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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

JEAN PASCAL vs. Donovan George

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LUCIAN BUTE vs. ROBERTO BOLONTI
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December 6, 2014 * Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada

LIVE on Pay-Per-View - 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
InterBox Press Conference Recap
  

MONTREAL (Nov. 12, 2014) - InterBox held a press conference today in Montreal to announce that fans at the Bell Centre on December 6 will be able to watch three major fights: light heavyweights Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) vs. Roberto Bolonti (35-3, 24 KOs) and Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) vs. Donovan George (26-4-2, 22 KOs), as well as the NABF middleweight title fight between David Lemieux (32-2, 20 KOs) vs. Gabriel Rosado (21-8, 13 KOs) on big screens live from Brooklyn, New York.

"We have a former IBF champion in Lucian, a former WBC champion and Ring champion in Pascal and one of the most exciting middleweights in the World in David Lemieux - all on the same night," InterBox president Jean Bedard commented. "It's the type of card the fans deserve and get excited to see."

Lucian in the Philippines: A different style of training

Under the watchful eyes of multiple-time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach, who is training multi-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, Lucian is refining his tools ahead of his Dec. 6 bout. Lucian may be halfway around the world in the Philippines but he quickly got comfortable with such prestigious company. "It is an honor to train with these two legends," Bute said from the Philippines. "There are so many good people here who stop by and watch us. It feels great. It's like I am training for the public every day." Bute will stay at Pacquiao's camp until Manny and Roach leave for Pacquaio's Nov. 22 fight vs. Chris Algieri in Macau, China. Bute will return to Montreal at the end of November.

Pascal: Waiting for offers

WBC Diamond and NABF light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal is in an excellent position. As he stated to the media, Jean is currently the mandatory contender for WBC champion Adonis Stevenson and Jean will meticulously study all fight possibilities during the next few months. Pascal's coach, Marc Ramsey, will be accompanying Lemieux to Brooklyn to work his corner Dec. 6. Pascal, who immediately agreed for Ramsey to work with Lemieux, will have Russ Anber and Roy Jones, Jr in his corner against George. Pascal also decided to set up training camp on Montreal instead of at Big Bear in California.


PPV in North America
  
The Canadian light heavyweight doubleheader card is also being distributed in the United Statesby Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 8:00 p.m. ET - 5:00 p.m. PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DirecTV, DISH, and Vubiquity for a suggested retail price of only $24.95. 


The Dec. 6 card in Montreal, featuring Bute and Pascal in co-main events, will be available on a pay-per-view basis in Canada on Indigo and Bell in French and English, as well as via Rogers, Shaw and Sask-Tel in English only.

Neither PPV will include Lemieux vs. Rosado.



For additional information please visit www.IntegratedSportsnet.com orwww.InterBox.ca, follow on Twitter @IntegratedPPV @InterBoxCA @InterBoxBute @JeanPascalChamp.

ABOUT INTEGRATED SPORTS MEDIA: North America's leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events has presented World Championship and world-class boxing matches featuring Gennady Golovkin, Carl Froch, Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko, Ricky Hatton, Cristian Mijares, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones, Jr., Tomasz Adamek, Paulie Malignaggi, Ivan Calderon, Rocky Martinez, Nicolai Valuev, Amir Khan, Marco Antonio Barrera, Arthur Abraham, David Haye, John Ruiz, Wilfredo Vasquez, Jr., Brian Viloria, Giovani Segura and Ruslan Chagaev, as well as  World Championship and world-class mixed martial arts shows featuring Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Bobby Lashley, Mirko Filipovic, Bob Sapp, Jeff Monson and Roy Nelson, in addition to In addition, Integrated Sports Media has distributed numerous International soccer matches featuring teams like Real Madrid, Club America of Mexico and the National Teams of Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador and the USA. For more information on upcoming Integrated Sports events visit www.integratedsportsnet.com or follow on Twitter @IntegratedPPV.

ABOUT INTERBOX: InterBox was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1997 and acquired by Groupe Sportscene in 2004. InterBox is internationally recognized as one of the most respected boxing organizations in Quebec and throughout the World. InterBox's main objective is to organize top quality events, both locally and internationally. InterBox's success is due in large part to a growing pool of elite athletes and top quality trainers to support them and their ascension to the elite. InterBox promotes, produces and presents first quality events on a regular basis thanks to the very important corporate sponsors Videotron, the Cage-aux-Sports restaurant chain, Coors Light and Mise-O-Jeau. 

