TONY FERRANTE TO NOW TAKE ON DHAFIR
SMITH FOR PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ON MAY 4TH AT
HARRAHS IN CHESTER
CHESTER, PA (April 24, 2012)—On Friday night May 4th,
grizzled veteran Dhafir “No Fear” Smith has stepped in for the injured Tommy
Karpency and will face Tony “Boom Boom” Ferrante for the Pennsylvania State
Light Heavyweight championship at Harrahs in Chester.
The show is
promoted by Joey Eye Boxing.
Smith of
Philadelphia has a record of 25-22-7 with four knockouts. He has been in with
some of the bigger names in boxing such as Shaun George, Max Alexander, Wayne
Johnsen, Mike Paschall, Curtis Stevens, Andre Ward, Adonis Stevenson, Kingsley
Ikeke, Jerson Ravelo, Jesus Gonzalez, Cornelius White.
Smith holds
a win over former IBF Super Middleweight champ Jeff Lacy.
Ferrante of Philadelphia has a record
of 12-3 with seven knockouts and is coming off a ten round loss to former four
time world title challenger Omar Sheika in what many are hailing as one of the
best fights in Pennsylvania in recent years.
In that fight, Sheika and Ferrante
fought tooth and nail in a bout where both guys were battered and exchanged
heavy shots throughout the fight. Ferrante landed some great shots but it
wasn’t enough as Sheika applied pressure and outlasted the tough Ferrante and won
by scores of 99-90, 99-90 and a better indicator of 95-94.
Ferrante won his first nine
professional bouts before dropping back to back bouts to Chuck Mussachio
(15-1-2) and Ronson Frank (17-0).
Ironically, Mussachio worked Ferrante’s
corner for his bout against Sheika
In a six round co-feature, Victor
Vasquez (14-6-1, 7 KO’s) will rematch Paul Fernandez (5-4-2, 3 KO’s) in a
battle of Philadelphia based lightweights
John Mercurio (4-0, 3 KO’s) will look
to gain his second win over William Miranda (5-4-1) of Allentown, PA in a six
round Heavyweight bout.
Taneal Goyco (4-3, 2 KO’s) of
Philadelphia will see action in a six round Light Heavyweight bout against an
opponent to be named.
Alex Barbosa (2-0, 1 KO) of
Philadelphia will take on Jonathan Ocassio (0-8) of Philadelphia in a four
round Bantamweight bout.
Joey Tiberi (7-1, 5 KO’s) of Newark,
Delaware will face off with Sidell Blocker (1-5-1) of Pleasantville, NJ in a
four round Lightweight bout.
Tyrone Crawley Jr. (1-0) of
Philadelphia will take on an opponent to be named in a four round Lightweight
bout.
Tickets are now on sale for $100 (VIP); $65
(Ringside) and $45 (General Admission) and can be purchased at the Harrahs
Chester Gift Shop; By calling Joey Eye (267-304-9399); David Feldman
(610-291-0806); 800-480-8020 or on www.webtix.net
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