(MAY 27) PROVIDENCE – Providence's newest professional sports
franchise -- Jimmy Burchfield's Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc (CES)
– brings the fights June 17 to The All-New Theatre at the Dunkin' Donuts
Center in downtown Providence with the debut of "Providence's Prime Time
Fights."
Providence super
middleweight Joey "KO Kid" Spina (15-0, 12 KOs) fights former WBA and
WBF champion Carl Daniels (49-6-1, 31 KOs) in the 10-round main event
for the vacant World Boxing Council affiliated USNBC super middleweight
championship. Daniels, fighting out of St. Louis, also held the USBA and
Missouri State title belts and he has fought Bernard Hopkins, Julio
Cesar Vasquez and Terry Norris.
"I was just with Joey in Las
Vegas when I was there to watch Peter Manfredo, Jr. in The Contenders. I
spent a lot of time with Joey, his manager, Derek Parent, and trainer,
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. The bush league thing Sam Reese did (took
another fight and lost despite having signed a contract to fight Spina
and plane tickets purchased) meant his fight against Joey was going to
be old news. I asked Team Spina if they were ready to step up to the
plate and all were in favor of Joey fighting the former world champion
Carl Daniels. Eddie worked a few of
Daniels' fights.
"I'm a little concerned with
the ring generalship and experience of the former world champ Daniels.
But Joey is in the best physical and mental shape of his life. This is a
really dangerous fight for Joey, but it's also a great opportunity for
him. His team knows how big a fight it is for Joey against Daniels in
Providence."
CES recently entered into an
agreement with the Rhode Island Convention Center and Dunkin' Donuts
Center to promote boxing shows in downtown Providence. CES' overall
boxing series, however, will emanate from sites throughout New England
and be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on CN8, The Comcast Network and
Cox Sports.
CN8, The Comcast Network and
CES have an agreement to broadcast six boxing shows during the next 12
months, commencing with "Providence's Prime Time Fights" which will air
on CN8, SUNDAY, June 19 9:00 PM/ET. CN8's Ed Berliner will provide
blow-by-blow commentary for all of the six New England boxing shows.
Former five-time world champion Vinny Paz will serve as color
analyst. The CES package is part of CN8's Primetime Fights \series, a
monthly show featuring New England and Mid-Atlantic boxing events.
Also scheduled to fight on
the June 17th card is Providence heavyweight Jason "Big Six" Estrada
(2-0, 1 KO), 2004 US Olympian; Providence cruiserweight Matt Godfrey
(7-0, 5 KOs), four-time National amateur champ; Narragansett (RI) light
welterweight Jaime "Hurricane" Clampitt (14-3-1, 5 KOs), former IWBF &
NABA champion; Cranston (RI) featherweight Missy "The Fury" Fiorentino
(10-1, 6 KOs), former world title challenger; Manchester (CT)
featherweight Matt "Sharp Shooter" Remillard (2-0, 2 KOs), two-time
Everlast Under-19 National gold medallist; Buffalo middleweight
"Lightning" Les Ralston (14-1, 7 KOs) and Providence via Puerto Rico
junior welterweight Eddie Soto in his pro debut.
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