Thursday, October 30, 2014

ISM to distribute Bute-Bolonti, Pascal-George Dec 6 PPV in United States

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LUCIAN BUTE vs. ROBERTO BOLONTI
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JEAN PASCAL vs. Donovan George
December 6, 2014 * Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada

LIVE on Pay-Per-View - 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Integrated Sports Media to distribute
Bute vs. Bolonti, plus Pascal vs. George
Dec. 6 on PPV in United States 
HOBOKEN, NJ (October 30, 2014) - Integrated Sports Media (ISM), North America's undisputed leader of major boxing pay-per-view distribution, announced today that it will deliver the "Bute vs. Bolonti" double feature to United States fans, Saturday, December 6, live from historic Bell Centre in Montreal.

Bute vs. Bolonti is being distributed in the U.S. by ISM for live viewing at 8:00 p.m. ET - 5:00 p.m. PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DirecTV, DISH, and Vubiquity for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.

Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian "Le Tombeaur" Bute (31-2, 24 KOs), currently the World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 5 world rated light heavyweight, headlines in a 10/12 round bout against former world title challenger Roberto "La Bestia" Bolonti (35-3, 24 KOs). In the 10/12 round co-feature, former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17 KOs) will risk his world No. 1 ranking against Donovan "Da Bomb" George (25-4-2, 22 KOs), fighting out of Chicago.

"We're excited to bring this great card to American fight fans," ISM president Doug Jacobs said. "Bute and Pascal are still two of the top, most popular light heavyweights in the world. They both have incredibly passionate fan bases. There's nothing more exciting than broadcasting a major boxing event from Bell Centre in Montreal. We're happy that InterBox has given ISM an opportunity to showcase Bute, Pascal and others in the United States."

"InterBox is proud to have reached an agreement with Doug Jacobs and ISM to present our December 6th Bell Centre card throughout the United States of America," InterBox president Jean Bedard commented. "Our Team is working hard on all facets of this promotion. We are looking forward to offering our American fan base a quality event with top rated boxers in meaningful fights."

Romanian-born Bute has reached cult status in Quebec. He was the IBF super middleweight champion for five years from 2007 through 2012, when he lost to Carl Froch. During his aforementioned stretch of dominance (10-0, 8 KOs), Bute defeated world champions such as Alejandro Berrio, William Joppy and Glen Johnson, in addition to Librado Andrade (twice), Edison Miranda, Jessie Brinkley, Brian Magee and Jean-Paul Mendy 

Bute moved up to fight as a light heavyweight in 2012, winning a 12-round decision against previously unbeaten Denis Grachev for the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) title, which he lost in his last fight (Jan. 18, 2014) by decision to his Montreal arch-rival Pascal.

Bolonti is a 35-year-old Argentinian whose last fight was a loss by 12-round decision to World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmerlast June in Germany. Bolonti, who has never been stopped as a professional boxer, is a former WBC Latino, South American and Argentina 175-pound division champion. His only two fights outside of Argentina, however, resulted in losses to Braehmer and in two years ago to former world lightweight contender Tony Bellow
in the United Kingdom by way of a 12-round decision.
Pascal has won three straight fights, including his last to Bute in this past January, since losing his WBC title to living legend Bernard Hopkins in 2011. The Haitian native who has lived in Montreal for many years is presently the No. 1 world rated light heavyweight contender by the WBC and World Boxing Organization (WBO), as well as ranked No. 3 by the IBF. He was the first to defeat multiple world champion Chad Dawson, as well as former world champions Silvio Branco and Adrian Diaconu(twice), during his outstanding 9 ½-year pro career in which he's never been knocked out.

Additional PPV fights will soon be announced.  All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets are on sale and available to purchase by visiting www.evenko.ca, or calling1.855.310.2525 and Club de boxe Champion (1.514.376.0980).

For additional information please visit www.IntegratedSportsnet.com orwww.InterBox.ca, follow on Twitter @IntegratedPPV @InterBoxCA @ButeLucian @JeanPascalChamp.

