{"id":2349,"date":"2010-05-07T14:23:11","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2010-05-07T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T18:23:11","slug":"sergiy-dzinziruk-to-defend-wbo-junior-middleweight-title-against-daniel-dawson-on-shobox-the-new-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2349","title":{"rendered":"Sergiy Dzinziruk to Defend WBO Junior Middleweight Title Against Daniel Dawson on Shobox: The New Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Showtime Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, May 14, 2010, Live at 11 p.m. ET\/PT on SHOWTIME\u00ae<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, Calif.<\/p>\n

European superstar Sergiy Dzinziruk will make his United States. professional debut and the fifth defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Middleweight title against once-beaten challenger Daniel Dawson on Friday, May 14, on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET\/PT (delayed on the West Coast) live on SHOWTIME\u00ae.<\/p>\n

The telecast will originate from the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif., and will be promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old Dzinziruk is arguably the world\u2019s top junior middleweight, but is largely unknown in the U.S. The southpaw, who is currently training in Los Angeles for his first world title defense in more than 17 months, was inactive in \u201909 due to a contract dispute with his European former promoter.<\/p>\n

Despite the inactivity, Dzinziruk is still drawing raves reviews and is the No. 1 ranked junior middleweight by many well-respected boxing websites, including ESPN.com and FightNews, ahead of 154-pound stars Alfredo Angulo, Antonio Margarito, Kermit Cintron, Cory Spinks and Yuri Foreman.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because the American audience hasn\u2019t had a chance to see him yet doesn\u2019t mean they shouldn\u2019t understand that he\u2019s a good fighter,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Dan Rafael said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen him and he\u2019s a very good technician, he\u2019s a very good boxer. He\u2019s got a lot of talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends how he performs on ShoBox and who is available in the division, but, if he keeps winning, there will be big fights for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dzinziruk (35-0, 23 KOs), of Hamburg, Germany, by way of Ukraine, last fought on Nov. 1, 2008, when he successfully defended his title against Joel Julio in Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ready to fight, defend my title and show my talent,\u201d Dzinziruk said. \u201cI\u2019m ready and willing to go all the way. I\u2019ve been waiting for a long time to defend my title in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m willing to take on anyone in the division. Angulo, Cintron, (Paul) Williams, whoever, doesn\u2019t matter. They\u2019re all very interesting fights for me. I want to take on every champ in the division and show America what I\u2019m made of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dzinziruk fought previously in the U.S. as an amateur, representing Ukraine at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York. He recently signed a promotional contract with American promoters Artie Pelullo\u2019s Banner Promotions and Gary Shaw Productions.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one is safe once they step into the ring with Sergei,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason he\u2019s called \u2018The Razor.\u2019 He cuts his opponents up to ribbons. He is one of the brightest lights in boxing\u2019s most exciting division.\u201d<\/p>\n

The southpaw\u2019s two most impressive wins came against Julio and then-defending WBO champion Daniel Santos in December 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis biggest problem is his layoff, but even with the layoff, you can make the argument that he should be the top-rated junior middleweight in the world based on what he\u2019s accomplished as a champion,\u201d said Steve Farhood, the expert analyst for ShoBox.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the most established of the 154-pound champions. What makes this fight interesting is that he\u2019s coming off a layoff and he\u2019s fighting in the U.S. for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dzinziruk will face another test in Australian prospect Dawson (34-1, 24 KOs), whose only loss came to then-unbeaten Daniel Geale for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) 154-pound belt in 2007. The 33-year-old Dawson is a late replacement for Sherzod Husanov, who couldn\u2019t make it to the U.S. from Russia due to visa issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally, changing an opponent last minute is not a good thing,\u201d Dzinziruk said. \u201cWe were getting ready for the other fighter, but I checked this guy\u2019s style and what he does so I don\u2019t think it will be too much of a problem. I am ready to take on anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Dzinziruk, Dawson is coming off a lengthy layoff, having last fought on Feb. 1, 2009, when he scored a third-round KO over Ariel Aparicio in Perth, Australia. Dawson will make his U.S. debut after dominating the opposition in Australia since 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a world title opportunity,\u201d Dawson said. \u201cYou go in there and throw everything you\u2019ve got, throw your heart over the wall and your body will follow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what you dream of, this is what you wait for; this is what you train all these years for, what you live for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curt Menefee will call the action from ringside with the aforementioned Farhood and Antonio Tarver serving as expert analysts. The executive producer of ShoBox is Gordon Hall with Richard Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.<\/p>\n

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