{"id":1262,"date":"2010-02-15T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2010-02-15T11:29:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T16:29:02","slug":"tony-grano-out-to-avenge-only-career-loss-in-%e2%80%9cbrace-for-impact%e2%80%9d-headliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=1262","title":{"rendered":"Tony Grano Out to Avenge Only Career Loss in \u201cBrace For Impact\u201d Headliner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Popular heavyweight prospect Tony \u201cTNT\u201d Grano values avenging his lone pro loss more than money and fame, which is precisely why he desperately wanted a rematch against Mark \u201cOak Tree\u201d Brown, headlining the March 12th<\/sup> \u201cBrace For Impact\u201d card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield\u2019s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.<\/p>\n

Grano (16-1-1, 13 KOs), a 2005 U.S. National Championships winner and National Golden Gloves Tournament runner-up, has won two in a row since losing to Brown (15-2, 7 KOs), who overcame two knockdowns to stop Grano in the eighth round of their WBF All-Americas title bout Sept. 27, 2008.<\/p>\n

Coming off his sensational, nationally-televised knockout of previously-undefeated prospect Travis Kaufman (18-0) last September, Grano had clearly targeted Brown, rather than a top 20 rated opponent, and CES gave him the opportunity for revenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, personally,\u201d Grano explained, \u201cI wanted this rematch more than any fight. Ranking-wise, I don\u2019t need it because I\u2019ve already surpassed him (Brown), and my fight on ShoBox (vs. Kaufman) showed everybody it (fight vs. Brown) was a fluke. No excuses, though, I\u2019m not like that. I had a bad night and he had a good night. Negotiations for bigger fights for me were held \u2013 (Brian) Minto, (Hasim) Rahman and (Evander) Holyfield \u2013 were mentioned. But beating Brown means a lot to me and after I do, I\u2019ll be looking for a fight against a top 10 guy to get me in position, hopefully, for a world title shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody who has watched me knows I put on exciting fights and a lot of people are coming to watch me fight March 12. I\u2019m not going to brawl; I\u2019m going to show my boxing ability and pick him apart. I won\u2019t be looking for a knockout, but if it comes, it comes. I just want to connect and get in some good hits. He\u2019s tough but I don\u2019t see him going the full 10 rounds. It\u2019s going to be a great fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grano, who was born in Hebron (CT) and fights out of Hartford, will be fighting in his home state for the 15th<\/sup> time, his fourth at Foxwoods.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great fighting in Connecticut and I love fighting at Foxwoods,\u201d Tony added from training camp in Houston. \u201cI have a huge fan-base that we\u2019re trying to build up even more in the Italian-American market. I expect a large crowd at Foxwoods and I\u2019m looking forward to putting on a great display.\u00a0 I want to get boxing fans excited again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also slated to be in action on \u201cBrace For Impact\u201d are Hartford super bantamweight \u201cMachine\u201d Mike Oliver (22-2, 7 KOs), reigning New England and EBA champion; Marshfield (MA) super middleweight Manuel Antonio Lopes (5-0-1, 1 KO), Long Island (NY) light heavyweight Joe \u201cThe Irish Bomber\u201d Smith Jr. (2-0, 2 KOs), 2008 New York Golden Gloves champion; Brooklyn (NY) welterweight Sadam \u201cWorld Kid\u201d Ali (5-0, 2 KOs), 2008 U.S. Olympian; Hartford middleweight David Bauza (3-0, 3 KOs). All fights and fighters are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Tickets for \u201cBrace For Impact,\u201d priced at $40.00, $60.00 and $100.00, are available to purchase by calling CES (401.724.2253\/2254) or Foxwoods (800-200-2882).<\/p>\n

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Popular heavyweight prospect Tony \u201cTNT\u201d Grano values avenging his lone pro loss more than money and fame, which is precisely why he desperately wanted a rematch against Mark \u201cOak Tree\u201d Brown, headlining the March 12th \u201cBrace For Impact\u201d card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield\u2019s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,150,275,319,713],"class_list":["post-1262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-ces","tag-foxwoods","tag-heavyweight","tag-tony-grano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}