By Gary Purfield After packing the Sands Casino Arena on June 1 of this year, Main Events will return for their next Fight Night installment on September 21. Headlining the show is a light heavyweight bout between Gabriel Campillo (21-4-1, 8 KO) and Sergey Kovalev (18-0-1, 16 KO). In the co-feature, popular welterweight and Bethlehem native Ronald Cruz (17-0, 12 KO) takes … [Read more...]
Tomasz Adamek vs. James Toney, Sept 8
by Gary Purfield While no official announcement has come from promoter Main Events all reports are indicating that Tomasz Adamek’s opponent for September 8 will be former multi-division champ, but now long past his prime, James Toney. Adamek has won two in a row and wants to remain active. The bout would take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ in the … [Read more...]
Adamek Staying Active: Returns September 8
By Gary Purfield Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (46-2, 28 KO) gets back into the ring on September 8 from his regular home front of the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Fresh off a controversial win over Eddie Chambers in the last Fight Night card on June 16 Adamek will get back into action against an opponent TBD. Adamek and Chambers met two weeks ago looking to … [Read more...]
Adamek Wins over One-Armed Chambers, Jennings Stays Undefeated
Ringside report by Gary Purfield Tomasz Adamek won a unanimous decision over a one armed Eddie Chambers in the main event of the NBC Sports Fight Night card in a bout that was far closer than indicated by the controversial scorecards turned in at the end of the night. The heavyweight bout that was a twelve round affair from Adamek’s home base the Prudential Center in … [Read more...]
Bryant Jennings’ Rabbit Run Up the Ranks
By Gary Purfield Most kids at some point were told Aesop’s fable that the tortoise beat the hare by going slow and steady. Bryant Jennings (13-0, 6 KO) was likely out doing roadwork or hitting a heavy bag at the time so he missed this lesson. The young heavyweight prospect is looking to run, not walk through the heavyweight ranks as fast as possible. Instead of a slow … [Read more...]