New York, December 14-It’s fight week, and DiBella Entertainment’s New York stalwarts are ready to “Deck the Halls” and cap off the year in the season’s finale of Broadway Boxing Presented by Turning Stone Resort & Casino when they hit the ring on “Season’s Beatings” Thursday night, December 15, at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. The final press conference was held today at Prime Grill on East 49th Street in Manhattan..
Unbeaten Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita will headline the card. The Brooklyn hero Salita (23-0, 14 KO’s) will be looking to extend his professional unbeaten streak to 24 straight wins in the main event when he squares off against punching-machine Robert Frankel (12-4, 1 KO) of Denver, Colorado, known to throw 100 punches per round.
Spanish Harlem standout Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (15-2, 10 KO’s), and his sizzling style will be showcased in the co-feature.
The knockout artistry of Brownsville’s Curtis “Showtime” Stevens (9-0, 8 KO’s) will also be among the holiday gifts for fight fans when he takes on Kia Daniels (5-2, 3 KO’s) of Louisville, KY.
Two additional stocking stuffers on the card will be Staten Island featherweight Gary Stark, Jr. (12-0, 6 KO’S), who will step into the ring against Jose Hernandez (8-2, 4 KO’s) of Atlanta, GA, and Emmanuel “Sleek” Clottey (23-6, 14 KO’s) in a welterweight contest against James Crayton (34-22-2, 21 KO’s) from the fighting city of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Atlantic City prospect Lorenzo Bathea (4-1) will square off against Rasheen Daniels (3-7-1, 2 KO) from Warren, Ohio in a six round junior welterweight bout.
Tickets are priced at $150, $100, $80, $60 and $40, and are available by calling DiBella Entertainment at 212-947-2577.
Broadway Boxing Presented by Turning Stone Resort and Casino will air on a later date on MSG Network, Fox Sports Net New England, Comcast Sportsnet Chicago and HDNET. Along with Turning Stone Resort and Casino, the site and title sponsor, Broadway Boxing is also sponsored by HBO Sports, Locatestock.com and Gallagher’s Steak House, as well as Prime Grill for the season-ending card.
Hip hop mogul Damon Dash was spotted at Prime Grill, a kosher restaurant in Midtown. Dash was there to host his first press conference as a boxing promoter for Dash/DiBella Promotions. Dash had to fill in for his co-promoter Lou Dibella, who was in Hollywood filming scenes for his debut acting role in the upcoming Rocky VI film. Dash was at the restaurant to promote the fight card “Season Beatings,” which is this Thursday night (Dec. 15) at the Manhattan Center and is headlined by unbeaten Jewish star Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita. Dash spoke highly of his two fighters on the card featherweight Gary “Kid” Stark Jr. (12-0, 6 KO) and light heavyweight Curtis “Showtime” Stevens (9-0, 8 KO).
Picture: (left to right) Gary “KID” Stark Jr., Damon Dash and Curtis “SHOWTIME” Stevens