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| Volume XXV, Number 9 | July 2, 2004 |
By Adelsa Williams
HOLLYWOOD — After several shows at the Coconut Creek casino and Tampa, Hollywood-based Warrior’s Boxing Promotions and The Seminole Tribe of Florida promoted the first pro boxing card at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, on Tuesday June 8.
This exciting and much anticipated event marked the first ESPN2 Tuesday Night Fights broadcast of the year.
Celebrities in attendance were, Miami Dolphins’ Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas, NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon, actor Mickey Rourke and former heavyweight champion Donovan "Razor" Ruddick.
The main event featured Warrior’s Dale Brown from Calgary, Canada 31-3-1 (19 KOs) weighing in at 196 pounds against Robert Daniels from Miami, Fla. 45-7-1 (37 KOs) weighed in at 200 pounds.
A highly competitive 12 round match throughout, Daniels manages to cut Brown in the left eye during the eighth round, but still lost a unanimous decision. With this win, Dale Brown won the vacant NABF and NABA cruiserweight title.
Another exciting match was the 10-round heavyweight battle between Ramon Garbey from Miami, Fla. 17-3 (6 KOs) and Kendrick Releford from Fort Worth, Texas 9-4-1 (5 KOs).
The highlight of the match was when Garbey took many hard punches from Releford during the fifth round and just stood still, no reacted movement, making the crowd get louder and louder in cheers, trying to motivate Garbey to snap out of it. Garbey somehow managed to make a comeback by the end of the round. Still, Releford beat Garbey by a unanimous decision.
In other bouts, Julius Long from Michigan 10-5 (10 KOs) defeated Nicolay Popov from Ekaterinburg, Russia 12-0 (6 KOs) by technical knockout in the sixth round.
What was scheduled to be a four round match, quickly ended on the first round as Warrior’s welterweight Kili Scott Madrid, from Maui, Hawaii easily defeated Tomas Subiul from Miami, Fla., by TKO, despite the intense verbal threats the two fighters exchanged during the weigh in.
Last but not least, Colombia’s Juan Urango 12-0 (10 KOs) defeated Russia’s Sergey Sorokin 15-0-1(10 KOs) by unanimous decision. Sorokin showed much resistance, taking all six rounds of Urango’s stiff punches, getting knocked down in the third round. By defeating Sorokin, Urango managed to keep his undefeated record intact.
Peter Kahn, director of marketing and public relations for Warrior’s Boxing Promotions commented that he was extremely pleased that there was a sold out crowd, and that the live broadcast reached over 90 million households, making this a huge success.
“ Is great exposure for Warrior’s and The Seminole Tribe of Florida,” said Kahn, “The Hard Rock did a first class job and we're looking forward to the arena being completed [at the Hard Rock] to accommodate all the fans."
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