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ABOUT INTEGRATED SPORTS MEDIA: North America's leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events has presented World Championship and world-class boxing matches featuring Gennady Golovkin, Carl Froch, Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko, Ricky Hatton, Cristian Mijares, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones, Jr., Tomasz Adamek, Paulie Malignaggi, Ivan Calderon, Rocky Martinez, Nicolai Valuev, Amir Khan, Marco Antonio Barrera, Arthur Abraham, David Haye, John Ruiz, Wilfredo Vasquez, Jr., Brian Viloria, Giovani Segura and Ruslan Chagaev, as well as  World Championship and world-class mixed martial arts shows featuring Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Bobby Lashley, Mirko Filipovic, Bob Sapp, Jeff Monson and Roy Nelson, in addition to In addition, Integrated Sports Media has distributed numerous International soccer matches featuring teams like Real Madrid, Club America of Mexico and the National Teams of Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador and the USA. For more information on upcoming Integrated Sports events visit www.integratedsportsnet.com or follow on Twitter @IntegratedPPV.

ABOUT INTERBOX: InterBox was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1997 and acquired by Groupe Sportscene in 2004. InterBox is internationally recognized as one of the most respected boxing organizations in Quebec and throughout the World. InterBox's main objective is to organize top quality events, both locally and internationally. InterBox's success is due in large part to a growing pool of elite athletes and top quality trainers to support them and their ascension to the elite. InterBox promotes, produces and presents first quality events on a regular basis thanks to the very important corporate sponsors Videotron, the Cage-aux-Sports restaurant chain, Coors Light and Mise-O-Jeau. 

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

BROADWAY BOXING PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

New York, NY (7/31/12) - Earlier today, at New York City's famed Jack Demsey's Bar and Restaurant, DiBella Entertainment hosted the final press conference for their upcoming Broadway Boxing card this Thursday held at Roseland Ballroom.  Gracing the presser was main event participant and DBE's red-hot undefeated super middleweight contender Thomas "Tommy Gun" Oosthuizen (19-0-1, 13 KO's), all the way from South Africa. He will square off against Florida's Rowland Bryant (16-1, 11KO's) in a 12-round clash in defense of his International Boxing Organization (IBO) title.  Also present was "Irish" Seanie Monaghan (14-0, 9 KO's), of Long Beach, NY, who will look to keep his perfect record intact when he takes on the always-tough George Armenta (14-9, 11 KO's) in a 10-round light heavyweight co-feature bout. Undercard participants Floriano "L'Italiano" Pagliara (13-4-1, 7 KO's) and former New York amateur standout Zach Ochoa (1-0, 1KO) also attended.

Director of Public Relations for DBE, Kevin Rooney Jr. kicked off the presser thanking everyone for coming out to show their support for what is one of the most anticipated Broadway Boxing cards in the company's history.  He also took time to acknowledge the events sponsors, welcoming in new partners, Newlio, the Manfredi Auto Group, and Fight Now TV.

Below are highlights from the presser:

KEVIN ROONEY JR.

"This is our fourth Broadway Boxing card this year, the third at Roseland Ballroom. The main event for this one is one of the best main events Broadway Boxing has ever produced. You have Thomas 'Tommy Gun' Oosthuizen taking on Rowland Bryant. This is a matchup that could easily be on 'ShoBox' or even HBO's 'Boxing After Dark' and we're putting it on our Broadway Boxing series. We're very excited about it. This is Tommy's New York debut. For those of you who haven't seen Tommy fight, he really is something special and he's going to start making some serious noise in the super middleweight division.

"In the co-feature, we have 'Irish' Seanie Monaghan. If you're from New York or if you follow the New York boxing scene, Seanie is the biggest thing out there right now. He continues to pack the house each and every time he steps into the ring. He continues to impress and he continues to improve. It's a pleasure working with Seanie and his team, trainer Joe Higgins and manager PJ Kavanagh. We look forward to continue working with Seanie, watching him climb the light heavyweight rankings and march toward a world title shot."

"For a long time Lou DiBella has wanted to broadcast Broadway Boxing live and now this is our first card where we're able to do that with Fight Now TV."

THOMAS OOSTHUIZEN

"We were working hard in training, Johnny Muller, Harold Volbrecht, everybody came together perfectly. I can't complain about anything. We're ready to fight. If you've trained as hard as I have, the actual fighting is the easy work, and I'm looking forward to the easy work on Thursday night. I just want to shine and show you people what I have and what I have in store for you."

