PHILADELPHIA (FEBRUARY 17, 2014)–This Friday night at the Edgewater Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, the quarterfinals of the lightweight portion of Boxcino 2014 will get underway on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights.<\/p>\n
The concept of the tournament was hatched in 1996 by Banner Promotions Arthur Pelullo and the idea came to fruition a year later.<\/p>\n
“17 years ago, I was 41-years old and I was trying to figure a way to find fighters to advance my business,”said Pelullo.<\/p>\n
“I came up with an idea to do a tournament. That tournament consisted of 4 weight divisions and 8 countries.”<\/p>\n
“I was fortunate to find several fighters that went on to make a good living in boxing. One of the fighters we thought that would become a big star was JC Candelo.”<\/p>\n
Candelo has had a nice career as he competed for a world title, but it was one fighter in particular that went on to super-stardom.<\/p>\n
“Out of all the fighters, there was a young kid from Brazil named Acelino “Popo” Freitas. He was 9-0 with 9 knockouts.”<\/p>\n
“He went on to a record of 39-2 with 33 knockouts and he won 4-world titles. Freitas has one of the highest knockout percentages in history and he defended the title 10 times. He turned out to be my most successful fighter to date. I now promote his nephew Vitor Jones de Olivera (1-0, 1 KO).”<\/p>\n
Pelullo believes that another Freitas or two could be among the roster of fighters that have entered in the lightweight and middleweight tournament.<\/p>\n
“I am hoping that Boxcino 2014 will find us some young fighters that we can take their careers to the top of the sport.”<\/p>\n
“I believe that within this crop of young fighters there could be a few of them that will take their careers to the very top of boxing.” <\/p>\n
The show will begin at 9pm eastern \/ 6pm Pacific on :
\nESPN2, ESPN Deportes+, WatchESPN<\/p>\n
The 1st round of the lightweight tournament will feature:<\/p>\n
Yakubu Amidu (21-4-2, 19 KO’s) vs Chris Rudd (12-1, 8 KO’s)
\nFedor Papazov (14-0, 9 KO’s) vs Petr Petrov (32-4-2, 15 KO’s)
\nMiguel Gonzalez (22-3, 16 KO’s) vs Miguel Angel Mendoza (21-2-2, 21 KO’s)
\nFernando Carcamo (15-5, 12 KO’s) vs Samuel Neequaye (21-0, 15 KO’s) <\/p>\n
February 21st lightweight quarter final
\nFIGHT WEEK SCHEDULE:<\/p>\n
HOTEL & EVENT LOCATION:
\nEdgewater Casino
\n2020 South Casino Drive, Laughlin, Nevada 89029 Phone: (702) 298-2453<\/p>\n
Thursday, Feb. 20th
\nWeigh-in: 5:00 PM
\nLocation: Edgewater Casino – Rio Vista Room (down stairs next to the Buffet)<\/p>\n
Friday, Feb. 21st
\nFight Night: E Center at the Edgewater Casino
\nDoors open – 4:30 PM
\nFirst fight (and first fight on ESPN) – 6:00 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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