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(MAY 20) PROVIDENCE - Promoter Jimmy Burchfield has announced that his
company, Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc (CES) has entered into an
agreement with the Rhode Island Convention Center and Dunkin' Donuts Center
to promote boxing shows in downtown Providence, commencing June 17 with
"Providence's Prime Time Fights" in The All-New Theatre at the Dunkin'
Donuts Center.
The series will be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on CN8, The Comcast
Network and Cox Sports. CN8, The Comcast Network and CES announced an
agreement to broadcast six boxing shows during the next 12 months,
commencing with "Providence's Prime Time Fights" which will air on CN8,
SUNDAY, June 19 9:00 PM/ET. CN8's Ed Berliner will provide blow-by-blow
commentary for all of the six New England boxing shows. The CES package is
part of CN8's Primetime Fights \series, a monthly show featuring New England
and Mid-Atlantic boxing events.
"We are bringing a brand new franchise to Providence, Rhode Island,"
Burchfield explained at Wednesday's press conference at The Hi-Hat. "You're
looking at some of the franchise (boxers seated at the dais). This is our
franchise and we are all pros. We want fight fans in the state, New England
and all over the world to watch how we can play ball in our backyard.
Everybody has worked so hard to put us where we are today. This will be a
franchise like the Providence Bruins and Pawtucket Red Sox, if we can get
the cooperation of people in Providence, Rhode Island and New England.
"We have a big-time program.\We looking into doing some Pro-Am shows with
two or three amateur fights on our shows. We did that in New Haven (April 1)
and got nearly 5000 fans with another 1000 outside trying to get in. If we
could do that there, I know we can do it here in providence. The Dunkin'
Donuts Center and R.I. Convention Center are working together to helps us
execute this. We started discussing this only 30 days ago and we only have
three weeks to the first show. I'm so enthused by where the Providence
franchise is headed and fighters from all over, not just Providence will be
part of it."
The June 17 show will be headlined by the World Boxing Council affiliated
USNBC super middleweight championship match for the vacant belt between
Providence's Joey "KO Kid" Spina (15-0, 12 KOs) and upset specialist Sam
Reese (20-12-4, 8 KOs) in the main event.
Also scheduled to fight on the card in separate bouts are Providence
heavyweight Jason "Big Six" Estrada (2-0, 1 KO), 2004 US Olympian;
Providence cruiserweight Matt Godfrey (7-0, 5 KOs), four-time National
amateur champ; Narragansett (RI) light welterweight Jaime "Hurricane"
Clampitt (14-3-1, 5 KOs), former IWBF & NABA champion; Cranston (RI)
featherweight Missy "The Fury" Fiorentino (10-1, 6 KOs), former world title
challenger; Manchester (CT) featherweight Matt "Sharp Shooter" Remillard
(2-0, 2 KOs), two-time Everlast Under-19 National gold medalist; Buffalo
middleweight "Lightning" Les Ralston (14-1, 7 KOs) and Providence via Puerto
Rico junior welterweight Eddie Soto in his pro debut.
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