Friday, March 13, 2009

The Reunion

2008 Olympic Team Captain Rau'shee Warren




Olympic Medalist Deontay Wilder will be fighting Richard Green Jr. in Saturday night’s main event in Cincinnati. The Reunion will bring back together the members of the 2008 Olympic Boxing Team. The Co Main Event will be a rematch from their December 27th match that resulted in a no contest ruling with Cincinnati fighter Adrien Broner (6-0) fighting Toledo’s Eric Ricker (1-1).


2008 Olympic Team Captain Rau’shee Warren will be fighting James Smith on the amateur card. Former Featherweight Champion and Olympic Boxer from Cleveland, Raynell Williams will face David Harris from Atlanta. Top Ranked Olympic Boxer from Las Vegas Michael Hunter will be fighting in a super heavyweight matchup. Other amateurs scheduled to fight will be Maria Norton, Petey Davis and Chaen (Mick) Chess.
Olympians to be featured on the professional side of "The Reunion" card will be Cincinnati's 2004 Olympian Dante Craig (17-8-1), Toledo's Olympian 2004 Devin Vargas (16-0) and Cleveland's Miguel Gonzalez (1-0). Don’t miss the opportunity to witness the aggressive action of Pro Cincinnati knockout artists such as Brandon Bennett (4-0), William Action Jackson (2-0), and Hasaan Murph (2-0-1).
The Reunion is a co sponsored event from R&R Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. The Reunion will be the first fight of the year for R&R Promotions and sixth professional fight event since R&R promotions brought professional boxing back to Cincinnati in 2008.The doors of the Duke Energy Center open at 6pm the fights and the first bell is at 7pm. Tickets for "The Reunion" start at $15 and are on sale now at http://www.sellingticket.com/, Rags Men's Wear (Downtown) 513-381-RAGS and Hard II Knock (Clifton) 513-221-HARD.

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