L-R: Rodriguez, Coyne, Mansour, Duva, Price, Thompson and Cunningham Photo Credists to Larry Levanti/Main Events

 
Kathy Duva, Main Events CEO: "We are delighted to be here (Resorts AC) for the final installment of the NBC Sports Network Fight Nightof 2013. It's amazing that we've come so far. This will be the completion of our second year with this tremendous series. We have already built talent that has made the jump up into the premium networks. It's just a matter of time before we get that pay per view star that we've been looking for. The nicest thing about this series is the opportunity it has given us, here at Main Events, and the fans and the people at NBC, and all the people who watch this show, to look at a lot of talent that a lot of people don't normally get to see... It's given us the opportunity to put together some really interesting matches. I think we are going to have that again on Saturday.
"It's going to be a big boxing night on Saturday. We understand there's going to be a lot of people staying home on Saturday night just to watch the fights on NBC Sports Net and elsewhere. We want to make it really clear, we (NBC Sports Network) are starting on television at 8 o'clock."
 
Kathy Duva
Photo Credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events

David Rodriguez, El Paso, TX, 36-0, 34 KO's (on undercard in 6 Rd heavyweight fight against Darnell Wilson, Miami, FL, 24-17-3, 20 KO's): "I am very excited to be a part of this team, Main Events, this is a very exciting venture for me. This is my first fight back in two years. I was almost murdered, I almost lost my life and I came back from that and it took a long hard road to do that... It's a very emotional time for me to come back after two years of a lot of depression, a lot of hardship, a really rough road. And to make my appearance again is a blessing; to have a second chance at life again is a blessing. I just want to thank everybody for coming out. I'm going to put on a show for you all."
 
David Rodriguez
Photo Credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events

Steve Cunningham, Philadelphia, PA, 25-6, 12 KO's (on undercard in 8 Rd heavyweight fight against Manuel Quezada, Bakersfield, CA, 29-7, 18KO's): "I just want to say one quick, short thing. My whole life, even this career, every part of my life, is to show perseverance. Perseverance: good and bad; my family; my daughter, what she's going through with her heart; what we go through in boxing; what I've been through in my last fight; and then be able to fight here and get the victory which I believe will lead the team on to the heavyweight title. That's the ultimate goal, just want to show perseverance. I also just want to show everybody that I ain't lost a step. I fought the biggest man in boxing(Tyson Fury), put him down with one punch. He got me out of there like he should, but you roll the dice and that's what this thing is. I'm back... I'm doing great; I'm just ready to show you guys on Saturday."
 
Steve Cunningham
Photo Credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events

Ryan Coyne, St Louis, MO, 21-1, 9 KO's: "Thank you for the great opportunity to fight on NBC Sports. This is a great opportunity for me. Coming off a defeat in my last fight. I fought an eliminator for number one in the world and I came up a little bit short. I went blood and guts in the last round, wasn't victorious, and after 21 wins  defeat was very hard, but this is a chance for redemption. It's a great opportunity; he's a great fighter, a very accomplished fighter. Lionell Thompson has shown that he takes on all challengers fighting a very tough man like Kovalev on very short notice. I've got my work cut out for me but I trained hard and I worked hard, I always work hard. Like I said this is a great opportunity for me and I fully intend on taking advantage of it. Make sure you turn in early for that opening fight because it's going to be a good one."
 
Ryan Coyne
Photo Credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events

 
Lionell Thompson, Buffalo, NY, 14-2, 9 KO's: "I don't have too much to say. I'm sure Ryan Coyne is coming to bring his best, but I'm ready. I'm looking to put on a great performance on Saturday night."
"I respect Ryan Coyne, he's got 21 wins and 9 KO's but I mean, who has he fought? The guys he knocked out, he was supposed to knock out, they were bums. And when he did step up just a little bit, he got stopped. Trust me; whatever he do I'll be ready. I'm too quick, too strong."
 
Lionell Thompson
Photo Credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events

Kathy Duva: "Atlantic City has this rich history in heavyweight boxing... Main Events has had a great history in this town with heavyweights. We brought Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield here and Andrew Golota and we were involved in fights with Mike Tyson here, we were involved with just so many fights, with so many fighters, I just named champions... Heavyweights have always been a big hit in Atlantic City. There's a certain crowd I think, that just comes out to see that, because when you have guys of this size in there throwing punches, truly anything can happen and it is exhilarating. Anybody that's never been ringside for a fight like this, I advise you if you can make it here on Saturday night, come because you're not going to believe what you are going to see."
 
