DERRIC ROSSY TO TAKE ON JOEY DAWEJKO ON SATURDAY JANUARY 25 AT
GOLDEN NUGGET ATLANTIC CITY
Special Guest Appearance by Rosie Pierri from Real Housewives of New Jersey in Support of Fight to Knock Out Malnutrition in Children
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (JANUARY 10, 2014)–On Saturday, January 25th, Sal Musumeci’s Final Forum Boxing presents a big night of boxing at Golden Nugget Atlantic City. In the featured bout of the evening, Heavyweight Derric Rossy will see action against former world amateur champion Joey Dawejko of Philadelphia in the 10 round Main event.
Rossy of Medford, New York has a record of 28-7 with 14 knockouts.
The 33 year-old Rossy has faced many of the top Heavyweights in the world and holds victories over the likes of Gary Bell (22-3-1), Shannon Miller (14-2), Edward Guitierrez (15-3), former world champion Ray Mercer (35-6-1), William Shahan (7-0), Carl Davis Drummond (26-1), Alexis Mejias (10-2), Ian Lewson (6-1-1) and Travis Walker (39-8-1).
Rossy also has faced former world title challenger Eddie Chambers twice, Alexander Dimitrenko (27-0), Kubret Pulev (11-0), Audley Harrison and he is coming off a ten round unanimous decision defeat to Fres Oquendo.
Dawejko of Philadelphia won the Jr, World Amateur in 2008 in Guadalajara, Mexico and has compiled a record of 8-3-2 with three knockouts.
Dawejko won his first six bouts which included knockouts over undefeated Ricardo Johnson and John Lennox. Since then, Dawejko has faced four undefeated opponents in Doorset Barnwell, Jarrell Miller, Didier Bence and in his last bout he was stopped in four rounds by Charles Martin on November 14th in Hollywood, California.
A special guest at the show will be Rosie Pierri of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. Rosie will be there in support of Fight to K.O. Malnutrition of Children.
For more information fans can go to http://www.komalnutrition.com/
In an eight round co-feature, undefeated Heavyweight Natu Vasinia. Vasinia of Lakewood, California and of American Samoan descent has a record of 9-0 with 8 knockouts will take on Jon Bolden.
Visinia, 29 years old has slowly stepped up the competition and he has been compared favorably to former world title challenger David Tua for not only his ethnic background but his prodigious punching power. He is coming off a 1st round stoppage over Phil Brown (6-1) on May 18th in Washington, D.C.
Bolden of New York has a record of 6-7 with 5 knockouts.
Visinia will be Bolden’s 5th undefeated opponent.
He turned pro with a 1st round stoppage over former NHL tough guy Nathan Perrott. Bolden has also faced undefeated prospects Bryan Jennings, Dorsett Barnwell & Joshua Tufte.
Bolden is coming off an eight round unanimous decision defeat to Tyabb Beale on November 23rd in Newark, NJ.
In six round bout, The son of the former Heavyweight champion, Isiah Seldon (7-1, 3 KO’s) of Atlantic City will see action in a Middleweight bout against an opponent to be named.
Ismael Garcia (5-0, 3 KO’s) of Vineland, NJ will fight in a six round Jr. Middleweight bout against an opponent to be named.
Light Heavyweight Joe Smith Jr (13-1, 11 KO’s) from Long Island, NY will take on an opponent to be named in a six round bout.
Former Ecuadorian Olympic Heavyweight Ytalo Perea (5-1, 3 KO’s) will take on Tyrone Gibson (1-4, 1 KO) of Duluth, MN in a four round bout.
In a battle of pro debuting Super Bantamweights, Michael Valera of Bethlehem, PA will take on Anthony Caramanno of Staten Island, NY.
Undefeated Cruiserweight Dave Valykeo (3-0) of Neptune, NJ will rematch Brian Donahue (2-6-2) of Philadelphia.
Valykeo won a close majority decision over Donahue on August 24th.
Omar Brito (1-1, 1 KO) of Pleasantville, NJ will box Korey Sloane (2-7-2) of Philadelphia in a four round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Tickets for this outstanding evening of boxing go on sale Friday, January 10th and are $125 for Ringside, $75 for reserved and $50 for general admission. VIP Tables are available and all tickets can be purchased by going to www.ticketmaster.com
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
