9/10/04
FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
CONTACT: TAMARA PETTIT
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
304-387-8335 (OFFICE) 304-479-8097 (CELL)
CHESTER, WV – The areas best professional boxing prospects
will face their toughest test to date in a seven-bout card
at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort on Thursday,
September 30. The event is presented by Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort and World Class Promotions and will be located in Mountaineer’s
Grande Ballroom.
Unbeaten N.A.B.C. America’s Featherweight
Champion Verquan Kimbrough will be competing in his second
eight-round bout. The Aliquippa native will take his
9-0 record to the ring in a non-title bout against tough Jose Espinal of the
Domican Republic. Kimbrough won his title in July with an eight-round decision
over Ubaldo Olivencia. Espinal, who sports a 4-3 record, has two decision wins
over Olivencia and has never been stopped as a professional. This fight should
prove to be a step up in competition for Kimbrough, who has been competing
as a professional for only 14 months.
In a highly anticipated
co-feature, Monty Meza-Clay will also be in an eight-round
bout when he takes on Terrell Hargrove who most recently
upset West Virginia
Jr. Welterweight Champion Scott McCracken. Meza-Clay, 12-0 with eight not
going the distance, is anxious to get in the ring since his
previously scheduled
bout was a last minute scratch due to a stomach ailment. Hargrove shocked
the Ballroom
crowd in August when he stopped Scott McCracken in the eighth round. The
Louisville, Kentucky native sports a 7-6 record, with all losses
to world class competition.
Highly competitive pairings will
also be on the undercard as Uniontown’s
Jacy Kuhn battles Tony Black of Columbus, Ohio. Kuhn, whose defeat of Johnny “Macho
Midget” Bailey in June gave him the West Virginia Welterweight belt,
has a 14-1-1 record with ten knockouts. Black has a very respectable 6-3-1
record
and is coming off a draw with prospect Joshua Smith of Nashville, Tennessee,
This will be a six-round non title affair.
Two female boxers will take their
unbeaten records to the ring when Leslee Perella takes on Cindy Serrano. “Long
Play” Perella of Pittsburgh has a 2-0
record with both wins coming via the knockout route. Perella is currently
ranked 21st in the world by the computer ratings. “Checkmate” Serrano
has a 7-0 record with 5 big knockouts. The Brooklyn, N.Y. boxer is currently
ranked
tenth in the world by the same ratings. The winner of this bout will
surely be in line for a World Title shot in the near future.
The card
will also feature Pittsburgh’s exciting cruiserweight Mike Carr
in his much anticipated return to Mountaineer. Carr ha a 10-1-2 record
with eight knockouts and has an exciting toe-to-toe style. Former National
Golden Gloves
Champion Durrell Richardson will also return to the Grande Ballroom
in a six-round battle. The Youngstown boxer has a 5-0 record and is
the
nephew of former World
Bantamweight Championship Greg Richardson.
The card gets underway at
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $60- Gold, $40-Reserved and $20-General Admission
and are available at all Ticketmaster locations
or
on site at Mountaineer
at the Roarin’ 20’s Frequent Player Department.
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