(JUN 23) Tonight the "Brawls at the Birchwood III"
will take place at the Birchwood Manor, Whippany, New Jersey.
In one of the featured bouts of the evening, Wildwood, NJ's pride,
light-heavyweight Chuck "The Professor" Mussachio, 9-0, 5 KO's
squares off with Chandler Durham, 6-3, 1, 3 KO's. Durham is a tough
Philadelphia fighter who boxes out of Joe Frazier's gym and plans to
bring "Smoking Joe" with him. Mussachio, who is also a
schoolteacher, was an accomplished amateur with over 100 amateur
fights.
Super-middleweight crowd favorite, Bayonne, NJ's Bobby Rooney,
5-2-1, 3 KO's, heads into the ring against undefeated Terrance "The
Truth" Wilson, 3-0, 2 KO's who has KO'd his last 2 opponents. Rooney
is returning from a layoff of a little over a year and he feels the
rest will help him, as he is ready to impress his home crowd.
Antonio "Tony the Tiger" Espinosa, 8-0, 1 KO will be looking to add
his 4 th win since signing a promotional deal with KEA Boxing.
Espinosa is a slick boxing southpaw who is a hot prospect. He will
be locking horns with a tough opponent in Edward Valdez, 3-4-2, 2
KO's who sports a deceiving record. Valdez has never been stopped,
and he has already scored several upsets in his career, including a
draw against Danny McDermott, who is also on the card.
Newark, New Jersey 's light middleweight, Alex "The Brickcity
Bullet" Perez, 7-0, 5 KO's heads into the ring against Jesse
Williams, 3-3-1, 1 KO. Perez, who has recently been in camp with
Miguel Cotto and Joel Julio, is another impressive prospect to add
to the watch list. The hard punching southpaw has a high KO ratio,
and leather will not be at a premium when Perez takes to the stage.
Tommy "The Razor" Rainone, 7-0, 2 KO's is making the trip from
Plainview, Long Island to take on tough Philadelphia fighter Jaime
Morales, 3-3, 1 KO. Morales is known in Philly for being an action
fighter and Rainone is excited to fight such a tough customer in his
first 6 round bout. Rainone is coming off of a 2nd round KO in his
last fight which took place at the Citadel in Charleston , SC, on
KEA Boxing's "War in the South".
Heavyweight, Kevin Burnett, 8-1-1, 6 KO's who is also coming off of
an impressive 2nd round knockout at KEA's "War in the South" is an
exciting 6' 7" heavyweight. Burnett is looking to stretch his
current winning streak to 5 in a row.
Former Arturo Gatti stable mate, super featherweight Danny
McDermott, 3-0-1 of Jersey City, NJ is returning f to the ring after
a year and a half lay off.
Noriko Kariya, 6-2-1 , 1 KO, sister of the Kariya brothers of the
NHL takes on Savannah "The Lioness" Hill, 5-5, 4 KO's. Hill has won
5 of her last 7.
