10/13/03
FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
CONTACT: TAMARA PETTIT
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
304-387-8335(OFFICE)304-479-8097(CELL)
CHESTER, WV - The area’s hottest young talent will be
featured when the Professional Boxing Series returns to Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort October 29. The feature bout
will have former amateur National Champion Verquan Kimbrough
in his third professional contest. The setting will be Mountaineer’s
Grande Ballroom, which has the fans on top of the action in
an exciting setting.
Kimbrough will be attempting to stay unbeaten when he battles
Carl Hobgood of Columbus, Ohio in a four-round bout. The Aliquippa
native made his mark nationally in the amateur ranks with several
national titles, including the 2002 U.S.A. Boxing National
Championship. He was also a representative for the Team U.S.A.
and fought all over the world. Kimbrough will be fighting for
the first time since his September 2 decision over David Maund
in a nationally televised bout on ESPN2.
The co-feature, Pittsburgh's Monty Meza-Clay, (5-0, 3 KO's)
will be facing his toughest test to date. Mezza Clay will be
in his
first six-round bout against tough Rashaan Abdul Blackburn
of Columbus, Ohio. Blackburn should be familiar to local fans
for in July of this year he upset current W.B.F. Junior Welterweight
Champion "Lightning" Manard Reed in an eight-round
war that saw Reed hit the canvas. To prove the outcome was
not a fluke, he fought Reed to an eight-round draw in an October
11th rematch.
The remainder of the under card will serve host to boxers
that cover the tri-state area. Youngstown's Billy Lyel (3-0,
2 KO's) will be testing the waters in his first six-round contest
against Nick Woods (2-2, 2 KOs) of Cleveland. Other bouts will
include Aliquippa ' s Scott McKracken (14-4, 10 KOs), George "Da
Butcher" Klinesmith (14-8, 7 KO's) of Steubenville, Jimmy
Gruber (1-0, 1 KO) of Pittsburgh and debuting female, Leslee "Long
Play" Perella, also of Pittsburgh.
Fight tickets are$40 - Ringside and $20 - General Admission
and are available through all Ticketmaster locations or on-site
at the Downtown Speakeasy Roarin Twenties Department.
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