Tag: Rick Brutti

NER Promotions signs four S. American fighters

BOSTON (April 27, 2005) – First-year boxing promoter NER Promotions has strengthened its growing stable of fighters by signing four veteran South American boxers – WBO No. 5 rated welterweight Newton Villareal (23-3, 19 KOs), super flyweight Ilido Julio (32-6-1, 29 KOs), Ecuadorian Olympian junior middleweight Luis Hernandez (12-2, 6 KOs) and lightweight Jefferson Rodriguez (19-6, 18 KOs). The aforementioned signings come on the heels of NER announcements regarding promotional deals for a pair of lightweights, two-time Venezuelan Olympian Patriz “El Elegante” Lopez (2-0, 2 KOs) and Juan “Golo” Gomez-Trinidad (23-4, 16 KOs), the cousin of Felix “Tito” Trinidad. “We wanted to start with a stable combining proven pro fighters and promising prospects,” NER president Rick Read more [...]

Kallen, Stallone & Braithwaite on N.E. Ringside Radio Show Thursday night, April 31

BOSTON (March 27, 2005) – This week’s New England Ringside Radio Show takes a bite of reality, boxing-wise, with special guests Jackie Kallen, Frank Stallone and WBC cruiserweight champion Wayne “Big Truck” Braithwaite Thursday night (6-8 PM) on WWZN 1510 The Zone. The two-hour New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show – hosted by Ted Bodenrader, Anthony Pepe, Rick Brutti and Joe Bills -- airs every Thursday night between 6-8 pm (ET) on Boston’s Boxing Station, The Zone (1510 AM), and also may be heard live on the Internet by going to www.newenglandringside.com. Kallen, of course, had a movie made about her life in boxing, Against The Ropes, starring Meg Ryan. Jackie also is involved in The Contender. She’ll discuss the reality series, what it was like managing James Toney, Read more [...]