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Undefeated Heavyweight Roman Greenberg Headlines 2005's Second Installment of DiBella Entertainment's Broadway Boxing Presented by Mohegan Sun on Friday January 28 at the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center
***Undercard features an outstanding collection of New York
talent from Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island***
New York, January 13-Unbeaten heavyweight Roman Greenberg (17-0, 12 KO's)
captures the Broadway spotlight on Friday night, January 28, when he headlines
2005's second installment of DiBella Entertainment's Broadway Boxing Presented
by Mohegan Sun at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center.
Greenberg, a native of Tel Aviv, Israel, will go toe-to-toe with Marcus McGee
(12-5, 6 KO's), who hails from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in an eight-round
heavyweight showdown in the evening's main event.
In the co-featured attraction knockout artist Jaidon Codrington (6-0, 6 KO's),
fighting out of Queens, will square off against Glen Rayburn (13-3-1, 8 KO's),
of Delaware, Ohio, in an eight-round super middleweight contest.
On the undercard, U.S. Olympian and Winter Haven, Florida native Andre Berto
(1-0, 1 KO), fresh off a knockout victory in his pro debut, will appear in a
four-round junior middleweight bout with Edgar Galvan (1-2-1, 1 KO), of Durango,
Mexico.
In addition, a youthful pair of talented fighters will be representing the
borough of Brooklyn on the card. Rising star Curtis Stevens (4-0, 4 KO's) will
see action in a six-round light heavyweight bout, while cruiserweight Sam
Elashry (4-3, 1 KO), who originally hails from Cairo, Egypt, looks to gain
momentum in a four-round contest.
Queens product Washington Hago will be making his pro debut in a four-round
junior lightweight tilt against Michael Mendez (0-1-1), of Orlando, Florida.
Staten Island's unbeaten super bantamweight Gary Stark, Jr. (10-0, 5 KO's) takes
on Luis Rivera (8-8, 2 KO's), of New Haven, Connecticut, in a six-round affair.
The Broadway Boxing cards 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, and Gallagher's Steak House are also sponsors.
The card will be broadcast live on HDNet, and on a later date on Madison Square
Garden Network, Fox Sports Net New England, Empire Sports Net and Comcast
Sportnet Chicago.
The doors open at 6:00 PM, and the first fight is at 7:00 PM. Tickets are priced
at $100, $75, $50, and $35 with a limited number of special VIP ringside tickets
also available, call DiBella Entertainment at 212-947-2577 to order.