Amir “Hardcore” Mansour Headlines with Over 50 Rounds of Boxing at Dover Downs Friday! By Ken Hissner, Doghouse Boxing (Dec 1, 2011) Doghouse Boxing - Tweet
The man is back and the DE fans are
looking forward to the unbeaten southpaw Amir “Hardcore” Mansour,
15-0 (11), whose 8 fight knockout streak was broken with a solid win
over former contender Dominick Guinn in August at the Dover Downs
Casino & Hotel.
Manour, who is ranked in the WBC
ratings will be taking on Epifanio “Diamante” Mendoza, 32-12-1
(28), of Barranquilla, COL, who stopped unbeaten Puerto Rico Olympian
Carlos Negron, then 13-0, in his last fight in PR. He started his
career with 16 straight knockouts all within 3 rounds. He’s held
numerous titles and once fought Chad Dawson for the WBC light
heavyweight title. At 36, he is 3 years younger than Mansour.
Mansour, under Keith Stoffer’s
management has scored 6 impressive wins in 15 months since his
return. Moses Robinson, Tommy Barnes and Danny Davis will be in his
corner. The Dover Downs Casino has promoted 5 of his 6 bouts with
the other in Atlantic City. This bout will be for the vacant World
Boxing Federation Intercontinental heavyweight title. Mansour has
won 3 titles in his last 2 fights including the IBF North American,
interim WBO NABO and the World Boxing Foundation. His win over the
41 bout Guinn who had never been stopped was a shutout on 2
scorecards and lost only 1 round on the other. It promises to be a
knockout of a fight that will pack the Rollins Room so get your
tickets early!
The co-feature will also be scheduled
for 10 rounds with light welter’s Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana,
26-3 (17), formerly of Manati, PR, now of New York, returning from
his explosive knockout at the casino in August. He is pitted against
tough Wilfredo “El Flaco” Negron, 26-16-1 (19), of Toa Alto, PR.
Santana has won 21 of his last 22 fights. Negron has challenged Zab
Judah for the IBF light welterweight title.
In an 8 round lightweight match Dorin
Spivey, 39-6 (26), of Portsmouth, VA, is matched with Angel “The
White Tiger” Rios, 9-8 (6), of PR, now out of the Bronx, NY, who
has held his own in his 4 bouts in 2011 since his return from 2003.
He won’t disappoint the fans against the 38 year old Spivey who is
using this as a tune-up fight. And we know what sometimes happens in
tune-up fights.
Local favorite Anthony Smith, 11-0 (9),
of Kennett Square, PA, with 5 straight knockouts, comes into this one
against the much more experienced Douglas, Otieno, 23-7 (12), of
Kenya, who has held several African titles. This is scheduled for 6
rounds in the light heavyweight division.
Putting his 11 fight winning streak on
the line is another favorite in Smyrna, DE, super middleweight Mike
Tiberi, 17-1 (7), will be against Emil Gonzalez, 5-5 (3), of Cabana,
PR, who has never been stopped and is coming off a win in June.
Wilmington, DE, light welterweight Ryan Belasco, 15-5-3 (3), is
matched against Herbert Quartey, 7-6 (4), of Accra, GH, in a 6
rounder.
Lamont “Problem Solver” Singletary,
2-0 (2), of Dover, DE, returns against Robert Walder, 0-0, of Forked
River, NJ, in a cruiser 4. Wilmington’s Omar “Super O”
Douglas, 2-0 (1), is matched against Miguel Antonio Rodriguez, 0-0,
of Philadelphia in a 4 round lightweight match. Super featherweight
Ronica Jeffrey, 8-0 (1), of Brooklyn, NY, and John Bowman, 0-0-1, of
Dover, DE, are also scheduled.
Matchmaker Nick Tiberi promises another
great show which is the Casino’s fourth of the year. Make sure you check out the NEW and IMPROVED Doghouse Boxing Forums (Now Mobile, Ipad, Android & YouTube Friendly) DogPound
