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02/27/2007 Archived Entry: ""Irish" Andy Lee on "Erin Go Brawl""
"Irish" Andy Lee on "Erin Go Brawl" PPV
Duddy-Bonsante headlines St. Patrick's Day Eve show at MSG
Press Release
NEW YORK CITY (February 27, 2007) - Unbeaten middleweight prospect "Irish" Andy Lee will fight dangerous Cleiton "Soul Man" Conceicao in the opening "Erin Go Brawl" pay-per-view bout on March 16 (St. Patrick's Day Eve), featuring "Ireland's" John Duddy against Anthony "The Bullet" Bonsante, in The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. "Erin Go Brawl," presented by Irish Ropes Promotions, will be broadcast live in North America on cable and satellite pay-per-view starting at 9 PM/ET, 6 PM/PT. The event is being produced and distributed for pay-per-view by Integrated Sports and will be available in more than 50-million homes in North America via iN Demand, TVN, DirecTV and Dish Network in the USA, as well as Viewer's Choice in Canada, for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. The full "Erin Go Brawl" PPV broadcast will be available to viewers outside of North America via streaming video subscription on www.secondsout.com.
2004 Irish Olympian Lee (7-0, 4 KOs), now fighting out of Detroit (by way of Limerick, Ireland), where his manager/trainer Emanuel Steward is based, has been at training camp in Spain with IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, cruiserweight Jonathan Banks, heavyweight title contender Monte Barrett and Israel Garcia. The 22-year-old Lee is a southpaw who stands 6-2. Conceicao (10-2-2, 8 KOs), 2000 Brazilian Olympian, is coming off of a 10-round draw against 2000 U.S. Olympian Dante Craig last August for the NBA Intercontinental middleweight title. Brazilian-born Conceicao is the former WBA Fedecentro middleweight title-holder. Duddy (18-0, 15 KOs), rated No. 7 by the WBO and No. 9 by the WBA, defends his IBA World and WBC Continental Americas title belts against The Contender Season I star Bonsante (29-8-2, 17 KOs), the reigning IBA Americas and Minnesota State middleweight title-holder, in the 12-round main event. Duddy recently was honored as the BBC Radio Foyle - Bank of Ireland "Sports Personality of the Year." Unbeaten middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo fights veteran Robert "The Doctor" Kamya in the 10-round co-feature. Lorenzo (22-0, 14 KOs), the 2000 Dominican Olympian, lives in Washington Heights (in New York City). He's rated No. 7 by the WBC and No. 11 by the WBA. Ugandan-native Kamya (15-6, 4 KOs), now fighting out of Palm Beach (FL), is trained by former world champion Johnny Bumphus.
"Meet The Warriors of Boxing" Fundraiser March 15 for KELTIC DREAMS Irish Ropes Promotions and The John Duddy Charitable Foundation will host a special "Meet The Warriors of Boxing" event March 15 for the benefit of KELTIC DREAMS at Jack Demsey's Bar & Restaurant, 36 W 33rd Street in Manhattan. For a suggested $50.00 donation the public will meet an array of boxing stars from the past and present at Jack Demsey's between 5-8 PM. Invited stars include Hall of Fame boxers Barry "The Clones Cyclone" McGuigan (32-3, 28 KOs), former WBA featherweight champion, and ex-world middleweight title-holder Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta (83-19-4, 30 KOs), as well as former world heavyweight title challenger "Gentleman" Gerry Cooney former WBC featherweight champ Juan LaPorte (40-17, 22 KOs), past WBU light welterweight champion "Irish" Micky Ward (38-13, 27 KOs), ex-WBA welterweight king and 1984 Olympic gold medallist Mark Breland (35-3-1, 25 KOs), former world champion in three weight classes Iran "The Blade" Barkley (43-19-1, 28 KOs), ex-world middleweight title-holder Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 KOs), (28-3, 24 KOs), and Irish heavyweight champion Kevin "The Clones Colossus" McBride (34-5-1, 29 KOs). All proceeds from the "Meet The Warriors of Boxing" event will go to the KELTIC DREAMS TO SEND 34 African-American and Hispanic Irish dancers from PS 59 in the Bronx, ages seven through 12, to perform May 23-28 in Ireland. KELTIC DREAMS is the first after-school program of its kind in a public school.
Also fighting "Erin Go Brawl" is world-rated super featherweight Maureen "The Real Million Dollar Baby" Shea (9-0, 4 KOs) versus an opponent to be determined, unbeaten heavyweight James Clancy (9-0, 1 KO) takes on upset-minded Rodney Ray (3-4-1, 3 KOs), cruiserweight Mark Clancy (6-0-1, 1 KO) faces Andrew "Came To Fight" Hutchinson (2-8-2) - the Clancy brothers are from Clare, Ireland and fight out of Boston -- and 2004 Irish National Senior amateur champion Henry Coyle makes his pro debut against TBA. All bouts and fighters are subject to change. Tickets, priced at $400.00, $300.00, $200.00, $150.00, $100.00, $75.00 and $50.00, may be purchased at the Garden Box Office, thegarden.com, or by calling TicketMaster at 212.307.7171. All tickets include a $4.50 facility fee and TicketMaster orders are subject to TicketMaster service charge. For more information about "Erin Go Brawl" call Irish Ropes Promotions at 212.835.1582 or going on line to www.irishropes.com.
