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UNDEFEATED MIDDLEWEIGHT ANTOINE DOUGLAS TAKES ON JOSE MEDINA ON OCTOBER 24

By Press Release | September 30, 2014
UNDEFEATED MIDDLEWEIGHT ANTOINE DOUGLAS TAKES ON JOSE MEDINA ON OCTOBER 24

On Friday night, October 24, undefeated Middleweight Antoine "Action" Douglas will take on veteran Jose Medina in the main event of a great night of boxing at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Somerset, New Jersey.

The scheduled 8-round bout will be the main event of a card promoted by GH3 Promotions.

Douglas of Burke, Virginia has a record of 14-0-1 been one of the most talked about Middleweight prospects in the United States. The 21-year old has quality wins over undefeated Colby Courter (4-0) and Marquis Davis (8-0-2). Douglas was impressive in scoring a sensational 2nd round stoppage over former world title challenger Luca Messi (37-9-1) on April 4 in Parsippany, New Jersey.

In his last bout, Douglas and former world title challenger Michel Soro (23-1) fought at highly contested draw in a bout that Douglas dominated over the first half of the bout.

That bout headlined the 200th episode of the highly acclaimed ShoBox: The New Generation series on July 25 at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.

Medina of Tilton, New Hampshire has a deceiving record of 18-15-1 with 7 knockouts.

Douglas with be the 9th undefeated foe that Medina will have faced.

The 31 year-old Medina has quality wins over Jamie Vejar (1-0), Gary Bonefant (1-0), Isaac Rodriguez (17-1), Markus Williams (7-1), & Chris Fitzpatrick (14-0).  He also held former Jr. Middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (32-2) to a draw.

He is coming off a 6-round majority decision defeat to Gary O'Sullivan (16-1) on June 5th  

In the eight round co-feature, Featherweight Jorge Diaz (18-3, 10 KO's) will see action against Jose Haro.

Diaz of New Brunswick, NJ will be looking for his 2nd consecutive victory after taking a 6-round unanimous decision over Ramon Ellis on July 25 at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.

Always in a crowd pleasing fight, Diaz has been known to take on all comers.

The 26 year-old has wins over Gino Escamilla (5-1-1), Yan Barthelemy (8-1), Alejandro Lopez (16-0), Jaesung Lee (10-2-1) & former world title challenger Emanuel Lucero (24-5-1).

Haro (8-1, 6 KO's) of Salt Lake City, Utah won his first eight bouts.

The 27 year-old is coming off a 6-round unanimous decision defeat to undefeated prospect Toka Khan Clary (11-0) on June 14th in Atlantic City.

Also on the card in 6-round bouts:

Undefeated Super Middleweight John Magda (7-0, 6 KO's) of Ruthorford, NJ will take on Mike Mitchell (3-4-2, 1 KO) of Paterson, NJ

In four round bouts:

Lightweight Bienvenido Diaz (1-0, 1 KO) of Prospect Park, NJ will battle Tim McNair (0-2) of Charlotte, NC.

Glenn Dezurn (4-0, 3 KO's) of Baltimore, MD will fight an opponent to be named.

Anthony Cintron (2-0, 1 KO) of Hawley, PA will fight pro debuting Rennard Oliver of Baton, Rouge, LA.

Heavyweight Leon Johnson of Newark, NJ will make his pro debut against Ray Santiago (1-4) of Albany, NY.

Caleb Hernandez of Paterson, NJ will make his pro debut against Malik Jackson (1-3-4) of Newark, NJ

Tickets for this outstanding evening of boxing can be purchased for $125 for Stage seating, $100 for Front Row, $75 for Ringside and $50 for General Admission by calling 862-223-9487.

The Ukrainian Cultural Center is located 135 Davidson Avenue in Somerset, New Jersey

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