{"id":35399,"date":"2014-02-05T18:19:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=35399"},"modified":"2014-02-05T18:19:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T23:49:53","slug":"hank-lundy-vs-angelo-santana-ready-for-a-war-on-shobox-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=35399","title":{"rendered":"Hank Lundy Vs Angelo Santana: Ready for a WAR on SHOBOX – Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The first time Angelo Santana appeared on ShoBox: The New Generation he scored one of the most memorable knockouts of 2012. The second time, he suffered the only loss of his career in a shocking upset. Now, in his third consecutive ShoBox appearance, Santana (14-1, 11 KOs) will look to regain his status as one of the most promising \u2013 and feared \u2013 boxing prospects of today.<\/p>\n

But it won\u2019t be an easy test as he takes on the more experienced Hank Lundy (23-3-1, 11 KOs) in the compelling 10-round lightweight main event of ShoBox on Friday, Feb. 21, live on SHOWTIME\u00ae (10:45 p.m. ET\/PT, delayed on the West Coast). The event is promoted by Don King Productions from the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. <\/p>\n

Opening the telecast will be a 10-round super lightweight bout featuring one of the most exciting prospects in boxing, Amir \u201cYoung Master\u201d Imam (12-0, 11 KOs), and Jared \u201cThe Quiet Storm\u201d Robinson (14-0, 6 KOs) in a battle of unbeatens. The electrifying, power-punching Imam has won 11 consecutive fights by knockout, all but one inside three rounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first boxing promotion in Cleveland was on Aug. 28, 1972,\u2019\u2019 said Don King. \u201cIt was a charity event for \u2018Show For People Care\u2019 to benefit Forest City Hospital and it featured Muhammad Ali in an exhibition match. For our great fight card on Feb. 21, we\u2019re calling it \u2018Cleveland Show for People Care: Let’s Do it for Cleveland, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a terrific night of fights, a dynamite show in Mayor Frank Jackson\u2019s great city of Cleveland, in Gov. John R. Kasich\u2019s great state of Ohio. We will be in a city and a state where people are the most important.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis ShoBox event features the next generation of young boxers. In Santana and Imam, you have two guys, who, if they win, could be fighting for a world title in their next fight.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Tickets to the event \u2013 priced at $35, $75, and $125 plus tax and fees \u2013 go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 6, at 5:00 p.m. ET and can be purchased through the Wolstein Center box office and website www.wolsteincenter.com or by calling Charge-by-Phone 1-877-468-4946. Doors open at 7 p.m., and a full undercard will be presented prior to the televised matches.<\/p>\n

The talented Santana, 25, is seeking to regain his winning ways in his first outing since suffering his lone defeat \u2013 a stunning ninth-round TKO to late substitute and underdog Bahodir \u201cBaha\u201d Mamadjonov last April 12 on ShoBox. Going into the fight, the popular and aggressive Santana was ranked No. 3 in the WBA.<\/p>\n

Despite his loss, expectations remain high for the Cuban native. In a career-best performance in his ShoBox debut on Nov. 16, 2012, Santana registered one of the most devastating knockouts of the year \u2013 a brutal fifth-round stoppage over previously unbeaten Johnny Garcia in Hallandale, Fla.<\/p>\n

Lundy, 30, is a tough out for any boxer and figures to give Santana all he can handle. A dedicated, determined boxer-puncher with good speed and movement and a strong amateur background, Lundy has registered notable victories in his seven-year career, including wins over former WBC lightweight world champion David Diaz (KO 6) in August 2011 and current WBA lightweight world champion Richar Abril (W 10) in January 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cHank Lundy is one of the most exciting and TV-friendly fighters in the ring today,\u201d said Jimmy Burchfield, President and CEO, CES Boxing. \u201cWe appreciate the opportunity for this fight given by Don King and Angelo Santana. We feel it\u2019s going to be a terrific fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

A former NABF lightweight champion whose currently ranked No. 10 in the IBF and No. 13 in the WBC at super lightweight, the switch-hitting Lundy is coming off a lopsided 10-round decision over former top ranked Olusegun Ajose (31-1 going in) on July 19, 2013. Seemingly always matched tough but willing to fight anybody, any place, Lundy dropped a close, questionable 12-round decision to local favorite and still-undefeated Viktor Postol in the Ukraine two outings ago on March 21, 2013.<\/p>\n

Imam (pronounced \u201cEE-mom\u201d), 23, an amateur standout and silver medalist at the 2011 U.S. Olympic Trials, fought six times in 2013. This will be his second appearance on ShoBox. He was devastating in his debut, impressively knocking out Jeremy Bryan in the second round of the co-featured bout under Santana vs. Mamadjonov on April 12, 2013. A left hand followed by a colossal right to the chin finished Bryan at 2:13 in what was expected to be Imam\u2019s toughest test.<\/p>\n

The only time Imam went the distance as a professional came in November 2011 when he won a four-round decision in his pro debut. His last 10 fights have ended in two rounds or less.<\/p>\n

Robinson, 31, a pro since August 2009, fights out of Charlotte, N.C. He is coming off a sixth-round knockout over Jahaad Wingfield last Aug. 17.<\/p>\n

A well-prepared and focused athlete, Robinson hasn\u2019t come close to losing while competing exclusively in the South (North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina).<\/p>\n

This opportunity, on a nationally televised event, is one that Robinson, who was the No. 3-rated U.S. amateur in 2008, has longed for and he is confident he will make the most of it.<\/p>\n

Barry Tompkins will call the ShoBox action from ringside with boxing historian Steve Farhood and former World Champion Raul Marquez serving as expert analysts. The executive producer is Gordon Hall with Richard Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.<\/p>\n

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