{"id":9046,"date":"2011-03-28T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T17:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9046"},"modified":"2011-03-28T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T17:12:24","slug":"former-contender-star-jimmy-lange-headed-back-to-hollywood-set-to-fight-celebrity-mario-lopez-at-city-of-hope-charity-event-april-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9046","title":{"rendered":"Former Contender Star Jimmy Lange Headed Back to Hollywood; Set To Fight Celebrity Mario Lopez at City of Hope Charity Event April 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After earning his 35th victory on March 12, Jimmy Lange (35-4-2, 24 KOs), former star of The Contender TV show, is headed back to Hollywood. The NABA U.S. Super Welterweight Champion will fight actor\/host\/author Mario Lopez (Extra, Saved by the Bell, Dancing with the Stars) in a three-round celebrity exhibition bout at the Sports L.A\u2019s KO Cancer charity event on Wednesday, April 6 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. \u201cI\u2019m honored to be part of such a worthy cause and help raise money and awareness for the City of Hope.<\/p>\n

I look forward to stepping into the ring with Mario to see what he\u2019s got. I just hope that the referee doesn\u2019t need to step in to give Mario time to be \u2018saved by the bell\u2019,\u201d said Lange, who combines movie-star looks with a cool, calm demeanor both in and outside of the ring \u2013 providing a perfect personality and experience for this event. Benefiting City of Hope, one of 40 national Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, the event will honor three boxing luminaries whose lives have been depicted on the big screen: former world champions Micky Ward (\u201cThe Fighter\u201d) and Jake LaMotta (\u201cRaging Bull\u201d) and \u201cFirst Lady of Boxing\u201d Jackie Kallen (\u201cAgainst the Ropes\u201d).<\/p>\n

Prominent attorney Robert Shapiro will serve as master of ceremonies at the event which will also feature a pair of heavyweight fights. Lange appeared on the first season of the NBC reality boxing show in 2005 where he developed a loyal following. While he lost in week eight, viewers voted him back as a \u201cFan Favorite\u201d where he won his return bout. Since his reality show appearance, Lange has captured the WBC\u2019s USNBC and Continental America\u2019s 154-pound titles while averaging 5,000 hometown fans at the Patriot Center. Although Lange is quick to point that he still has unfinished business in the ring as he continues to challenge for a world championship, the 13-year veteran has also expressed an interest in pursuing a career in the entertainment world once he retires from boxing. In fact, he had a small role in \u201cThe House That Jack Build\u201d and is cast in \u201cFive Good Years,\u201d currently in pre-production. Catch the next Jimmy Lange Boxing event (www.jimmylangeboxing.com) on September 10, 2011 at the Patriot Center.<\/p>\n

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After earning his 35th victory on March 12, Jimmy Lange (35-4-2, 24 KOs), former star of The Contender TV show, is headed back to Hollywood. The NABA U.S. Super Welterweight Champion will fight actor\/host\/author Mario Lopez (Extra, Saved by the Bell, Dancing with the Stars) in a three-round celebrity exhibition bout at the Sports L.A\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,384,3024],"class_list":["post-9046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-jimmy-lange","tag-mario-lopez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9046","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=9046"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}