Philadelphia, PA (February 19, 2014)--This Friday night at the Edgewater Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, Boxcino 2014 will kick off with the quarterfinals in the lightweight division. Next Friday the scene will shift to the Horseshoe Hammond Casino in Hammond, Indiana for the quarterfinals in the middleweight division. What makes the tournament unique is the varied styles and experience of the participants and below are some statistics that show just that. Lightweights: Oldest: Petr Petrov 30 (3/28/83) Youngest: Fernando Carcamo 23 (11/2/90) Most Fights: Petr Petrov 38 (32-4-2) Least Fights: Chris Rudd 13 (12-1) Most Rounds: Petr Petrov 213 Least Rounds: Chris Rudd 45 Most KO's: Miguel Angel Mendoza 21 Winning %: Samuel Neequaye (21-0) & Fedor Papazov (14-0) 100% KO%: Miguel Angel Mendoza (84 % and 100% of wins are by stoppage) The total record of the 8 lightweights is : 158-19-6 with 115 KO's World Champions and Challengers faced: Yakubu Amidu Has faced two-division world champion Ricky Burns as well as world title challengers Juan Carlos Burgos, Ji-Hoon Kim and Ali Funeka Petr Petrov Has faced two-division champion Marcos Maidana and Vitalli Tajbert Miguel Gonzalez Defeated former world champion Miguel Acosta and fought Michael Dallas Jr. (who fought for an interim world title) Miguel Angel Mendoza Fought former world title challengers Rey Bautista and Ricardo Alvarez (who will fight for a world title on March 8th) Fernando Carcamo Holds a 2nd round stoppage over former world title challenger Vicente Escobedo Middleweights: Oldest: Donatas Bondorovas 34 (11/12/79) Youngest: Sena Agbeko 21 (3/1/92--Will turn 22 day after his quarterfinal bout) *Most Fights: Daniel Edouard 29 (23-4-2) *Least Fights: Brandon Adams 12 (12-0) Most Rounds: Daniel Edouard 144 Least Rounds: Brandon Adams 38 Most KO's: Sena Agbeko 15 Winning %: Vitalii Kopylenko (22-0); Sena Agbeko (15-0) & Brandon Adams (12-0) 100% KO%: Sena Agbeko (100%...15-0, 15 KO's) * Edouard and Adams will face each other in the quarterfinals. The Total record of the 8 middleweights is: 135-13-4 World Champions and Challengers Faced: Ramond Gatica Has faced former world title challenger Fernando Guerrero Daniel Edouard Has faced former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor. He has faced former challengers Miguel Espino, Eromesele Albert, Alfonso Mosquera and former two-time challenger Peter Manfredo Jr. February 21st lightweight quarter final FIGHT WEEK SCHEDULE: HOTEL & EVENT LOCATION: Edgewater Casino 2020 South Casino Drive, Laughlin, Nevada 89029 Phone: (702) 298-2453 Thursday, Feb. 20th Weigh-in: 5:00 PM Location: Edgewater Casino - Rio Vista Room (down stairs next to the Buffet) Friday, Feb. 21st Fight Night: E Center at the Edgewater Casino Doors open - 4:30 PM First fight (and first fight on ESPN) - 6:00 PM
Papazov should destroy his countryman (he is no world-beater, yet Fedor has a relentless honey-badger style and is pretty heavy-handed...and the Russo-Spaniard was trounced with minimal effort by MRM) and Yakubu Amidu has experience far beyond Rudd's in both quality and quantity and should be too much of a step up for him...but the other two quarterfinals are very hard to pick. I'm looking forward to seeing the middleweights, too.
The online sports books have no action for Boxcino, yet they regularly like clockwork make odds for stuff like Prizefighter. atsch
