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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
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 & 309 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
Travis Kauffman Featured in Ring Magazine
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Travis Kauffman Featured in Ring Magazine
Congratulations to heavyweight prospect Travis Kauffman of King’s Gym who was featured as one of boxing’s “New Faces” in the December issue of The Ring magazine.
Kauffman looks to get back in the Ring
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Travis Kauffman will be looking to be back in the ring at the end of July. The Reading heavyweight prospect will most likely be on the Showtime Network at the end of July. If Kauffman comes into the fight with the same aggression and confidence it should be a short night. This is a big change from 310 pounds a year ago. (221lbs.)
Cintron looks impressive at 154
Monday, June 1st, 2009The minute that I heard that they made Kermit Cintron against Alfredo Angulo I knew that Kermit had a great chance of winning that fight. I also thought what a lucky guy to be given another chance after his last performance on HBO against Sergio Martinez.
It is funny how people say that you are only as good as your last fight, well Kermit proved them all wrong and he had the help of Angulo to do that.
I told a number of people when asked if Kermit would win, I told them that he had a great chance of winning and that the first 2rds. would show me how Kermit was going to fight. I knew that if Kermit took charge right from the beginning that he could have even stopped Angulo in the later rounds.
A writer asked me what I thought of the fight and I told him just that, and that Kermit was going to do well because Angulo only had 15 professional fights and has not been tested as Kermit has been. Angulo also got hit way too much to beat Kermit, and I knew that once Kermit hit him flush that he was going to respect Kermits power and not take risky chances and this is why Angulo helped because I believe that he was afraid to take chances. I always tell everyone, as I always did and always will, that Kermit has the skills and the power to beat any boxer in his weight class if his mind is right.
His mind was right on Sat. night and he deserves credit for how he boxed and how good he rolled from the right hand and left hooks of Angulo. Angulo was too slow and too inexperienced for Kermit. I have just 2 things to say to Kermit for that win, congratulations and please start saying Reading again and not Wyomissing. 
Congrats!
