-wife Robin Givens in the '80s, he walked in on she and the then-up-and-coming actor getting down - even though he was over there to get some in the first place, too!
He explains:
"I was doing a divorce but I—we—every day, before I would go to my lawyer's office to say she's a pig and stealing, I would go to…her house to have sex with her. This particular day, someone beat me to the punch. And I guess Brad got there earlier than I did. I was mad as hell. I was going to…you should have saw his face when he saw me."
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Katt Williams is out of jail this morning thanks to his tour manager Suge Knight. Knight bailed the comedian out of a Seattle jail following his arrest for a bar fight on Sunday according to TMZ.
Katt was at World Sports Grille when he threatened people with a pool cue and refused to leave. He then allegedly followed a family to their car and flicked a cigarette through the car window, which hit a woman just below her eye. Police say he also threw a rock at the car according to King5.
Police say Katt struggled with them as they tried to get him into a patrol car.
Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace attends the 1995 Billboard Music Awards in 1995 in New York. He was killed in 1997
(CNN) -- The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office released the autopsy report on Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, on Friday, more than 15 years after the rapper was shot to death.
The 23-page report offers fresh details about his death, which remains one of the city's best-known unsolved homicides.
Wallace, 24, was shot and killed early on March 9, 1997, as he was leaving a music industry party. He was riding in the front passenger seat of a Chevrolet Suburban when another vehicle pulled up beside his and someone opened fire.
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Award Ceremony Speechhttp://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1853
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Highlights of this day in history: Martin Luther King accepts nobel prize; Women get right to vote in Wyoming; First US domestic passenger jet flight; General Pinochet dies. Otis Redding dies.
