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| PHILLY BOXING HISTORY August 29, 2011 |
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Rock-em-Sock-em
ROGERS MTAGWA (27-14-2 / 19 KO) landed another shot
at another belt. Inactive since back-to-back championship
losses, Mtagwa recently returned to score an eighth round
TKO over Pedro Navarrete in Mexico. The victory vaulted
Rogers directly back into the title fray. On September 15,
2011, the Tanzanian Tiger will face Jhonny Gonzalez (49-7 /
43 KO) in a 12-rounder for the WBC featherweight belt. The
bout will take place at the County Coliseum in El Paso,
Texas. Mtagwa's best weight is a few pounds south of the
featherweight limit and the Mexican champ will be another
stern test for him, although not nearly as dangerous as
Yuriorkis Gamboa. This match has the look of a payday fight,
but you can never completely count Mtagwa's chances out. He
always comes to fight. The fight will be televised on ESPN
Deportes (and probably ESPN3.com). 
IBF
cruiserweight champ STEVE CUNNINGHAM (24-2 / 12 KO)
has finally landed himself a fight. The willing-but-inactive
king of the cruiserweights will return to Germany for a
title defense against Yoan Pablo Hernandez (24-1 / 13 KO) in
a 12-rounder at the Jahnsportforum, the site where he
regained his title in 2010. Cunningham last fought in
February, winning a decision over Enad Licina. This will be
the second defense of his second title reign. Cunningham
promises to return immediately after the bout, in time to
pick up his second Briscoe Awards on October 10th. 
Philly's
oft-forgotten star LAJUAN SIMON (23-3-2 / 12 KO)
travels to Almaty, Kazakhstan to battle Gennady Golovkin
21-0 / 18 KO) for his WBA middleweight title. The champ
halted Kassim Ouma in ten his last time out, and looks to
make his third defense against Simon, who makes his second
try at a world title. He lost by decision to Arthur Abraham
two years ago. The fight will go down in Golovkin's backyard
so Lajuan Simon better bring his knockout punch. 
Hurricane
Irene forced the postponement of this past weekend's fight
card at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. The new date is now
October 22nd. Vinny Maddalone (33-7 / 24 KO) faces Mike
Sheppard
(19-12-1 / 9 KO) in the 10-round heavyweight main event
while CHAZZ WITHERSPOON (28-2 / 18 KO) battles Ty
Cobb (14-2 / 8 KO) in an 8-rounder. The full undercard
also moves to the new date. Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing is
the promoter. 
Heavyweight
contender EDDIE CHAMBERS (36-2 / 18 KO) finds himself
one step away from another shot at the world title when he
faces Tony Thompson (36-2 / 24 KO) at Bally's Atlantic City
on October 28 in an IBF eliminator. The winner of the bout
gets a crack at the crown. Both fighters have lost previous
shots at Wladimir Klitschko. The champ stopped Chambers in
12 and Thompson in 11, but both are anxious for another
chance. Goossen Tutor (Dan Goossen) promotes the elimination
bout.