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CORNELIUS ?K9? BUNDRAGE & ISHE ?SUGAR SHAY? SMITH, J?LEON LOVE & DERRICK FINDLEY FINAL WORKOUT PHOTOS

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?Once they unleash the chain I?m going to get him.?
? ?K9? Bundrage

?There?s been a mutt roaming around the streets of Detroit and I?m the dogcatcher.?
? Ishe Smith

This Saturday, LIVE on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT)
From The Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, Michigan

DETROIT (Feb. 20, 2013) - IBF Junior Middleweight World Champion Cornelius ?K9? Bundrage confidently barked at the press while challenger Ishe ?Sugar Shay? Smith assertively promised to be the first Las Vegas native to win a major world championship during the combatants? final media workout on Wednesday at Bad Boy Gym in Royal Oak, Mich.

Bundrage (32-4, 18 KO?s), of Detroit, and Smith (24-5, 11 KO?s), of Las Vegas, were both supremely confident and eager to step in the ring for this Saturday?s world championship showdown from The Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, live on SHOWTIME? (9:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).

Bundrage, who got his start in boxing at the famed Kronk Gym, the former home of legendary trainer Emanuel Steward and multiple world champions including Thomas ?The Hitman? Hearns, first won the IBF title in 2010 with a knockout victory over Cory Spinks and has since defended it in rematches with Sechew Powell and Spinks.





?He (Smith) came here to Detroit with nothing and he?s going to leave here with nothing,? Bundrage said. ?I told Tommy Hearns he?s the greatest but I?m the latest. Somebody is going down Saturday night in Motown.?

Smith, who is a star of the Mayweather Promotions stable and trains at the Mayweather Boxing Club, is a battle-tested veteran who holds wins over Randall Bailey, Alfonso Gomez, David Estrada and Pawel Wolak and has never been knocked down in his career.

?He may be the champ, but I?m bringing that title back to Las Vegas,? Smith said. ?When you have a chance to make history you don?t mess it up. I?ve beaten guys like him all day. He?s nothing special.?

In the SHOWTIME co-feature, undefeated middleweight contender J?Leon Love (14-0, 8 KO?s) of Detroit will risk his perfect record against veteran Derrick ?Superman? Findley (20-8, 13 KO?s) of Gary, Ind. in a 10-round fight.




ABOUT ?BUNDRAGE VS. SMITH?:
Bundrage vs. Smith, a 12-round fight for Bundrage?s IBF Junior Middleweight World Championship, will take place Saturday, February 23 at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.? The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions, sponsored by Corona and MGM Grand Detroit and will be televised live on SHOWTIME beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).? The co-main event will be a 10-round middleweight bout between Detroit?s undefeated rising star J?Leon Love and Derrick Findley of Gary, Indiana.
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Tickets priced at $200, $125, $100, $75, $50 and $25, plus applicable taxes, fees and services charges are on sale now and are available for purchase at the Masonic Temple box office, online at www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 800-745-3000.

For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com, www.mayweatherpromotions.com and www.themasonic.com, follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GoldenBoyBoxing, www.twitter.com/MayweatherPromo, www.twitter.com/K9Boxing, www.twitter.com/IsheSugarShay, www.twitter.com/JLeonLove, www.twitter.com/BadouJack, www.twitter.com/LuisCubaArias, www.twitter.com/TerrellGausha, www.twitter.com/stevegeffrard, www.twitter.com/SHOsports, follow the conversation using #BundrageSmith become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing?or www.facebook.com/SHOsports.




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