By Shea Smith: Integrity Fighter Management has been active on the Pittsburgh boxing scene signing much of the Pittsburgh region’s top pro talent. This will be their 4th promotion in 2017 and their 2nd at the historic Carnegie Music Hall in the Homestead section of Pittsburgh. Last March, their C.M.H. show featured a USBA middleweight title fight between Luis Arias and Scott Sigmon. Like last time, Integrity has put together a quality card with tough match ups.
In this Saturday’s Main Event, Pittsburgh middleweight (7-0) 3KO Gerald “G5” Sherrell takes on Reading PA’s (5-0) 4 KO Shakeem “The Lion” Hodge in a 6 round contest. Sherrell is coming off of a September 5th round KO victory over (2-2) Mykail Bosse. Hodge, the Reading puncher and former PA Golden Gloves champion, is coming off of a July KO of (0-1) Kendall Batts. For Hodge, Sherrell will be his first true test in the ring and his first 6 round contest. Both fighters are looking for impressive victories to catapult themselves in the US middleweight rankings.
Braddock Pa’s “Lethal” Leemont Johnson (4-0) 3KOS takes on Eric Govan Germantown MD-(6-2) 3 KO in a Super Middleweights 4 round duel. Johnson, signed by Pittsburgh based manager Derek Gionta, is looking for victory number 5. Govan, coming off of a decision win over Brandon Pennington is looking to keep his win streak alive.
Lyubomyr “The Demolition Man” Pinchuk (3-0) 2 KO Pittsburgh PA faces Michael “The Boogeyman” Bogner, Tiffin Ohio (0-0-1)
In a 4 round cruiserweight battle. Pinchuk, trained and managed by Mike McSorley, has KO’d his last 2 opponents in under 50 seconds.
Bogner, an MMA veteran of 20 fights, is coming off of a robbery in his boxing debut against (2-0) Branko Busick. Pinchuk moved to Pittsburgh in 2017 from Lviv Ukraine where he was a 2 time national champion
Oleg “Ukraine Pitbull” Dovhun (3-0) 1KO Pittsburgh PA fights Joseph “ICE” Cole (1-3) 1KO New Orleans in a 4 round Featherweight fight.
Dovhun who also trains at Pittsburgh’s Conn-Greb Boxing Club is a 5 time Ukrainian national champion. Dovhum Cole who fights out of New Orleans, is coming off of a September stoppage to (2-0) Angel Pizzarro and a July KO win over Ireland’s (2-0) John Cooley.
Danny Rosenberger (1-3-2) Youngstown OH square off with Bobby “The Butler Kid” Osterreider (1-0) Butler PA. Both fighters are riding a 1 fight win
streak in this evenly matched 4 rounds backyard brawl.
Popular Ambridge figher “Pretty” Richie Cantolina and Fort Madison Iowa’s Michael Rudolph both make their professional debuts in a 4 round middleweight contest. Cantolina, who has fought both in boxing and MMA, is trained by Teddy Mrkonja at Pittsburgh’s Gold Medal Boxing Club.
Another pair of debut fighters will enter the ring, this time in a 4 round lightweight battle. Lewellyn McClamy (Pittsburgh PA) fights out of Gold Medal Boxing Club under the watchful eye of Matt Leyshock. Dib “THE WOLF” Kaddah-(Cleveland OH), who fights out of Tony Rotarri’s Cleveland based Hooligan’s Boxing Club is looking to spoil the Pittsburgh fighters coming out party.
To open this show, a scheduled 3 round exhibition is set to provide fireworks between local favorite Sam “The Butcher” Suska and amateur standout Jarrell “Ronin: The Masterless Samurai” Brackett. Suska a (5-3) 4 KO light heavyweight had stopped his opponents in his last 3 fights before retiring in 2016. Brackett, a PA and MI Golden Gloves Champion, is the fearless captain of the Olivet College Boxing Team. He is an awkward fighter known throughout Pittsburgh for his willingness to spar or fight anyone willing.