6/08/04
FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
CONTACT: TAMARA PETTIT
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
304-387-8335(OFFICE)304-479-8097(CELL)
Chester, WV – Four West Virginia State Championships
and one IBC America Title will be settled in the ring June
18 at THE HARV, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort’s
theater and event center. All Championship contests will be
scheduled for 10 rounds, with a co-featured bout with Verquan
Kimbrough, in a six-round bout, with three other four-round
bouts scheduled.
The Main Event will pit two long time rivals
in a welterweight title match that has been anticipated for
years. The waiting will end when Johnny “Macho
Midget” Bailey (22-11-2, 12 KOs) of New Cumberland, WV will slug it out
with Jacy Kuhn (12-1-1, 8 KOs) of Uniontown, PA. As young prospects, Bailey and
Kuhn were scheduled to fight early in their careers, but the bouts failed to
materialize for various reasons. This has left some bad blood between the combatants
to be settled in the ring.
The IBC America’s Heavyweight Championship will
be on the line when Pittsburgh’s
Abraham Okine (11-0, 6 KOs) takes on Billy Douglas (10-1, 9 KOs) in a 10-round
bout. Okine, who is originally from Ghana, has an 8-round bout stoppage of former
World Champion Tony TNT Tubbs on his resume. The 260 lb. Douglas is the brother
of Mike Tyson conqueror James “Buster” Douglas. Douglas was originally
scheduled to battle West Virginia Champion Brian Minto for his title, but Minto
has injuries that caused the cancellation.
ADD
ONE….MOUNTAINEER BOXING
Two of the areas most exciting fighters will square off for a memorable
West Virginia Junior Welterweight Championship fight. Aliquipa’s Scotty McKracken
(15-6, 11 KOs) will fight fan favorite Brian “Mountain Man” Thacker
(10-9, 6 KOs) of Gallipolis, Ohio. McCracken has not been in the ring since
his split decision loss to former World Champion Jorge Paez in December. Thacker
has been very active in the Ballroom Boxing series at Mountaineer, and always
has the crowd on its feet. He is coming off a decision win over Karl Hunter. Allfonso “Soldier” Williams
(6-0, 4 KOs) of Pittsburgh will fight Maxwell Taylor (7-1, 4 KOs) of Baltimore.
Taylor, from Baltimore was a standard
amateur with over 200 bouts. Williams was originally scheduled to fight Ken
Hock from Chambersburg, PA., but Hock was injured in training. The fifth
Title contest will have unbeaten prospect Monty Meza-Clay (10-0,
5 KO’s) take
on Chad Wright (10-3-1, 9 KO’s) of Gallion, Ohio.
The undercard will
have local star power Verquan Kimbrough (6-0, 4 KOs) in action against
a yet-to-be-named opponent in a six-round bout. Also on the
card will be former national Golden Gloves champ Durrell Richardson (2-0,
2 KOs) of Youngstown and prospect Shawn Bailey (3-0) of Cleveland.
The undercard
will get underway at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $100 – VIP;
$60 –Gold; $40 – Reserved; and $20 – General Admission.
Tickets are available through all Ticketmaster Locations or on site at
Mountaineer
at the Downtown Speakeasy Roarin’ 20’s Players Club.
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