Robert Morales, LA Daily News Group
Three local fighters to begin their quests for glory in Boxcino tournament
Lance Pugmire, LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-boxing-boxcino-espn-pendarvis-20150212-story.html
Bernardo Pilatti, ESPN.com
http://espn.go.com/blog/boxing/post/_/id/5238/boxcino-quarterfinals-kick-off-on-fnf
Bob Velin, USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2015/02/12/boxino-middleweight-boxers-artie-pelullo/23297281/
Michael Woods, Thesweetscience.com
http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles-frontpage/20266-pelullo-has-loaded-qboxcinoq-with-hungry-strivers-watch-on-espn
Cliff Rold, Boxingscene.com
http://www.boxingscene.com/boxcino-returns-junior-middleweights–87332
Future contenders step into the national spotlight when the popular single-elimination boxing tournament, Boxcino 2015, makes its season debut, Tonight! February 13, at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. Televised live on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, (9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on ESPN2), the four quarterfinal junior middleweight division bouts will produce four winners who will then take a giant leap toward making it to the championship final round and its ultimate prize, the vacant NABA and NABO titles AND a Top-10 world rating by the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO). Promoted by Banner Promotions and Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports (CES), remaining tickets to the February 13 edition of Boxcino 2015, priced at $125, $65, $40 and $30, including facility fee, can be purchased via www.ticketmaster,com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000, all Ticketmaster outlets or in person at the Mohegan Sun Box Office.
The four quarterfinal heavyweight division bouts will be televised live on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights Next Friday! February 20, from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY.
Boxcino 2015 has been a great platform for the next generation of boxing champions and stars. The quarterfinal bouts will be six rounds, the semifinal bouts will be eight rounds and the championship bouts will be 10 rounds. This short piece from ESPN’s “Making The Rounds” will detail this week’s battles. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12302492
Last year’s Boxcino winner in the middleweight division, Willie Monroe Jr., has become a bona fide contender thanks to his victories in Boxcino 2014. He is currently world-rated No. 3 by the WBA, No. 7 by the WBO and No. 10 by the World Boxing Council (WBC). Boxcino 2014 lightweight champion Petr Petrov is currently world-rated No. 2 by the WBA and No. 7 by the WBO
Happy to make Artie Pelullo, or any of the fighters available to you by phone. The pairings for each division, fighter bios (don’t worry they’re brief) and all the participants’ Fight Fax records are available upon request.
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