Action goes Saturday night
Organizers have labelled Saturday night’s card in Carson Hall at the Victoria Conference Centre, billed Round 3, the best boxing event on the Island in nearly three decades.
The main event will feature six-foot-eight, 275-pound heavyweight Ricardo “Big 12” Brown, 7-0 as a pro after winning bronze in the Pan Am Games and representing Jamaica at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. All of Brown’s professional fights have ended early in knockouts and he has only been involved in 11 rounds in his seven pro fights. Brown will be up against Mexican veteran Miguel Angel Flores Gomez.
“Blazina is a big, solid man that moves with the grace and speed of a mountain lion and hits like a truck,” said Heit.Another featured Island boxer will be Brandon Colantonio, the former Canadian amateur silver medallist, who will perform in Victoria for the first time as a professional. Colantonio, 1-0 as a pro, will meet Jose Parades Hernandez, who is 5-5.“Will do well as a pro. Has incredible cardio and endurance.
The amateurs will also display prominently on the card, said Heit: “It’s not just the [four] professional bouts that make this event stand out. There is a huge lineup of amateur boxers [in 12 bouts] for Round 3. Some are Olympic hopefuls, some are ready to turn professional, and some are promising young boxers standing under the bright lights of a nationally televised event for the first time.”Heit, who has promoted several previous cards in Victoria, coaches Colantonio and Blazina.
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