Mansour and Price
Photo Credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events

Kelvin Price, Pensacola, FL, 14-1, 6 KO's: "For me, to get to this point has been a long, hard road, especially coming from another sport, pro basketball, the seeds, and everything. In this fight I'm just coming out here to put on a great show for you guys. Hopefully he's prepared. I'm prepared and we can put on a great show in Atlantic City. I came up short in one fight, you know we only have one referee and there's no replays in this sport, but you have to deal with it and keep on, and that's what I'm trying to do."
 
Kelvin Price
Photo Credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events

Amir Mansour, Wilmington, DE, 19-0, 14 KO's: "A lot of people up here (on the dais) have stories of their own, getting through trials and tribulations. A lot of people know my story. They know I had a rough road to get to this point. Eight and a half years in prison, honestly, 16 years and 7 months altogether in prison, almost half my life. So nobody is going to get in that ring with me and deny me of any opportunity that I've been working hard half of my life for... If he ain't got no 9mm, no shotgun in that ring, ain't no stopping me. Saturday night it'll be intensity, it'll be "Hardcore" Mansour at his best, doin' what I do."
 
Amir Mansour
Photo Credits to Larry Levanti/Main Events

 
The "Road to Redemption" Weigh In will be streamed live on Friday 12/13 at 3PM ET at http://www.ustream.tv/mainevents
 
FIGHT INFO:
Tickets are priced $75 and $50. They can be purchased at the Resorts International Hotel and Casino Box Office, 800-736-1420 and at TicketMaster. Click here to connect to TicketMaster or cut and paste: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Main-Events-Boxing-tickets/artist/1940738
 
Doors open at 5PM. First bout slated for 5:25PM. The main event and co-feature will be televised on NBC Sports Network's Fight Night, December 14th, 8 - 10PM ET. 
Six additional bouts are on the card which is promoted by Main Events and Peltz Boxing in association with DiBella Entertainment.  
ABOUT RESORTS CASINO HOTEL
The resort that brought gaming to Atlantic City in 1978, Resorts Casino Hotel is at the top of its game today, offering world-class casino action in a relaxed environment that keeps the focus on fun. Resorts Casino Hotel made history as the first American casino outside of Nevada and will celebrate its 35th anniversary in May 2013 with a new milestone: the opening of a $35-million Margaritaville casino and entertainment complex that will include, among other attractions, the only beach bar on the Atlantic City sand. 
 
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority assumed management of Resorts Casino Hotel in Fall 2012 - a move that has set the stage for its return as the most exciting gaming destination in Atlantic City. Boasting a prime location spanning 11 acres at the northern end of the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk, the resort features 942 guest rooms and suites in two hotel towers, a 99,951-square-foot casino, two theaters, six restaurants, two VIP slot and table player lounges, a casino bar, indoor-outdoor swimming pool, health club and spa, salon, and retail shops. Its 39,000 square feet of sophisticated meeting space includes seven meeting rooms and a 13,000-square-foot ballroom. For more information, visit http://www.resortsac.com.
 
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1133 Boardwalk

Atlantic City, NJ 08401

1-800-772-9000
MEDIA INFO:
WEIGH-IN: Friday, 12/13 - REPORT TIME 2:00PM, On Scale 3PM - Located at The Horizon Room - Resorts Casino Hotel
 
The Weigh will be streamed live at http://www.ustream.tv/mainevents

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 MANSOUR READY TO BREAK INTO THE MAINSTREAM AGAINST PRICE ON FIGHT NIGHT
   DEC 14th NBC SPORTS NETWORK FIGHT NIGHT
AT RESORTS CASINO HOTEL ATLANTIC CITY
 
