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Chazz Witherspoon takes on Galen Brown on Saturday, April 18 at GPG Event Center in Pennsauken, New Jersey PhilBoxing.com Thu, 09 Apr 2015 Plus undefeated Matthew Gonzalez, Vidal Rivera, Obafemi Bakari, Courtney Blocker, Erick Kitt & Malik Hawkins Pennsauken, NJ (April 9, 2015)--On Saturday night, April 18 at the GPG Event Center (Formerly the Woodbine Inn) in Pennsauken, New Jersey. In the main event, heavyweight contender Chazz Witherpsoon will be in action when he takes on Galen Brown in a bout scheduled for 10-rounds. The show is promoted by Witherspoon's Silver Spoon Promotions. Witherspoon (32-3, 24 KO's) of nearby Paulsboro, New Jersey established himself as one of the top American Heavyweights as the St. Joseph's University graduate won his first twenty-three bouts with wins over the likes of Michael Alexander (11-0), Talmadge Griffis (24-6-3), Jonathan Haggler (18-1) before suffering his 1st defeat to future two-time world title challenger Chris Arreola via controversial disqualification. Witherspoon went on to win three win a row which was highlighted by an entertaining 8th round stoppage over Adam "The Swamp Donkey" Richards (21-1). That fight was voted Ring Magazine's 2008 Heavyweight Fight of the Year. Witherspoon then dropped a fight to future two-time world title challenger Tony Thompson. Witherspoon went on to score 4-consecutive knockouts which included a devastating 3rd-round destruction over Tyson Cobb (14-2). Witherspoon then took on undefeated prospect Seth Mitchell on April 28, 2012 in a bout where Witherspoon had Mitchell badly hurt in several occasions before Mitchell came away with the victory. In has last bout, Witherspoon stopped Cory Phelps in two rounds at the GPG Event on January 24. Brown (43-29-1, 25 KO's) of St. Joseph, Missouri has been in with many of the top fighters from the Super Middleweight through the Heavyweight divisions. He has wins over Richard Carmack (12-1), Dominique Alexander (13-2-1), Craig Schrimpf (8-1), Rick Camlin (33-4), Luis Pena (8-2) & Maurice Brantley (23-5). The 33 year-old turned professional in 2001 and has faced world champion Robert Steiglitz & Hasim Rahman as well as world title challengers Brian Minto, Mariusz Wach & Fres Oquendo. Brown is coming off of a 4-round unanimous decision over John Turlington on March 28 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Appearing on the undercard in 4-round bouts will be: Vidal Rivera (1-0, 1 KO) of Camden, NJ takes on Tyron Stewart (0-1) in a super bantamweight clash. Obafemi Bakari (2-0) of Staten Island, NY will fight pro debuting Andrew Osborne in a jr. middleweight fight. Matthew Gonzalez (2-0) of Vineland,NJ will take on Joseph McDonald (0-1) of Concord, NC in a jr. middleweight fight. Courtney Blocker (4-0, 4 KO's) of Pensacola, FL will take on pro debuting Jamal Saunders in a jr. welterweight bout. Erick Kitt (5-0, 2 KO's) of Pensacola, FL will see action in a jr. middleweight bout against Rick Graham (2-5-2, 1 KO) of Detroit, MI. Malik Hawkins (2-0, 2 KO's) of Baltimore, MD will take part in a jr. welterweight bout against pro debuting Darius Jackson. Andrew Puerifoy (0-1) of Sicklerville, NJ will fight in a cruiserweight against Antuwan Taylor (0-2) of Cincinnati, OH. Rocco Salimbene of Pennsauken, NJ will make his pro debut in a lightweight fight Tickets for the great evening of championship boxing $80 for Ringside, $60 for select and $40 for General Admission and can be purchased by calling 856 472 0443 or 609 938 1755 or by email at info@silverspoonpromotions.com There will be an after party at the GPG Event Center. The GPG Event Center is located at 1443 Route 73 in Pennsauken.  |
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