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Friday Night Fights

Fri May 18 7:00PM ET

Franklin ?Yah Yah? Lawrence (17-2-2, 12 KOs) will face Mike Mollo (20-3-1, 12 KOs) on Dover Downs Hotel & Casino?s Friday Night Fights series on Friday, May 18 inside the Rollins Center in Dover, DE. At stake will be the vacant NABA heavyweight title. In the co-feature, former USBA junior welterweight champion and Contender star Mike ?No Joke? Stewart (48-7-3, 25 KOs) will take on an opponent to be determined.

In his last bout at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Franklin Lawrence won the WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation heavyweight title with a seventh round stoppage of rugged Jason Gavern. His biggest wins to date have come against Lance Whitaker (KO 7) and Jason Estrada (TKO 10). Mike Mollo owns wins over Mike Tyson-conqueror Kevin McBride (TKO 2) and Art Binkowski (TKO 2), and dropped close twelve round decisions to Andrew Golota and Jameel ?Big Time? McCline.

The card will feature a host of local favorites including rising super middleweight ?Mighty? Mike Tiberi, lightweight star Omar ?Super O? Douglas, and popular unbeaten cruiserweight Anthony ?The Bull? Caputo Smith, who will all be taking on opponents to be named shortly. The card will also feature NABF female super featherweight champion ?Queen? Ronica Jeffrey defending her title against Jackie Trivilino (8-4-2, 1 KO).

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Battle Of The Badges 4: FDNY vs New England
Sat May 19 7:30PM ET

Battle of the Badges 4
FDNY vs. N.E. Law Enforcement
May 19, 2012, at Foxwoods Resorts Casino in Mashantucket CT

MASHANTUCKET, CT (April 18, 2012) ? The nationally-acclaimed New York City Fire Department Boxing Team (?FDNY?) squares-off against a squad of New England Law Enforcement (?Team N.E.?) amateur boxers, Saturday night, May 19, in ?Battle of the Badges 4,? at the Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.??Battle of the Badges 4? (?BOB4?) is presented by National Public Safety Athletic League (?NPSAL?) in association with the FDNY Boxing Bravest, Mass Corrections Officers Federated Union Boxing Team (MCOFU) and Foxwoods Resort Casino. Defending champion Team N.E. trails FDNY in the series, 2-1.

Proceeds from the May 19th charitable event will benefit Work Vessels For Veterans, NPSAL and FDNY Boxing Bravest Team. More than a dozen matches are scheduled pitting FDNY against Team New England, which is primarily comprised of MCOFU boxers.

?Boston and New York has always had a great sports rivalry and this is our version of the Red Sox vs. Yankees or Pats vs. Jets,? BOB4 spokesperson Denis Marrese explained. ?It?s a friends and family friendly event for some worthy causes. We started out helping veterans and we still do through Work Vessels For Veterans. It?s an honor for us to help these young men and women, especially those who?ve returned home from Afghanistan and Iraq, get started in their businesses. Work Vessels For Veterans is a worldwide organization that?s based in Connecticut. Two other great charities ? NPSAL and FDNY Boxing Bravest ? are also benefiting from Battle of the Badges 4. We?re also very fortunate to have Foxwoods Resort Casino in our corner this year as the host venue. Without Foxwoods, as well as our generous sponsors, promoting a major sporting event like this would be impossible.?

Doors open at 6:30 PM/ET with the first match scheduled to start at 7:30 PM/ET.

Go to?www.BattleoftheBadges.info or?www.foxwoods.com for additional information.

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY ATHLETIC LEAGUE: ?NPSAL? is committed to fundraising and promoting efficient techniques to promote recreation and sport/physical activities for youths and adults for the purpose of maintaining a healthy and positive lifestyle.

FDNY BRAVEST BOXING TEAM: The organization also donates all funds after expenses and has already donated more than $100,000 to various charities includes The Wounded Warrior Project and Building Homes For Heroes.

WORK VESSELS FOR VETERANS: ?WVFV? assists veterans returning to the United States as they being their civilian careers or continue their educational pursuits by donating to them the necessary start-up tools (laptops, vehicles, machinery, tools, commercial vessels, etc.). The organization was started in 2008 with the donation of a commercial fishing boat to a returning veteran and to date has helped more than 500 veterans in their transitions.www.wvfv.org

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Atlantic City, NJ?Two junior middleweights who have compiled deceiving records against first-class opposition meet again when?Jamaal Davis, of Philadelphia, PA, boxes?Eberto Medina, of Newark, NJ, in the scheduled 10-round main event on Saturday evening, May 19, in the Grand Ballroom of?Bally?s Atlantic City.

This will be the second meeting between Davis and Medina.?In their first fight July 15, 2011, in the same ring, they boxed a six-round draw in the Fight of the Night.

Davis, 30, has been inactive since then.?Originally, he was scheduled to box?Harry Joe Yorgey, of Bridgeport, PA, on May 19, but Yorgey withdrew last week with a torn rotator cuff.

Medina, 28, has been busier.?After losing a six-round decision to another Philadelphian,?Julian Williams, last September in the winner?s backyard?also the Fight of the Night?Medina rebounded to score the biggest victory of his seven-year career when he upset previously unbeaten?Przemyslaw Opalach on March 31 in Hamilton Township, NJ.?Medina handed the Polish boxer his first setback in 10 pro fights via six-round decision.

Another big win for Medina (left) came early in his career when he upset another Polish fighter,?Andrzej Fonfara, in Cicero, IL.?Fonfara is now 21-2, 12 K0s.

Four of Medina?s losses have come against unbeaten fighters:?Williams,?Glen Tapia, of Passaic, NJ;?Delen Parsley, of Brooklyn, NY;?Ray Robinson, of Philadelphia.?Overall, he is 6-7-1, 1 K0, and has been stopped once.

Davis, 30, has had chances to crack the world rankings but has come up short each time.?A pro since 2003, Davis is 12-8-1, 6 K0s, also against tough competition.?He has lost to world-rated fighters such as?Gabriel Rosado, of Philadelphia, PA;?Joel Julio, of Colombia;?Peter Quillen, of New York.

His 2011 loss to Rosado, in which he was stopped in the 12^th and final round, was a see-saw affair at the time and one of the best fights at Bally?s Atlantic City in recent years.

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