ATLANTIC CITY -Finally after 16 years as a pro, with significant stretches both in and out of the ring, undefeated heavyweight Amir Mansour, 19-0, 14 KOS, is ready for his coming out party. The touted power puncher gets his big chance to make some real noise in the heavyweight division Saturday night when he meets Kelvin Price, 14-1, 6 KOs, in the 10-round main event at Resorts International Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. The fight will be nationally televised by NBC Sports Network on their highly-rated Fight Night live boxing series. This edition of the program is titled the "Road to Redemption".
With his crushing power and trail of knockout victories, the Delaware-based Mansour has lately been the talk of local boxing fans in his home state, as well as in the Philadelphia and Atlantic City areas. However, few outside his immediate home turf know much about him.
All that can change Saturday night when he headlines his first TV bout. The broadcast will also include a 10-round light heavyweight fight between Ryan Coyne, 21-1, 9 KOs, and Lionell Thompson, 14-1, 9 KOs. Past Fight Night telecasts have attracted throngs of boxing fans, and helped spark the careers of fighters like Sergey Kovalev, Curtis Stevens, Czar Glazkov, and others.
With this, his biggest stage to date, the pressure will be on Mansour to show the world what all the fuss is really about. Although he remains undefeated and boasts a 74% knockout ratio, some questions still exist about whether "Hardcore" can perform at a world class level.
Such is the plight of any rising star battling his way to the top. However, Mansour must prove that he is ready to step up to the next level right now. If he can register another showy stoppage Saturday night against Price, a Klitschko-sized, name opponent, Mansour may find himself on a fast track into the heavyweight title mix.
When asked what he thought about Price, Mansour said, "I'm from a place where just because you were a little taller and a little bigger, it meant nothing. I don't worry about these guys' size or height, you know? Everybody comes in with a game plan against me until they feel my power. When they feel my power they feel like they've just been hit harder than they've ever in their life been hit. Their whole game plan goes out the door." 
Mansour added, "A guy like Price? I don't think that he's prepared to go to the extremes that I'm prepared to go to in terms of getting the win in the ring. I'm a very fair fighter, I'm very respectable, but I'm prepared to die every time I walk into that ring, and I'll go through a brutal, brutal, brutal fight if need be. I won't give up, I won't quit, I'll continue to go forward...I know in my heart of hearts that Kelvin Price doesn't have the guts and the will that Amir Mansour has."
With the current world champions getting on in age, and no single heir to the title emerging at the moment, Mansour has as good a chance as any other fighter presently on the scene of taking a giant step forward in the heavyweight race. 
After all, the world loves a puncher, and if Mansour proves that his credentials and his punch are for real, a ride into the boxing mainstream is his for the taking.
 
The Weigh will be streamed live on Friday 12/13 at 3PM ET at http://www.ustream.tv/mainevents
 
FIGHT INFO:
Tickets are priced $75 and $50. They can be purchased at the Resorts International Hotel and Casino Box Office, 800-736-1420 and at TicketMaster. Click here to connect to TicketMaster or cut and paste: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Main-Events-Boxing-tickets/artist/1940738
 
Doors open at 5PM. First bout slated for 5:25PM. The main event and co-feature will be televised on NBC Sports Network's Fight Night, December 14th, 8 - 10PM ET. 
Six additional bouts are on the card which is promoted by Main Events and Peltz Boxing in association with DiBella Entertainment.  
ABOUT RESORTS CASINO HOTEL
The resort that brought gaming to Atlantic City in 1978, Resorts Casino Hotel is at the top of its game today, offering world-class casino action in a relaxed environment that keeps the focus on fun. Resorts Casino Hotel made history as the first American casino outside of Nevada and will celebrate its 35th anniversary in May 2013 with a new milestone: the opening of a $35-million Margaritaville casino and entertainment complex that will include, among other attractions, the only beach bar on the Atlantic City sand. 
 
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority assumed management of Resorts Casino Hotel in Fall 2012 - a move that has set the stage for its return as the most exciting gaming destination in Atlantic City. Boasting a prime location spanning 11 acres at the northern end of the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk, the resort features 942 guest rooms and suites in two hotel towers, a 99,951-square-foot casino, two theaters, six restaurants, two VIP slot and table player lounges, a casino bar, indoor-outdoor swimming pool, health club and spa, salon, and retail shops. Its 39,000 square feet of sophisticated meeting space includes seven meeting rooms and a 13,000-square-foot ballroom. For more information, visit http://www.resortsac.com.
 
Resorts Casino Hotel

1133 Boardwalk

Atlantic City, NJ 08401

1-800-772-9000

 FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE: Thursday, 12/12 - 12:30PM - Located at Starlight Room - Resorts Casino Hotel
 
WEIGH-IN: Friday, 12/13 - REPORT TIME 2:00PM - Located at The Horizon Room - Resorts Casino Hotel
 
