{"id":12649,"date":"2011-07-08T16:15:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T20:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=12649"},"modified":"2011-07-08T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T20:16:35","slug":"maurice-harris-seeks-redemption-on-july-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=12649","title":{"rendered":"Maurice Harris SEEKS REDEMPTION on JULY 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Much more than his title belt will be on line Saturday night, July 16 when USBA Heavyweight Champion Maurice\u201cSugar Moe\u201d Harris makes his first defense against Derric \u201cThe Shaolin Fist\u201d Rossy at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. Harris needs to erase the memories of his last fight in order to keep his roller coaster-like career alive.<\/p>\n

Harris (24-15-2, 10 KOs) was stopped in the third round by Tony \u201cThe Tiger\u201d Thompson (36-2, 24 KOs) in May, live on ESPN Friday Night Fights in their IBF Box-Off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was used to taking last minute fights and didn\u2019t know how to handle two months of training for that fight,\u201d Harris said.\u201cI left it in the gym and on the roads running. That wasn\u2019t me. I wanted to look so good fighting on television for my family and those supporting me. I put too much pressure on myself. I take nothing away from Tony Thompson. I respect him and he was the better man that night, but he was fouling (rabbit punches) me throughout the fight. No excuses, though, I blame myself. I\u2019m a man. I know I need to focus on the task at hand and not worry about my last fight.\u201d <\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Harris, winner of the 2002 Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament, has defeated world champions (Sergei Liakhovich) and challengers but he\u2019s also lost to several club fighters during his up-and-down career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so confident Maurice would beat Thompson that I would have bet my house,\u201dHarris\u2019 promoter (Boxing 360 CEO\/Founder) Mario Yagobi remarked.\u201d His last fight was a fluke. Maurice was hit behind the head so many times that and had double, even triple vision. Otherwise he would have been able to have a much performance. I know how talented he is and I believe in him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo way Derrick Rossy beats Maurice, but he also needs to come back strong to show people that this is the real Moe, not the fighter people saw in his last fight. Maurice has it all over Rossy: boxing IQ and experience. He\u2019s motivated because he needs to win. . His boxing career is at stake. There\u2019s no place for him to go if he doesn\u2019t win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rossy (25-4, 14 KOs), rated No. 15 by the WBA, was a standout college football player at Boston College. He also lost in this year\u2019s IBF Box-Off to Eddie Chambers by 12-round decision. His most significant victories have been versus former WBO champion and 1988 Olympic gold-medal winner Ray Mercer (DEC12) and world title challenger Carl David Drummond (DEC10)<\/p>\n

\u201cRossy is a good fighter and it should be an interesting fight,\u201d IBF No. 8 rated Harris commented. \u201cI know he\u2019s inexperienced \u2013 he\u2019s been fighting six years and I\u2019ve been doing this for 20 \u2013and he makes a lot of mistakes. I need to beat him to get back where I was. He\u2019s in my way and I don\u2019t plan on giving up my belt.<\/p>\n

Other members of Boxing 360\u2019s stable include WBC #5 super bantamweight Leon \u201cHurry Up\u201d Moore, former IBF super middleweight champion Alejandro \u201cNaco\u201d Berrio, unbeaten welterweight prospect Vitaliy \u201cDemyan\u201dDemyanenko WBC Caribbean & NY State super middleweight champion Lennox \u201c2 Sharpe\u201d Allen, Dominican lightweight champion Eudy \u201cAK47\u201d Bernardo, KO king Tyrone Brunson, heavyweight Mike Mollo, unbeaten NABF featherweight champion Amanda \u201cThe Real Deal\u201d Serrano, Nick \u201cHands of Gold\u201d Casal, middleweight prospect DonYil Livingston, Joel Diaz Jr., and \u201cKing\u201dDavid Estrada.<\/p>\n

Go to www.Boxing360.comfor more information about Harris, Boxing 360 or any of its other fighters<\/p>\n

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Much more than his title belt will be on line Saturday night, July 16 when USBA Heavyweight Champion Maurice\u201cSugar Moe\u201d Harris makes his first defense against Derric \u201cThe Shaolin Fist\u201d Rossy at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. Harris needs to erase the memories of his last fight in order to keep his roller coaster-like […]<\/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":[105,488],"class_list":["post-12649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-maurice-harris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12649","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=12649"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}