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Turner Construction to Sponsor Kids Boxing Clinics…
NEW YORK FIGHTERS PAULIE MALIGNAGGI, SECHEW POWELL AND CHRIS SMITH TO GIVE BACK
TO YOUNGSTERS AT P.A.L. CLINIC ON MONDAY, APRIL 19
***DiBella Entertainment's Broadway Boxing Presented by Mohegan Sun will host
regular PAL events in the five boroughs***
What: Police Athletic League boxing clinics for Bronx youngsters Gloves Champion
Who: Unbeaten Brooklyn boxers and Golden Gloves champion Paul
Malignaggi (16-0, 5 KOs), and Sechew Powell (11-0, 5 KOs), and welterweight
contender from Queens Chris "The Mechanic" Smith (16-0-1, 10 KO's) and dozens of
youth participants
Where: Boxing Center - Webster PAL 2255 Webster Avenue Bronx, NY 10458
Date: Monday, April 19, 2004
Time: 4 :00 pm
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On Monday, April 19, unbeaten Brooklyn natives Paul Malignaggi and Sechew
Powell, and Queens native Chris "The Mechanic" Smith will conduct a boxing
clinic for participants in the Police Athletic League at Boxing Center - Webster
PAL in the Bronx at 3:00 PM. It will be the second in a series of PAL clinics
sponsored by DiBella Entertainment (DBE) and Turner Construction as a part of
the community relations effort for the Broadway Boxing Presented by Mohegan Sun
series. DBE President and Brooklyn native Lou DiBella recently announced the
launch of the televised boxing series as a way to provide opportunities and
exposure for New York City boxing talent.
The debut fight card of the series will be on Thursday, April 22 at the
Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan. Malignaggi will be in the headline bout
against veteran Rocky Martinez (40-9-1, 20 KOs). Powell (11-0, 8 KOs) will take
on unbeaten prospect Sergio Melendez (5-0). Smith (16-0-1, 10 KO's) will square
off against Darien Ford (9-6, 4 K0's, New Orleans, LA) in an eight-round
welterweight contest.
For the public interested in purchasing tickets, tickets are priced at $76, $51
and $36, and there are a limited number of VIP Ringside tickets for $101.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster by calling 212-307-7171, on the
internet at Ticketmaster.com and at all Ticketmaster outlets including Tower
Records, HMV and Coconuts.
The cards will originate from venues in the five boroughs, the greater New York
Metropolitan Tri-State area, and Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Mohegan Sun is the series site sponsor. Turner Construction, HBO Sports,
Everlast Worldwide, Gallagher's Steak House and Punch are also sponsors. The
date for the second show in the series is June 4 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center.