The Weigh will be streamed live at http://www.ustream.tv/mainevents
 

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02. Nipsey Hussle - Get Mine
03. Nipsey Hussle - My Story
04. Nipsey Hussle - Chun Li
05. Nipsey Hussle - Noahs Ark
06. Nipsey Hussle - Shining Like Vegas
07. Nipsey Hussle ft Rick Ross - Proud Of That
08. Nipsey Hussle - Amillion
09. Nipsey Hussle - They Know
10. Nipsey Hussle ft Kirko Bangz - Got A Friend
11. Nipsey Hussle ft Drake - Killer
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13. Nipsey Hussle - Clique
14. Nipsey Hussle ft Dom Kennedy - I Need Mine
15. Nipsey Hussle ft Rick Ross - Long Life
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17. Nipsey Hussle ft The Game - GOD
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Joyous, singing South Africans gathered in the rain Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a massive memorial service that is expected to draw some 100 heads of state and other luminaries, united in tribute to a global symbol of reconciliation.
Crowds converged on FNB Stadium in Soweto, the Johannesburg township that was a stronghold of support for the anti-apartheid struggle that Mandela embodied as a prisoner of white rule for 27 years and then during a peril-fraught transition to the all-race elections that made him president.

However, steady rain kept many people away. Shortly before the start of the ceremony, there were some 20,000 people in the 95,000-capacity stadium. Other area stadiums equipped with giant video screens for anticipated overflow crowds were largely empty.

"I would not have the life I have today if it was not for him," said Matlhogonolo Mothoagae, a postgraduate marketing student who arrived hours before the stadium gates opened. "He was jailed so we could have our freedom."

Rohan Laird, the 54-year-old CEO of a health insurance company, said he grew up during white rule in a "privileged position" as a white South African and that Mandela helped whites work through a burden of guilt.

"His reconciliation allowed whites to be released themselves," Lair said. "I honestly don't think the world will see another leader like Nelson Mandela."

Workers were still welding at a VIP area as the first spectators arrived amid an enormous logistical challenge of organizing the memorial for Mandela, who died Dec. 5 in his Johannesburg home at the age of 95.

U.S. President Barack Obama landed in South Africa early Tuesday. Besides Obama, eulogies were to be delivered by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao and Cuban President Raul Castro.

Other speakers include the presidents of Brazil, Namibia and India, as well as tributes from Mandela's grandchildren. South African President Jacob Zuma was to give the keynote address.

Mandela's widow, Graca Machel, was at the stadium. So were actress Charlize Theron and singer Bono.

Tuesday was the 20th anniversary of the day when Mandela and South Africa's last apartheid-era president, F.W. de Klerk, received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to bring peace to their country.

Mandela said in his acceptance speech at the time: "We live with the hope that as she battles to remake herself, South Africa will be like a microcosm of the new world that is striving to be born."

The sounds of horns and cheering filled the stadium ahead of the ceremony, due to start at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT, 4 a.m. EST). Rain sent those who arrived early into the stadium's covered upper deck, and many of the lower seats were empty.

People blew on vuvuzelas, the plastic horn that was widely used during the World Cup soccer tournament in 2010, and sang songs from the era of the anti-apartheid struggle decades ago.

"It is a moment of sadness celebrated by song and dance, which is what we South Africans do," said Xolisa Madywabe, CEO of a South African investment firm.

The 95,000-capacity soccer venue was also the spot where Mandela made his last public appearance at the closing ceremony of the World Cup. After the memorial, his body will lie in state for three days at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, once the seat of white power, before burial Sunday in his rural childhood village of Qunu in Eastern Cape Province.

Police promised tight security, locking down roads kilometers (miles) around the stadium. However, the first crowds entered the stadium without being searched.

John Allen, a 48-year-old pastor from the U.S. state of Arkansas, said he once met Mandela at a shopping center in South Africa with his sons.

"He joked with my youngest and asked if he had voted for Bill Clinton," Allen said. "He just zeroed in on my 8-year-old for the three to five minutes we talked."

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Pattee Mak said, “Our team just fit well. It was a perfect fit.  His talent impressed me.  He is not only intelligent and professional to deal with off stage but very upbeat and exciting to watch while performing.  His skills as a hip-hop artist will shine in any venue.  I’m excited to see what the future has in store for the both of us”.

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2. I'm Up - Prod.by JOEMILLY
3. Come Get Me - Prod.by DRAWZILLA
4. Bronx Bullies - ft FRED THE GODSON Prod.by BUZZ
5. She On The Pole - ft PETE POWERZ Prod.by HITZ
6. Freak Affair - Prod.by BUZZ
7. Taino - Prod.by Buzz
8. She Got a Thing for Cocaina - Remix by BUZZ
9. Bottles in Here - Prod.by DRAWZILLA
10. Lets GO -ft DRAWZILLA & TIA YASMINE Prod.by HITZ
11. Hold It Down - ft FRANK BENZ Prod.by EVAN BROWN & DRAWZILLA
12. Till We Meet Again - ft TINA LEE Prod.by HITZ
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