Slugfest at The Sun Spectacular
Star Boxing Undercard Bouts Accompany Delvin Rodriguez vs. Shawn Cameron Main
Event at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday Night, July 23
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DeGuardia's Star Boxing has put together its customary, competitive
undercard to accompany the Mohegan Sun Arena main event featuring the
return of former USBA Welterweight Champion and world title challenger Delvin
Rodriguez (28-8-4 16KO Danbury, CT) against Iraqi war veteran Shawn
Cameron (10-1 5 KOs) of the Brooklyn, NY in a 10-round Junior Middleweight
contest on Saturday night, July 23.
The action packed evening begins
at 7:30 pm with three
exciting bouts featuring some of Connecticut 's
best up-and-coming fighters to open the show.
Matchmaker Ron Katz has
finalized Boston's Michael McLaughlin (11-1-1, 5 KOs) to do battle
with Shaka Moore (12-21-3, 2 KOs) of Norwalk, CT. in an eight-round
affair for the vacant New England Welterweight title and home turf bragging
rights as the Slugfest at The Sun co-feature.
Super Lightweights clash in a
six-round contest when Scott Burrell (11-2, 8 KO's) of Brooklyn
squares off against Hartford 's Chip
Perez (12-3-2 , 4 KOs ).
In a four-round battle, Hartford 's Jose
Rivera makes his professional debut against Saul Almeida of Boston
in a Super Welterweight bout.
Tickets are priced at $150.00,
$95.00 & $45.00 and $30.00 and are on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Box
Office and through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on toticketmaster.com or
call Ticketmaster's national toll free Charge By Phone number1.800.745.3000.
Back to Rodriguez, who last
fought in June 2015 when he challenged Erislandy Lara for the WBA
World Jr. Middleweight title, dropping a 12-round decision to the champion, has
refused to call it quits.
"At this point in my career
I want to prove to myself and the world that I can still compete with the
best," said the Danbury
native. "I stayed in training because it's great exercise and part of my
life. I want to try to get a couple of wins and get back into the ratings.
"I'm back with my original
trainer, Lou Fusco, who gave me a great foundation to start me off, with
an aggressive style and strong foundation."
Rodriguez has fought a who's who
over the course of his long career including such elite boxers as Miguel
Cotto, the aforementioned Lara, and Austin Trout, but may be best
remembered for his scintillating battle with Pawel Wolak on July 15, 2011 , which garnered
"Fight of the Year" award.
Rodriguez has challenged for the
world championship on three different occasions and feels he still has
something left to prove taking on the hungry and tough, Shawn Cameron.
Cameron, who has just 11 fights
under his belt, sees this as the opportunity he has been waiting for. Cameron
served two tours of duty in Iraq
and knows a win over a well-known contender like Delvin Rodriguez will do
wonders for his career.
"Once again Delvin Rodriguez
returns to familiar settings, The Mohegan Sun, where he has fought many
times," says DeGuardia. "Delvin knows at this point of his career he
cannot afford any slip ups and is taking on a dangerous, younger opponent in
Shawn Cameron who knows a win over a name like Delvin will land him bigger
fights. I expect another exciting fight which is the norm for Delvin and I'm
very happy to be back at The Sun."
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