{"id":46562,"date":"2014-10-18T16:45:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T22:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46562"},"modified":"2014-10-18T16:45:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T22:15:46","slug":"iron-mike-productions-presents-the-pride-of-pittsburgh-ii-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46562","title":{"rendered":"Iron Mike Productions Presents The Pride of Pittsburgh II – Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Boxing legend MIKE TYSON and Iron Mike Productions will make their triumphant return to Pittsburgh, PA on Friday, November 14th with \u201cThe Pride of Pittsburgh II\u201d at CONSOL Energy Center featuring popular fan favorites SAMMY \u201cThe Who Can Mexican\u201d VASQUEZ and MONTY MEZA CLAY in separate title bouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe response from fans and media of our last event at CONSOL Energy Center in August was outstanding and we promised we\u2019d be back with an even better show in November\u201d said Tyson.
\n\u201cBoth Sammy and Monty were involved in true \u201cFight of the Year\u201d battles and each are prepared for similar wars on November 14th.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t wait to come back to Pittsburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having stamped his presence amongst the top echelon of the welterweight division, the sports\u2019 hottest, with a ninth round stoppage of James Stevenson in August, undefeated southpaw Vasquez, 16-0-0 (12KO\u2019s), will defend his newly attained IBF\/USBA Welterweight Title against tough Panamanian veteran ALBERTO \u201cMatralleta\u201d MOSQUERA in the ten round main event.
\nThe 27-year-old Mosquera, 21-1-2 (14KO\u2019s), will look to get back in the win column having suffered the only loss in his nine year professional career this past June against Charlie Navarro.
\nA previous holder of the WBC Fecarbox Welterweight Title, WBC Latino Junior Welterweight Title and the WBA Fedelatin Junior Welterweight Title, Mosquera has his eyes squarely on lifting Vasquez\u2019s newly acquired hardware.<\/p>\n

Meza Clay, 36-3-2 (22KO\u2019s) returns to the local ring following his career\u2019s finest moment, an epic tenth round stoppage of Mexican veteran Alan Herrera on August 8th at CONSOL Energy Center.
\nIn a style reminiscent of boxing legend Roberto Duran, Meza Clay thrilled the huge crowd from start to finish, demonstrating the skills and heart which have made him one of the sports most respected warriors in the nationally televised clash which featuring outstanding two-way action throughout.<\/p>\n

At \u201cThe Pride of Pittsburgh II\u201d, Meza Clay will challenge crosstown rival \u201cLightning\u201d ROD SALKA for the Bunola, PA veteran\u2019s WBC Fecarbox Lightweight Title in the scheduled ten round co-featured bout.
\nSporting a record of 19-4-0 (3KO\u2019s), Salka will look to march back into the win column in front of the hometown crowd following his loss to junior welterweight king, Danny Garcia on August 9th in Brooklyn, PA.<\/p>\n

Also, included among the contenders on Salka\u2019 ledger over his seven year career are Alexei Collado, Ricardo Alverez, Emmanuel Lucero and Dorin Spivey.<\/p>\n

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Boxing legend MIKE TYSON and Iron Mike Productions will make their triumphant return to Pittsburgh, PA on Friday, November 14th with \u201cThe Pride of Pittsburgh II\u201d at CONSOL Energy Center featuring popular fan favorites SAMMY \u201cThe Who Can Mexican\u201d VASQUEZ and MONTY MEZA CLAY in separate title bouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10844],"class_list":["post-46562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-iron-mike-productions-presents-the-pride-of-pittsburgh-ii-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46562","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=46562"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}