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07/26/2006 Archived Entry: "Cruiserweights Castillo & Banks Set for Showdown on ESPN2 Wed. Night Fights"
Cruiserweights Castillo & Banks Set for Showdown on ESPN2 Wed. Night Fights
By Laz Izada
Courtesy of InsideBoxing.com
Take note boxing fans the other big boys are back. Action returns to the cruiserweight division which has been inactive as of late. Tonight ESPN 2 will be broadcasting live at Cedric Kushner’s 2nd installment of “Gotham Boxing” at the cozy Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan, New York City.
In the co- main event sparks should fly as well known former heavyweight Cuban boxer Eliseo Castillo 20-1-1(15 ko’s) returns to the ring defending his WBO-NABO Cruiserweight Title against Emanuel Steward’s hot young (24 year old) prospect from Detroit, Johnathon Banks, 11-0 (9 ko’s). Banks, a 2003 PAL National Amateur Champion, should be giving Castillo his toughest opposition since his lost to Wladimir Klitschko as a heavyweight last April.
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