By Sam Gregory: Friday night February 27th, Brick City boxing presents as its main event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey Tomasz Adamek 36-1 who will be putting his undisputed cruiserweight title on the line in his first title defense against the undefeated 20-0 (KO 14) Johnathon Banks in a 12 round cruiserweight title bout. Along with the undisputed title, both men will be fighting for Adamek’s IBF and IBO cruiserweight belts.
This fight will be televised live on the SHOWTIME boxing series ShoBox: The New Generation.
Coming off a 12 round split decision win over Steve Cunningham for the IBF cruiserweight belt, Tomasz “Goral” Adamek will return to the Prudential Center in his adopted home town of Newark, New Jersey to defend his titles against undefeated Johnathon Banks of Detroit.
It was just over a month ago that cruiserweight champ Tomasz Adamek thrilled thousands of cheering fans at the state-of-the-art arena in Newark scoring three knockdowns over the Philadelphian “ USS” Cunningham in a win that many consider to be the “fight of the year” for 08’.
Rated No. 8 in the world by the IBF and No. 1 by the WBO, Johnathon Banks 20-0 with 14 KO’s is another product of the legendary Kronk Gym in Detroit where he is managed by Hall-of-Fame trainer Emmanuel Steward. In working with Steward, Banks has been fortunate to have trained side by side with Hall-of-Fame heavyweight Lennox Lewis as well as current heavyweight contender Wladimir Klitschko.
Main Events promoter Kathy Duva had good things to say about Adamek when talking to the press; “Sometimes, when a fighter with an exciting style, like Tomasz Adamek, gets the chance to perform in front of a huge, enthusiastic crowd of supporters, the level of excitement rises to the point where magic happens”. Duva continued, “Tomasz’ appearance at the Prudential Center last month was one of the most exhilarating nights of boxing that I have experienced in a long time. I can’t wait to get back there on February 27th to watch Tomasz make the magic happen again with Johnathon Banks. I have no doubt that everyone who was lucky enough to be there in person last month feels the same way”.
Local talent will also be featured prominently for this event. Newark resident, 19-3 (12 KO’s) Jerson Ravelo will appear in an 8 round Super Middleweight fight with 8-3 Don Mouton. Joining him will be Paterson favorites, Welterweight, Henry Crawford (20-0-1, 9 KO’s) is scheduled to fight Keenan Collins 12-4 (8 KO’s). Undefeated Junior Welterweight, Jeremy Bryan 8-0 (4 KO’s) from nearby Paterson will fight 2-0 Osvaldo Rivera from the Bronx. Two Polish fighters, Patrick Majewski of Atlantic City (8-0, 4KO’s) and Chucky Tschorniawsky of Philadelphia, PA (25-9-1, 14KO’s) will also be on the card.
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