Don King Productions: Miami Star Randall Bailey Appears on Miami Jai Alai Card on June 8.Sports Editors/Boxing Writers & Columnists MIAMI--(BW SportsWire)--May 31, 2001 Former World Boxing Organization The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. Its offices are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. junior welterweight junior welterweight n. In both senses also called super lightweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 140 pounds (63 kilograms), between lightweight and welterweight. 2. champion Randall Bailey Randall Bailey (born September 13, 1974 in Opa Locka, FL) is an American boxer at welterweight. Professional Career The hard hitting Bailey turned pro in 1996 and won his first 21 fights by knockout, including the WBO Light Welterweight Title with a 1st round KO over will fight in his hometown for the first time since surrendering his title to Columbia's Ener Julio here last summer when he faces Bobby Elkins in the main event of a Don King Productions-promoted card at Miami Jai Alai on June 8. Twenty-five-year-old Bailey (23-1, 23 KOs), from Liberty City, was a rising star in boxing when he put his 140-pound world-title belt on the line for the third time against Julio as the featured undercard un·der·card n. The event or events coming before and supporting the main event, as of boxing matches. attraction on the Felix "Tito" Trinidad vs. Mamadou Thiam card at the AmericanAirlines Arena on July 22. The local press featured Bailey heavily, so the more than 12,000 fans were cheering for him from the opening bell. In what turned out to be a grueling trench war that received Fight of the Year consideration among sports writers, both boxers knocked each other down and pounded relentlessly for the full 12 rounds. In the end, Julio eked out a split-decision victory and walked away with Bailey's WBO WBO World Boxing Organization WBO Western Buddhist Order WBO Wehrbeschwerdeordnung WBO World Bamboo Organization (formerly International Bamboo Association) WBO Won by One (Malibu, California; a cappella group) crown. Bailey has posted two wins on the comeback trail, both in Indiana, in the ensuing 11 months. He will be facing a tough veteran from Nashville in Bobby Elkins (29-10, 23 KOs) when he steps on the canvas at Miami Jai Alai on June 8. "It's going to be great to be fighting at home again," Bailey said. "South Florida has been great to me, and I'm fighting for another world-title shot for them and me." Ringside ring·side n. 1. The area or seats immediately outside an arena or ring, as at a prizefight. 2. A place providing a close view of a spectacle. tickets are available for $30 and general admission tickets are $15. Tickets and further information can be obtained by phoning Miami Jai Alai (3500 NW 37th Ave.) at (305) 633-6400. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the first bout scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Terrific fighters from around the globe will be featured on the undercard including undefeated 154-pound slugger Francesco Cavalletti (12-0, 7 KOs), from Italy now fighting out of Miami Beach, facing Antonio Madasa Garcia (9-12, 2 KOs), from Mexico. Cavalletti won a welterweight Italian National Championship before moving to South Florida five years ago. FECARBOX welterweight champion Edwin Cassiani (22-3, 20 KOs), from Columbia, will take on Gerald Reed (17-31-4, 9 KOs) in a 147-pound bout. Cassiani is a slick boxer and puncher currently holding a Caribbean title, while Reed has faced some heralded boxers including former International Boxing Federation “IBF” redirects here. For other uses, see IBF (disambiguation). The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC. junior middleweight champion Vincent Pettway, current World Boxing Association World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association, it is one of three major organizations recognized by IBHOF welterweight champion Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis, and highly regarded undefeated welterweight contender Kofi Jantuah. A featherweight attraction will feature Columbia's Oscar Leon (19-2, 14 KOs), who had a great fight against Daniel Seda last year (Seda became the FEDELATIN (South American continental) featherweight champion on May 12 by defeating Nana Konadu) and will face Quincy Eugene Pratt (10-17-4, 6 KOs), a tough veteran who has fought around the world. Undefeated 21-year-old Winter Haven middleweight prospect Quinton Smith (11-0, 8 KOs), who defeated future Olympian Jeff Lacy as an amateur, will take on Tallahassee spoiler spoiler: see airplane. 1. spoiler - A remark which reveals important plot elements from books or movies, thus denying the reader (of the article) the proper suspense when reading the book or watching the movie. 2. Robert Davis (5-7-2, 1 KO); undefeated North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Boxing Association light heavyweight champion Danny Santiago (20-0, 13 KOs), from Ocala, will challenge Bahamian champion Marvin Kent Smith (8-3-1, 6 KOs), from Nassau; and Miami's hard punching Jeffrey Hill (22-2, 20 KOs), 25, a former two-time Florida Golden Gloves champion, two-time Florida Amateur Boxing Federation champion, and U.S. Army champion will meet southpaw Kenworth Minus (13-5, 10 KOs), who hails from the legendary Minus boxing family of the Bahamas. Also scheduled to appear is Don King's newly signed undefeated 140-pound prospect Daniel Lynem (12-0, 10 KOs). |
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