SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Former WBA super middleweight champion Manny Siaca is offering present IBO title-holder Anthony Mundine an opportunity to avenge one of his three pro losses, even if it means fighting Mundine again in his hometown of Sydney. Five years ago, Siaca captured the WBA super middleweight belt from Mundine, by way of 12-round decision, in Sydney..
The 33-year-old Siaca (22-6, 19 KOs) said his experiment as a light heavyweight is in the past and he’s ready to take on Mundine (36-3, 23 KOs) again. “Since I beat him,” the Puerto Rican boxer said, “he’s fought nobody, only bums, other than Mikkel Kessler, who beat him, too. Mundine is fooling the people of Australia. In 2007, his people talked about him fighting me but they thought it was too risky. Danny Green pulled out of a fight against me, too. I beat Mundine in his backyard and I’ll do it again.”
EX-WORLD CHAMPION ‘BONES’ ADAMS IN MAIN; FLORES, FOUR MORE LAS VEGANS AND JUDAH IN
STERLING PROMOTIONS CARD AT PALMS IN LAS VEGAS FRIDAY, JUNE 12
LAS VEGAS, Nev.–Former world champion Clarence “Bones” Adams headlines a “Sterling Night of Fights” presented by Sterling Promotions of Las Vegas Friday, June 12, in The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort.
Adams, from Las Vegas, meets Alex Baba of Doraville, Ga., in the 10-round featherweight main event.
The seven-bout card includes five more Las Vegans: super lightweights Angel Flores, undefeated Sharif Bogere, Renell Griffin and Terrance Jett; and super middleweight Thomas Rittenbaugh. Also on the card is super welterweight Josiah Judah, brother of former World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Zab Judah.
The card June 12 starts at 6:30 p.m. with doors to The Pearl opening at 5:30.
Tickets, priced at $25, $50 and $75 (plus any applicable fees), are available at The Pearl box office from noon to 7 p.m. daily; by calling The Pearl box office at 702-944-3200 during those hours; and through Ticketmaster outlets, calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or by visiting ticketmaster.com
Sterling Promotions is headed by Sterling McPherson, who, during his boxing career, was a world-ranked lightweight and super lightweight.
The 34-year-old Adams has a record of 43-6-4 with 19 knockouts and won the World Boxing Association super bantamweight champion during 2000. His last loss was during 2002, and with this win he well could crack the world rankings once again.
Baba, who has a powerful right, has a record of 26-15-1 with 19 knockouts.
Flores faces Francisco Rios Gil of Phoenix in a six-round bout; Bogere meets Broderick Antoine of Troy, N.Y., in a six-round bout; Griffin takes on with Jett in a four-round bout; and Rittenbaugh clashes with Andre Himphill of Philadelphia in a four-round bout.
Judah faces Delaney Howard of Cleveland in a six-round bout.
And in the seventh bout Rashad Holloway of Raleigh, N.C., meets Harrison Cuello of The Bronx, N.Y. in a six-round bout.
The 22-year-old Flores has a record of 9-3 with three knockouts.
Gil, also 22, is more experienced and a bigger puncher with a record of 16-9 and 11 knockouts.
The 20-year-old Bogere, originally from Uganda, has a record of 9-0 with six knockouts and his quickness and technique make him one of the most highly regarded young lightweights/super lightweights in the world. He’s co-managed by Las Vegas businessman Jimmy Alex.
The 23-year-old Antoine is a tall, 5-foot-11-inch southpaw with a record of 5-7-1 and four knockouts.
The 28-year-old Rittenbaugh, also a southpaw, has a record of 3-2-2 with no knockouts.
The 29-year-old Himphill has a record of 7-11-2 with four knockouts and is Rittenbaugh’s most experienced opponent by far. Himphill has had more fights than had all of Rittenbaugh’s opponents combined at the time the Las Vegan fought them.
The 26-year-old Griffin has record of 3-1 with one knockout
The 34-year-old Jett has a mark of 4-13-2 with two knockouts.
The 30-year-old Judah has a record of 9-1-1 with two knockouts.
The 27-year-old Howard has a record of 5-1 with three knockouts.
The 28-year-old Holloway has a record of 10-1 with five knockouts and has won seven straight. He recently has sparred with Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya.
The 31-year-old Cuello, a powerful southpaw, has a record of 18-10-2 with 14 knockouts.
The card will be televised domestically and internationally on a tape delay basis.