{"id":47864,"date":"2014-11-18T19:17:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T00:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=47864"},"modified":"2014-11-18T19:17:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T00:47:09","slug":"maurice-mighty-mo-hooker-returns-to-boxing-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=47864","title":{"rendered":"Maurice \u201cMighty Mo\u201d Hooker Returns to Boxing Saturday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=47864\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=47864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2320 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/reyesglovesheader1.jpg\" alt=\"reyesglovesheader\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>On Saturday night, November 22, Undercard Promotions makes its promotional debut with \u201cFight Night Live\u201d at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, TX. \u201cFight Night Live\u201d is headlined by undefeated junior welterweight, Maurice \u201cMighty Mo\u201d Hooker (15-0-2, 11 KOs), and features the debut of Cedric Agnew\u2019s younger brother and amateur standout, featherweight Frankie Agnew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing things a little differently. We are trying to boxing back to Dallas by building a new audience in concert with a reality show. Through our reality show and our live shows, we hope to acquire the types of sponsors that can make boxing a major sport in Dallas,\u201d said Arnie Verbeek, vice president of Undercard Promotions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Based in Dallas, Undercard Promotions is a boxing promotion company organized to promote live fights as well as produce and distribute a multi-part reality TV series and fights on television with partners, KDAF-TV and KXTX-TV. The Undercard reality series is dedicated to Dallas boxers from the inside out. The series chronicles six fighters on their journey into the ring, where they train, how they live and their never-ending dream to become the next world champion. After several episodes focusing on what it takes to get ready for a professional boxing match, Undercard Promotions and its fighters are ready to debut in the ring on November 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve fought on TV before and proven that I\u2019m an entertaining fighter who can bang and compete with anyone. Now, I\u2019m hoping this show brings the attention I need to get a title shot in the next year,\u201d said the show\u2019s most accomplished pro, undefeated junior welterweight, Maurice \u201cMighty Mo\u201d Hooker.<\/p>\n<p>Although Hooker is clearly the show\u2019s most established pro and a frontrunner to be 2015\u2019s breakout prospect of the year, featherweight Frankie Agnew just might be the show\u2019s star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankie\u2019s got the kind of feel-good story you only hear about in the movies, and the cameras love him for that. What everyone\u2019s going to find out on November 22 is that the kid can really fight too,\u201d said Vince Parra, Frankie\u2019s trainer.<\/p>\n<p>Frankie Agnew started boxing at age five in his parents\u2019 garage on Chicago\u2019s south side with his brother and current light heavyweight contender, Cedric \u201cL.O.W.\u201d Agnew (27-1, 14 KOs). Frankie\u2019s been boxing and winning ever since. Frankie has won five junior Olympic championships; been a two-time national runner up; was ranked second in the nation; was on the junior world team; was a four time regional champion and was heading to the nationals in 2013 before he got into legal troubles.<br \/>\nAfter being released from prison in July, Frankie began learning from and living with his manager in order to get his career back on track. In Chicago, he worked with his boxing trainer, Art Davis, and strength and conditioning coach, Michael Vale. In his new hometowns of Dallas and San Diego, Frankie trains full-time with Vince Parra and his strength and conditioning coach, Manny Hernando.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat sets me apart is that I\u2019m unlike anything you\u2019ve ever seen in and out of the ring. I will become a three-division world champion, a hall of famer and a great person. I will never forget where I came from and after I make it, I will help bring others with me,\u201d said Frankie Agnew.<br \/>\nIn addition to Hooker and Agnew, \u201cFight Night Live\u201d at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas features the following fighters in separate bouts: Enver Halili (6-0, 2 KOs), welterweight; Anthony Mack (11-1, 6 KOs), super middleweight; Thomas Smith (Debut), super featherweight; and Fernando Garcia (Debut), super featherweight.<br \/>\nFor more information about Undercard Promotions or to purchase tickets for \u201cFight Night Live,\u201d call 888-454-4353 or visit www.boxingundercard.com Fights start at 8PM. The Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center is located at 650 S. 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