HAROLD VOLBRECHT (Oosthuizen trainer)

I would like to thank DiBella Entertainment for getting us on this big show. We're taking this fight very seriously. We've been here in the States now for almost a month. We set up training camp in Pleasantville, New Jersey, and we brought very good sparring with us in Johnny Muller, a light heavyweight, a strong guy and good fighter. We had a tremendous training camp, Tommy's weight is looking good now. Tommy is so talented. He's improving with every fight. Every fighter fights different with different styles. He's got good hand speed, good power, he's the whole package. We're ready to fight anybody in the world now. He's an exciting fighter and the more fans see him on television, the more they're going to want him and to see him."

SEANIE MONAGHAN

"I want to thank DiBella Entertainment for putting me on again. Everyone keeps going back to my early days as a pro, but I'm really just getting started. I'm flying so high right now with my confidence and conditioning. It's going to be a lot of fun in the ring on Thursday night because I am more than ready to take care of business and I am a completely different fighter now than I was even from the last fight. I had a long, hard training camp, in the heat, on the track. Here I am, I'm ready to go and Thursday night you're going to see the new and improved Sean Monaghan."

JOE HIGGINS (Monaghan trainer)

"Some folks might consider Seanie a work in progress and that might have been true early on, he's a fire-breathing prospect right now. It's a testimony to his conditioning. As all trainers know, when a fighter makes your job easy, you can really get into a fighter's head, so Sean, as a professional, trains three times a day half the week, and two times a day the other half of the week. He only receives one day off. From the last fight to this bout, he was given a month off. He took one week off, he said, 'Let's get back in the gym.' He doesn't want to miss one step of improvement. Show me one boxer in this New York area whose first fight to 14th fight who has improved as well as Sean has, I really don't think there is one. We are purposely choosing opponents that are going to makes us work. We are not picking the guys who are looking to get knocked out because he's got the power to knock guys right out. What good would that do us when he's got things to work on? Sean has improved on those things and that's what makes him a fire-breathing prospect. He will win impressively on Thursday night like he did in that last fight. I do believe it will be a stoppage, but we are prepared to go 10 full, hard rounds if need be. With Seanie Monaghan, you have the total package and I predict he will be a world champion."

FLORIANO PAGLIARA

"Thank you to DiBella Entertainment for this opportunity. My life has definitely changed since coming to the United States and turning pro. My English is getting better. I've fought already three times this year and now I am so happy to have a great team around me. Thank you to Richie Komissar, Tommy Gallagher and DiBella Entertainment. I look forward in the near future to one day fight for the Italian championship."

ZACH OCHOA

"Thank you for coming out supporting us. I'm looking forward to Thursday and I want you guys to know that I am training real hard. I've been training hard since my pro debut. I'm staying in the gym, I'm ready to go, I'm ready to fight and I'm going to put on a great show for everybody."

DOUG JACOBS (Fight Now TV)

"It's great to be working with DiBella Entertainment. I've known Lou a long time and it's great to finally do a show with him. For those of you who don't know, Fight Now TV is a 24/7 sports channel that recently launched. Fight fans know that there's no better time to market a dedicated fight channel for combat sports. Right now we just launched on Cablevision with the Sports Pack, channel 464, so this fight will be live starting at 10 PM ET on August 2, on Fight Now TV. All you have to do is upgrade to the Sports and Entertainment Pack and on channel 464 the show will be on live. Outside the New York area, those who want to see the show, we also have a dedicated U-stream channel for Fight Now TV, so for $4.95 pay-per-view, you're getting a live show starting at 10 PM ET, which will be available worldwide on U-stream. Fight Now TV is your source for MMA, boxing, live news, 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

BROADWAY BOXING TEAMS UP WITH FIGHT NOW TV

DiBella Entertainment's popular "Broadway Boxing" series is coming to FIGHT NOW TV TM - America's only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel - this Thursday night August 2, live from the famed Roseland Ballroom in midtown Manhattan.

FIGHT NOW TV will air three fights, starting at 10:00 p.m. ET in America and also worldwide via our Ustream powered broadband player -http://www.ustream.tv/channel/fight-now-tv - to all markets (subject to certain blackout restrictions) for a special price of $4.95 (USD).

FIGHT NOW TV is available on Cablevision channel 464 as part of the iO Sports & Entertainment Pak!

Tickets are priced at $125, $85, $65 and $45 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster or at Roseland Ballroom the night of the fights.  Doors open at 6:30PM with the first bout scheduled for 7:00PM.