Bragging rights will be at stake when amateur boxers from the Allentown Boxing Club challenge their counterparts from King’s Gym in Reading on Feb. 27th at the Rodeway Inn & Conference Center at Routes 22 & 39 in Allentown. It will be part of an exciting night of professional and amateur boxing presented by King’s Promotions.
The Allentown Boxing Club was recently re-opened under the guidance of Luis Melendez, a former professional boxer and current trainer in the Allentown area. The club is currently being supported by the Weed & Seed prevention program, although that support is only for a limited time. The gym is open to ages 7 and up and presently has about 200 kids enrolled. It is Melendez’s hope that the facility will provide a healthy and positive place for area youth and a place to give guidance and build confidence and self-respect.
King’s Gym of nearby Reading was opened in 1995 by noted boxing trainer Marshall Kauffman as a way to get youngsters off the streets and involved in more postive activities. The name “KING” stands for “Kids In Need of Guidance”, and Marshall has spent years using the sport of boxing as a way for both his professional and amateur boxers to feel good about themselves – a way for them to gain confidence and pride in themselves. 2009 was a good year for King’s amateurs in which six boxers won novice state Golden Glove titles, as well as the team title, at the Penna. Central Championship competition.
The amateur bouts will include the following: Erving Torres (Allentown) vs Jesus Perez (Reading); Eddie German (Allentown) vs Quincy Staples (Reading); Abriam Santos (Allentown) vs Mario Cuello (Reading); and Carlos Colon (Allentown) vs TBA.
Tickets are priced at $25.00, 50.00 and 65.00 and are now available at the Rodeway Inn (610-395-3731), Kingsboxing.com and the Allentown Boxing Club (Luis Melendez: 484-860-5162). A special student discount of $5.00 off any ticket price will be available at the door only along with proof of student ID. Also, King’s Promotions has announced that a portion of proceeds from each ticket sold will be donated to the Allentown Boxing Club. Doors open at 6:00 pm; first bout starts at 6:30.
ALLENTOWN RUMBLE FEB. 27th — TICKETS NOW ON SALE
King’s Promotions returns to the Allentown area on Saturday February 27th where they will host an exciting professional and amateur boxing card at the Rodeway Inn & Conference Center at Routes 22 & 39 in Allentown. The event will consist of five professional fights featuring regional fan favorites, as well as five amateur fights featuring the Allentown Boxing Club vs Reading’s King’s Gym.
The professional fights will feature Reading’s Jason Cintron vs Maurice Chalmers. Cintron (11-1), the brother of former welterweight champ Kermit Cintron, is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Martinus Clay at Reading’s Sovereign Center in December. Chalmers (7-9-1) of Lynchburg, VA has faced the likes of Andre Berto and James Kirkland. Also featured will be rising heavyweight prospect Travis Kauffman (18-1) of Reading vs Bernard “Bad Ass” Brown (6-5-2) of Baltimore, MD. Kauffman is looking to rebound from a controversial loss against Tony Grano broadcast on Shobox: The Next Generation. Kauffman was recently featured as one of boxing’s “new faces” in the December issue of Ring magazine. Also, Reading’s Keenan Collins (12-5-2) will face Allentown’s Jorge Delgado (4-8) and Eliud Torres (2-1-2) of Allentown will face Hawaiian native Van Oscar Penovaroff (4-0-1), who currently resides in Reading. Julio Cesar Matthews (9-0) is also scheduled to fight an opponent to be determined. Matthews, a former resident of Allentown who currently resides in Reading, is riding a nine fight winning streak. Bragging rights will be at stake in the amateur portion of the night when fighters from the Allentown Boxing Club challenge their counterparts from Reading’s King’s Gym.
Tickets are priced at $25.00, 50.00 and 65.00 and are now available at the Rodeway Inn (610-395-3731), Kingsboxing.com and the Allentown Boxing Club (Luis Melendez: 484-860-5162). A special student discount of $5.00 off any ticket price will be available at the door only along with proof of student ID. Also, King’s Promotions has announced that a portion of proceeds from each ticket sold will be donated to the Allentown Boxing Club. Doors open at 6:00 pm; first bout starts at 6:30.
Purchase tickets online: http://allentownvsreadingboxing.eventbrite.com
King’s Promotions is coming back to the Sovereign Center May 29th. 2010 with Live Boxing at its best!
We will host our first ever Pro Am Boxing show which will have some of the best amateur boxers on the East Coast going up against each other, along with our favorite local fighters in Jason Cintron, Julio Mathews, Keenan Collins and Reading’s favorite son Travis Kauffman.
King’s Promotions will offer a 1 time price break to you who buy tickets now through Jan. 31st. 2010 for a special rate of $25.00 for any seat in the building besides those on the floor.
Buy 1 or buy 20 it does not matter and you still will get this great price.
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