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PROSPECTS SAMUELS AND THURMAN HEADLINE MAY 9 IN TAMPA

Fight Night at the Pavilion returns on May 9, 2008 to the A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tampa, Florida. Headlining the action packed show will be Jr. Welterweight prospect Derrick Samuels (14-3-1, 3 KOs), currently residing in St. Petersburg, Florida in an eight round main event. Samuels is coming off five consecutive victories including his most impressive career victory in his last outing with a third round stoppage of Detroit’s Corey Peterson in January of this year. Samuels is known for his lighting quick reflexes and hand speed and will certainly be a force in the Jr. Welterweight division. He looks to continue his winning ways on May 9th. Continue reading ‘FRIDAY, May 9th - FIGHT NIGHT AT THE PAVILLION’

CHERRY FIGHTS FORMER WORLD CHAMPION JOHNSTON ON ESPN2 MAY 21, 2008

Starfight Productions, Inc. is pleased to announce that WBC USNBC Lightweight Champion, Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry, will be returning to the ring on May 21, 2008 in a ten round title defense against former WBC Lightweight World Champion Stevie “Lil’ But Bad” Johnston on ESPN2’s “Wednesday Night Fights.” This main event will headline a very special presentation of ESPN2’s popular broadcast as it will be aired live from the United States Marine base of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Continue reading ‘CHERRY FIGHTS FORMER WORLD CHAMPION JOHNSTON ON ESPN2 MAY 21, 2008′

Garcia battles Nuzhnenko to a draw!
The first major title fight in Ukrainian boxing history.

April 21, 2008
By Alexey Sukachev / Anton Gorunov at ringside, courtesy of Fightnews.com
Photos Courtesy of Boxnews.com.ua

In the first ever title fight in Ukrainian boxing history local hero Yuri Nuzhnenko (27-0-1, 13 KOs) failed to live up to expectations barely retaining his WBA interim welterweight belt via a technical draw with Puerto Rican import Irving Garcia (16-3-2, 8 KOs). The Nuzhnenko-Garcia showdown was a main event of another telling tournament arranged by K2 East Promotions at the Sports Palace in Kiev, Ukraine…
Continue reading ‘GARCIA BATTLES NUZHNENKO TO A DRAW!’

Highly touted former amateur standout Keith Thurman continues to flourish in the pro ranks, registering his fourth knockout in as many fights after his win over Carlos Pena this past Saturday at the Bayfront Hilton in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.
Thurman, a 2008 USA Olympic Trials Silver Medalist at 152 lbs., crumbled Pena with a brutal straight right at the 1:38 mark of the opening round, upping his record to 4-0 (4KO). All four knockouts have come in the very first round for the rapidly rising Welterweight prospect, who now fights under the Starfight Productions promotional banner…
Continue reading ‘LATEST RESULTS: April, 5th - Boxing in Downtown St. Petersburg - PROSPECT KEITH THURMAN STILL A KNOCKOUT!!’

Night of knockouts at Al La Carte Pavilion
By Anthony Ivey
courtesy of :: Florida Boxing Beatdown ::

The punches were flying on March 14 at the Al La Carte Pavilion in Tampa as Starfight Productions Inc. put on a card that saw only one bout make it to the scheduled distance.
In the evening’s opening contest between light heavyweights, Jacksonville’s Marcus Upshaw defeated former Kelly Pavlik opponent Rico Cason.
In the opening stanza, Upshaw effectively landed left-right combinations and then capped off the round with a left hook to the body that dropped Cason to his knees… Continue reading ‘LATEST RESULTS - Night of knockouts at Al La Carte Pavilion’

By Matt Maxson
Florida Boxing News Correspondent at ringside

LAS VEGAS, NV - Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry definitely took care of business.

Cherry, from Wauchula, FL, knocked out Las Vegan Wes Ferguson in the sixth round with a solid left hook to the chin Saturday night on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Ricky Hatton WBC Welterweight world championship at the MGM Grand.

In a pre-fight interview with Florida Boxing News, Cherry said he didn’t intend to look for a knockout against Ferguson in their rematch. Rather, he was going to work the body. But he said he was going to “handle his business.” The confident Cherry defeated Ferguson by a 10-round unanimous decision in June at the A La Carte Event Pavilion.

Cherry got his business handled at 2:59 of the sixth round of the lightweight bout that was scheduled for 10 rounds.

It was also a left hand from Cherry (23-5-2, 11 KOs) that floored Ferguson (17-3-`1, 5 KOs) earlier in the sixth.

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Starfight Productions, Inc. is proud to announce that it has signed
amateur boxing sensation Keith Thurman to a multi-year exclusive
promotional contract. Thurman won the silver medal in the
Welterweight division at the 2008 Olympic Team Trials held last month
in Houston, Texas. Thurman’s only losses at the trials were to
eventual United States Olympic team member Demetrius Andrade. The
Olympic Trials capped off a much decorated amateur career for Thurman
which included winning the PAL National Championships in 2006.
Thurman is known in boxing circles as a devastating puncher and one of
the best professional prospects to come out of the amateur ranks this
year.

“Signing Keith Thurman is a huge step for Starfight Productions.
Keith is the best puncher in amateur boxing and I am sure his power
will translate very well in the pros,” said Aaron Jacobs, Starfight
Productions Director of Operations. Thurman is trained and managed by
Ben Getty who has guided Keith’s amateur career. Thurman’s first professional boxing bout is scheduled for November 9th
at the A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tampa, Florida against an opponent
to be named.