(SEPT 10) Corinne “American Gladiator
Panther” DeGroot fights for WIBA title and Leon “Hurry Up” Moore in
NABA title fight. On Saturday, September 26th, the eyes of the
boxing world will be on the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown,
Guyana as one of the sport’s budding superstars, WBC #7, NABA #1
Leon “Hurry Up” Moore (24-2, 22 KO’s) tries to become The North
American Boxing Association (NABA),
The Caribbean Boxing Federation
(CABOFE), the WBA Fedecaribe and the WBA Fedelatin champion in one
night when he takes on hard-hitting Former IBF, WBO & IBA World
Champion Mauricio Pastrana (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) in the co-feature of
“The Caribbean fury”.
American Gladiator and movie star Corinne “The Panther” DeGroot
(11-0, 5 KO’s) will be the highlight of the evening against Guyanese
champion Shondell Alfred for the Women International Boxing
Association’s (WIBA) Bantamweight Title. DeGroot was born in Canada
to Guyanese parents and is coming back home to challenge for the
vacant world championship, while Alfred is aiming to reach the
pinnacle of the sport after already capturing the WIBA Iberian
Title.
Alfred and DeGroot are both aiming to become Guyana’s seventh world
champion, while Moore is positioning himself for a title shot in the
near future.
“Hurry Up is, undoubtedly, the future of the sport of boxing,” said
Manager and Co-promoter Carwyn Holland, who is staging his third
World title fight.
“Leon Moore has tremendous potential and if he wasn’t robbed in
Columbia against Irene Pacheco and in Kyrgyzstan against Timur
Shailezou, he would have been recognized by all the world bodies,
and champions who are avoiding him. Moore has pure Caribbean talent
and just as Usain Bolt dominated the so-called
world’s-best-sprinters when he got the chance, Moore will dominate
anyone within the 118-126 lbs divisions,” Holland stated.
Moore also shares the same view as his manager, he recalls entering
the ring in Columbia with boos as the underdog but left hoisted on
shoulders with applauses and a standing ovation.
In a recent publication Moore stated that he is looking to take
revenge on any Columbian who faces him.
Former world champion Pastrana was originally given a contract to
fight Moore for the four titles but had declined citing he had a
better offer, and that sent the promoters soliciting Reynaldo Lopez.
However after reading about Moore’s plans to beat up Columbians,
Pastrana ordered his manager to sign the contract so he can put an
end to Moore once and for all Columbians.
The Caribbean Fury will also see “The Battersea Bomber” Howard
Eastman in action against Trinidadian and WBE Champion Kevin Placide.
Guyana Heavyweight Champion Mitchell Rogers also see action. The
rest of the undercard reads: Dexter Marques vs. Hewley Robertson,
Iwan Azore vs. Wayne Briggs and Pauls Lewis Jr. vs. Shawn Pile.
The Caribbean Fury will be Televised by CaribVision (CMC) in
association with the National Communications Network (NCN) and a
North American Network to be named shortly.
